In Rememberance of 9/11…

Just Another Voice… Just another day in the land of the free Metropolis bustles with energy Suits with Starbucks in hand rush to their boxes in the sky In Utopia where Benjamin dictates their lives. Just another day, twins standing tall With a thundering crash, moments later they fall The sky is clouded with political […]

But where does it go?

Everynight I ask myself the same question: Where did the day go? I have no idea what's become of the 16 hours per day I spend awake. I have nothing to show for. I must have accomplished something with all my time…I just can't seem to figure out what. Besides feeding the baby, burping the […]

and STILL a shop-a-holic…

Oops, I did it again, and again, and again.  I never mean to do it, but somehow it always happens…it's sad but true, I confess.  I'm a chronic shopaholic. Every morning I wake up, change Kiana's diaper, feed her, burp her, change her diaper again, then put her in an extremely cute outfit.  Then I […]

Yes, I’m having a cocktail!

Honestly, I'm not daft.  I see the glances, I hear the whispers.  I'm happily enjoying a Bellini, so what? Recently I was at a friend's bbq and overheard some of the other girls saying "Oh my God, LeLe's drinking!"  As if that wasn't enough, she started whispering to the other girls at the party "Do […]

Mama mia!

I have now been a mom for exactly 4 weeks, and it's been…an experience alright.  All I have to say is you should give your mom a hug – hug her right now.  You owe her.  Trust me. Week 1 went off without a hitch.  We went home from the hospital on Wednesday June 7th, […]

She’s HERE!!! (sans horns!)

41 long weeks of pregnancy, 3 painful days of labour, 3 excruciating hours of hard pushing, 2 mothers in the birthing room, 1 crazy husband, many puffs of laughing gas, 1 epidural, an IV drip, a catheter, 1 trip to the OR, forceps, an epesiotomy, and 2 lacerations, and 45 minutes of being sewn back […]