Adoption

We’re All in This Together.

The frozen icy mix hits my face as I walk across the parking lot/hall of shame to my local TJ’s in my leopard print pj’s to see if they have any almond butter. I need it for my granola that I’m halfway through making at home The tiny ice crystals bite extra hard against my… read more

Progress. Not Perfection.

I wasn’t going to post these pictures. Truth is, I was going to post a more “perfect” one to show my recent weight loss, but hey #progressnotperfection, Amiriiiight??? So I’m posting these because the truth is, the teething baby needed to be held and this is the most he had smiled all morning and THIS… read more

The Break(ing).

It’s late, but I am just now able to catch my breath from everything that’s been happening these past few days. My kid broke her arm and just like that all of my plans for this week came screeching to a halt and instead I’ve just been rubbing her down with essential oils, putting TONS… read more

Motherhood. (The Things No One Ever Told me.)

No one ever told me how absolutely heartbreaking motherhood would be. No one ever told me how scary or challenging or exhausting or hard this path is. I didn’t know how much my body would ache or how many meals I would skip or how many nights I would go without sleep.   There have… read more

The Birth of Me.

What a difference a year makes! I’m feeling all the feels tonight as I tuck my 12 month old baby into bed and remember this night a year ago. I was so spent, I had reached the end of myself and my pregnancy and I had gone for one last waddle in the cool evening… read more

Arrows and Teepees Baby Shower.

Hey guys! As you may have suspected, I’ve been a little busy lately.  My days are completely used up sorting baby clothes, figuring out where the bassinet is going to fit, going to final meetings with my midwife/doula and breathing through these last few weeks before baby comes. Oh, and let’s not forget: going to… read more

This Was Our Valentine’s Day.

This might look ordinary to some, but on a day when 17 hopeful young lives got mowed down in a school and other dear souls are fighting for their last breaths on a hospital bed, this is EVERYTHING. Yesterday, I’m pretty sure, would not have looked like anything special in the world’s eyes. J called… read more

2017: The Year of The Unconditional.

Whew! What a year! 2017 was not for the faint or the uncommitted, that’s for sure. In fact, if I didn’t know better I would think it was one of the most pointless and wasted years of my life. If I didn’t believe in a higher plan, I’d probably just go ahead and call it… read more