finding beauty, confidence, and rest in motherhood
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. […]
How far along: 40 weeks, 0 days — also known as: I HAVE NEVER BEEN PREGNANT THIS LONG BEFORE. Gender: A patient boy :) Weight gain: Scale batteries are dead. I don’t care a smash since I’m living in LulaRoe leggings and those babies have s-t-r-e-t-c-h! Sleep: Is this really a question? My naps are definitely the best sleep […]
Don’t forget to enter the PayPal giveaway! Everyone loves a little extra $$$ in their PayPal account, right? On Tuesday evening I went to acupuncture. It was my first real session – the technical first being when I was in labor with Jemma and had an acute treatment, but this was a full session and […]
It’s Christmas Eve morning! I’m not in labor and no, I don’t think I will be tomorrow either … so, I think I’ll spend my time playing some board games with the fan (my obsession!), reading (this will be book #39 for 2015!), and sharing a few of my favorite links from around the internet. […]
Christmas Eve is tomorrow which means you must which up this recipe stat! It’s seriously the coziest breakfast to have ready to go (I recommend prepping the night before) for family gatherings and holidays. Honestly, just looking at it is making my mouth water while I check the pantry for ingredients! I first met French […]
Ready to guess baby’s birthday and stats? —> ENTER HERE <— How far along: 39 weeks, 0 days Gender: Boy! And honestly, I’m to the point that if we are blessed with a 4th baby someday, I will probably hope for a boy again. Little boys love their mamas like no other and I can just see our family […]
In addition to maternity photos, I wanted to commemorate this pregnancy with belly mapping and then, belly painting. I think I first ran across the idea on Spinning Babies and it struck me as such a beautiful visual of what’s going on inside. Most of the belly painting examples I ran across were simple quadrant sketches. […]
Today is a day for memory lane. Walk with me … Back in our college days, Dominic and I were living in a school-sponsored apartment complex. Read, we used our student loans to pay rent; so convenient, so dumb. My front door faced his back porch in neighboring buildings and thanks to our interaction in a number […]