It’s that time of year. The one where it’s not quite Christmas but somehow everything already feels urgent. My kids are hopped up on a very steady stream of sugar and overstimulation, and I’m one string of blinking lights away from absolutely losing it. (Who am I kidding? I’ve lost it and found it and […]
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What This Work From Home Mom Is Doing Instead of a New Year’s Resolution
As the clock strikes midnight on January 1st, it seems like the entire world collectively vows to become new people overnight. Gyms fill up, planners fly off the shelves, and we all set goals that, let’s be honest, often don’t stick past Valentine’s Day. I’ve been there. I’ve resolved to lose 10 pounds, drink more […]
Simplifying My Life as a Working Mother
*None of the products or the brands in this post are affiliates, sponsors, partners, etc. I’m mentioning them because I genuinely use and love them. If you know me – or have followed my blog for a while – you know that life as a working mother to two very active boys (ages 6 [almost […]
Parenting In A Pandemic
I started writing this post on January 21, 2021 and stopped. I probably got busy with the kids, or with work, or something and just never came back to it (obviously). That happens a lot with me and this blog since having kids (sorry about that!). When I logged in recently and saw that draft […]
Daegan’s Birth Story | Preeclampsia
I haven’t written here in a while… roughly two years, in fact. In that time lots of things have happened – namely, I’ve had another baby. As of this writing, my beautiful baby boy – Daegan (rhymes with “Reagan” of the Ronald variety) is nearly 8 months (!!) old. He is the sweetest, happiest, most […]
Scrolling and scrolling and scrolling…
Social media is the great divider. And since I work in social media, this maybe isn’t the best thing for me to be saying. But it’s true. Sure, it allows us to keep in touch with friends and family near and far, but it also means … well, we’re keeping in touch with friends and […]
Turns Out, I Can’t Do It All
I’ll start this by saying that I know the following set of circumstances are kind of weird. I know it isn’t the norm, and I don’t know why I allowed it to impact me so much, but I did – so moving on. For most of my life, the idea of waking up every morning […]
Allergies, For Real
Let’s get really, really real for a minute. I’ve touched on my anxiety here and on social media for years. If you read this blog, you know – to some extent – that it exists. For the last few years it’s been fairly well controlled, although I did have a bit of a setback when […]
Connor’s Birth Story | Preeclampsia
Nearly 6 months ago – in mid-January – I gave birth via a planned c-section to Connor, a beautiful, healthy baby boy. The road to meeting him was interesting and a bit scary at times, but what happened after was hell on Earth. My husband and I were lucky in that we didn’t have to […]
Prepping For Baby | Gift Registries
I’m going to write something right now that is going to make every single mom (and dad, probably) roll their eyes and say “duh.” Prepping for a baby is a LOT of work. I mean, I knew it would be a lot of work – obviously. I didn’t think that I was going to get […]