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Family: pregnancy snacks
It’s so hard to believe that we’re getting to the finish line (or starting line…)! I’m starting to get nervous/anxious/excited, especially since I’ve been having some intense Braxton-Hicks contractions. They start in my stomach, which starts to cramp and becomes rock hard, and move all the way back to the base of my spine. I…
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Family: Weeks 33-35
And feeling…. Excited! And slow. I’m definitely in a third trimester slump right now. I feel completely normal, except that new normal is like a truck hit me. Doing basic tasks involve heavily weighing my options. (Do I really need to walk all the way to the kitchen to put this LaCroix can in the recycling?…
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Family: Hospital bag for baby #2 + big sister bag for Livi
Hi friends! It’s hard to believe that preparation time is finally here, and that we could be meeting our little lady anywhere between the next 4-6 weeks (give or take). Since the fall season tends to get super crazy -especially now that Livi has a schedule of her own with activities and preschool- I knew…
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Family: Weeks 31-33
Hi friends! Don’t forget to enter the Bitsy’s Brainfood giveaway here. 🙂 All baby #2 updates are organized by trimester on the Family page tab above. <3 Big things poppin’ (33 Weeks) Random thoughts/things that I noticed:
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Preschool lunch ideas
This post is sponsored through my partnership with Bitsy’s Brainfood. The smell of sharpened pencils, textbooks, and notebook paper is in the air. Back to school season has officially arrived! While I admit that there are days where I’m SO thankful for the hot lunch option, for the most part, I enjoy putting together Liv’s…
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Fetal Echo Update
(When things are getting a little crowded in there!) Giant sigh of relief from yesterday’s appointment. Thank you again for all of your heartfelt comments, thoughts and prayers leading up the echo. We appreciate it so much, and I wanted to share an update with ya: Baby’s VSD is “very small.” Our fetal echocardiogram was…
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Livi-isms
“Mom, where are we driving?” “We’re going home.” “WRONG! We’re going to get an acai bowl!” (After a feral cat ran away when she tried to pet it.) “Cats hate people. It’s their job to hate people.” “Last night I had a dream I was being chased by a tiger. I was…
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Family: How workouts have changed in the third trimester
Round 2! Heading towards the finish line (which is really the starting line…) 🙂 Things are slowing way, way down over here. It’s a quick transition from second trimester honeymoon period to the third trimester slump. For motivation, I’ve been reminding myself of how good it feels to work out, and how great I feel…
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Weeks 29-31
and feeling like I’m ready?! (Or at least as ready as I’ll ever be.) It’s weird because as much as I love being pregnant- even with the second pregnancy, which for me has hit faster and made me slower- every time I feel her kick, I just think “I want you to be here already.”…
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Best Pregnancy Stretches
My neck… my back… My neck and my back. Ok, and my glutes, hips, and round ligament pain, but they can’t really make a hip hop song with that. 😉 Pregnancy Aches, Pains and Hormones Aches and pains come with the territory of growing a small human, which can alter our center of gravity and put additional…
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Family: Breastfeeding supplies
Hi friends! I got a request to write about breastfeeding supplies, so I thought I’d post some of my faves in case you are looking to set up your arsenal, or if you have any tips/ideas to share! I’m not really going crazy with a bunch of breastfeeding gear/stuff for baby #2 for a couple…
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Family: Weeks 27-29
Random thoughts/things that I’ve noticed: -I’m definitely sloooowwwiwng down. Naps have always been one of my favorite things, and I’ve been indulging pretty often lately on the days that Liv will nap. If I can get a lot of my work done in the morning and at night, during Liv’s nap I’ll tie up some…
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