finding beauty, confidence, and rest in motherhood
Here’s the scoop … teething babies are a breed of their own. They morph into unhappy creatures who scream at will, drool like crazy and seem relatively unconsolable. Do you blame them? I mean, they have teeth pushing through their soft little gums. That is the definition of unpleasant. J will hate me in the […]
Jem is living up her tummy time right now. She is starting to do this silly inchworm thing where she buries her head into the ground and sticks her booty in the air, then wiggles like crazy in an attempt to scoot around. We are so far from having a baby proof house. Slow down […]
J Baby and I during our lunch break nursing session … such sweet moments in the middle of a busy day There aren’t quite words to express all of the emotions I felt this week as I returned to work. It still feels quite abnormal to say, “I’m a working mom” as that was never […]
Jemma and I are spending our first Friday together with me as a working mama. “Yeah” for Fridays off and “Boo” for weeks away from my baby. To celebrate, she has a sweet treat for everyone. Not yet 19 weeks old and J Baby is a mover! I can hardly believe it … This feels […]
Write about your favorite comfort food (we are women- we ALL have comfort food!) Hand’s down, my favorite comfort food is my friend, Karrie’s Homemade Mac ‘n Cheese. TO DIE FOR DELICIOUS! .IngredientsButter, for greasing the dish12 ounces pasta 2 cups heavy cream 2 1/2 cups whole milk 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt, plus […]
After I survive my first week back at work I’m ordering myself a present … you know the “you’re a hard core, awesome mama who can juggle the worlds of work and home with ease and therefore deserve something nice” kind of present. I have one week to decide which color. What do you think? […]
From what I’ve read over the last week I’ve learned excess lipase is pretty rare and there isn’t a ton of information on it. What I do know is that lipase is a normal part of breast milk. Lipase is the enzyme which helps milk fat to be digested. Lipase is the reason breast milk […]
Milestone stickers c/o Sticky Bellies What a big girl we have! Jemma had her 4 month appointment on Monday and turned 4 months old on Wednesday. She is our greatest joy and we fall in love with her sweet personality more and more each day. She loves to have babbling conversations which are peppered with […]
Post a recipe. Or if you don’t cook, try a new recipe and write about how it turned out (pictures please!). I don’t have a picture, but I made this buffalo dip for our small group last week. It was a hit and Dominic requested it again for the Super Bowl :) Buffalo Dip from […]
I’m pausing a bit from blogging this week. I discovered I have excess lipase in my breast milk and it’s raising quite the drama for these reasons: The 200 ounces I pumped and froze over my maternity leave can’t be used To be able to store milk I have to scald it which is quite […]
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