Motherhood
May 29, 2018

What I Wasn’t Expecting Bringing Baby Riley Home – By Kevin Manno

Hey folks! It's Kevin. I don't know if you saw it, but I wrote a post for Ali's blog a couple years ago right before Molly was born. I really wanted to give Ali at least a day from off from writing, so I figured I would fill in. Well…

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Motherhood
May 25, 2018

Meet Our Son!

He’s here and he’s perfect!!! You guys, I have a son! I am so grateful to be able to share this little angel with all of you. And when I say angel, I MEAN it. He has been such a good baby to far. Super tough, barely cries and so far sleeps…

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Featured
May 21, 2018

An Open Letter to my Daughter Molly

Dear Molly,

My sweet girl. I haven’t even started writing this letter yet and I’m already in tears. I normally think I’m pretty good with words. I write pretty much every single day and never really have trouble coming up with what I want to say. But as I sit here trying…

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Motherhood
May 20, 2018

What’s In My Hospital Bag

It's baby week! That's right my friends, our little man will officially be here THIS week! Eeeeepppppp! I can't believe it. Thank goodness he has held off until now because I literally JUST finished packing my hospital bag. Well actually, I shouldn't even say I'm finished because really I am writing this…

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Fashion
May 18, 2018

Barefoot and Pregnant annnnd…..BIG NEWS!

Epppppp! I have some exciting news! Ready for it?! We will officially be a family of 4 (plus poochie!) by this time next week! I mean, baby could decide to come sooner than that, but because I am measuring so big and the baby is estimated to be over 1o lbs, the…

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Motherhood
May 15, 2018

Keeping it Together – Some of the Time

I know that I keep saying this, but now that I’m 38-weeks pregnant, this baby is really coming any day now! In fact, I’m a little shocked that he hasn’t already made his arrival. I had Molly at the end of my 38th week and my doctor says that moms tend to…

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Motherhood
May 8, 2018

Choosing to LOVE the Last Weeks/Days of my Pregnancy

Today is my last day of work before I go on maternity leave. It also just happens to be the day I am exactly 37 weeks pregnant. I always thought that I would work right up until I gave birth. But as many of you know, this baby is measuring a few…

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