I'm not sure about you, but screen time is a constant struggle around here. I fall kind of into the middle ground: I'm not staunchly opposed to letting the kids play on the iPad or a few levels of Mario, but I also don't want them living -or begging- for it. I might put on a movie or tv series for them to watch during rest time in ...
Whether you are passing this list to a partner ;) or treating yourself to a little something for being a Super Mom (because you are!), here is a list of my favorite gifts for mom that you can find on Amazon! My 2022 gift guide for mom is full of my favorites, some wish list items, and a few amazing dupes I've had my eye on. Take a ...
I'm just about 2.5 months postpartum and finally got a chance to round up 10 self-care products that have been essential to have at home during the first few weeks after having a baby! Take a look at some of my postpartum favorites below! This post contains affiliate links Lansinoh Therapearl Hot/Cold Therapy: Let's jump right into it, these hot/cold therapy packs were the BEST to get my boobs ...
I can't believe Josie is already a month old and I want to make sure I jot down her birth story because it already feels like time is flying and those early details are getting foggy! This is a lengthy post, but this blog space is somewhere that I've looked forward to using as a place to save all of these little details for myself to look back ...
Eeek, it's baby week! Harper and Ethan were both born at 39 weeks exactly, so every little twinge at this point puts me into "OMG, IS IT TIME??" mode. I'm caught between wanting it to happen righthissecond so I can finally squeeze them in my arms and wanting to infinitely pause time and hold on to these last moments of pregnancy for as long as I can. And ...
As soon as the second line appeared on my pregnancy test, I foolishly thought to myself, third time around, I've got this 🙌🏻 Let me tell you though, they're right when they say every pregnancy is different. This one just so happened to take a little bit of the "bad" from each of my previous pregnancies and put it all together for one last hurrah. Name a ...
Holy moly, this just got really real, really fast. The governor just shared the unprecedented order that each and every school in our entire STATE would be closed for 3+ weeks due to COVID-19 mitigation. If you're in the position of staying at home with your young kids while they're on this Coronavirus "extended spring break" - as our district called it- you may be feeling a ...
One of the main reasons I wanted to start this blog was to have somewhere that I could document more of the kids growing up. So here we are in February and I'm making my first pregnancy post... clearly this is going exactly as planned 🤣Early on, I was excited for this pregnancy to span the holidays (yum!), but the truth is I think all the festivities made ...
HI !! And welcome to my WEBSITE (what??!) My name is Jessica and 2019 is my year to make things happen. Even if we are cruising into the second half of 2019 at this point. Still going to make it happen...! Fun fact: I’ve had the intention of starting a blog for about 10 years (and I'm feeling reallllly old just saying that). I have in fact started ...