Julie Lyles Carr

So the Ultimate It Girl, 6 of 8, comes bounding into the room with this amazing revelation… “Mom, I just figured out that it is so hard to jump on the couch in high heels!” Thought that it was important for you all to know that…just in case you planned on couch jumping in stilettos this weekend… I’m all about…
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On the first day of Christmas  My true love hauled from the attic for me The steroid-enhanced, ridiculously big, pre-lit Christmas tree On the second day of Christmas  My true love climbed up for me A big ladder out of love and The steroid-enhanced, ridiculously big, pre-lit Christmas tree On the third day of Christmas My true love said to…
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When you are told that your child has hearing loss, there are many things that flash through your mind. How? When? What do we do now? Does this mean she’ll have to wear hearing aids to Prom? (Not all the questions seem that critical, in retrospect…) But there are questions that don’t hit you until later, aspects of life and…
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Apparently I’m more competitive than I think. In only one area. But it is an area in which I insist on the highest level of performance, a standard that must be upheld, regardless of moves and births and Thanksgiving dinner for 40. The Octamom standard is this: Christmas cards MUST be mailed out the week of Thanksgiving. Preferably the Friday…
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The formative period for building character for eternity is in the nursery. The mother is queen of that realm and sways a scepter more potent than that of kings or priests.  ~Author Unknown I’ve spent over five years being pregnant.  I’ve nursed babies off and on for over eighteen.  I have no formula for determining the number of diapers, baths,…
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