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Keeping a Pregnancy Journal

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As soon as you lay your eyes on your beautiful new baby, memories of your pregnancy will begin to fade away. Some parts of your pregnancy you’ll be glad to forget, but there are some memories that are just too good to leave in the past. A pregnancy journal is the perfect way to keep track of special pregnancy moments like the first time you felt movement or how you felt when you first saw your baby on the ultrasound. There are several different ways to keep a journal depending on your preference and how much time you want to … Continue reading →

Five Ways to Improve Your Fitness for Weight Loss Program

Weight loss is probably the number of one goal of all women. I say all women because I have heard women who weigh 110 pounds say they could stand to lose an extra few pounds. Before you discount them with a scoff and a snort, remember – the 110-pound woman may seem terrifically skinny, but her self-image is where that request for losing a few extra pounds is coming from. So with that in mind, here are five ways you can improve your fitness to assist your weight loss program. Interval Train – Interval training is great for your metabolism, … Continue reading →

Heart to Heart: The Baby & The Bear

My sister-in-law was going to a baby shower the other day and we were talking about the things we’ve learned since our kids were born. There are a lot of things we received both before and after the baby was born that we never used and very few things we could say as an absolute that we needed to have. Between the two of us, we did some brainstorming and there was one item that we both came back to again and again as a definite must have for any mom and her baby whether she is on child number … Continue reading →

Home Sources

Today I learned about sources of genealogical information that go beyond simple records of birth, marriage, death and the like. Commonly referred to as “home sources,” things like old photographs, military medals and other memorabilia can provide richness and depth to your family history in a way that the bare facts of a pedigree chart cannot. As a child I thought that it was kind of boring whenever someone would take out a book of old family photographs at a family gathering. Fast forward quite a few years and I love it when I’m at my parents’ house or Thanksgiving … Continue reading →

Saving Money on Toys

Toys may not seem like a big expense at first, but they can certainly add up. And, I’m not even talking about those expensive “it” toys. If you have been keeping track and recording your expenses, have you seen any everyday spending going toward toys? What about birthdays and holidays? Summer pool toys and outdoor toys? Books at the grocery store and dollar store items? Let’s face it, the amount a family can spend on toys can cost a good chunk of money. With three young children of my own, I can certainly testify to this. Here are some tips, … Continue reading →

Footprints in our Memories

You know, when my daughter was born, I was surprised that not only did they not take a footprint or handprint of her – they didn’t even issue her a birth certificate. In fact, a lot of hospitals don’t anymore – they give you a letter of registration. It basically informs people that you had a child and some key data about the child. If you want a birth certificate, you have to send off for it. I was more than a little startled about that, but I did end up getting her birth certificate and it’s nothing really fancy … Continue reading →

Grasping at Everything

When it comes to marking down milestones in your baby book – one that is often overlooked is one that has to do with grasping. Remember the first time you felt your little one’s fingers close around just one of yours? It is a treasured moment for mothers, fathers, grandmothers and relatives. In the first few weeks, until about the age of 2 months, grasping is simply a reflex action that begins to fade away. The constant clenching relaxes into open hands that begin to explore the world around them. They begin by grasping at their blankets, at hair and … Continue reading →