Infertility & Miscarriage · Motherhood

16,283 Ounces—Give or Take a Few Hundred

That’s the minimum amount of ounces I’ve pumped for my son since he was born. I would have an exact number, except my phone shit the bed a few weeks ago and Apple had to wipe it clean. If I had been on my game, I would’ve posted an entry on my exclusive pumping journey… Continue reading 16,283 Ounces—Give or Take a Few Hundred

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ipsy February 2015 Glam Bag: Review

ipsy February 2015 Glam Bag Product: ModelCo Cosmetics Blush, Cosmopolitan, .12oz palette Retail Value: $20.00-$22.00 for a palette (ModelCo) First Impression: Yeesh. Blush. I’m not a blush-kind-of-girl. My cheeks are naturally very rosy. More so when you get a drink or two in me (which is when I’d most often be wearing makeup—when I’m out for the night). In… Continue reading ipsy February 2015 Glam Bag: Review

Infertility & Miscarriage · Motherhood

Rainbows & Unicorns: To My Son on His First Birthday

This beautiful little love of my life turned a year old yesterday! AHHHHHHHHHHHH. So of course, I wrote about it for the Rainbows & Unicorns blog. Because…duh. I’ll write a less artsy-fartsy “this is the kind of shit my baby does” type of post hopefully this week or weekend (once I’m over the plague my husband… Continue reading Rainbows & Unicorns: To My Son on His First Birthday

Infertility & Miscarriage · Motherhood

Rainbows & Unicorns: We Are Not Superheroes…

Sometime during the fall of last year, I read something that really upset me. I was in the middle of some struggle—teething, or bad anxiety, or feeling like I’d messed something up or something wasn’t going right, just…something. As I often do in times of high emotion, I opened a new post screen and wrote out a… Continue reading Rainbows & Unicorns: We Are Not Superheroes…