Money, goals and motherhood
The weeks leading up to L’s birth were pretty magical, or at least my nostalgic memory remembers it that way. Spring was in bloom, work was winding down, and J was busy finishing up his rigorous 12-week computer programming course. With him away many evenings and weekends, I had a lot of time to nest,
Hello dear readers! I have some happy news… we are expecting another baby! If you follow me on social media, you may know this news already. :) But for those curious, here are some common pregnancy questions answered below. How far along are you and when is your due date? I am 20 weeks and my due date
I’m currently sitting on my balcony at the Cosmopolitan hotel in Las Vegas, listening to the sounds of construction and watching the sun rise on the Bellagio hotel. I am here to speak at a conference for work, and it’s the longest time I will be away from my daughter since she’s been born. I
I’ve started writing this post about a dozen times in the last four months, but saying yes to blogging means saying no to something else, and the yes never outweighed the no to a whole host of things that, until now, have taken priority. But the husband is away, the baby is napping, the laundry has 40 minutes left in the
Our sweet baby girl made her early debut this week! Lenora Crowe Neel was born April 11, 2016 at 2:20am, weighing 7lbs, 1oz and 19.25 inches in length. We are all doing great and so in love! xoxo
Maybe it’s the hormones, but I find myself incredibly nostalgic for the present. I want to savor every single moment — this season of preparation and waiting. The slow walks, the sleepless nights, the lists, the thoughts. It was summer when I found about this baby and each sign of nature’s change since has been like
Baby Girl is due two weeks from today! I am so excited. I am very fortunate to have 12 weeks off for my maternity leave, and while right now that sounds like an enormous amount of time, I know it’s going to go by super fast. My plan is to work up until this baby is born so
I am 30-weeks pregnant, which means I’m three-fourths of the way there. Yay! I cannot believe it’s just another 10 or so weeks before I get to meet this baby girl. Here’s a brain dump of what life looks like these days. Nursery: Her room is coming together nicely! I don’t really have a theme, but
Happy New Year, friends! Normally I jump into the new year with a list of goals and resolutions, but this year is a little different. It’s going to be a big year of transition for us, both with a new baby due in the spring and career changes for J, so I decided to stick with
