motherhood, wife life, and everything in between
The greatest jealousy I have ever known is the love my husband has for our seven-month-old baby girl. But my God, it is the most beautiful and most comforting feeling I have ever felt. Our first baby was a little boy, my momma’s boy, the softest spot in my heart. I spent three years completely [...]
I'm a formula-feeding momma, I have been since my first angel babe. You can catch my (harsh) breastfeeding journey on another piece of mine, Breastfeeding is for the Brave, but here I'll spare you the details. So now for the fun part: eight signs that you're a formula-feeding momma! You have little trails of formula [...]
The Perez Bunch (my bunch) resides in the very lovely city of Orlando, Florida. While the city is beautiful and the events can be quite pleasant, the weather is brutally hot most of the year. As a stay-at-home momma, like me, you are probably always on the hunt to entertain your children and keep the [...]
-- This week was a busy one! So when the realization that I hadn't written in a week hit, I dove into my journal and found this gem from a few weeks back. As I read it, I remembered this day all too vividly. That kind of memory calls for a share. -- It’s one [...]
This year we did something a little unusual for our family. Rather than throwing Leo, my now four-year-old, a birthday party, we planned a fun weekend getaway to celebrate instead. It was the perfect celebration for him and a sweet little family refresher as we get ready to head back to school! Leo is beyond [...]
I was six months pregnant when I had reached my final straw, my toddler had to get out of my bed. With a rapidly growing belly it was already difficult to get a decent night of sleep, but my sleeping three-year-old would kick, toss and turn, and snore in my ear, making it actually [...]
My name is Alexa, and I cannot breastfeed. Sounds a bit like an opening to a help group, right? That’s just how guilty breastfeeding can make a momma feel. My journey through breastfeeding has been an emotional fiasco. Yes, that bad. I never really see anyone talk about the “other” side to breastfeeding, the downside. [...]
