Happy October! This time of year is always full of festive activities, treats, you name it. I know that often for families on a budget (aren’t we all?) that it can be intimidating and upsetting when you feel like you don’t have the time or funds to bring the holiday spirit into your home. ThisContinue reading “31 Days of Halloween”
Tag Archives: Motherhood
An Official Diagnosis for Leila
Over the past 72 hours I’ve written and rewritten this over and over. Do I share? Don’t I? How much? More than once I have felt lost and alone due to the fact that something I was experiencing was rare or unique or simply not shared. In those times I wished that I could findContinue reading “An Official Diagnosis for Leila”
Keeping My Milk Supply Up (through stress, growth spurts & covid without interruption)
Being a mother is quite possibly the most challenging job out there, right? One kid, two kids, three or more – mothering comes with a variety of daily challenges. Add in our current situation of Covid and we’re in a whole new ball game. Mothering now is beyond stressful and comes with new fears weContinue reading “Keeping My Milk Supply Up (through stress, growth spurts & covid without interruption)”
Protein Packed Birthday Cake French Toast
Yum! Is there anything like the sound of birthday cake AND french toast? These are two family favorites mashed into one and this recipe was another family hit! My goal lately has been to get as much protein and good stuff into my kids diet as possible so I’ve been needing to get creative andContinue reading “Protein Packed Birthday Cake French Toast”
Having a Baby During a Pandemic
PREGNANCY Eight months ago, I found out I was pregnant. I had just finished teaching my PalFish students in China (who were ironically taking more classes because they were being impacted by COVID-19 and schools had begun to close). I was about to get my 1 and 2 year olds ready for daycare before IContinue reading “Having a Baby During a Pandemic”
Life with Three Littles: Unspoken Truths of Motherhood
I strive to be a platform where you only find truths. The truths about motherhood, marriage, working from home – all things I’ve chosen, all things I wouldn’t change, all things that have challenges. As a mom to three, three and under, there’s no denying that life gets rough and I’m learning that THAT ISContinue reading “Life with Three Littles: Unspoken Truths of Motherhood”
My Beautiful Rainbow
Disclaimer: Trigger Warning Since becoming pregnant and becoming a mama, I’ve learned about many different pregnancy “complications,” and things that can happen to your body or your baby during pregnancy. It’s funny how until you experience something, no matter how much you may think you know about a topic, you realize you have so muchContinue reading “My Beautiful Rainbow”
Leila’s Birth Story: A VBAC Birth Story in the Middle of a Pandemic
“She’s still breech.” These were the only words I heard the morning of my scheduled external cephalic version or ecv. “You’ve experienced this before, you know what to expect,” I told myself. And I did which was sort of the terrifying part. My second son just 22 months prior was also breech and after aContinue reading “Leila’s Birth Story: A VBAC Birth Story in the Middle of a Pandemic”
Confessions of a Second Time Mama
Becoming a mama for the second time, I think in some ways can be scarier than the first. How will I juggle two babies? How will I manage two schedules? Will I love this baby as much? So many feelings come up during pregnancy (thank you, hormones!) knowing that our lives are about to changeContinue reading “Confessions of a Second Time Mama”
Work at Home Chaos 