Pregnancy

From the moment we found out we were having our second child, I had wonderful ideas in my head of how smoothly this pregnancy would go. After all, I had a relatively easy pregnancy with my first son, and...

As I was gearing up for my morning session of Prenatal Yoga Booty Ballet, I was filled with dreams of a relaxing workout, one where I am one with my body, and channeling my inner goddess.  Sounds great, right? What could...

When we started the adoption process the first time (in 2017), everyone came out of the woodworks. You know, the "OMG! My cousin's, sister's, brother and his wife adopted, too!" It's like when you get pregnant, you're all the...

My pregnancy experience was not completely blissful. There I said it.  Yes the early moments of first finding out and pre- morning sickness were wonderful, but that didn't last long. I struggled with pre-eclampsia pretty early on. Which left me feeling...

I could start this with some babble about eyes being windows to the soul, but in my case, they're windows to the nine months I've gone without a full night of sleep. My dark circles are the custom tapestries....

As I approached five weeks postpartum and my babe and I adjusted to his little life outside the womb, I started internalizing, "okay, what has worked and what hasn't?" Here's a little round up of what I've been loving...

Nest: v. to make a home; n. a home where people live I had heard the term nesting time and time again as I began walking through the sweet season of pregnancy. And although I felt it would be my honest...

    I have three children. The first two were born healthy and strong after scheduled inductions. By the time pregnancy number three rolled around, I was perfectly at ease with my doctor giving Mother Nature a little nudge and scheduling...

Today I'm sharing some of my favorite items for surviving life with babies! Here we go:  Baby Monitor with video: I have been using the same baby monitor for all three of my boys and don't know what I would've done...

Welcome to the 21st century... Where everyone wants to have their babies at home or on a farm somewhere. Maybe not everyone--maybe I just have a lot of crunchy friends (love you, Crunchy Friends! ?). While a home birth was never my...

There is a LOT to be excited about when you have a baby on the way! But there are so many products out there, that overwhelm can set in quickly.  I took a hard pass on these 5 baby items...