Posts by Nat
Happy Camper
As I mentioned in Lilly’s party post, she hijacked her brother’s birthday theme and I’m so glad she did. I ended up loving our second option so much more. Since Oliver is always in a good mood, so smiley and chill, I went with a happy camper theme, which fit perfectly for summer. I’d, obviously,…
Read MoreSea Island
As I write this, we’re preparing to head on our next family vacation to Florida. (Editor’s note: I didn’t get around to finalizing the post until after we got back!) I realize and appreciate how fortunate we are. There were plenty of years where circumstances didn’t allow for one vacation, let alone two. Whether it…
Read MoreMuseum of Ice Cream: The Pint Shop
We missed the original Museum of Ice Cream installation when it first toured NYC but, lucky for all of us, there’s now the newly opened Pint Shop, a miniature version of the now iconic pioneer of experiential fun exhibits. At The Pint Shop there’s still plenty of Instagram-worthy ops, a (color blocked) over-the-top gift shop with items like…
Read MoreBunny Party
Those of you that have been readers for awhile now, know that Lilly and Bunny have a love affair that began at birth. But despite all the clothing (like the romper below), accessories and additional animals, besides this little affair, we’ve never had a bunny themed birthday party until now and Lilly was adamant that…
Read MoreCloset Makeover
This was intended to be a New Year’s post, then a spring cleaning, now we’re almost officially at summer but I refuse to ever bring you something that’s half baked or, worse, all fluff. I’d rather wait till it’s worth it, till you get a good before and after, some real takeaways. There’s another blogger…
Read MoreThe Reality of What Being Laid Off Feels Like: My Friend’s Brutally Honest Account
Jennifer Halper (a.k.a. “Halps”) was one of the first people I met at Us Weekly when I started there a million years ago. I was a polite, proper, relatively shy intern. She was a foul-mouthed, didn’t give an F, funny photo director and I loved her. The thing is, in real life, we’re much more…
Read MoreNursery Reveal
Over a year ago, I posted Ollie’s inspiration board for his nursery. We had yet to move, it was all ahead of us and I couldn’t wait to decorate his first room. More importantly, I was so excited (and anxious) about his arrival after a bit of a rough road. Well, we all know he’s…
Read MoreHotel Esencia, Tulum, Mexico
Zach and I have been backpacking in Cinque Terre, dog sledding in Alaska, helicoptering in Grand Canyon, surfing in California, rock climbing in the Bahamas, I could go on but you get the gist. Well, this was not that trip. The most adventurous we got was the gym. And even that was brief. For four…
Read MoreLilly Update
Last I left you, Lilly was progressing and we were hopeful. Well, like most things in life, it had to get worse before it got better. Gymnastics is still a struggle. She starts talking about the next class as soon as she’s left the current one. And by “talking”, I mean worrying. Does she have…
Read MoreDisney World
Lilly’s first time at Disney caused quite a quarrel in our home- but that’s nothing new 😉 Since she was only 2.5, Zach was convinced we should wait to take her. Being a complete Disney freak and with a family that was already headed there, I argued otherwise. And guess who won? Mama. Mama won.…
Read MoreCamelback
We’d been talking about taking Lilly skiing for the first time for awhile now but never really did anything about it. You know how that goes, all parental plotting, no actual execution. Then Zach left his job of twelve years, has a few weeks off before the next one and we decided it was now…
Read MoreHow We’re Helping Lilly Through a Tough Time
Lilly was a super star baby. Slept through the night at 8 weeks and continued to sleep like a champ, taking epic naps in addition to her full nights, ate well, played well… we really never had one problem with her (beyond some GI issues) and I still thought it was hard! Then she hit 22…
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