Baby Travels...Baby Steps

I travel a lot - both for work and pleasure. I was out of state, on average, twice a month in 2008. I didn't even go anywhere the last 4 months, between the end of my pregnancy and my maternity leave, and my travels still average to two trips per ...

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Of Direct Deposit and Digital Cameras

Do you ever think that we've OVER-simplified the world?

I have two examples that are SUPER helpful and are great technological advances - but that I still complain about regularly.

#1: Direct Deposit
I love direct deposit because I hate running ...

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Move Over, Bananas!

I *thought* we'd already found Spoiled Baby's favorite food - bananas. When she eats bananas, she smacks her lips and she patiently waits for the next spoonful of goodness. (This is as opposed to peas, which causes nasty faces, nasty looks, and ...

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Let's PARTY!

THIS POST IS STICKY...SCROLL DOWN TO READ NEW CONTENT! MWAH!



I'm participating in the Ultimate Blog Party sponsored by 5 Minutes for Mom, and I invite you to join in as well!

Running from March 20th until March 27th, it's a fabulous way to meet ...

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Freelancing 101

I read a blog post somewhere in the blogosphere recently, posing the question of what qualified someone to tell others how to write or how to develop their freelancing career.

My answer to that query would be having both experience and success! And ...

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Travelin' Mom

Traveling for business when you have a baby back home isn't the easiest proposition in the world, is it? Typically, I travel on Tuesdays, once or twice a month, and am only gone for the day - not even overnight. It's a long day, granted, totaling ...

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Christening Day

It's a big day for our little girl - she will be baptized during the 11 o'clock service at our church today! Two of our friends - Danielle and Timo - have honored us by agreeing to become her Godparents. Catherine will be wearing the baptism slip, ...

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Dear Catherine, Weeks 5-9

Catch up by reading Dear Catherine, Weeks 1-4 and the Baby Bunny Birth Story.

Dear Catherine,

The second four weeks of your life (November 6 - December 3) included fun times with family and friends, and lots of firsts!

In early November, we ...

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Dear Catherine, Weeks 1-4

If you haven't already, go read the preludes to "Dear Catherine, Weeks 1 to 4" over at How to Have a Baby, where I share her birth story, as well as stories of the time leading up to her arrival.

Dear Catherine,

The first four weeks of your life ...

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Instead of Parenting...

...at the speed of life, this post is about baby growing at the speed of sound!

And not just growing - really developing into a feisty little person who is smart, alert, and generally happy.

I think I've missed out - or perhaps, you've missed out - ...

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That'll Show 'Em

In a move typically seen by a pouting kid in a sandbox, the U.S. House of Representatives today passed a bill to tax bonuses received by executives of companies who received stimulus funds at a rate of 90 percent. Spurred on by the furor over ...

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An Award to Pass Along!

I am remiss is thanking some blogging friends for awards I was given months ago, and even more remiss in not passing them along. Over the next few days, I'll fix that!!

We'll start with this one:



Thank you to Babette at Definitely Maybe for this honor!

I'd like to pass this along to:

• Angelika,
• Patricia, and
• Penelope Anne!

Mwah!

P90X is the DEVIL!

Do you all remember the movie The Waterboy, where the mom refers to everything she fears as the devil?

Well...after more than a month on P90X, and now on phase 2 of the 3 phase cycle, I'm convinced: it's the devil!

This thing kicks my butt around ...

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New Design

Voila!

My new design is implemented! After almost a year of the old design, I was thoroughly tired of it. I was actually looking for a new design for my How to Have a Baby blog when I stumbled over this theme...and I just love it, love it, love it!

...

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Rental Car Etiquette

Hey, dear readers! Sorry for not posting more in the past week - I had training 3 days last week, and spent the other two days preparing for and then recovering from it!

For this week's Tuesday Travel Tips, let's discuss the rental car.

Ah, the ...

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It's Just Another...

...Manic Monday!

Moms, what is your favorite day of the week?

How many in the virtual blogosphere room are now raising their hands to say "Friday?"

I used to agree with you!

But now, I have to confess that it's Monday!

But why? Aren't I here most ...

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Expecting Handouts

I have a major problem when people expect to receive help.

If you have a catastrophe in your life and need momentary help to get back on your feet, that's one thing. By all means - accept help from others, dust yourself off, and go on about the ...

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Definitely Sweet, Not a Pea

Happy Friday, everyone!

It's a fabulous Friday in our world, and the baby is especially happen now that she's finished off today's new food adventure.

Isn't introducing solid foods fun? Yes, I know we're fast-forwarding a bit. Our pediatrician told ...

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That Doesn't Make Me a Bad Mom

I've been doing a lot of thinking recently about the integration of the various parts of my life. I sometimes feel frustrated, because I spend more time on some areas than I'd prefer, and not as much as I'd like on others.

But one thing that I'm ...

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Sweet, Sweet Words

Isn't it fun, watching as babies begin to grasp the concepts of speech?

Way back in December (was that really only a couple months ago?), Catherine began to make ooh ooh and aah aah sounds. Shortly after, she progressed to "saying" eye eye and ...

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Y-I-E-L-D

Welcome to the first Tuesday Travel Tips with Tiffany since my hiatus! For today's topic, I will actually be reverting back to a topic that I wrote (ranted?) about more than 6 months ago.

Let's discuss: the yield sign.

Obviously, my "what to do ...

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Thoughts from Afar

What gets you through an especially manic day, busy mamas?

When you are at work, or away from your baby for whatever reason, do you compartmentalize? Or perhaps do you have set times that you think of the little one? Maybe your baby is always just ...

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What's In a Smile?

For today's Fabulous Friday post, I just couldn't resist gushing about Spoiled Baby's smile.

Funny Daddy pointed out the other day that while he can get her laughing pretty hard sometimes, she saves all of her best smiles for moi. And those smiles ...

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Fitting Everything In

Hi, everyone!

I've been struggling to carve time out of my schedule to actually get writing done post-baby. Not just fiction, which I've always struggled to find time for, but also the freelancing that used to add significantly to my household ...

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Did You Miss Me?

Howdy, dear readers!

I've missed you all terribly, but once I decided that my work maternity leave needed to extend to my blogs, I was determined to stick it through.

So why did I go cold turkey on blogging for 3.5 months? That's easy. Because I ...

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Have You Missed Me?

Howdy, dear readers!

I've missed you all terribly, but once I decided that my work maternity leave needed to extend to my blogs, I was determined to stick it through.

So why did I go cold turkey on blogging for 3.5 months? That's easy. Because I ...

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