Amy Williamson

Nap Time Cannot Go Away

I mourned the day my oldest stopped napping. I had actually just gotten to the point when my infant and my then three year old were taking a nap at the same time. It was blissful. There were two hours of quiet to do things we do when our kids are napping â clean, make phones calls, anything but actually take a nap yourself.

Posted 1 yr. ago.

The Great Debate

I am soon to be a first-time parent of a kindergartener.

Posted 1 yr. ago.

I Want to Leave, I Don't Want to Leave

There have been a few times in my life as a Mom where I have had the chance to go away. While they have not been for more than three nights, they provide me the renewal in myself that I need. Sometimes I just need a break. Sometimes I need to go to sleep in a bed that does not have a monitor right next to it. Sometimes I need some me time. By the time this post is published, I will be in Fishkill…

Posted 1 yr. ago.

Confessions of Me

Last Saturday, Audrey was having a lollipop outside when she dropped it. I immediately picked it up, looked at it, licked it clean, and gave it back to her. Oh yes I did. The options? Listen to her cry about the lollipop until I walked down the street to our house to get another one, go inside my neighbors house to rinse it off hoping that Audrey would stop crying long enough for me to do that an…

Posted 1 yr. ago.

Why Did We Get a Dog Again?

When my husband and I first got married, we moved into a very family-friendly neighborhood where everyone either had a dog or kids. We had neither. We just didnât have time (not the kid part, the dog part, we were at the time trying for the kid part). To have a dog, you needed to be home at certain hours to walk him or her. And, too often, we just were not home. So we had a cat. Flash forwar…

Posted 1 yr. ago.

Potty Training the Lazy Way

We decided to move to the area right when we were about to have our second daughter, Audrey. My oldest, Ashley, at the time was 2 1/2 years old and not yet potty trained. We thought it was best to hold off potty training Ashley until we moved as we were rocking her world with a new baby sister and moves to a new state and daycare.

Posted 1 yr. ago.

Off to North Carolina

Featured blogger Amy Williamson will appear every Wednesday. Before the ACC basketball tournament started a few weeks ago, my officemate informed Virginia Tech was 4th in the ACC. âSo what does that mean exactly?â was my response.

Posted 1 yr. ago.

about this blog

Amy Williamson

Amy is a TriangleMom2Mom featured blogger, appearing every Wednesday.

She lives in Holly Springs with her two daughters, a four-year old aspiring High School Musical character and a two-year old who believes every day should start at 5 a.m. Amy and her husband met while attending Virginia Tech and relocated here two years ago from Virginia to escape the traffic and intermittent snow. Amy works in finance and her husband is a real estate agent. Amy enjoys playing bassoon for the Holly Springs Community Band and can often be found in her garage practicing and scaring off the neighborhood cats.