I tried. I really did. My cousin and her hubs are moving out here – the first time we’ve lived in the same state since we were itty bitty – and they stopped by on their way through. I knew I had another popsicle post to do, and I knew they had to be special. [...]
We are all about strained yogurt lately as a quick, satisfying snack. Chobani is my brand of choice, but at $1+ for 5 oz, it adds up. Even though my cashew yogurt attempt was not the greatest, I’m always up to try something new. When “something new” means “something you forget about overnight,” I’m particularly [...]
Historically, the second trimester for me means early summer. I’m feeling good, the weather isn’t too miserable yet, the belly is rounding out from early pregnancy bloat, and by the middle to end of it people are already asking if I’m due any day. The upside to that is a great big pregnant belly can [...]
Just before the craze of moving and baby learning to walk and everything that has made my life a whirlwind for the past several months, UncommonGoods sent me a bright little ray of sunshine in the mail. These guys have the best products, hands down. If you are wanting to drop some Mother’s Day hints, [...]
Confession: I only take care of myself when I have to. Better said, I only take care of myself when someone else is at stake. If I have to be functional, or if I am carrying around a mini me, or if I’m currently a 24-hour diner. Even when I have a nurseling still but [...]
As Spring rolls around, I have been reminiscing about those two pink lines I saw two years ago, who now runs around with pink pigtails and dirt on her toes. Blogging here was therapeutic and a good distraction as I navigated nausea and toddlers and generally tried to avoid thinking about how in the world [...]
I’ve got to preface this with two of my favorite words: lactational amenorrhea. It might be a delay of 2 months or it might be 2 years before you get your period back after baby, but any break is a good break, I say. Everytime my toddler goes on a nursing binge, I remind myself, [...]
YouTube has sucked me in lately, and some indiscriminate surfing led me to MamaNatural. Holy moly, I’m so glad it did. This Mama has a gift. My kids wanted to know what was so funny as I grinned like an idiot at the computer screen. There is one on cravings, tropical smoothies, and a fun [...]
A good healthcare provider is going to care about your nutrition. They just are. After six years in and out of the care of some incredible midwives, if I learned only one thing it was to look at your diet first. Your food is your fuel, and however cliche it might seem, your body is [...]
Winter has been half-hearted this year, with mild temperatures that I won’t come close to complaining about. Instead of playing outside in snow suits and galoshes, we’ve been in jeans and barefeet. But it doesn’t stop us from coming in looking for soup to curl up with. Here are some amazing looking soups that I’m [...]
