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    10 Months: Happy Birthday, Henry!

    Oh, dearest Henry, what shall I share about you this month?

    Everyone you come into contact with exclaims, “He’s such a happy baby!” And your relatives call you a “sweet, sweet” boy.

    I think your number one favorite thing is food. You can’t get enough of it! Your second favorite thing is dogs. They always bring a smile to your face, especially when they lick you in the face. Your third favorite thing is probably stairs. You love to climb higher and higher. You also know how to climb down stairs, although that process is much harder. First you test out the distance with your arm. When you sense that

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    My Organization System for Motherhood

    I have a big post coming (in response to a kindred spirit’s big questions) about motivation and passion and goals. But I decided that I would start with something related yet simpler: my daily organization system.

    I could write a sonnet to my daily organization system. It is the reason I’m able to accomplish anything.

    In general, my organization system is a binder that includes my yearly goals, my monthly goals, and then my weekly to-do lists. I detail the whole system on the Organization page. (And I’d be remiss if I wrote a whole post about organization and didn’t mention my mentor Maia and my favorite book about

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    New Year’s Intentions

    I apologize for just now getting around to formulating and sharing my intentions for 2012. It’s been a hectic holiday with a 16-hour road trip to Florida with a baby and a bloodhound, a plane ride to Indiana and back to Florida, a road trip to the other coast of Florida, a week of being on Henry duty 24-hours a day since Matt had to go back to work in Houston, a weekend with my bonus family (the in-laws) in Orlando for the Disney Marathon (Matt was running, not me), and then another plane trip back to Houston, all while talking with the Buyer’s realtor
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