by Mary Carver | Dec 10, 2010 | Family Life, Giving Up on Perfect, parenting
Annalyn is a talker. And a thinker. (She’s a joker and a winker…) Like most 3-year-olds, she asks hundreds of questions each and every day, often repeating the same one until I am sure my ears are bleeding. But she does that because she’s trying to...
by Mary Carver | Sep 7, 2010 | Giving Up on Perfect
This summer, we’ve gone on quite a few road trips. The first one was miserable, as I learned that a newly potty trained toddler just can’t handle long stretches of highway with not a rest area in sight. Since then, though, we’ve gotten into a pretty good travel...
by Mary Carver | Aug 26, 2010 | Family Life, Giving Up on Perfect, parenting
On Monday night, Annalyn woke up crying. Actually, it was technically Tuesday morning. Whatever you call it, it was dark – what we call “sleep time” in our house. She didn’t calm down on her own (and it’s strange for her to do this in the first place), so I went in...
by Mary Carver | Aug 10, 2010 | Family Life, parenting
I found out last week that one of my good friends is expecting her first baby. I am SO excited for her, and I can’t wait to sit down with her and talk about all the fun things she has to look forward to. In other words, I want to give her advice. After all, I’ve had a...
