MOMMY FILES

Mommy, Abby (2) and Ellie (2 days old); February 2018.

Being a mom is the hardest and best job I’ve ever had. Every day, I wake up with more love and gratitude than I could have ever imagined in my life, and it is all thanks to my little sweethearts.

“Weekly” Pregnancy – Abby

• Week 13: A New Kind of Marathon
• Weeks 4 – 12: Cravings and Aversions
• Weeks 13 – 14: All the Questions
• Week 15: Off and Running
• Week 16: Top 10 Firsts
• Week 17-18: Time is Flying
• Week 19: It’s a Girl!
• Weeks 20-21: Sleepy and Round
• Week 22: We’ve Got Movement!
• Week 23:  Baby, Daughter, Person
• Week 24: Diamond Girls Weekend
• Week 25: Back on Track
• Week 26: Prepping and Nesting
• Weeks 27/28: Sugar + Emotions
• Weeks 29/30: Marching Along
• Week 31: Catching Some ZZzzz’s!
• Week 32: An assortment of Pregnancy Thoughts
• Weeks 33/34: I Swear I Think About Other Things
• Weeks 35/36: Haha, I’m Funny
• Abby’s Birth Story: Welcome to the World, Baby! 
  • Part I
  • Part II

“Weekly” Pregnancy – Baby 2

• Here we Grow Again! Pregnancy Announcement
• Third Trimester Update
• 38 Weeks
• Welcome, Ellie Girl! (Ellie’s birth story)

#PregnantRunner 

• SweatTracker Training for Dumbo Dare
• For Two Fitness review
• Getting Fitted for a Sports Bra as a Pregnant Runner
• RECAP: Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend – 2015 Dumbo Double Dare

#MotherRunner

• First Post-Partum Race – 2016 Donna Half Marathon

Cloth Diapering

• Building my Cloth Diaper Stash
  
• Cloth Diapering Update: 1 Month In!
• Cloth Diaper Update: 3 Months In
• Cloth Diapering a Newborn

Miscellaneous Mommy Updates 

• 5 Things We Learned at Our Prepared Childbirth Class
• Dear 4-Week Old Abby
• Abby, at 3 Months
• Three Simple Steps to Becoming the Perfect Parent.
• Abby, at 4 Months
• Happy 5 Months, Abby!
• A Friendlier Family Outing – about the challenge of finding changing facilities when out and about – Westfield knocked it out of the park for us!
• Breastfeeding: Six Months Strong!
• A Very Merry Half Birthday – Abby at 6 months
• Lucky 7 – Abby at 7 Months
• On the 8th – Abby at 8 Months
• 9 Month Old Abby (and her First Haircut)
• TEN MONTHS!
• Eleven Months
• Twelve Months
• Abby is ONE!
• 13 months
• 14 months
• 15 months
• 16 months
• 17 months
• 18 months
• 19 months
• 20 months
• 21 months – no update, thanks to Hurricane Irma
• 22 months
• 23 months
• 24 months – ABBY IS TWO!
• Your Heart Will Grow (initial thoughts on our transition from one to two kiddos)
• Dear 28 month old Abby

Ellie Updates

• Ellie Belly’s First Month!
• (Belated) Two Month Update
• Happy Three Months, Ellie!
• Ellie is 4 Months!
• In the blink of an eye…five months!
• Happy Half Birthday!
• Ellie is 7 Months!
• It’s Great to be 8 (months)
• 9 Months
• Happy Birthday, Ellie!
• Ellie at 13 Months