Oh- Four the LoveNov 2, 20214 minStill my small babeI feel like I say this often- I realize how big my girls are getting. How grown up they’re becoming. I see it on a daily basis, with the “I
MeganJun 6, 20218 minMeredith's birth story: I’m terrified of my bathtub and here’s whyDid you know today is international homebirth day? Did you know that this day (not by choice) applies to my family now? It has taken me a...
MeganApr 20, 20214 minToday was not a good dayToday was not a good day. And when I say it was not a good day, I don’t mean we didn’t get out of our pajamas and we ate dry cereal at...
MeganFeb 23, 20212 minDear HusbandWhen the world is dark and silent and sleepy is when the weight and loneliness is the loudest. I know you leave the house to go to a job...
BrittanyJan 12, 20213 minDear MeredithHi! I’m your Aunt B! We met about a week ago. I’m not sure if you remember or not; you were totally cool and collected—slept through the...
MeganJan 5, 20214 minA pillow made me cry todayWant to hear why a pillow placed in my daughter’s crib made me turn into a big ol’ pile of mushy, gushy feelings today? You’re in luck....
Oh- Four the LoveDec 29, 20203 minMom CultureOkay. Let’s take a minute to get real. Or, even more real. Because if you’ve been keeping up with us for a while, then you should know we...
MeganDec 22, 20204 minDefault parentWhat does it feel like to not be the default parent? No, I genuinely want to know. Like talk dirty to me, go into full-detail and don’t...
BrittanyDec 8, 20202 minStill neededI sit here at 1:05 in the afternoon, tired and brewing a cup of coffee I should probably be skipping. But I’m going to drink it all the same
BrittanyDec 1, 20202 min2020This year has been HARD, in all the obvious ways and in ways I never expected either. When COVID first began changing the way we operated...
BrittanyOct 14, 20202 minWill you forgive me?You, my baby, are turning three. And it is hitting me so hard. Just weeks ago, your Aunt watched me burst into full blown tears, surrounded
MeganSep 30, 20204 minThe most un2020 dayI am exhaling, I am dreaming of our future family of four, I am reveling, and I am remembering how lucky I am to have the people around me..
MeganSep 9, 20204 minThese are my confessionsConfession: my tiny tot is testing my patience and I don’t know how much longer I can hold out. Repeats, “When little people are...
MeganAug 12, 20203 minThe juggleHow do you juggle? How do you juggle everything that needs to be done? The grocery shopping, the cooking, the constant cleaning, the laundry
MeganJul 29, 20205 minWho you’ll be?I have thoughts about who she’ll become often, but today I found myself doing it every time we tried our hand at any activity. I felt this..
MeganJul 27, 20203 minStill doing the work, part 4I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing or if the things I’m doing are the right things to do. But we have to try, we have to start some...
MeganJul 24, 20204 minGrateful for less weightYou ever want to know how much your partner actually does? Do everything without them. Never again will I take having him around to help...
MeganJul 20, 20202 minStill doing the work, part 3One of Addison’s other passions, outside of reading, is coloring. She loves to sit and color anything she can, she doesn’t discriminate...
MeganJul 15, 20204 minIf you have a newborn, your partner is now your babyWe might have had a baby together, but darling, your child, your priority right now, is not that sweet precious bundle of joy. It is me.
BrittanyMay 20, 20202 minYou’re what I never knew I neededYou came crashing into life with an intoxicating boldness. You love what you love and you make absolutely no apologies. I am learning so muc
MeganMay 19, 20203 minOne mother of a dayMother’s Day was a beautifully hard day for me. Some of you, who have kept up with my recent writings, might be able to guess why.
Oh- Four the LoveMay 4, 20203 minLearning the cryI spent her infant days cycling through things that I thought it could be until we hit the nail on the head. Was she hungry? Need a new diap
MeganApr 20, 20204 minFull-time employee, full-time mom, big ol' failureI never saw myself as someone who would quit her job to stay home to take care of her family. I had always enjoyed the work I did...
BrittanyApr 15, 20203 minGoing to bedI am trying to be a good E V E R Y T H I N G. Literally everything. To everyone. All of the time. Everywhere I go. Every second. Of every si
BrittanyApr 8, 20203 minLuckyYou know the typical narrative of the blended family? That’s not my narrative. And my gosh do I know how lucky I am.
BrittanyApr 6, 20203 minIt’s not you, it’s meIf I had a nickel for every conversation I was a part of or overheard that entailed listing a nauseating number of activities....let’s just
MeganApr 3, 20204 minOur unexpected first birthday celebrationMy daughter turned one on March 25th. We had planned a small party for her with friends and family for March 21st. Right before shit hit the
BrittanyApr 1, 20203 minMy Hat Rack is MaxedI was a yes man, determined to prove to myself and the universe that I could still do it all. Spoiler alert: I COULDN’T. I *shouldn't*.
MeganMar 30, 20206 minWhen breast wasn’t our bestThere’s no reason I couldn’t still maintain the crazy diet and breastfeed her, right? But sometimes, you have to consider your own happiness
MeganMar 27, 20205 minJust a dump of a dayWhen it rains, it pours? Well, when you’re having a dump of a day, someone gives you a literal dump to round it all out and keep you humble.
BrittanyMar 23, 20203 minSO WHAT NOW?we decided we needed a short list of attainable things we can be doing to make sure that both ourselves and our littles are getting what we
Oh- Four the LoveMar 18, 20206 minQuarantivitiesAre you under lockdown and struggling with how to fill your days? We can’t promise that these are groundbreaking ideas, but we hope some of
MeganMar 11, 20203 minNo one told me that becoming a mom would also mean becoming invisibleSomehow, as I transitioned into being everything for my tiny little human, it has been forgotten that I am a person with my own set of needs
BrianMar 10, 20203 minMan Cave, Shman CaveI’ve always dreamed of having my own Man Cave (my wife will roll her eyes here) – somewhere I can just be a dude and do dude things. But any
MeganMar 6, 20205 minDown to the poopy wire and up to my eyeballs in anxietyWe are down to the poopy wire of when we should get this thing out of our system with ZERO sight of [the screw] and I am un-rav-el-ing.
BrittanyMar 5, 20203 minMud PuddlesNow it is time to escape the rain. I turn to put your squishy hand in mine and it is not where I think it is. Wait. Where are your hands?
BrittanyMar 2, 20204 minBonus Mommin' Ain’t EasyYou know what feels harder than parenting? Step-parenting. You become the invisible parent. The one who is largely unrecognized[...]