A lifestyle blog by Lauren Hartmann
My breastfeeding journey has been anything but expected. Literally everything about it has surprised me. First I was surprised by how difficult it was and then by how easy it became. I was surprised by how convenient it could be and yet how inconvenient it felt at times. I was surprised by the sometimes love/hate relationship I had […]
When Alice was a mere 11 days old, I had a moment of pure insanity and decided that taking three children – age four and under – on a two hour road trip to the beach sounded like a totally great idea. I’ll cut to the chase and tell you that it probably wasn’t one of […]
You know how people say that the third child sort of just raises itself? Well, it’s kind of true. Life with our little Alice Rosalie has been oh-so-sweet, but I would be lying if I said she was getting our full and undivided attention. The truth is…we have two other kids vying for our attention […]
If I could spend the rest of my life only vacationing at one single location it would probably be Family Camp. Disneyland would be a close second, since I’m a total sucker for Disney magic, but Barnabas Family Camp definitely has a magic all its own. I’ve written about Barnabas before and all the reasons why […]
The birth story of our third child little Miss Alice could not have been more different than the birth stories of her big sister and brother. Even though she’s pretty new around here, she is already showing us that she is going to be a girl who blazes her own trail and does things her […]
One of my strongest personality traits is that I am almost always “in control”. It’s not that I necessarily feel the need to control all the other people around me, I just really appreciate having a plan and rarely do I leave things up to chance. When I leave my house with the kids I always […]
