How To Make Mom Friends Without Being Super Awkward: Part 2

How to Make Mom Friends Without Being Awkward // Part 3 of a 3 Part Series @ The Little Things We Do

So, now that you know where to find yourself mamas for your future tribe (see yesterday’s post), let’s discuss how to talk to them. This, in my personal opinion, is the most challenging/awkward part. The prospect of starting up conversations with strangers and maintaining small talk can be completely terrifying. I get it, because I am […]

How To Make Mom Friends Without Being Super Awkward: Part 1

How to Make Mom Friends Without Being Awkward // Part 3 of a 3 Part Series @ The Little Things We Do

I have a lot of mom friends. I know that sounds really obnoxious and show-off-y, like “I’m SO cool! Of course I would have a ton of friends!”, but I really don’t mean it that way. It’s just the truth. I know that I’m very “lucky” to be surrounded by so many wonderful women who […]

Birth Story Diaries: Meet Chapel Brian

Birth Story Diaries: Meet Chapel Brian // @ The Little Things We Do

I know I haven’t posted a birth story for the Birth Story Diaries series, but I promise that today’s story will make the wait well worth it. The last birth story I posted was the birth of Miss Piper Jean whose mama Brianna had a c-section. At the time that I shared Piper’s birth story, Brianna […]

Birth Story Diaries: Meet Piper Jean

Birth Story Diaries: Meet Piper Jean // The Little Things We Do

If you’ve been following along with the birth story series here on my blog, you’ll know how much I love natural birth. I think it’s beautiful and wonderfully empowering. That said, not all births go the way we want them to. Each baby and each birth is unique and different. Today’s birth story is a beautifully […]

Cooking Up a “Little Something”

Recently our little family has been cooking up a “little something”. Wanna know what it is? Yep! Those aren’t just pancakes that have been cooking! I am currently 12 weeks pregnant (or I will be on Wednesday) and we decided we wanted to let the cat out of the bag in a fun way – […]

Almost Two is Kicking My Butt

Fern is 21 months old…she will be two on January 15th. Right around months 17 to 18, life with her really started to get magical. Her language started exploding and her little personality was completely blossoming. Every day was fun and new and filled with learning moments and firsts. And then a few week ago […]