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Motherhood Lessons: Weaning from Breastfeeding
Warning: this is an extremely personal post. While I sit here writing this post, I am on the verge of being an emotional basket case! I finally weaned Reid from breastfeeding and tonight marked the first night of not nursing him to sleep. Needless to say, it is extremely bittersweet. It marks the end of a routine of over 15 months and the beginning of Reid not physically needing me (I know that technically he did not need breastmilk/formula after a year, but still). He is growing up and I cannot slow time down no matter how much I would like to. My breastfeeding adventure started with Drew and I…
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Updating the Living Room on a Budget
Being a stay at home mom, I find myself at home a lot (it is in the title right?!) meaning that I spend a lot of time thinking about how I can redo/reorganize the house. So instead of making us go into debt and changing up my entire house–I have decided to share my computer window shopping to this blog (as it may make me have less an urge to purchase everything!!). New Couch: The IKEA Extorp sectional is a bargain and steal of a deal from what I have researched. Additionally, many people rave about how it is a solid piece of furniture and can stand the test of…
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You Do You: Getting Back Into Running
Our morning started off with tornado and severe weather warnings. So instead of going through my normal routine and taking a barre class, I went for a quick 2 mile run on our treadmill. Admittedly, our treadmill has not been touched since we moved in! It got me thinking about how my routine has drastically changed and how I long to get back to “doing me.” I find myself these days claiming that I was a marathoner in a past life. Since having issues conceiving because of my low weight (associated with my high mileage running), I have put my passion for running on the back burner. I realized that…
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Weekend Recap: Lake Allatoona
We had a wonderful weekend enjoying the warm weather on the lake! One of the major concerns we had when moving to Atlanta was the lack of water around us. We are water lovers, Drew has always been a boater (fisher, shrimper, wakeboarder, skier, etc–you name it he will do it!) and ever since we started dating I have become one too! Needless to say, it was a factor in moving. Luckily, there is a little lake named Lake Allatoona that is about a 30 minute drive from our house. It takes about the same amount of time to drive to the lake as it did when we lived in Greenville.…
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Motherhood Lessons: A Day in the Life of Stay at Home Mom
People are often surprised to learn that I am a lawyer turned stay at home mom. The first question after asking what I did before staying at home is always do you plan to go back to work? They are even more surprised when I say that I am not sure, most expecting me to say of course! While I would like to say yes, there is no way to tell what will be best for my family in a few years. Sure I have my doubts (sometimes daily) about living up to my career potential and using my hard earned degree–but when I really take a look inside I…
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Weekend Recap: First Haircut
Good morning! Wow the time change totally has us thrown off schedule, but we are going with it 🙂 We started this morning going to barre, then to Trader Joes and back home for a nap (which has turned into an almost 3 hour nap…)! This weekend was a pretty relaxed one. The weather is seriously going crazy–it was in the 70s last week and today it is barely approaching 40! Yesterday, we took advantage of the less than ideal weather and ventured around Lake Allatoona in search for boat storage and got some chores done around the house (hello baby gates!). The big news of the weekend was that…
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Running Lately: Atlanta is Hilly
Good morning! After waking up early to say goodbye to my sister and her family, I went on an early morning run with Reid. It was my first early run since moving to Atlanta and it felt amazing! There is something about the crisp morning air that really gets the day off to a great start 🙂 When I moved from Charleston to Greenville, South Carolina, I thought that the change in terrain was drastically different/much more challenging–and again I feel the same way since moving from Greenville to Atlanta. Charleston is extremely flat as it is basically sea level, Greenville is in the foothills so it has gradual hills, and (surprisingly) Atlanta…
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Friday Favorites: March 3, 2017
Happy Friday :). The past week has been an exciting one in our household: REID is now ONE and I am now 29!! It is so neat having my birthday right after Reid’s. He is by far the best birthday gift anyone could ask for–which means that every year I have a little reminder of how lucky I am. 5 Friday Favorites: Babysitters: I was so nervous to have a babysitter and now I am so thankful that I we have found an amazing babysitter. Reid is my first and only baby, which means that I am probably a little more cautious than I need to be! This may be…
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How to Make Mom Friends
Moving to a new area and being a stay at home mom, means that I would go crazy if I did not make new friends. Moving always has it challenges and socially speaking it is extremely hard. Things to do: Put yourself out there. I am an introvert by nature, but I have to push those impulses aside and really put myself out there to meet people. This is as simple as asking someone in the grocery store how old her son is? and going to the library to meet other moms. Remember that everyone is in a similar situation and people want to interact and make friends too! Find groups. …
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Life Lately: Moving to Atlanta, Georgia
A new year, a new website and a new location! It has been a crazy start of 2017, but I am looking forward to all the exciting new things to come. After months of debate, Drew took a promotion and we relocated to the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia at the beginning of the new year! It was a whirlwind of a couple months–buying and selling homes is not for the weak (I have taken a hiatus from watching HGTV because I seriously cannot look at anymore homes for a long while!). Luckily, we sold our home in Greenville, South Carolina in under a week and found a beautiful home in Atlanta…