It is summer vacation so I decided to go spend a week in one of my favorite cities, Austin, Texas. I actually lived in Austin for four and a half years as I attended college there. Hook ’em! So I had a long list of […]
There has been a few different, unrelated posts floating around Facebook lately that really speak volumes about the crisis happening in hospitals in our country for birthing women. Part of me was angry to see these posts, but another part of me felt validated. As […]
Last summer I was in the thick of “two under two.” I told Nathan just yesterday, that summer last year was such a blur that it went by so quickly. I spent my days last summer watching trash tv on the couch, resting and nursing […]
When I became pregnant with Holden I assumed stretch marks were inevitable, I remember looking in the mirror at my first trimester stomach and being quite sad that it would probably end up “ruined” by stretch marks creeping across, but my belly got bigger… and […]
Yes! You read that right! I am not returning to teaching next year!! Ever since I was a little girl the only thing I ever wanted to be was a mother. I asked for baby bottles for my 2nd Christmas, played house with multiple baby […]
Three years ago I cried daily, heartbroken over returning to work. I was a new mom, only 15 weeks postpartum when I returned to work. I reached out to other moms in some “mom groups” on Facebook. I told them how I was struggling with […]
Today is my last day of pumping at work. I made it one year and 7 days of keeping my son on breastmilk. I made it an entire school year of pumping twice a day everyday since my son was 9 weeks old. I did […]
Waylon turned one year old on Friday! So, on Saturday we had a small family birthday party to celebrate. I believe in celebrating birthdays. I find it fun to plan events like this and enjoy the process usually. This year was slightly different because Waylon’s […]
I wrote this letter to Holden last year as we waited for the arrival of Waylon. Although Waylon was very much planned and wanted I still struggled with how this change may impact Holden. I was scared for the change from one to two. Now, […]
I’m not Catholic (although I did get my first communion as my mom was raised Catholic) but I do continue to celebrate lent because I think it is good opportunity to reflect on how I can focus my life more on Christ. Giving up something […]
