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It happened. I’m so sad it say its true but it is…we blog faded. I tried to keep it from happening. But life gets away from you. And it gets busy. New babies come. Birthdays, holidays. Time just flies. Every morning I wake up thinking “today I’m going to catch up on my blogging” and [...]

-By Raquel I love the idea of Siri on my iPhone but truthfully I forget to use it more often than not. When I do remember its usually for a phone number search or a quick calculation. However, last week as I was driving I had (what I believed to be) a great idea for [...]

Yesterday was my birthday and things have changed so much for me. I’m not the girl I was five years ago, 10 years ago, 15 years ago. I have a college degree, I was on the fast track at work, I wanted to do things and be things and I would never ever ever be [...]

It’s that time again. Time to start giving a new baby food. With Monkey Boy I was nervous. Before I ever thought of introducing any foods I read everything I could find. I made a checklist and a calendar and followed everything to a T. I waited until he was 6 months old and watched [...]

- By Raquel My sister in law, Lyn, is a genius in the kitchen. She has catered amazing parties and is usually in charge of food for family events. Today I noticed as she prepares food, she sets out platters and labels them with sticky notes. As I watched her I came to the following [...]

I got this in an email a few months back from my inlaws and re-found it while cleaning out my inbox today.  I am not sure who wrote it or where it originated from but its very funny!  - Raquel I thought about the 30 year business I ran with 1800 employees, all without a [...]

- Romie* I have a lot of siblings, 12 sisters and a brother to be exact; a motley crew combination of his, hers, ours, theirs and someone else’s. Having grown up with such a large family, especially sisters, I could only expect that my family tree would continue to grow exponentially. To date at the [...]

- By Raquel My Monkey Baby (#2 at my house) was born 132 days ago.  It might seem like a lot but in those short 4 months and 10 days we have been alone with him for approx 19 days.  That means we’ve had lots of help in the form a sister in law and [...]

- By Raysa When we decided to start a blog one of the main reasons revolved around the fact that even though the three of us sisters were raised pretty much the same, we each have very different styles and attitudes towards being moms.  This got me thinking about my own three monkeys currently ages [...]

Dear Blog, I miss you. I think of you often. I am sorry I have not written lately. You see I just had a baby.  Well not just actually but 2 1/2 months ago.  And the pressure of motherhood, home, life, money and the adjustments that come with it have not been easy.  I am [...]