finding beauty, confidence, and rest in motherhood
Everyday I wear 2 things … awesome cloth diapers and a headband so no one forgets I am a girl :) I love this blanket from my GranJan … bright colors and owls are my fave! Yes, I kind of have a Buddah belly One of these days I’ll actually look at the camera … […]
My mama and I had a photo shoot today … lots more of me coming soon! XOXO Jemma
I’ve been thinking through all of the things to include when I write my birth story. With such a long labor … have I mentioned it was 40 hours … it might need to come in sections :) Labor rolled into those first few days which are already starting to feel like a fog. But […]
My little bumpkin and I have had quite a lovely day. For the last few days I’ve been willing myself to start pumping and storing my milk. Jemma and I have had quite a successful breastfeeding relationship. She latches well, drinks quickly, glances up at me with her “melt-my-heart” blue eyes, burps easily and […]
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Month by month onesie stickers compliments of Sticky Bellies! We’ll be back on December 2nd with adorable month 2 stickies :)
A while back we decided to host an Open House as a fun way to introduce Miss Jemma to our friends and family. Even before the Open House idea we decided to be either the Flintstone Family or the Rubble Family (depending on if we had a girl or boy) for Halloween. Today was the […]
. A special thanks to my Aunt Darbi’s little girls for the cutest hand-me-downs. It’s good to have fashionable friends.
Some super fashionable blog mamas are posting their Fall fashions each and every day. This mama doesn’t get fully dressed every day, so our Fall fashions will be on a more weekly basis. Or maybe quarterly depending on how motivated I get :).Yesterday Jemma and I met Daddy for lunch which called for real clothes, […]
I’ve always promised my sister, Katie, that I would plan her wedding. I plan to go out, shop, seek and conquer; returning with a few options for her to make her final selection on things such as location, dresses, flowers … you name it … I will find it. Katie isn’t much of a shopper and […]
Jemma and I trekked to Andaluz yesterday for her 3 week check-up. My little girl weighs a whopping 11 pounds, 10 ounces! She has gained a pound each week of her life!–I promise I’ll be writing and posting her birth story soon, but the bottom line is, we are indebted to our birth team. They […]