casey coombs

time flies when you’re babbling about your baby all the time.

Things I babbled on these past two weeks… When should babies learn to fall asleep on their own? (If you said straight out of the womb you would be correct yet oh. so. wrong.) Songs that will forever remind me of my babies. Vivi and her embarrassing sweat issues. The time I didn’t agree withContinue reading “time flies when you’re babbling about your baby all the time.”

happiness happens.

I am very happy. (So is Vivi.) And for the first time in a very long time I am not listening and waiting for the other shoe drop. It feels so good. If I could give you all a hit of how good I feel right now? You’d beg me to be your dealer. WhenContinue reading “happiness happens.”

cooking to win (over your family.) {sponsored}

Someone needs to write a cookbook entitled “How to Win Friends and Influence People Through Food.” It would have to be written by a mom. Because the two main genres of people who are won over and influenced by food? Husbands and little kids. I used to joke that Addie would perform light housework forContinue reading “cooking to win (over your family.) {sponsored}”

get carded…or be the carder, just card. it will make someone’s day.

(the following conversation occurred through text.) Friend: YOU! Me: Me what? Friend: You with the sneak attack cards making me all weepy! Me: Hallmark doesn’t pay me to be pretty. Friend: As it should be. I can vividly remember sitting at the dining room table drawing a card for my dad. I don’t remember theContinue reading “get carded…or be the carder, just card. it will make someone’s day.”

fruit of the looming underpants.

CAST: Addie: curly headed six year old. Thomas: “almost” uncle to aforementioned curly headed six year old, lives in Utah with my sister. Me: the mom. *cleaning out Addie’s suitcase from her trip to Utah, I find green pair of Fruit of the Looms.* “Ew, my dad’s underwear ended up in her suitcase. Do IContinue reading “fruit of the looming underpants.”

bottles, boob juice and booting the baby

Stuff I babbled about this week… My favorite baby bottle brand (although gasp! I heard they’re discontinuing the glass ones!) When is it Time to Boot Baby From Your Room? The Best Most Versatile Nursing Top EVER. (And it’s not just for nursing! It may be the most versatile SHIRT ever.) Crying Over Spilled BreastContinue reading “bottles, boob juice and booting the baby”

blogher advice from a crotchety old timer.

This year will be my fifth BlogHer. This year will be my first year with a baby (yes, Vivi’s coming too) and it will also most likely be my first year wearing nothing but stretchy pants, because if I’ve learned one thing from the last four BlogHer conferences? You’re either going to like someone orContinue reading “blogher advice from a crotchety old timer.”

then and now. here and there.

Something has happened that I didn’t see coming. And yet it makes perfect sense. I’ve said before that I have a hard time looking at photos of myself from dark periods of my life. Turns out I have a hard time looking at clothes from dark periods of my life as well. Specifically, in thisContinue reading “then and now. here and there.”

here, hold my swingline.

See that girl on the left? That’s me, five years ago at the rooftop bar of the W Lakeshore in Chicago. It was the night before BlogHer ’07 and there was a party thrown by Kirtsy (formerly Skirt) and it was one of the best nights of my life. It was the first night IContinue reading “here, hold my swingline.”

how to care for curly hair and wear your baby.

Today on Advice Smackdown…Me. Guest posting about how to care for curly hair on little heads. {babbled} today…Babywearing Badassery. Also today? Vivi’s first airplane ride. (hold me.)