I was on the phone with my best friend Tatiana today, while also sitting at my desk pumping (and trying to hurry up before a conference call – always multitasking). She called me and then texted me and said she needed to talk about something (as we all do on the daily) and so of course I made time to call her. After getting the recap of what was going on with her, she said to me - “You know you are juggling a lot right now. A busy legal job, two kids under three, commuting, trying to get dinner ...
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Traveling While Pumping
I love my kids. But me and my husband were feeling the need to have a break-y break! A weekend away, without the kids, to have some time together (and not to be awoken from sleep on the daily with DADDDDYYYY or crying). But I'm still exclusively breastfeeding and pumping so my biggest worry was figuring how to work in my pumping. Here I'll tell you all of my shortcuts for making pumping while traveling do-able. Tip 1: Stay in a central location Book a hotel or Airbnb in as central a location ...
Keeping Up With the Jones’
I had the most refreshing lunch today with my cousin who was visiting from D.C. She has two boys that are 7 and 9 - she is in the next phase of motherhood, while I am still in the tantrum and drooling stages. She left me with some helpful wisdom that I wanted to share with others. She reminded me to just try to do what is best for YOUR kids. And try not to look left and look right at what other people are doing. The best thing isn’t necessarily the most expensive thing or having your children in ...
Ellington’s Race Car Themed Birthday Party
We decided to have a car themed birthday party for our son Ellington who is obsessed with cars. Cars, trucks, trains, but really mainly cars (and he says it like he's a Bostonian - "caaaars"). We were wavering on whether to do a second birthday party or just go on a family outing, but my love of entertaining won over. I really wanted to make it fun for the kids, but not spend a ton of money. Everyone had a ball! Invitation We did a quick photo shoot in our front yard and made this fun ...