I followed every piece of advice I could find on Pinterest to make sure that we were ready to start our new family the right way, but no amount of cooking, cleaning, or nesting could have prepared me for you.
Happy Birthday, Wild One
Tag: motherhood
Finding My Way Back (The Story of an Aspiring Runaway)
Did you ever run away when you were a kid? I was catching a ride home with one of my coworkers the other day, and she told me about the time when her son announced to her and her husband that he had finally had enough and was moving on. He packed his bags and headed to [...]
Choosing My Own Adventure (The Story of an Aspiring Decision Maker)
When I was in the third grade, I spent the better part of the year obsessed with those “Choose Your Own Adventure” books. Obviously, these books have mass appeal, because there are hundreds, if not thousands, of them out there, on just about any topic you can imagine. At first, the idea of being the author [...]
How to Live Your Best Life (Lululemon Lunch Bag Wisdom Style)
If you work in a place that employs a large numbers of females, the refrigerator in your lunch room is likely exploding with Lululemon shopping bags that have been repurposed to live their second (slightly less glamorous) lives as lunch kits. This is a trend I have noticed at most of the schools I have worked at, and I [...]
I Used To Call You On My Cell Phone (My List of Dos and Don’ts for Sitting on Hold)
Anyone who knows me even on the most basic level can tell you that one of my greatest nemesis on this earth is the telephone. Essentially the only people who I will forego my "no telephone" rule for are my grandparents and my mom. Generally speaking, I have a difficult time navigating my way through conversations when I can't [...]
The Aspring Sleeper: My Failed Attempts at Getting a Full 8 Hours
Last night, I slept like a baby. Please let me be clear about what I mean by that. I am not referring to the sweet sleep of a newborn who can snooze through the sound of you interrogating your mom about diaper rashes on speakerphone while vacuuming and watching Law and Order (SVU, obviously). What [...]
How to Survive Returning to Work After Maternity Leave
In three days I come face to face with the day I have been dreading for over a year - my return to work from maternity leave. I have spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to make it through this event with minimal tears and maximum success. To attempt to better prepare myself, [...]
An Open Letter to the Person Who Decided to do a Burnout Right Outside my Window at 3 AM Two Nights in a Row
Two weeks ago, Stu and I took Beckett to the Calgary Stampede with some friends of ours and their one month old baby. We ate expensive fried food, walked past skill testing game booths where you could win hats that look like the poop emoji (my most used and favourite one), and contemplated buying a [...]
Attending a Baby Shower Vs. Attending a Shower With Your Baby
Once upon a time I had a delusion that bringing my baby into the shower with me would be a great time-saving alternative to giving him his nightly bath. What could be simpler? He would sit on the floor while I lathered and rinsed, the suds washing over him as he laughed and played at [...]
Why Babies Should Never Travel on Airplanes
Before Stu and I had Beckett, we traveled quite a bit. I collected new destinations like coins in my pocket; I carried the memories of each one everywhere I went and liked the way they sounded as they clinked together. Paris. London. New York. Clink. Adding new ones made me feel rich. Basically the only thing [...]
THE ASPIRING SOMETHING 