Crafting is one of my favorite things and one of the things I’m most excited to share with Blake! As the holidays begin (yes, I include Halloween in the holiday season!) I wondered how I could create some crafts with Blake at just 8 months old. Obviously, he couldn’t hold a crayon or cut any … More Baby’s 1st Halloween Craft!
I try to keep Blake’s wardrobe as gender neutral as possible. I prefer this because gender neutral clothes just tend to be the cutest and comfiest, I don’t want to limit Blake’s choices from the get-go, and when we have another baby it’d be nice to re-use Blake’s clothes despite that baby’s sex. I chose … More Baby Fall Fashion Wish List!
Vampirina Ballerina by Anne Marie Pace We LOVED this book! This will not be a solely Halloween book for us, because both Scarlett and I just loved it too much. The illustrations are gorgeous, detailed, and cleverly on theme. I know I joke about Scarlett’s little expression as her “review” of the book, but she … More Baby Scarlett’s Halloween Reading List
By the time I was at the hospital the contractions were creeping into my back and I could no longer speak through them. Mark and I went straight to triage where I was stripped down to nothing but a tattered hospital gown and tightly wound monitors around my belly. The monitors quickly picked up my … More Amanda’s Fairy-tale Birth Story Pt II
Pregnancy and birth never intimidated me. My husband and I spent nearly two years trying to conceive our son, which consisted of wonky hormonal drugs, expensive treatments, and overall disappointments. And throughout the disappointments, the idea of pregnancy and delivery remained a fantasy in my mind. I fully welcomed the exhaustion and pain. In fact, … More Amanda’s Fairy-tale Birth Story Pt I
It was still dark outside when the extra nausea medicine they were adding into my IV could no longer keep me from vomiting, and once I started I just couldn’t seem to stop. Initially each time I threw up in a bin, they would just throw the entire plastic bin into the trash. It was … More Katy’s Not-So-Ideal Birth Story Part II
It’s weird to think back on my birth experience, because I very much expected to go through the motions as most women do. The pushing and the struggle and the pain, which are all inevitably blacked out from our memories to some extent, which, as I’ve heard, is the only reason women would ever choose … More Katy’s Not-So-Ideal Birth Story Part I
I’m Katy, a 28-year-old first time mom with my 24-year-old boyfriend’s baby. Raul and I are two military brats whose stories span across the US and to different countries who quickly felt a sense of home in one another. Before we met, I finished my Master’s in Creative Writing at Emerson College in Boston. I … More Introducing Mama Katy!
I’m a 28-year-old first time mom born, raised, and currently living in South Texas. I’ve been married to my high school sweetheart for three years and we share an overly decorated house with our son, Blake, and our golden retriever, Daphne. I’m a former high school English teacher who, honestly, would rather read Harry Potter … More Introducing Mama Amanda!
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