Easter has come and gone and even with Peeps, Cadbury Eggs and so much more surrounding me, I managed to make it through without cheating even once. I've been so proud of myself for the past 14 days, because I’ve really been committed to this challenge and it feels good to see that I can function without constantly eating sugar. This post ...
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Friday Five
Happy Friday! This weekend is going to be busy with Easter fun and planning outfits/last minute shopping for the conference I'm attending next week in Dallas, so here's to a relaxing Friday... O N E So, my beloved Anne of Green Gables is coming back --- this time to Netflix in a new series, "Anne," based on the original. My love for AOGG runs ...
25 Week Pregnancy Update with Baby #2 + Your Questions, Answered
Yesterday, I asked y'all to share with me your pregnancy/new baby related questions on Instagram to switch things up a bit for this "bumpdate." I really enjoyed reading your questions and responding to them! I'm 25 weeks along today and I'm feeling pretty good! Baby is growing and I notice some days he's really active and ...
Harper Reese- 9 Months Old!
Harper has now been living in the outside world as long as the amount of time she was growing inside of me…and just like my pregnancy, time seems to be passing at lightening speed and I'm desperately trying to hold on to all of these moments. So much has changed in the last month. Just a few days after I posted Harper's 8 month update, ...
33 weeks
I had my 34 week appointment a day early this week and I mentioned to my OB some of my worries about the baby's movement. Some days she is so active that I wonder why I even worry...and other days I panic when I don't feel her for a few hours or feel very minimal movement throughout the day. My OB put me on a fetal monitor during my ...
Thankful.
This Thanksgiving is particularly special to me. Last year, I made it my resolution to be more thankful. Instead of asking God for things to happen in my life or constantly focusing on my problems (and asking God to solve them), I made a conscious effort to instead focus my energy on thanking God for all of the amazing things in my life that I was ...
Motivation Mondays: Meet Alicia, Triathlete & Founder of Endurance Shield Sunscreen
I am thrilled to share with you today’s Motivation Monday---Alicia is a high school friend and a professional triathlete. She is also co-founder (along with her triathlete husband) of a new sunscreen line called Endurance Shield. Alicia and her husband Jarrod spend a lot of time in the sun and they realized that there wasn’t a sunscreen ...
Motivation Mondays- Meet Fit Momma Luba!
Motivation Mondays are a long overdue feature that I wanted to bring back. You can all thank one of my lovely readers, Luba, who inspired me to start up this feature again. Speaking of motivation, I want to thank everyone who has been participating in the 30 Day Challenge updates that I post on my Facebook ...
Therapy Tuesdays: A Discussion on Self Confidence and Self Esteem (w/ some of my favorite bloggers!)
I'm so excited today because I get to share with you a new project that I've been working on for this blog. It's kind of a spinoff of "Motivation Mondays" but it's about confidence and self esteem. The best part is that I get to work with some of my awesome blogger friends (and real-life friends too!) so that there's a diverse ...
Motivation Mondays: Leah- makeup artist, girly girl and home-gym friendly!
I am very excited about today's "Motivation Mondays" post, because a beautiful friend of mine from high school agreed to share her beauty tricks and secrets with us...and it's all coming from a professional makeup artist, since that is what she does as her career. Leah and I were able to stay in touch via the awesomeness of Facebook, and I knew she ...