It’s 3:30am when I hear “mami!” from the baby monitor and I know it’s Elysse. It’s mostly always Elysse. As I stumble to the girls bedroom and as I try to soothe her to sleep she tells me “mami, popo” (yes, poopoo). Which stuns me a little because, well, the last time my little one… Continue reading What do toddlers do at 4am?
There are some days that the exhaustion I feel enveloping my entire body is more than I can handle. I feel anxiety rising from my belly to my throat and it’s as if a hard canon ball is just sitting there in my throat, stuck with no way of getting out, and I feel I… Continue reading The keeper of my thoughts
As a parent of two little energetic girls, there are some mornings that I wake up and after a couple of hours with them I think, bed time can not come soon enough. I am pretty good about making sure that at 8:00pm we start our bedtime routine. Partly because I know this is good… Continue reading Motherhood: Discipline for myself
Oh my goodness I can’t believe we are nearing the end of October! It’s been too long since my last post and there is so much to share… One of the biggest news is we booked our family trip. We are going to Italy next month!!! It will be my first time since I was… Continue reading A little slice of everything
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see” – Henry David Thoreau This is one of my favorite quotes, because it speaks to me so deeply when it comes to motherhood and parenting. I was texting with a group of my close friends just now and one of them made a… Continue reading Motherhood: Embracing life and my reality
Last night Celeste and I had a slumber party. Papa was at work and Elysse spent the night at my parents house, so that meant I could focus and just enjoy her company. Since dinner had gone well I decided it was ok to enjoy a little bit of ice cream as we watched a… Continue reading Motherhood: Chosen for them
Hello all you lovely and beautiful people out there! It’s September 1st! I have a friend that loves firsts. First days of the week. First days of the month. So of course this morning she shared this awesome picture on her social media page and the real cool thing is, I am right there with… Continue reading Motherhood: A new day a new focus
I think two things helped make today a fabulous Friday: fueling myself and community. I was dreading getting out of bed this morning when my alarm went off because the night before I’d made a bad decision and stayed up late. I wanted to just hit snooze but then as I slowly remembered the commitment… Continue reading Motherhood: I Owned It Today
Do you know that feeling when you’re reading something and you think YES! YES!! And you sort of get this chill down your spine and your heart races a little because the words you are reading are so spot on your thoughts and the emotion is so intense you feel like you might explode if… Continue reading My biggest tug-of-war is with my old self
I felt so fuchi (gross) this morning. It’s always like the last 5-10 minutes before finally exiting the house where every once in a while I just feel so overwhelmed by it all and I get the most negative thoughts swirling around in my head. I think of how damn hard parenting and all of… Continue reading Cut Loose
Purse Meets Diaper Bag 