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Baby’s first birthday is a popular event in our squadron 🙂 It’s a lot of fun because all of the kids can play together, the girls can chat and the guys can hang out. It’s funny because every time we all get together -pretty much every weekend- the talk ends up turning to how weird/crazy…

It’s still crazy to believe it’s been 2 months already… everyone says that time flies, and it really does. I was thinking that by my 2 month post-delivery body update, I’d be able to show you all a swimsuit pic with things 100% back to normal, but not quite there yet 😉 Here’s what my…

-Livi is officially enrolled in the military system as our child. She’s legal now 😉 The good news is that she can keep going to the pediatrician we’ve been seeing, whom we all adore. She seems almost like a midwife meets pediatrician, and helped offer so many solutions to the great breastfeeding debacle of 2012.…

Hey guys! After answering some Family Q & As last week, here’s part 2 🙂 I’ll be answering all of the fitness-y/nutrition/body questions in my 2 month post-delivery body update (will be up tomorrow or Thursday). Hope you’re having a great day! <3   Hey Mary, It was definitely more challenging to come up with…

-Whew! Writing blog posts is even more invigorating with a newborn. You’re in “diaper/feed/pump/playtime/nap” mode and then all of a sudden it’s like “try to write cohesive sentences. You may have 10 minutes, 30 minutes or an hour- who knows how long. Go!” Many posts are added to throughout the day.. makes things more exciting…

Hey guys! Hope your Friday has been fabulous 🙂 We met up with Kelly and Meara and their beautiful baby girls (Liv’s BFFS) for lunch. Liv was awake almost the entire time- she loved it! Thank you so much for letting me know that we don’t have to worry about sunscreen for now –we’ll use…

A while ago, I wrote a post called “new mom must-haves,” and later realized I probably should have called it “things we’re loving right now.” Of course, all you *really* need is a food source and pair of loving arms to cuddle and change multiple diapers, but the extra things are fun and can make…

Did you know it costs $60 to use the Babies ‘R Us nursing room?! I knew it was getting to be about “that time” so we stopped in to grab some jammies and use the mother’s room, which has a couch, glider, and changing table, and walked out with some more goodies. They’re tricky like…

I’ve always been a fan of to-do lists. It helped to have a visual reminder of what I needed to accomplish (phone calendars and lists don’t have the same effect for me), and every morning I’d scrawl out a tentative plan for the day and what I wanted to get done. I haven’t seen my…

Another new piece of baby furniture: I’ve been avoiding setting up the pack n’ play because I thought it would be a pain to assemble (even though it’s a pack n’ play and made for travel…I know) and I wasn’t sure if Livi would like it, since she sleeps at night in the bassinet and…

-The Jewel lullaby CD is AMAZING. It was a gift to Livi from her nana, and we made it part of the bedtime ritual. Meal time, bath, lotion, brush her hair, read a story, then put Jewel on to sway, bounce or rock her to sleep. By the yodel song (which I think is #6?)…

The first couple of weeks from the hospital were a mix of different emotions: happier than I thought was humanly possible, at the same time feeling a little wonky from the hormones stabilizing, extremely exhausted, and so full of love for my husband and new daughter. There wasn’t a difference between night and day, and…