What are the must-have newborn essentials that every mom absolutely needs? Continue reading to find out what you absolutely need to have stocked and ready to go for when your baby arrives! There are so many things that a newborn needs (and so many things that you want to get for your new baby!) and so…
My Natural Home Birth Story
“My body has never gone into labor on its own so I’m scared and nervous that it doesn’t know how to.” The first thing I said to my midwife when we were trying to figure out if a home birth was possible for us. Why a natural home birth? I’ve always wanted to attempt a…
10 Easy and Healthy Snacks For Traveling In The Car With Kids
Do you ever struggle with what snacks to pack on a long road trip with kids? Or do you end up just winging it and stopping at gas stations throughout the trip? I’ve been there! Many, many, many times! Packing easy and healthy snacks for traveling in the car with kids doesn’t have to take…
27 Week Pregnancy Update
This pregnancy is flying by! As soon as I hit my second trimester it was like my body was finally like, okay we can calm down and enjoy this. And it really, really has. It’s been a completely different pregnancy than with my daughter, Zoya. I feel like I’m actually enjoying it too! I’ve always…
5 Ways to Stay Active While Pregnant
To stay active while pregnant doesn’t have to mean a workout. It can absolutely be a workout, but I wrote below ways that generally focus on just moving your body in some capacity! I want to preface this by saying… I didn’t move an inch when I was in my first trimester. I was barely…
Why I’m giving birth with a midwife
Today I wanted to share a little bit of why I’m giving birth with a midwife for my third pregnancy and also share some interesting things I’ve learned since deciding to go the midwife route. It was a really tough decision and if you decide to go the midwife route for any of your pregnancies,…
26 WEEK PREGNANCY UPDATE
Ahhhhh, I feel like I’m going to be doing these posts a little backward since I’m 26 weeks pregnant now, but I have so much to talk about that includes the first trimester, what we are doing differently this pregnancy, and even though I’m nearing the end of the second trimester – I’m going to…
Welcome to… my slice of the internet
Guys. Guys. Guys. I feel so annoying by using that saying as the title of my first blog post, but I mean come on… makes you chuckle, right? At least, I always do when I see other bloggers write that, BUT. It’s the truth. This internet thing is H U G E. And I’m just…