finding beauty, confidence, and rest in motherhood
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #NourishWhatMatters #CollectiveBias This mom of three gig is just … so much. There are words to describe it, but, well, my vocabulary isn’t really up to par these days. Pregnancy and postpartum have taken all the grown up words from me. I know, cry me […]
Once upon a time, I read that coconut water was good for you. I think it was in the context of birth fuel. Like, forget Gatorade and all its not great ingredients and opt for something more natural. Usually I’m a water girl. It’s my beverage of choice, the one healthy trait I seem to […]
One /// My iPhone 6 is totally my bestie. Easy peasy baby “portraits” in a flash! Two /// Reid was 11 days old when I took these photos, now he is 19 days old … WHAT?!? Three /// I just adore this boy. Our little line up of Jemma, Max, and Reid feels so perfect. […]
I scarcely remember what it was like to wake up with no real agenda. These days, before my eyes peel open I’m swimming in things to clean, clutter to attend to, work projects to accomplish, and meals to prepare. It is a joy and a burden, to feel that weight. To push my dreams aside […]
First, my squishy baby! Eek! Plusalso, these bamboo blankets are worth every dime. I had the absolute greatest intentions to stay up on my writing after Reid was born. I was recovering well and Reid is on the perfect rotation of eat, sleep, poop — he nurses like a champ, snoozes well for naps and even […]
As with many wonderful stories, Reid’s birth story begins the day before his actual birth day. On December 31st, the final day of 2015 I had finally resided myself to the fact that I would NOT be having a baby in 2015. Sigh. With a due date of December 28th I always knew there was […]
Forever and always I’ve been a lover of Jamba Juice’s steel cut oats. Topped with brown sugar and banana slices, of course. When I was pregnant with Jemma I made Jamba a routine stop most mornings. And it added up. But, whatevs, I was a working lady … who was quite hungry! This pregnancy I found […]
My last post, Lessons From the Womb, must have stirred up birth vibes because contractions started rolling in shortly after I went to bed on New Year’s Eve! As always, I didn’t really believe labor could actually be starting. But start it did. By later afternoon on January 1st my amazing son, Reid Rainier was in […]
Overdue. That is the state of my life at the moment. In between the Christmas celebration and New Year’s Eve, I’m left waiting. Twirling my thumbs and watching for “signs” – of which there are none. I’ve always been fantastic at preaching “guess dates” when it comes to baby birth days. It’s an easy place […]
I’ve always been a fan of these types of posts. I shall blame my snoopy self for wondering what other mamas carry in their giant bags of survival … For the most part, I think I’m pretty basic when it comes to stocking my purse/diaper bag/mom tote. But maybe, just maybe, you’ll be surprised by […]
See the entire, super cool Goodreads infographic about my 2015 books here! Here’s the deal, I set out to read 12 books in 2015. And trashed that goal with a final total of 39 books. Craziness! And the vast majority of those were all from the library so my reading hobby runs me about $0/month. […]