Life

•Aunt Flo•

Alright so here's my warning, this is a TMI-ish post. If you're a guy and reading this post, you'll probably want to skip it, so scroll on my friends ha. I'm about to talk a taboo girly thing that boys tend to shy away from. Like tampons. Okay. So you're all gone, right? Last warning! … Continue reading •Aunt Flo•

Parenting

Flying (ALONE) with Waylen

If you don't already know, I recently took cross country flights with my 8 month old, ALONE. Before the trip I pretty much searched the internet for any and every piece of helpful information I could find so now I'm going to tell you what worked and what didn't!  First let's get into what I… Continue reading Flying (ALONE) with Waylen

Parenting

Waylen: 8 Months

Eight months! EIGHT FREAKEN MONTHS!  I'm not sure what's happening but time is seriously flying by! Every day I look at Waylen and am amazed by how old he seems!  In this last month Waylen has made some huge strides. He loves standing and playing with his activity cube and although he cannot pull himself… Continue reading Waylen: 8 Months

fashion, Life

Donuts Donuts Donuts

Somewhere between Waylen's birth and now I've become known as the "Donut Girl." Instead of shying away from such a sugary nickname I've decided to embrace it. Glazed, sprinkled, filled, holed, donuts for breakfast, dessert, I'm pretty much an expert on donuts so I've decided to put together a list of my favorite fun non-edible… Continue reading Donuts Donuts Donuts

baby led weaning, Parenting

Baby Led Weaning: 1 Month

We are knee deep in Baby Led Weaning and are seriously having so much fun! It was a little nerve racking at first but Waylen has proven to me again and again that he is totally ready for all these finger foods we're giving him. He chomps and chomps away and rarely ever gags on… Continue reading Baby Led Weaning: 1 Month

Parenting

Waylen: 7 Months

Gosh 7 months seems SO old! Where did my squishy little baby go???? We are officially closer to his first birthday than we are to his birth! How weird is that?! Waylen is now around 19 lbs and seriously gives momma an upper body workout. Carrying him in his car seat? Yeah right! It's so… Continue reading Waylen: 7 Months

Parenting

Sleep Training

After two months of bad sleep and then two days of horrible, awful, TERRIBLE 30 minute increments of sleep we finally caved and started sleep training and I am SO glad we did. Now a little bit about Waylen before training... he loved being swaddled but we just transitioned him into a sleep sac, he… Continue reading Sleep Training

baby led weaning, Parenting

Baby Led Weaning: Week 1

We are officially one week into Baby Led Weaning and let me tell you it has been so much fun (and messy!) We still started out slow with our introduction of different foods so this is what our first week looked like: Days 1-3: broccoli Days 3-6: broccoli and sweet potato Day 7: sweet potato,… Continue reading Baby Led Weaning: Week 1