Category: Pregnancy

Hope you all are having a great weekend! Sunday is our relax & reset day and I definitely love it! Hope you are enjoying your day maybe with a cup of coffee or two in my case 😉 You love my little throwback of Sutton at 8 months old (above) ? Gosh this feels like yesterday! Btw my wildbird sling is also on my must have baby list and makes a spectacular baby shower gift.  A few weeks back I shared about the Dockatot and how my sister is loving it for her new baby girl! Here is her review on the Dockatot. She has now given me her honest review on another must have from my baby registry list! I will give you a hint she loves to swaddle her babes 😉

My sister’s sweet little girl is two weeks old already! Very exciting to have another little girl in our GIRL SQUAD! She has been such a great & calming addition! I wanted to give you all a little review on how my sister is using the gift we gave her at her shower! In case you missed it I shared my Baby Shower Gift favorites here and what I gifted for my sister for her baby shower here. Either list works for both baby girl & baby boy!

Hello Loves!!! Hope you all had a great weekend! My sister had her baby shower last weekend and I scrambled to prep Easter & birthday party prep for this past weekend! I can’t believe Easter has come and gone and my baby girl turned 4 today! So last Saturday we celebrated my sisters sweet little baby! My sister is expecting another little girl in May. A few weeks back I shared Top Baby registry items with you on the blog and I actually gifted a few of the items off that list! Check what those items are below!

    I was approached by Jenn Sanders from Baltic Wonder to write for you all! She is my guest writer and she is explaining how AMAZING amber teething necklaces are! Now I had never tried an amber necklace but I heard how people love them! Sutton has been very irritable and not taking her naps which I figured was teething. I was using my usual remedies I used on Harlow but it didn’t seem to help enough like it did for Harlow. So when I received my amber necklace I put it on Sutton instantly and waited for relief! Now I would never tell you guys to get something if I didn’t believe in it. I am completely blown away by the results. Sutton isn’t a drooler so I don’t know how it helps with drooling however, the irritable, cranky temperament and overall discomfort is gone when she is wearing this necklace. I never take it off of her except for nighttime I move it to her ankle so she won’t try and grab it. Jenn has written why this amber necklace works and it’s good! Read more below!

As a mama I wear comfortable clothing on the daily. I wear leggings pretty much everyday! Since having Sutton I have needed some core support! I am wearing core supported leggings from Blanqi! Now that I have these leggings I am going to say Blanqi is a lifesaver for all mamas! Blanqi collaborated with me on their high waist postpartum leggings.

…and just like that we are a family of four! Quite a miraculous adventure having a child. You grow your sweet babe for 9 months waiting and watching your belly get bigger and bigger. Then one day your body tells you it’s time and your baby is in your arms.

This post contains affiliate links but all thoughts are 100% me 🙂                 Well I am 38 weeks and in shock that I only have 2 weeks left!

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I am now 33 weeks along with a sweet baby girl that we now can’t decide on a name for. 

So now that I hit my third trimester on Saturday I will update y’all on my second trimester! EEk I should be updating better but this pregnancy is just speeding by! I lost track of how many weeks I was and I actually lost a week! This pregnancy has been an average pregnancy for the most part. I had my first midwife appointment on June 8th and baby girl was measuring 25 weeks which I was 25 weeks and 5 days so she is right on track! I am experiencing all the pregnancy norms despite what my pictures show! I am getting those spider veins on my legs, cellulite, and my belly button has popped out around 16 weeks of pregnancy. So now my belly button is like a little tunnel! I also have gained about 15lbs in this trimester and my sciatic nerve still acts up if I have been on my feet longer than usual or if I sit too much 😉

Well.. we have hit 23 weeks already! Our little girl is the size of a papaya! How cute is that? I have some exciting news to share we decided to forego the hospital and do a home birth with a midwife this time around! I actually have no dislike of the hospital. My first birth went smoothly, we had wonderful nurses and no complications. I just have researched a little of the protocol for infants in the hospital and reading about certain things that are not necessary that I don’t have a choice in skipping has pushed me the home birth route!  This is completely new territory for me so I will be honest I am nervous. I try to act all nonchalant about it but the nerves are real! I have not had my first appointment with our midwife yet so I am not sure what to expect! How many of my mamas out there had or have a midwife or know someone who has?