"No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings."
–William Blake

Last week we loaded up the car and headed for New York City with the sole mission of taking baby Madelyn to see vascular specialist Dr. Milton Waner for her hemangioma–a type of vascular birthmark–on her arm. 
To add to the difficulty…I mean fun, we decided to take the kiddos to see a few of the [...]

-Reading bedtime stories with my little guy–who insisted on wearing his cowboy hat with his Mr. Incredible pajamas. 
-Grilling outside. 

-Watching my hubby’s grandma love on my baby girl. 

-Having my little guy tell me he wants to marry his baby sister when he grows up. 
-Buying groceries and having the checker tell me I was buying a lot [...]

I write for a lot of trade publications, so this article on new driver safety regulations that ran in June is a bit tech heavy. But, I wanted to post it for your reading pleasure! Click here to read What’s Your Safety Score: Software Helps Fleets Break Down CSA 2010 Data. It doesn’t matter how many [...]

Wow! Almost two weeks have gone by since Miss Madelyn Elise was born. All of the feeding, burping, changing, rocking, and oohing and aahing have kept us busy. Throw in a day my hubby spent in the ER with kidney stones and a baby girl who often thinks she needs to eat every hour and [...]

"There are some things which cannot be learned quickly, and time, which is all we have, must be paid heavily for their acquiring. They are the very simplest things and because it takes a man’s life to know them the little new that each man gets from life is very costly and the only heritage [...]

Our weekend-o-fun got underway Saturday morning when we piled in the car and headed off to Philly for the weekend. It was the family version of a babymoon before baby girl arrives. We set out with only one goal in mind—to make some memories.  
There were sweet treats—donuts for breakfast and ice cream before bed,

fun [...]