Are you related to Danielle Bean? (Danielle Bean is a superstar in the world of Catholic blogging and publishing.) Nope. She’s short and brunette like me, but we’re not related! I am ridiculously flattered whenever she shares one of my posts, though. Did you ever think when you were younger that you wouldn’t get married?Read the whole post >>
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Oh, I was so naive. Food-covered baby faces are icky. I won’t take photos of it and certainly won’t post them on my blog. I’ll never buy one of those stupid Sophie giraffes. They’re too trendy and overpriced. Gabe will never, ever sleep in our bed. It’s so dangerous! I don’t want to hurtRead the whole post >>
Read MoreWe Were on a BREAK!
Friends, I have a lover. And his name is Twitter. Some people can dabble with Twitter and are able to be moderate about it. I? Am decidedly not one of those people. I tweet while I’m nursing Gabe, while I’m driving, first thing in the morning, before I fall asleep, while we’re watching a movie,Read the whole post >>
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He: – is eighteen pounds (aka: how much I weighed at one year.) – is more fun than EVER. He’s always been a happy, giggly baby – but Gabe and I spend 20 minutes some nights, post-PJs and pre-bedtime, just laughing. He on his swing which I got him after find the best one onRead the whole post >>
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[I read a lot of ‘mommy blogs’ before I was a mom, before I was even married! I’m not sure why; I definitely couldn’t relate, but I found them terribly interesting; and a good way to see what being a mom is really like. That said, this is probably a topic that no one butRead the whole post >>
Read MoreIn the Pursuit of Balance.
If you follow me on Twitter, you’ll know that I started a new job on Valentine’s Day and it is going very, very well. So well that I’m slightly freaked out and waiting for something to go wrong. (Which I’m sure it will, since no job is perfect forever.) It’s great because my boss isRead the whole post >>
Read MoreAnswering Questions: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Mama Edition.
What the biggest challenge you have faced in becoming a mama? Probably the whole job thing – realizing I couldn’t do it and having to quit during maternity leave. That was probably one of the hardest conversations I’ve ever had to have. I adored my job and co-workers, and hated to surprise them likeRead the whole post >>
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In an effort to run wildly in all directions towards my many dreams, I took a giant leap out of my comfort zone this weekend when an old friend (who lived on my floor freshman year of college – 6 Adele!) contacted me about doing a photo shoot with her and her husband. It allRead the whole post >>
Read MoreWhat I Learned in my Three Months as a Starbucks Barista.
Tomorrow I work my last shift as a Starbucks barista (“As of this moment…I will never….serve coffee…again!” keeps running through my head. My ability to find a Friends quote for every occasion is like a sickness, really.), exactly three months after I started in November. I always wondered what it was like to work at StarbucksRead the whole post >>
Read MoreA Letter to Myself, Revisited.
Six months ago, I wrote a letter to myself. Six months later, I’m going revisit that letter and grade myself on how I am keeping my advice to myself. (This feels terrible navel-gazing-ish. More so than usual. But, a few people mentioned they’d like to read an update on that whole parenthood thing and theRead the whole post >>
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