I celebrate Mother’s Day twice a year. Being an expat, I feel entitled to celebrate Mother’s Day with all my U.S. friends, and living in Costa Rica, you’d better believe I welcome the opportunity to be spoiled a second time in August. This year, we celebrated in May eating breakfast at one of my favorite…
Newborn Love
My house has been a photo studio ever since Elijah’s birth. It doesn’t hurt that I’ve been practicing angles with my new camera and have super cute models at hand. Savor the sweet innocence of these newborn shots from Elijah’s first week, all taken in my cozy home with the family.Can you tell I’ve been…
Royal Baby, Can You Do This? // MBM
My newborn is a typical newborn. He regularly wakes at night, snoozes while nursing despite every attempt to keep him awake (yes, I’m that mom who even goes to the cold washcloth on the tummy extremes), and wets more than ten diapers daily. I’m guessing the Duchess can say the same of royal baby George….
Birth Prep Tip: Protect Your Mattress
Unless you’ve scheduled a Cesarian, there’s no way to know when baby will arrive. Many times the onset of labor occurs at the most unexpected moments, which means we mamas need to be prepared for anything. Before the birth of Summer Elizabeth, my midwife gave me this helpful tip to prepare for an unexpected birth….
Glue Art Project // MBM
There’s no doubt about it, kids love messy art projects. The great news is that they can make almost anything around the house into a brilliant masterpiece of art with one ingredient: glue! Recently visiting from the states, my mother-in-law brought me a copy of First Art: Art Experiences for Toddlers and Twos, a book…
How to Bless a New Mom
Having a new baby in the house is a blessing, but it’s also hard work round the clock. Although they might not admit it, new moms love pampering and having a friendly face around for those long hours of rocking the baby. If the family already has children, you can more than bet that mama…
Pregnancy Tea: Make it or Buy it?
Staying fit and healthy throughout pregnancy is a no-brainer for most mamas, but have you ever considered uterine health? For centuries women have relied on herbal teas to maintain uterine tone and help intensify contractions during labor, particularly pregnancy teas made from red raspberry leaf. Source Since I experienced minor hemorrhaging post-birth with Summer Elizabeth,…
Meet Baby E.! // MBM
Meet baby Elijah Josías! Our newest edition to the family was born Monday afternoon, right on his due date, and we couldn’t be more smitten. The public hospital birth was smooth and quick, as baby E. arrived less than an hour after I checked in at the hospital, exactly as I’d hoped! Birth story coming…
Whipped Belly Butter
Years before I ever pictured myself as a mom, my vanity told me that pregnancy was just not going to happen. Stretch marks? Um, no thanks. Now I realize that stretch marks don’t mark all moms. Whipped belly butter can help! I’m astoundingly grateful that God changed my heart about motherhood and happy to tell…
Happy Scenes
There are some scenes in each day that make me sit back and smile the wide satisfied grin of an incredibly happy mama. God has been so good to my little family. Baby shoes lined up on the rug, so delicately small & so perfectly sweet. Little girl toys strewn across my bedroom. Papis and…
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