Right after Christmas ushers in another time of the year that’s one of my favs – appetizer season. Because it’s the biggest football game (in America, anyway) of the year and it’s awards season (with, of course, the Oscars being…
How to choose a word for the year
Do you buy into all the “word of the year” hype? It’s really become this thing over the last 5 or 6 years. I first heard about it back in 2014, which was when I first discovered Powersheets. This was…
You were someone before you were mom
You were a person before you were a mom. Remember her? She had plans. Ideas. Hopes. Dreams. Places she wanted to go… things she wanted to try and do. Maybe you’ve been feeling lately like you’ve lost touch with her?…
Welcome Vivian Louise
She’s here – our third little one – Vivian Louise. I didn’t consistently update at all throughout this pregnancy. Not for lack of things to say (though the pregnancy itself was pretty routine!), but more for lack of time. From learning…
Tired of the pursuit of perfection
I think I have pursued perfection most of my teen and adult life. I don’t know where I picked it up, but somewhere along the way I got the idea that in order to be accepted, admired, and worthy of…
Third Baby Bump Progress – 17 Weeks
June 2nd-June 8th It seems like 17 weeks is a good time for me to start documenting bump progress, since that’s where I’ve begun for my last two pregnancies and here we are again with this third one! Some people…
Expecting Our Third!
It’s happening again… we have another baby on the way! Sometimes I still can’t believe it myself, but there’s definitely another little one on the way. This pregnancy is nearly halfway, which means it’s time to start sharing weekly updates…
Worries
Another post from the drafts. I’ve been going through all 39 draft posts I’ve had sitting out there. I used to treat that folder like a journal. And over the last year, there are so many things I wrote down,…
A little nighttime snuggle
Two years ago, I wrote this and it’s been sitting, unfinished, in my drafts folder – Somewhere in my dreams, I have a place I go to where you’re always small. Of course, this morning, you informed me you’re a…
Farewell 2016
I’ve missed writing. Over the last several months, so many things have happened, but above all what happened was I lost sight of myself. I feel like that’s something I have often said over the years. And maybe it is?…
To my older child
Tonight, I felt like a failure. Specifically, I felt like I failed at being your mom. There was no huge event that occurred to make me feel this way. It came down to life, really, as I look back on…
3 Tips To Survive a Baby Sleep Regression
It’s one of those things you never hear about when you’re gearing up to have your baby – a sleep regression. In fact, I’d never heard the term “regression” until I became a mom. No one talks about it, because…
