We moved out of our last home almost a year ago. I've been thinking about these old front steps a lot lately, the memories of the kids standing here waiting for Daniel to pull into the driveway after work, the social worker parking on the road and walking up to the door with our first … Continue reading On Building Joy
I have a new obsession lately and it's 100 Days of Real Food. It's a blog about cutting out processed food and the recipes are yummy, healthy, made with normal ingredients most people have, and mostly inexpensive which makes them all kinds of fantastic. My friend Ally first introduced me to the blog when she … Continue reading 100 Days of Real Food
* "AB" is Adoptive Breastfeeding for anyone who's late in coming to the "Jessica is inducing lactation" party*First, I realized the other day that I never said what pump I'm using. We have a Medela electric double pump. I think the specific kind is the Freestyle. So when I say "I pumped for 20 minutes" … Continue reading AB: Update and some things you might wonder about
I've decided I'm not going to do a week of blog posts for Infertility Awareness Week (April 21-27) this year.A few months ago I started brainstorming ideas in preparation for IAW. I asked myself, what would be helpful for someone just finding out they have fertility issues? What is something I wish people knew when … Continue reading Why I won’t be doing IAW this year
Last Saturday was a FABulous day 🙂 In the morning my friend Ally (also Ally, Ally :)) invited me to go with her for Ikea's Bring Your Own Friend event. Basically shopping, free breakfast and lunch, and fun giveaways.  Fabulous things about our Ikea outing:1. It was nice to spend time just Ally and I, no kids … Continue reading A Mommy Morning and Family Day
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