Yesterday, I tweeted and posted on facebook, that we were looking for Toronto moms of all ages to be a part of a new project. I have been overwhelmed by all the replies and request for more info, and so I thought I would explain a bit more here and ask for your feedback.

First of all, the project is a video! All about what advice you would go back and tell your pregnant self before you had kids. You can see some of these advice ideas from a post i wrote here. The images will be of you, no kids (although they are welcome to come and i will happily hang out with them) holding cards with the advice written on the card. I will be bringing the cards, all we need if your beautiful faces. The photos won’t take long, still working on location, but will be in Toronto August 23rd. Continue reading this post »

When Benny was about four months old I got really sick. We were living in the UK and I was home with the boys, Jakob was about 2 then. Far away from family. By the time the doctors figured out that I had Mono and Pneumonia, I was already well. It was a pretty rough patch for me.

One night I had to stay in the hospital. I had never been away from Ben (and only ever one night away from Jakob, the night his brother was born). I was nursing and co sleeping, and although I was sick as could be, I was also as stubborn as ever. When the doctor told me I needed to spend the night, I refused, saying that Ben couldn’t be without me.

The doctors must have seen i meant business, because to keep me in the hospital they put me in the children’s ward and let Ben room in with me. Continue reading this post »

It has been a really long time since I have posted something new on here. Now, this is not because I haven’t been writing. I have actually been writing a ton. The last few weeks have been so full of meaningful experience, dramatic pause, heart break, excitement, fun and hard work, that I have been on creativity overload. I have written on scrap paper in Chicago hotels and on my blackberry notepad in San Francisco hospitals. I have written on the plane and from the sandbox watching my children run through the splash pad. Continue reading this post »

A lot of you have been telling me lately that my blogs posts have been making you cry. I ran some fancy shmany analysis on my blog comments (not really, I just kinda looked em over) and found out that more than half of your comments contain the words (cry, sob, and/or tears).

To be fair, I cry a lot when I write them.

But today is going to be different. Continue reading this post »

Dear Jakob

In about a day you will be eight years old. Eight years ago today, I was not a Mama yet – you gave me that gift. As much as I made you, you made me.

I love you dearly.  More than Sweedish berries and diet coke. More than dancing. More than love itself. 10,000 bushels and 3000 pecks.

You have always been honest and true. It truly is my honor to be your mother.  You have brought me more joy than anything else in my entire life. Continue reading this post »

When I think about my Dad, I think about the smell of milky coffee.

I hear “his” jokes (its a garbage truck) and see his hands. So, if you’re reading this, Happy Father’s Day. Thank you for taking all those long train rides to bring me to Niagara Falls and for helping me through University.

And for my eyes, because I think they are yours. Or at least that is what I see when they look back at me in the mirror. Continue reading this post »

The sun is shining, babies are everywhere and there is tons of exciting stuff happening at Nummies!

As some of you reading this will have noticed Nummies is no longer selling our bras directly to women online. This is an exciting step in the growth of our company. When we began four years ago, the online store was a way for us to let moms know about our product before we were carried in their local retailers. Now that we have grown and are available throughout North America in amazing stores, we will no longer be selling directly to moms. Continue reading this post »