April 30, 2020

This space used to be such a high priority for me. It was my outlet, a place where I wrote to figure out how I felt about things,…

March 8, 2020

Before we had M, Nick planned a night away for us. He coordinated with my parents to watch her so that we could have a night to ourselves…

February 3, 2020

For the past few years, I have been making this annual list. I kind of keep track mentally during the year, and then take stock in December. This…

January 13, 2020

Once I got to 7cm, things moved pretty rapidly. The next part of my birth story only covers a few hours. I had planned to use nitrous oxide…

January 7, 2020

Before I got pregnant, I never cared about reading people’s birth stories. Sorry! Once I got pregnant, I went back to every blogger I knew who had a…

December 30, 2019

Where to start after a nearly 6 month break? Does anyone even care about this blog anymore? Almost 6 months ago, my beautiful baby girl, M, was born….

July 9, 2019

Note: Links are affiliate links Sorry for posting two days in a row, but I’m trying to get my blog back on track and today is Show Us…

July 8, 2019

I’m 39 weeks pregnant today! I’m so thankful that my girl and I made it this far. I’m just waiting on her now to tell me when she’s…

June 24, 2019

The general rule I follow is that you have to give yourself 6 months in a new city for it to feel like home. The other day, I…

June 13, 2019

Over deployment, I started becoming really interested in going to Japan. We were lucky enough to squeeze in a trip over Christmas break before we had to move….