Last night, we let baby Vivian "cry it out" a couple times in the night. Before you applaud or criticize, let me tell you that ...

  Ever feel like you're running a small city of crazies? Wondering how you became Mayor of Loudville with skyscrapers of laundry and to...

Easter is early this year. It feels strange, shopping for chocolate bunnies and hiding eggs before the grass even needs to be mowed. Spring ...

I'm really good at chatting about self-care. I have my Masters in Marriage & Family Therapy, after all. I have three children and ...

Dear Internet, Yep, you, the whole Internet. Back off my holidays, seriously. It seems you need a reminder of your role in my life. Yo...

Motherhood comes with many things.  Love, awe, gratitude, patience, and selflessness.  These are the wonderful things I've grown in (som...

I know they say to never say never, but I really never thought I'd be saying these next three words: I miss school. I know, I k...

Today I turn 35.  Or, as I like to tell people, "If you need advice on being 29, just ask me, I've been 29 for years now." [in...

A diaper explosion/outfit change at midnight.  Kid #1 comes down with a fever by 1am.  A spit-up catastrophe around 4am.  Everyone is up by ...

It's the final stretch! I'm scheduled to deliver this baby via c-section on Sunday, August 16th at 9am.  (Mark your calendars!  Pr...

Let this season go down in Pardy history known as "The Summer of Change". As a counselor, I can't recommend more than one ma...

It's been a taxing day.  And I'm not talking W-4's and 1099's. My girls (3 and 5) are just fighting .  Fighting allergies....

Sing it, you Bon Jovi fans - cause at nearly 20 weeks along... Whooooa, we're halfway there, whooooooa, livin' on a prayer!  That...

It's rained a lot here lately.  It seems like the chance of rain is always looming, and while it's been a refreshing break from the ...

Some nights, I just can't sleep.  It's no wonder my girls are zombies since I'm a terrible sleeper myself (thanks, insomniac gen...

Back to School! Just weeks ago, I crossed a major threshold in my education and met the halfway point in my Masters Degree!  Last night I...

Like many children, my girls love to sing.  And boy, do they!  Sing, sing, sing, everything . Granted, both Josh and I are pretty liberal ...

One of the craziest things about parenthood is how God can literally use anything  to show you something new.  I know this isn't exclusi...

In the rush of the day, in the crazy busy-ness , in the whirlwind we call life, it seems to me that most of the time we are all just doing o...

Someone once said that trying to clean the house with little kids is like trying to brush your teeth while eating Oreos. I couldn't ag...