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Because a switch flipped 20 Dec 2012 | 09:47 pm
This will be the last post I write for Pretty Swell. I know this seems totally out of the blue, but it’s been weighing on my heart for a long time. This website, as much as I love it, takes me away fr...
How we get our picky girl to drink milk {giveaway} 18 Dec 2012 | 09:06 pm
Lily’s relationship with milk has always been tenuous. I stopped breastfeeding early in order to treat my postpartum depression, and we must have tried half a dozen different formulas before she final...
Dreaming big (and small) 13 Dec 2012 | 02:29 am
(source) Dream: “Thanks a Latte” gift card holder for the girls’ teachers. Isn’t this clever? I discovered it in my friend Brandy’s post over here. And I’ve already printed the cards. Just need to mou...
Nineteen months 8 Dec 2012 | 06:24 am
Christmas ornaments keep walking off the bottom half of the tree. I find sippy cups full of milk inside the bathroom cabinet or nestled among the tupperware. She says waowwww when she sees Christmas l...
Lily’s letter to the big guy 7 Dec 2012 | 01:45 am
Translation: Dear Santa, This year for Christmas may I please have a Periwinkle doll, Lalaloopsy doll house and some furniture to go inside it, that neat vet kit I saw at Marbles, two twin baby dolls ...
Good things 28 Nov 2012 | 03:15 am
Mister Monroe says hi. And he wants to do your taxes. A little of this and that … >>My internet pal Mandy is hosting a pretty amazing forum to help those in need this holiday season. Check out her com...
Why I’m cuckoo with my camera 27 Nov 2012 | 07:23 am
Ever since I held my very first camera and smelled that burnt flash bulb after it popped, I was in love. On one childhood vacation, in fact, I spent an entire roll of film on a single alligator. Disne...
Because it’s never too late to support small businesses 25 Nov 2012 | 06:41 am
new at Posy! vintage mercury glass ornaments I had grand ambitions of posting a shopping guide for Small Business Saturday this morning. That is, until I ended up dragging a sleeping Sophie out from u...
An accidental before-and-after 24 Nov 2012 | 07:18 am
I started downloading my eleventy billion Thanksgiving photos and came across this family shot that just makes me smile. It’s a rare thing for the four of us to end up together in the same frame, much...
Thankful 22 Nov 2012 | 08:10 pm
For Marc and Lily and Sophie and all of our family. For friends who love us like family. For our health. For a cozy home that has heat and water and food. For a job that I absolutely love (and had nev...
