Well, to no one’s surprise, the Cannata gals never like to be late for a party – so much so, that they come two weeks early! We welcomed Clare Margaret Cannata to our family at 4am on March 26th! She weighed 7lbs .5oz and was 19 inches long. She is pretty perfect and looks a…

Writing these posts is such a good exercise, particularly in these late stages of pregnancy when my memory is shot and I often think back on the previous month and can’t recall one thing that happened! It turns out, February was pretty busy for us. We are now almost exactly one month out from baby…

I’m always a little blue after the holidays. There is so much to look forward to in November and December, and that steady flow of excitement gives me such a boost during those months. And then January comes, the holidays are done, it’s freezing outside and everything feels a little blah. However, this year, I’ve…

We are already halfway through January, which feels impossible. I always spend so much time in anticipation for the holidays – from seeing family, to getting the house ready and planning fun activities – and it always seems to fly by! We had a really great December. As I mentioned, Chloe was very excited for…

As I sit down to write this post, it’s beginning to snow outside and we are in the full holiday swing! Today is the first night of Hanukkah and Christmas is only a couple of weeks away. Chloe is at an age where she is starting to “get” the holidays a bit more, and she…

This past weekend, we took on perhaps our greatest parenting challenge yet – potty training! One of Chloe’s greatest gifts is her adaptability. She takes change in stride and we’ve often found that she handles the “cold turkey” method of just about every shift we’ve made pretty well. Solid food? We just started feeding it…

Looking back at photos from this month, I forgot how much stuff actually happened! Most of it was great, but we did have a bit of Covid that took me and Chloe out for a week (everyone was feeling good, but going a bit crazy with quarantine). We started the month with a visit to…

I can’t believe summer is already over. I am writing this with the warm sun streaming through my window, but fall is around the corner and we just tried on Chloe’s Halloween costume to make sure it fits. August was a bit of a whilrwind. I was gone for a couple of work trips, but…

July was a whirlwind of a month filled with family, friends and a lot of sunshine! We kicked off the month with Chloe’s first visit to a carnival. Dobbs Ferry was celebrating 150 years and had a classic carnival on the waterfront, filled with midway rides and cotton candy. We figured we would take this…

My sweet Chloe Grace is two years old. I simultaneously cannot believe we ever lived a day without her, but also feel like she was being put in my arms yesterday. Motherhood is truly a wild ride – things come at you fast and you feel like time is slipping through your fingers, but you…