5.9 Friday Faves

May 9, 2025

Hi friends! Happy Friday! Whatโ€™s going on this weekend? Liv has her last dance convention of the year, P has a couple of basketball games, and weโ€™re getting ready for our European adventures. I.canโ€™t.even.wait. I feel like Iโ€™ve been majorly slacking on everything and my goal is to record a bunch of podcast interviews before…

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Wake up slow

After one night of nightmares (which I wrote about), the next night I woke up to a fork in the bed. Not even joking. Bella took my “lunch fork” out of my work gym bag and brought it into our bed. When I rolled over, I thought my leg was on something wet, which was…

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Right [not] on schedule

One of the things I’m frequently asked is how we got Liv on a “schedule.” I remember when she was 3 weeks old and someone asked us if we had her on a schedule yet. I wanted to laugh because I was just proud of myself for getting dressed that day. A schedule was pretty…

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Focus On: The New Nordic Diet

When I first heard of the Nordic Diet, I couldn’t help but think of the Maelstrom ride in Norway at Epcot. It has trolls and scares the life out of me. But that doesn’t say much because we all know I’m a huge chicken.ย  Never been on it? Here ya go: Random side note: does…

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Taters and applesauce

ย The Pilot came home early from work today! He had to fly balls early so he was finished with the day earlier. I was grateful because I forgot to switch the carseat base from his SUV back to my car, so Liv and I just chilled at home with Bell today. Lots of songs were…

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Review: “Bringing Up Bebe”

It’s no secret that I love to read. It’s my favorite way to unwind at the end of the day -I try to go upstairs to read for 20 minutes or so before bed- and am usually reading an informational book and a fluff book at the same time. I like to think they balance…

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