Setting up a Meal Train

Setting up a Meal Train

Updated September, 2021 Eating has never been my strong point. Neither has cooking. Now add a new baby on top of that, along with all the recovery and discomfort that goes with it, and I’m pretty sure I would have tried living off yogurt and blueberries for weeks after Monster’s birth. Thankfully, I didn’t have to. I am a huge…
June 16, 2017Posted inAll, The First YearNo Comments
A Home Birth

A Home Birth

Updated February 11, 2025 I feel like every woman has a story or at least some feelings about giving birth. Our society is riddled with stories of hospital births, births gone wrong, and the pain of childbirth. I wanted to share my personal birthing story with women considering having a home birth so that you can make the choice for…
May 28, 2017Posted inAll, Pregnancy and Birth6 Comments

Fighting for our Rights

I’m feeling especially exhausted today. This week I was going to write something sweet and cute about my pregnancy, maybe something about my cat’s attachment or something about all the pregnancy books I’ve read. Yet I can’t. I can’t bring myself to ignore what happened Thursday and what continues to go on every day in our political system. Things that…
May 7, 2017Posted inUncategorizedNo Comments
The Best and Worst Pregnancy Advice

The Best and Worst Pregnancy Advice

Updated February 9th, 2025 Every person I’ve ever met considers themselves an expert on being pregnant. This expert advice comes from individuals who have and have not had children. It's amazing how often the advice comes from men specifically. These well meaning pregnancy tips for first time moms can be all over the place with their relevance.Below is the worst…
April 29, 2017Posted inAll, Pregnancy and Birth3 Comments
The Gender Conversation

The Gender Conversation

Updated February 9th, 2025 I swear the next person who asks about my future child’s genitalia is going to get punched. “Is it a boy or a girl?” “Do you know what you’re having yet?” “But really, what do you hope it will be?” I hope they (the gender neutral pronoun we have chosen for our child at this time…
April 23, 2017Posted inAll, Pregnancy and Birth2 Comments
8 Reasons to take Public Transportation

8 Reasons to take Public Transportation

I am incredibly privileged to live in a city where I have access to some of the best public transportation in the United States. Living in Westminster, CO, I commute to work (like most people do) in Boulder. One of the amazing benefits of my job is an eco-pass, a bus pass that allows me to get onto any of…
April 15, 2017Posted inUncategorizedNo Comments
2017 Anime Fest

2017 Anime Fest

This was Anime Fest's second year and it was a huge success. There are always little things that can be improved upon, but I always find that to be the case, no matter what convention I am attending. This year I attended as (a rather pregnant) Jasmine from Aladdin, with some modifications. I had to cut a few corners (no…
April 1, 2017Posted inUncategorized1 Comment
Convention Time!

Convention Time!

As I was talking to a friend about my upcoming weekend, I had a co-worker interrupt our conversation commenting on how he thought cosplaying was weird. It was so weird that people would spend all this money and get all dressed up and into some show or video game. I decided not to return the observation regarding his overly obnoxious…
March 22, 2017Posted inUncategorized1 Comment
Forever a Foster Mama

Forever a Foster Mama

I grew up with pets and I wouldn’t trade it for the world. Dogs, cats, hamsters, rabbits, ducks; you name it and I probably had it as a kid. Once out of my parent’s home, I still wanted pets. I had birds, rats, cats, hamsters; the normal line up of easy to care for pets. I also had roommates, so…
March 19, 2017Posted inUncategorized1 Comment