I know most of my posts are very parent centered right now, but that is because that is where I am at in my life right now. My life is feeding baby whenever he wants, changing dirty diapers, getting spit up on, drooled on and… Read More
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Ready or Not…
Well, as I sit here typing this blog my beautiful baby is fast asleep, dinner is in the slow cooker (I’m perfecting my coconut red curry), my computer is furiously downloading another 1000 pictures (90% are Evan), I just finished catching up on Homeland, and… Read More
Learning to Deal
So, there are many many moms on this planet. There are many many many different ways to parent. Why do people get on such a high horse on how to raise OTHER people’s children? I think it is wonderful that some parents offer advice, but… Read More
Birthdays
Well, since having Evan, I realize just how important birthdays are. They should absolutely be celebrated. They should be cherished. As you get older people seem to get less and less excited about them, and although I understand that argument, I think mine is stronger.… Read More
Two Months Old
Dear Evan: Today you are two months old. I still cannot believe how you have changed our lives. My life is so much better with you in it. How did I live before? The days before you that I’d wish away… I wish I could… Read More
What We Are Loving…
If you were like me, you spent hours and hours thinking about what you were going to do with your baby. What you wanted to wrap him in, what you were going to wash him with, how many kisses you were going to give him…… Read More
Something I Love SO Much Right Now (and wasn’t sure I would)
While preparing for baby, I knew that I wanted to breastfeed. Being someone who usually focuses a TON on their diet, I knew that I wanted to try really hard to breastfeed. Now let me start off by saying: breastfeeding isn’t for everyone. I know… Read More
Focus On: Goals
So the time as come, to stop thinking about all things baby and to start planting some seed goals. Something I have learned recently? New baby makes it quite difficult to focus these days. I’m totally guilty of having an intention, and then it flies… Read More
We did it…
Yep first 5k post baby. It is in the books. It was exactly as I expected: wonderful and slow – but that is OK! I stopped a couple times the first time when I saw my husband and baby in the crowd. I had… Read More
Getting Our Feet Wet
So I just wrote about how I was slowly getting back into things… Well in usual Jen fashion, I sorta just jumped right back into it and… I signed up for a 5k, no no, I didn’t sign up for the half marathon –… Read More