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Monthly Archives: April 2012

Goodbye April, Hello May!

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Lilies in my flower bed last summer I’m really happy April is over with. This month has been one of the most trying, exciting, crazy, terrible, wonderful months of my life. Of our life. I’m really looking forward to what May has in store. My hopes for May are: Ezra keeps growing into a healthy, beautiful   …Continue Reading


Post-baby body

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It’s been almost a month since having given birth to Ezra and I thought I’d do an update about my post-baby body. Weight Loss - Throughout my pregnancy, I gained a total of 27 pounds. One week after giving birth, I’d lost 21 pounds. Since I’m breastfeeding, I don’t expect the remaining six pounds to come   …Continue Reading


A typical day with a newborn

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My baby boy turned three weeks yesterday. Unbelievable! I feel like I’ve learned a lot in these last three weeks, but that I’m also completely clueless. In some ways, becoming a mom is not nearly as complicated as everyone made it out to be…but in other ways, it’s more complicated than I thought possible. Anyway,   …Continue Reading


A glimpse of… my second set of maternity photos

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On March 24th, I had my second set of maternity photos taken by aliciahasekoester photography. It was my last day of 36 weeks and I had no idea that I would be holding my son in two weeks time. I loved my first set and I love my second set just as much, if not more!   …Continue Reading


Accountability & feeling fulfilled

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I can’t tell you how many business adventures I have been involved in. There are a lot. I love to start businesses and I am really good at it… what I’m not so good at is sticking with the businesses and making them successful. Most recently (well, more than a year ago actually), I went   …Continue Reading