I am a stay at home mom to 3 beautiful children. “Lily” is 8 and “Hannah” is 5 and “Silas” is 2. I’ve been married 11 fabulous years to a wonderful husband and father who graciously puts up with the amount of time I spend on the computer. In exchange, I put up with his fanatical love of hockey, which is the longest sports season on the planet.
I live in West Michigan down the street from my parents and close to my in-laws. Am I crazy? No, I love it and always have free babysitters dying for time with their grandchildren.
I love a good book, a great song and an excellent glass of wine. I also confess I watch too much TV and spend way too much time on the internet blogging, pinteresting, facebooking, twittering and checking People.com for the latest trashy gossip.
I love being home with my kids and wouldn’t have it any other way, but I am paying off an awful lot of grad school loans for this privilege. Also my life often feels like “Groundhog Day.” Laundry, dishes, “stop hitting your sister”….lather, rinse, repeat.
Mostly, I am just trying to be a good mom, wife, daughter and friend, all of which I do with varied success. Finally and most importantly, I am trying to figure out how to do all this in a way that honors God and is worthy of the calling he has for me.
I’ve been blogging since 2007 (how is that possible?). I blog about me, my family and my faith. I try to find the humor in life because life is too short not to laugh a lot. My favorite thing that people tell me is that when they read my blog it feels like they are talking to me. A little bit rambly, a little bit funny, a little bit deep, always pretty real.
A few of my favorite posts from the years:
- Top Ten Things I Don’t Do
- An Open Letter To The People of The Gym
- A Letter To My Teenage Daughter
- Love Is….
- Before I Was A Mom
- The Challenge
- Breaking Down the Walls
- A Meeting Ten Years in the Making
A few of my favorite tips from over the years:
- Avoid Morning Clothing Battles
- Double Swaddle
- Road Tripping with Kids
- Get Rid of Fruit Flies
- Our Best Financial Decisions
- Display Your Child’s Artwork
Thanks for stopping by! You can contact me at thediaperdiaries@gmail.com, or you can subscribe to The Diaper Diaries, follow me on Twitter or find me on Facebook. You can also find me over at the marriage blog I write with my husband, For Better And Worse. All Diaper Diaries. All the time.
