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Summer Fun!
Summer has essentially hit Austin, and I’m excited! I love each of the seasons for different reasons.
What do we want to do this season?- Build a mud pit
- Get a plastic child’s pool for the deck
- Get the backyard landscaped
- Build a pool! (I need to write a whole separate post about this to explain why we are making such an environmentally and fiscally irresponsible decision).
- Swim in creeks
- Make popsicles
- Harvest vegetables
- Travel to Michigan with family
- Invite friends over for backyard movie nights
- Host a movie “walk-in” (instead of a drive-in) for our neighbors
- Go for lots of evening walks in the neighborhood
- Go for lots of
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Kitchen Island Chalkboard
It’s finished! We finally converted our kitchen island wall into a chalkboard. I had the idea to do this before we even built our house (I just though it would be the perfect place for our boys to have a big open canvass). Once we started using the space (picture lots of scuff marks from feet), I realized it made even more sense to turn it into a chalkboard.Steps:- I wish I would’ve sanded the wall to smooth it out. Note to self for next time! I think the bumps look okay, but they make writing difficult.
- Tape around the edges. I prefer Frog Tape to regular painter’s tape.
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Update on Breastfeeding and My Post-Partum Body
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I am so incredibly grateful to have had the opportunity to breastfeed my second child, just like I did for my first. I breastfed Henry for 14 months and am planning to at least cross the 12-month mark with Tate. I am happy to report that it has been so much easier this time! The first time around, my nipples were incredibly sore (think tears every time he latched on), I fought clogged ducts left and right (hello, cabbage compresses!), I had a couple of mastitis scares, and Henry took at least 45 minutes to eat for the first three months of his life (at least eight times a day!).
