Tag: breastfeeding

Mommy Is Not A Sippy Cup

Since Levi is now officially weaned, I thought I’d share a little about my adventures in breastfeeding. Prior to Levi’s arrival, I was more worried about breastfeeding than his birth. Breastfeeding an infant up to eight times a day for a year seemed daunting. So being a good former journalist, I researched the heck out of how to breastfeed and asked my… Read more →

Bicycling with Baby

Bicycling Pre-Baby For several years before our son, Levi, was born, my husband, Dave, and I participated in Ready2Roll Cycling‘s training series to prepare for the MS150, which we rode together in 2011 and 2012. While these bike rides occur all over the U.S., locally, it’s a two-day, approximately 190-mile charity bike ride from Houston to Austin; funds raised benefit the Multiple Sclerosis… Read more →

Weekend Getaway: Texas Hill Country

This past weekend we took our first real family vacation, an excursion to the gorgeous Texas Hill Country (iPhone photos just don’t do it justice, at least that’s my excuse for not having taken any of the landscape). It’s a three-hour drive from Houston, although on the way there we took a slightly longer, more scenic route. After much time in the concrete… Read more →