Motherhood—for me it has been a constant balancing act. Balancing between the most overwhelming love I have ever felt and feeling like I’ll never get a minute alone again. A balance between figuring out why your baby is crying and how to make him giggle again. A balance between loving my body for giving life to another human and trying to accept how my body has changed. A balance between wanting to return to my day job to feel like “an adult” again and counting down the minutes until I leave my job to get home to that sweet baby. A balance between wanting to have a home cooked meal but also wanting to spend every waking minute playing with your baby (hint: babywearing is a solution to this ... Read the Post
Finding the Balance of Motherhood
Easy Breakfast Casserole
Breakfast is easily one of my favorite meals of the day. If I had to choose a meal to sit down and savor, it would be breakfast. Actually, before I had Oliver, I would sit down to eat breakfast every day. It was a great ritual to try to eat mindfully, read my favorite blogs, and prepare myself for the day ahead. But I'm really not a morning person, so it has always been a struggle for me to cook in the mornings. Now throw a baby in the mix and my mornings are typically chaotic and I'm lucky if I get to eat a whole meal without getting up three times. A few years back I started making a breakfast casserole and it has been such a LIFESAVER lately. I make it on Sunday afternoons and then we ... Read the Post
Why I’m starting to blog
For a while now I have wanted to start a blog. I love reading other blogs and have always felt that I would love the world of blogging. I’ve tossed the idea around for a few years, discussed it with friends, coworkers, and my husband--always receiving positive feedback and words of encouragement. But something always stopped me from going forward with a blog. Now I am able to reflect back on it and realize that what stopped me was most likely some combination of doubt, perfectionism and just plain fear. Fear of what it would be like, fear of the unknown, and fear of what seems to be taking such a great risk. Lately, blogging has been on my mind even more than it used to be, as I’ve ... Read the Post
