Category: Motherhood

Most Mondays are spent on walks or homebound, with the occasional hangout as well. Our double stroller serves as our second car a couple days a week, so I’m usually somehow out and about with the kiddos, walking to the grocery store, park, coffee shop or down to the beach. This particular day we were still…

Gosh I love these kids. They bring me so much joy, even when they’re doggin’ (Kate). Then there are days that I am counting down the minutes to bedtime because my brain/body/mind/soul can’t keep up with the crazy and we might not make it 🙂 And then after the quiet and bedtime cuddles, and as…

Happy Mother’s Day to all you mama’s out there! I am beyond thankful for mine! She is one in a million, and I couldn’t ask for a better mom for me, and grandma for my son. She’s always loved me unconditionally and was a consistent, strong yet merciful presence for me. Love her so much.

In these weeks leading up to Mother’s Day, the day I became a mother keeps running through my mind. There had been so much anticipation and after so much emotion, so much exertion and physical exhaustion, there was this little boy, so tiny and squeaky in our arms.. he made our hands look huge. We…

Today, my nursing story is up in the ‘Adventures in Breastfeeding’ series (thanks to Danielle at missverse). I am so excited to be included because her collection of stories were a haven for me throughout these past months. Especially at the beginning, I’d pour over all the accounts of how things went for each one,…

What an adventure nursing has been!! I had no idea what to be ready for and if only those millions of pregnancy books I thumbed through had a huge caution page about nursing, I would’ve been a little more prepared.. maybe. This has been one of the things I have had to work the hardest at…

There are a couple things that really got me through the first months that I have been wanting to share because seriously, with our first it was SUCH cold spash-a water on my face! We just had no idea what to expect (yes.. even though there’s a book) and you read so much about pregnancy…

There are so many things people told me, shared, implored with me about parenthood before it all went down (it being birth). Some of those things, I can honestly say you guys, in hindsight, just noooot helpful. But then there are a few that I’ve hung onto, that have girded me up as a mother and made me feel…

I can’t believe how gorgeous Mother’s Day was this year! We started the day being woken up by an unhappy but adorable little boy and taking our time getting up. On days where we’re relaxing, we take waking up slowly to a new level (at least I did!) and I stayed in there as long…

Happy Mother’s Day mamas!! It’s funny but I am still [daily] coming to the realization that I am a mama.. I even looked at myself in the mirror today, while holding little boy and told myself: “I’m someone’s mommy..I’m your mama!!” On the other hand though, it’s all just been so natural. It’s felt like…