My experience with free and for sale pages online has been…less than stellar. I’ve bought and sold things on these sites and the outcome is always hit or miss. When selling, people want me to change my price for what’s ideal for them. Often times, they were asking way less than what was reasonable. When […]
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: I LOVE SLOW COOKER MEALS. Seriously. They can be so simple, don’t require a ton of work, and you end up with a hot and healthy meal all ready for your family at the end of the day. I loved putting together some recipes for ground beef slow cooker meals, and they’ve […]
Doing things on a budget is what we do here at Maternity Traders. It’s the whole reason Maternity Traders even exists! While I was trying to put together a maternity wardrobe on a minimal budget early in my pregnancy, I was also trying to put together a nursery. Here’s how I created Sam’s hodge podge, […]
I knew from the get-go I didn’t want to find out the sex of our baby. I had my reasons, and eventually convinced Josh that he didn’t need to know the sex of our baby either. That did, however, leave us with a dilemma. What would the theme of our nursery be? Just as for […]
I stayed home from work on Monday. Sam had been sick all weekend and still hadn’t kicked it by Sunday afternoon. I debated with myself for a good ten minutes before I brought it up to Josh. “I probably should stay home with Sam tomorrow, right?” He agreed. I sent a couple texts […]
There’s another debate happening in our home… when to have another baby. Sam is not quite a year and half and the feels are starting to creep up on me. The problem started when everyone around me started to get pregnant: friends, co-workers, the new Duchess… I mean, I’m sure not everyone […]
The crockpot and freezer meals saved my life when I was on maternity leave. My husband was still working and I was just way too tired to cook after a day of keeping a newborn alive. Luckily, I thought it might be that way and so, while I was pregnant, I tried to stock up […]
Being a NICU mom is like getting inducted into a special club you never applied for. It’s not something you wanted, but it becomes a defining experience in your life. I never imagined I’d become a NICU mom. But when I did, it became a part of my identity. Even a year later, […]
I love gender reveals. I love seeing what people came up with to announce their little one to the world. I love seeing their faces when they learn if they will have a son or daughter. Before I got pregnant, I had a whole board on Pinterest of ideas for what our gender reveal would […]
My baby turned one today. I’ve been crying all week. Tears of joy, tears of sadness. Just tears. All week. But as work started up again, I’ve had a daily hour long drive to reflect on Sam’s first year of life and my first year as a parent. As a human, Sam’s doing […]