Ryan Gosling

Because my 24-year-old best friend just won her battle with colon cancer. She's my newest hero.

Little C is CRAWLING!!

Little C is officially a CRAWLER!! He tried for weeks and had multiple bruises and one bloody nose to show for his efforts before finally having his first taste of success.

I can't believe my house is no longer home to any immobile babies. Fairly certain they'll be picking out their first vehicles next month. I do have to say though, that as heartbreaking as it is to watch my tiny infants morphing into toddlers, it's probably the sweetest thing in the world when they crawl to me to be held. I'm so very smitten.

Quit your day job??

I'm starting a small business. Actually, small business might be a little ambitious. I'm going to be making baby-related clothes and other accessories for the most part, but I'm also going to have items that I've made as crafts in the past. i.e. padded camera strap covers. I would LOVE to quit my day job and be a stay-at-home-mom, but I don't think we could afford it unless I develop some kind of lucrative hobby. That being said, our top contenders are:


1. Photography

2. Selling baby crap

3. Accepting money from strangers.


While #1 would likely be the most fun, I just don't have the confidence to do it yet. I LOVE to take pictures and have done a couple different shoots for fun, but it's crazy expensive and I would need a couple more items in my photog bag and more pics in my portfolio before being comfortable charging people for it.

Selling baby crap is probably the wisest choice here. Let's face it - Moms are suckers and can't help but buy all of the cutesy, precious baby things they come across. Trust me. I'm guilty of it too. Now, here's the idea - Moms are going to be making these purchases anyway, so I'm going to sell my unique items cheaper than where similar things can be bought other places. They can buy from me, save a little money, make me some money... Everybody wins.

Obviously, option #3 is my preference. I really want to give this idea the consideration it deserves, so if you've got a PayPal account or a credit card, feel free to contact me to help put my kids through college. They will appreciate not having to attend Mom's Makeshift University in 17.5 years (we're still waiting on our accreditation; it seems to be taking longer than expected).

I believe you guys can make it happen; however, I'm not exactly putting all my eggs in the #3 basket, so the plan for now is to give #2 a go and let's just see where we land.

I've got the ball rolling, but I'm not comfortable going all out with PR until I'm ready to actually make some sales and fill orders. I don't want my first few customers to get poor service (or worse, subpar items) because I jumped the gun. I'm waiting until things are 100% ready before I dive in head-first. I want customers to be completely satisfied, and I just don't think I'm in a place where that can happen just yet. I think people would be about 80% satisfied, and well, that's not good enough. I'll be getting back to you on this though; don't worry about that!


In other news, Little C is trying to crawl. If he figures it out, I'm screwed.