I tucked both thumbs into the pant leg and scrunched it up back and forth with my fingers until I could slip her foot in. As I led her foot through the hole, my mind flashed back to the many…
Category: motherhood
I meant to write this post a week ago and then we left for Colorado for the week and now here we are. We had a really wonderful weekend over Mother’s Day and I wanted to make sure and get…
This stage is pretty amazing. Duke is the sweetest little boy, snuggling more, laying his little head on my shoulder, giggling and cracking himself up on a regular basis. He’s starting to say more words and really understand what we…
To: Duke, Bubbas, my little love, my handsome boy, little nugget, I typed 4 months old 3 times in the title before I finally got it right with the 5…how, my sweet boy, are you 5 months old!? Something about…
The other day I half-convinced myself I could be a successful comedian because Duke was laughing so hard at me waving a pillow back and forth. Let’s assume I hadn’t had any coffee yet or was otherwise delusional. But the…
Okay, maybe that title’s not entirely true. I do care if you breastfeed, if you want to have an honest chat with me about it and maybe share some laughs over occasionally squirting our kids in the face {unintentionally of…
Childbirth and motherhood inevitably change us. This is a glimpse into my journey of Life After Baby. “All clear,” the nurse abruptly replied after a cold and rather aggressive post-partum check-up. “What are your plans for birth control?” she…
I’ve seen a lot of these ‘Currently’ posts on different blogs lately and I love the idea of it! Plus my brain power is running at about 40% today…Duke is still getting over his first cold and coughing so often…
An open letter to my sweet baby Duke, I well up with tears nearly every day, when you place your hand on my chest or smile up at me with that amazing gummy grin. I can see two little white…
I’ve only been rocking this motherhood thing for about 15 weeks {not counting the 40 weeks 1 day my boy was in the womb, which we should totally still get credit for} so I am by NO MEANS an expert…