I’m so sorry! She was crying so loudly that I couldn’t wait any longer to feed her,” the nurse said. “So, I gave her some formula,” she continued. Ella was in the NICU following her birth for severe jaundice caused by incompatible blood types (Micah spent time in the NICU for the same thing. Read […]
Coping with COVID
What’s wrong?” DJ asked with a concerned look on his face. “You haven’t been yourself lately.” “I know,” I responded. “I’ve been thinking about a lot.” Apparently, I have a telltale “thinking face,” that only my husband has a way of picking up on. Between the pandemic, the highly divided and political nature of society, […]
An Update in My Journey to a Healthy Home
About two years ago, I shared a post on what I was doing to transition our home to being a cleaner and greener one. And, as with all things in life, it’s been a journey of learning and growth. So, I thought I would update you on what I’ve learned since then! As I […]
Our Baby/Pandemic Date Escape
Between having a new baby in the house, the pandemic, and not living near family, it’s been tough to get out of the house and have a date like regular people lately. And by tough, I mean impossible 😂. Our last date was back in January, and since then, we’ve pretty much been confined to […]
5 Surprising Benefits of Staying At Home
Whether by choice or not, a lot of folks have been spending more time at home these days. And from what I can tell, it seems there’s a lot to love, and some things most folks could do without. For me, since making the decision to transition from working as a physician to becoming a […]
A Day in the Life
Well, it’s been a while since I’ve written an update on what our day-to-day looks like, so, I figured with this post, I’d do exactly that! Since having Ella, things have obviously changed some, so here’s a little bit of what we’re up to now. We start everyday at exactly 7 AM– but that’s not […]
A Tale of Two Children: Our Transition to Life with Two
On January 21st, we welcomed our precious baby girl, Elizabeth Ella Grace (or Ella, as we call her), into the world. Life since then has been full of more love, joy, and happiness than ever before! As I mentioned in one of my last posts before the baby, my plan was to take a short […]
Childbirth Without Fear, pt.2
What happened last night? Is everything okay?” my husband asked, as we woke up that January morning. I was one week past my due date and we were eagerly expecting our little girl’s arrival. “I passed my plug and started having contractions,” I responded. “I didn’t want to wake you because I figured you needed […]
Childbirth Without Fear, pt.1
I’m super hungry. I just want a huge burger!” DJ, my mom, and my aunt subsequently accompanied me to a restaurant after leaving the doctor’s office late that morning. I had been in early labor since 4 AM, and my contractions were getting stronger and closer together. So, after calling my midwife, and being told […]
How We Montessori At Home
Do self, do self.” As the mother of a 2-year-old, that’s a phrase I hear almost daily, and for many parents, that phrase is representative of the developmental stage we’ve either experienced or heard about, and have come to dread— the terrible twos. Translation: “I want to do it myself.” I know for […]