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 […]
On Trend | Goldenrod
Rihanna hinted at this trend at the 2015 Met Gala, and now as is often the case in the fashion world – three years later the at absolutely stunning gown has sparked a trend in the slightly more accessible fashion arena. No, the whole world isn’t wearing gorgeous, bedazzled, fur lined robes with killer trains […]
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 […]
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Confirm Engagement
Well, what a lovely surprise to wake up to! This morning (at 5am ET) Clarence House released the highly anticipated statement confirming the engagement of HRH Prince Henry of Wales (more informally, and frequently known as Prince Harry) and his American-born actress girlfriend Meghan Markle. The statement reads: His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales […]
Oreo Trifle
Okay, I’m not going to sit here and pretend I’m an amazing chef. I’m not. I can cook a couple of things moderately well – and sometimes I’ll make something outstanding but almost never be able to repeat it. But I’m working on it! In the meantime, I’ve done my best to nail a few […]
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 […]
Thanksgiving Planning
As I mentioned in last week’s post, this year my husband and I are hosting Thanksgiving for the first time ever, ahhh! When we completed our not-so-hostile takeover of the holiday it seemed like a good idea, but I obviously didn’t realize I’d be nearly seven (!!) months pregnant (although I did hope I would […]