My motherhood journey
How do I put this? There is no free time. When I pee, there's a toddler banging on the bathroom door (if I've even had a chance to close it). When I sit down during the toddler's nap, there's a crying baby that needs to be fed. When I get cocky and think I've got [...]
I woke up around quarter after five in the morning the Wednesday my daughter was born. This was nothing out of the ordinary, I was waking up multiple times a night at this point to pee. But this time it was different. I was feeling cramping. Not like the kind you feel right before your [...]
My son's officially hit the dreaded Terrible Twos. He's the sweetest boy in the world one minute, and as soon as one thing doesn't go his way, he...THROWS. IT. DOWN. I'm talkin' dramatic fall onto the ground, inconsolable tears, and so much rage displayed on his adorable little face. Lips curls, cheeks red, forehead scrunched [...]
I have officially entered the single digit weekly countdown until my baby girl is here. Where has the time gone? This pregnancy has definitely felt totally different then my first one. For starters, consistent exercise has been an ultimate goal of mine for... roughly 34 weeks now, and is yet to be met! With my son [...]
My baby turned two. I have to say, the transition from one to two has been much smoother than zero to one. We've got a good groove. We've had ups and downs, but all in all, I have felt relatively in control and (more or less) well composed. I no longer assume that one bad [...]
Last Thursday evening, after a long, drawn out ultrasound due to my baby sleeping through the entire thing, despite my greatest efforts to wake her up, I found out I am carrying a daughter. When the ultrasound technician scanned between her legs and asked what I see, all I could respond with was, "Honestly? Blobs... [...]
I've been feeling extremely sentimental lately, and it's taken me a while to really organize my thoughts enough to even begin processing my feelings through writing. Bear with me through the sap that is about to unfold. As of recently, I've become painfully aware of how limited my one on one time is with my [...]
