meal planning.   something I used to be SO good at.  I used to meal plan every single week. I also used to make a hot meal every night and attempted to continue that trend when the twins were born.. and sort of fizzled out after Baker arrived.  pregnancy keeps me tired and not hungry […]

I couple weeks ago I asked for Q’s regarding breastfeeding on my stories and you all delivered! which in turn I have written the longest post EVER.. so stick with me..and if you make it to the end, well then you’re a rockstar:) I’ve breast fed four different babies in the last four years and […]

we had a special and rather delicious delivery hit our doorstep last week.  while you might be thinking I’m talking about Baker’s cheeks.. I am actually talking about a giant box filled with a week’s worth of ingredients from hello fresh.  I found myself back in the kitchen this last week, excited to make and […]

now that I’m in my second trimester Ive started to really get my appetite back.  food isn’t such a struggle, which I am thankful for, and I am enjoying food again. while I wasn’t terribly nauseous or feeling like I was going to throw up all the time, food just really wasn’t interesting to me […]

I’ve gotten plenty of questions about staying fit during this pregnancy and to be honest it was something I was most excited about when I started my pregnancy journey.. before I was even pregnant.  I have never been super active during any of the pregnancies (nothing more than just walking and low impact stuff) and […]

there is nothing more that I love about fall than warm soup on a cool evening.  well, this weekend we had a taste of cool weather (82 degrees!!!) and I was excited to whip out my favorite crockpot chili recipe – beer chili. all I had to do was dump all the ingredients in the […]