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Shirt Applique
I am in a little bit of a pickle.On the one hand, my pre-pregnancy clothes don’t fit me right now, and I desperately need to get some that I can wear.… Read MoreOn the other hand, I’m trying to be really, really intentional about only bringing things into our house that I love, love, love. We have too much stuff and clutter as it is.
The problem is that it’s hard for me to get out and put forth the effort it takes for me to find clothes that I love because a) I have a new baby who prefers the Moby to the stroller and makes it difficult to
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Dwelling in Possibility: Part One
The other day I was looking through my old writers’ notebooks in search of something and I came across this quote:… Read More“Always in life an idea starts small; it is only a sapling idea, but the vines will come and they will try to choke your idea so it cannot grow and it will die and you will never know you had a big idea, an idea so big it could have grown thirty meters through the dark canopy of leaves and touched the face of the sky.”–Bryce Courtenay
I want to touch the face of the sky. I want to take active, giant steps along the path of my
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An End to Co-Sleeping?
Matt and I knew from the very beginning that we wanted to co-sleep with Henry for a couple of reasons. First, we figured it would make breastfeeding in the night infinitely more easy if I could just roll over and satiate his appetite. Secondly, we wanted our child to feel safe, secure, and close to us after leaving the coziness of the womb. Finally, we wanted to be able to more closely monitor him and make sure he was okay through the night.Since I wasn’t sure what kind of co-sleeping or bed-sharing situation would work best for us and our queen-sized bed, I had two different systems ready to… Read More
