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The Best Surprise

pregnancy

If you’re reading this you probably know that we struggled a bit to get pregnant the first time. While it was 100% worth it and I would do all of that and more again in a heartbeat, of course I hoped we wouldn’t have to go through that again. When expressing my worries about this to friends I would usually get the same response about a story of a friend-of-a-friend who had to do IVF and then BAM! got pregnant...

A few of my favorite things: New mom edition

new mom

Babies these days seem to require more and more stuff! As a new mom I wanted to keep things as minimal as possible. So, I held off on blindly buying everything on all of the lists running all over the internet telling me everything I MUST have before baby. I followed the advice of some friends who suggested I wait on some of it to see what I really wanted/needed. I’m glad I did, it gave me a chance to really...

First family vacation: Mexico is always a good idea

mexico family vacation

Last week we ventured out on our first family vacation. It was Kennedy’s first commercial flight, first international journey, and first wedding! Overall, I’d say it was a huge success. Of course I was stressed about it, but EVERYONE I talked to said the same thing, “This is the best time to travel!” So travel we did, 4 flights, 2 layovers, multiple cab rides, and only a few tears (probably more on my part than Kennedy’s, but that’s not important!)...

Thoughts on my postpartum body

postpartum body

This post is going to start with another little story from the aisles of Publix. I’m not sure what it is about the employees at my Publix, but they’re definitely not afraid to speak their minds. (Refer to my previous interaction.) There I am, with Kennedy enjoying my daily grocery shopping. Of course, while out and about, babies get a lot of attention and the question always gets asked “How old?” This day, I was going through the checkout and the...