About

I was married in 2006 and we have two daughters and a son.  My oldest, Mini-V, was born in June of 2010.  She is hilarious, clever and the sweetest, most polite child I have seen. Yes, I am biased, but it is true!!  She loves to dance, talks incessantly, hates to eat and spent her first year pooping and vomiting on everything in sight.  Right now, she takes swimming lessons and loves school! She adores her little brother and is, paradoxically, an utter bully and best friend to her younger sister.

My second daughter was born in February 2012 and the heavens shined on me when I had Miss R!!! The reason I say the heavens shined on my is because she spent the first five months of her life just eating and sleeping. Nothing else. Not crying, not fussy, not having a myriad of bodily function explosions (like her sister). She was like the baby you see in movies that just falls asleep on your shoulder. Aaah! Then all things changed once she started walking and talking. This is the child I fear will still be in my bed aged 8. She religiously comes to my room every 1am and then takes over my bed, kicking me in the face and complaining she doesn't want the blanket, leaving me to shiver in the cold, all bruised and sleep deprived. She is also our thug. She climbs everything, never listens, spontaneously screams at deafeningly high-pitches (especially annoying in the car) and seems to just smile and bat her long lashes at you when getting reprimanded.  When she was 18 months old, I caught her standing on my dining table, swinging from the chandelier. Yes, that is my formerly angelic and now completely naughty little girl!  Luckily, she potty trained soon after she turned 2 and has been a source of entertainment always.  

My husband JNP is a great help, I am incredibly lucky. Even despite working at best 14 hours a day, he still comes home and is super-dad. Did I mention I was lucky? Sometimes he doesn't have a choice because the moment he gets home, Mini-V wraps herself around his leg. If you ever looked up "Daddy's Girl" in the dictionary, it would probably have my daughter's photo alongside the definition. More than once a week, I feel bad for JNP. I remember the pre-stay-at-home-Mom days when I worked long hours and I know the last thing I would want to do when I came home from work would be change diapers or play hide-and-seek but he does this whenever he is home before the children's bedtime. I am blessed!

As for me, I started out working as a corporate attorney. I loved having an office job and being a successful female in a traditionally male-oriented industry.  I gave up my career to stay home and have children.  There were difficult days but they were overshadowed by the joy and happiness my children gave me everyday.  I wouldn't trade the vomit, poop, spills, and screams for anything because I was blessed to be able to spend all my time with them, watching them grow and learn and become little people.  Recently, I became an Arbonne business owner as an Independent Consultant.  This was one of the best decisions I made. I now have the opportunity to build my own business and wealth and still maintain a valued presence at home with my husband and children. This is such a gift!

JNP and I recently started building our dream home so I love writing about that too! It's been an amazing process that I have learned a lot from and I have thoroughly enjoyed this project! I cannot wait until we move in at the end of 2015!

We live in Michigan, though I was not born or raised here. So if I revert to the English spellings of words, please forgive me. JNP already mocks me when I say "schedule". The other tidbit is that I lost my amazing mother when Mini-V was four weeks old so periodically, I will share information related to loss, grief, motherless mothering etc. I think about my Mom everyday, she was truly amazing and very accomplished. She was one of those people who could master anything she tried. She really was gifted.

Well, once again I thank you for taking the time to stop by and check out my blog. I hope you stay and linger and watch how this blog develops.