** Brenda will be traveling for most of June so we are pleased to introduce Georgina Mollick to you all. Georgina is a product development/merchandising guru for Scandinavian Child and is the mother to four beautiful children.**

So how do I begin. . . Brenda and I have known each other for almost 8 years now. When we first met we were next door neighbors, and we quickly became good friends. We were at a similar stage in life, busy career women, just married and ready to start families. Brenda got a jump start on me, she delivered her first baby and started Scandinavian Child (yes - she gave birth to both her business and her first born on the same day) while I was working as a contract negotiator for a Fortune 250 Company. I loved watching her nurture and grow her business the way we were both nurturing our marriages and children (within 8 months of Brenda giving birth to Kelly I delivered my first, Max). I admired her ability to take the leap and do what she really wanted to do - bring great children's products from other countries to North America.

Time progressed and our families grew. Brenda was expecting Anton about the same time that I was expecting my twins (this is definitely the subject of a separate blog). Unfortunately - or perhaps fortunately now that I have the benefit of hindsight - I was laid off from my job with the Fortune 250 Company at the same time Brenda needed some additional help with the company and thus, my entrée to Scandinavian Child began. Now, perhaps I need to fill in part of the story here. My background as a business attorney, who had spent the last several years specializing in intellectual property and business contracts didn't seem like a natural fit, but somehow it worked and I now do things that I never pictured myself doing from sales and marketing to product development in the juvenile products industry.

So let's get back to the babies. One boy born about 8 months after Brenda's first, a boy and a girl born a month and half before her second and progressing forward in time, a pleasant surprise baby girl born this past August. So by the time my youngest, Sophia was born, I had 4 children aged 4 and under. I was so pleased when Max turned 5 because the strange looks I got weren't quite as shocked as they had been when I had 4 children under the age of 4. (I feel that look on your face as you read this right now, don't worry, I'm used to it by now). At any rate, you get the picture, I'm a busy working mom with lots of young kids, a few more grey hairs and a few less hours of sleep than I deserve. However, despite the roller coaster I ride on daily, I wouldn't trade it for the world. There is nothing like your child's smile, hug or little voice and any mother knows just what I am speaking of, and I am fortunate enough to get to multiply this by four.

I don't claim to be "Super Mom" - just a mom with more than my fair share. So stay tuned for what will hopefully be a few gems of wisdom, interesting stories and hopefully something to encourage those who are doing the same job I am - the most important job in the world - being the best parent possible to their amazing and wonderful children.