I love to write, I always have since I was a little girl, but for some reason for this birth story I just watch the cursor blink, and don’t know where to begin. Birth stories are hard to digest, harder to put into writing and even though they replay in our heads over and over again for the rest of our lives, the details seem…
Hi there! I hope everyone is holding up okay in these wild times. I took to Stories to share my first two weeks postpartum, day by day, and I had a lot of requests to create an entire blog post about my first two weeks, things I did, things I’ve learned having gone through this before, etc. etc. I want to first start out by…
We’re finally here, at 40 weeks pregnant! I can’t believe we get to meet our second baby any day. I am at the point where I am mentally and physically exhausted, and so ready to be a normal functioning human being again, but last week I somehow had the energy to get dressed and snap these photos with Sea. I am SO glad that I…
Before I begin this post, I want to just mention that every body is different, and that this is just my own experience, and what has worked for me. I would always check with your doctor before beginning any workout routine when pregnant, and always listen to your body. If there was a day where I was crampy, or a certain move felt off, I’d…
I actually cannot remember if I ever created a post about my baby registry when I had Hudson, but it felt like this one was long overdue. I’m not going to lie, it took a LONG time to piece together everything we bought for the baby (along with a lot of things we previously owned) but this is a comprehensive list of all of it!…
One of the most interesting things about being a blogger is that on most days, you’ll find yourself being used as someone else’s verbal punching bag. When I worked 9-5 in an office, I was left to my own accord, and if I was to take the heat for something that I messed up, it was usually a very professional meeting that involved a write-up,…
This post has been very much requested, but I also LOVED that I created one for my first pregnancy, and referred back to it in packing my hospital bag for this time around. I also watched some vlogs, and remember my past experience of what I wish I had packed VS what I packed and did not need. The first time around, I packed SUPER…
“Baby number two” is such a hot button topic. I almost feel like I am beating a dead horse by writing this, because I’ve talked about this topic SO MANY TIMES, including in a video explaining why we didn’t rush into having a second baby, this post and this one, but I’ve had a lot of moms lately asking how we knew we were ready,…
I am SO SO excited to finally share baby #2 nursery! If you missed Hudson’s reveal back in the day, you can see it here. I found connecting to baby 2 during pregnancy to be much more difficult, mostly because I’m always so focused on Hudson! BUT, planning his nursery gave me the ability to focus on him, and creating a space that he and…
Never did I ever think I’d see myself pouring milk into my bathtub, and then getting into it. If you told me 5 years ago this would be a thing, I’d tell you that you were a liar! BUT, I’ve seen these photos around the internet, and as weird as it is, the photos come out absolutely stunning, so I figured Sea and I could…
I asked you all on instagram what kinds of baby type posts you’d be interested in seeing before I give birth (IN 6.5 WEEKS OMG!) and I got a lot of the standard ‘what’s in you hospital bag’ type questions, but I loved this question the most, and wanted to cover it first. Hindsight is always 20/20, and raising baby #1 VS baby #2 is…
I wanted to write an “old-school style” blog post to document our babymoon, and have a ton of the photos we snapped live in one place. While we visited Miami, we toyed with the idea of flying somewhere for a few days to get away before the baby (since both of our parents live in South Florida and could watch Hudson for us!) but we…
WOW so somehow, here were are – the 2nd trimester came and went SO quickly, and I am not just saying that as a hindsight kind of thing, it truly did blow by in the blink of an eye. If you’re curious in seeing my 2nd trimester post with Hudson, you can read about it here! I think it mainly felt extra sped up because…
I CANNOT believe this week I am 26 weeks pregnant! I can remember back in July thinking I’d be sooo far along by the time Thanksgiving and the holidays ca†me around, and it flew by so quickly. It doesn’t feel like it’s been “as hard” as it was when I was pregnant with Hudson, but maybe I am just busier, or more used to it…
If you’ve followed along since Hudson, you may remember this post. I wrote it at around 29 weeks pregnant, so granted maybe my mind will change in the next few weeks. I am officially 25 weeks pregnant as of this week, and I have to say, I do not hate pregnancy the same way I hated it the first time around. I don’t LOVE IT,…
SO NOW THAT THE SECRET’S OUT, I am sure you’re all wondering the gender of our baby as much as we were! I personally would have waited the entire pregnancy to find out, because this is my last baby(I’m 80% sure) and I loved the idea of the suspense, but Matt thought that was a crazy crazy idea, so I decided to meet halfway and…
Just like with pregnancy, I am constantly seeing gorgeous images of influencers breastfeeding with the sunset in the background, looking so peaceful and content. For me it was not like that at all, and for that reason I kept pretty quiet about my breastfeeding journey. To be honest, I am not sure how much of it I will share this time around either, because that’s…
It took me long enough, but here it is, a full update on my first trimester!! I really want to make these posts feel as real + unglossy as possible, so I added a few iPhone photos that mean something to me from the journey along the way! I always love looking back on my blog posts from my pregnancy with Hudson because you really…
So here we are again, back to the beginning! It’s a funny feeling, mostly because with Hudson I knew absolutely nothing, and this time around I feel like I’m pretty well-versed on “baby brands,” what I need exactly, etc. I also saved SO much stuff for baby #2, and since most of our things were gender neutral, we can use them whether it’s a boy…
If you follow along on instagram, you already know that we’ve been keeping a big secret over here since June! It really actually flew by, and I am now 17 weeks pregnant – almost halfway! Honestly my plan was always to keep it a secret for as long as possible (I was hoping to make it to 20 weeks!) but with the bump starting to…