As a mother and a Christian I do my best to teach my kids to love others. We go over showing love and kindness. Things like giving hugs, helping without being asked, or even just giving someone a little extra attention when they're having a bad day. Of course we try to practice this as well. Having READ MORE
Love Conquers All
What I’d tell my 20 year old self
I've been seeing this #10yearchallenge going around for some time now on Facebook and Instagram. So with the recent passing of my birthday it got me to thinking. What would I tell my twenty year old self? For starters, I'd tell her she's worth it. There's going to be a man who loves her READ MORE
Traveling With Breastmilk
Traveling without your little one soon? Dont fret, I am here to help. I recently flew from Los Angeles, Ca to New York City. Knowing in advance I would be away from my baby for 4 days, I did a lot of research on traveling with breastmilk / my breast pump. I didn't really find anything that answered READ MORE
Grace
Hey Momma, With it being Maternal Mental Health Week I wanted to take a moment to talk about grace. Giving yourself grace and what that looks like. As women we tend to put WAY too much pressure on ourselves. The pressures from society to be this iconic image compounded with our own insecurities READ MORE
Why My Kids Attend Daycare When I Work From Home
Since I work from home people just assume I'm a stay at home mom. That I'm a mom who drops off and picks up her children from school each day bringing them home to do homework and eat dinner. Well, the joke is on you. I'm no where near that type of momma. I do take them to school each morning but READ MORE
Making California Our Home
If you haven't read the two previous post please do so here and here. Okay, you all caught up now? Great, lets finish this. Have you ever had an idea in your head all mapped out. Knowing exactly how it was going to go. And then it went nothing like you thought it would? Like at all. Well, that's READ MORE
I Still Get Anxiety Breastfeeding In Public
Having breastfed four children, you probably won't believe this. But I still get a little anxiety breastfeeding in public. That moment when I notice Koehn getting fussy while I'm strolling through the dollar bins at Target almost always makes me sweat. Especially now since he is older and hates READ MORE
Dealing with Postpartum Depression
Let me be the first to say, postpartum depression is hard. Like really hard. And to make it even worse, it doesn't just hit you all at once. No, instead it creeps up on you. Robbing you of your joy little by little. One day at a time. Each day the thoughts get just a little bit louder, but not too READ MORE
My Body Four Kids Later
Having one child can do a number on you. Mentally, physically, and very much so, emotionally. So why in the world would I chose to have four??? I get compliments from strangers all the time. "Oh wow, you had four kids?" And I'm always left thinking, that's because I have clothes on. If you could READ MORE
We’re here…Now What?
If you haven't already, make sure you head over to part 1 of this post, otherwise you may be slightly confused. After months of preparation we were finally boarding the plane. My sister had taken us to the airport that morning at 4am (I recommend traveling as early as possible when you have READ MORE