Blast From Christmas Past

So I know that Christmas is over; but I couldn’t share this blog until my sister and I gave our parents their gift. It’s a little different from what I normally write about, but we had so much fun creating this that I couldn’t help but share. I’m sure you’ve seen those posts online about…

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Where Did my “Good Baby” Go?

“What a good baby!” If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard that, while we are out in public, I would be rich…literally.  I always looked at these exclaiming strangers like they had three heads.  “She’s just sleeping…” I would think innocently in my head. I would smile and nod politely but I…

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Confessions of a C-Section

Even before Anthony and I started discussing having children, I knew I was most likely going to need to have a c-section.  Due to a rare heart condition, the possibility of me having a baby naturally wasn’t very realistic.  With that being said, when we eventually quickly became pregnant, I didn’t put up much of…

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4 Things I Didn’t Understand Until I Had a Baby

 Sleep really isn’t that important.  I used to require think I needed 10+ hours of sleep per night. That mindset was significantly altered during pregnancy. I had severe insomnia and would get 3 hours of sleep each night…if I was lucky. I always joked that my body was probably just preparing me for late nights with…

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Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

I was warned cautioned a couple times when I was pregnant that, although I was experiencing a period of very lovely hair, I would probably lose some hair post-partum.  I brushed it off as an old wives tale and didn’t really think too much about it.  Even after giving birth, I wasn’t experiencing any out…

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