Reviews from New Moms!

"Jessey Christian was the best person to stumble upon during my pregnancy. The months leading up to my birth she made sure I was fully prepared mentally, physically and emotionally. We met once a week but her phone was always on and ready to receive my questions. When we had those meetings she was...

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Breastfeeding Friday: Skin-to-Skin

Breastfeeding is a tough gig. Yes, it is natural, but does that mean it's easy? No way! This is a new process for two individuals who are not only trying out a vital life process for the first time, but together while they are just getting to know each other! For that and many other reasons is...

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Due Dates are Irrelephant!

Before I dive in to this blog head first, I am going to dip my toe in timidly by saying that I am not innocent in recognizing just how flexible a "due date" is. With my second daughter (eight days past her EDD in August thankyouverymuch) I sat on my labor ball twenty-four-seven agonizing over the idea...

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Breastfeeding Friday - Opening the Door

Phot by Viktor Mogilat At the top of my list of tips for new breastfeeding mommas is to take a breastfeeding class. As full disclosure, I took one and it was immensely helpful for what I needed it to be. I am very much a learn-as-I-go type person. My best example of this is whenever we get a new...

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Pumpkin Spice & Fuzzy Boots

All month long I have been blessed with a newsfeed on Facebook full of people displaying gratitude for things in their life: their families, their homes, their friends, even circumstances that may not have once seemed like the greatest thing. I opted out of the "30 Days of Thankful" this year, not because...

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Breastfeeding Friday Begins!

My Polar Bear, Phoebe at 6 weeks gestation Way back when, when I was a mother of just one beautiful lady and unaware that #2 was on her way, I started a blog. I got really into that blog and thought I was hot stuff for about a month. Then, I saw two pink lines to tell me #2 was on her way, and with...

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Oh, Mother Teresa...

I am not sure where or how, but sometime over the past couple of weeks I stumbled across this quote by Mother Teresa: "Joy is a net of love by with you can catch souls". This was so profound to me, it shocked me how well twelve words aligned with my entire (hopeful) life path! I am going to break this...

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