It's been a long time since I shared a full-on weekend update, but since I'm trying so hard to return to the "real life documenting" of old-school blogging and I'm super behind on sharing life with you, how about a peek into all the things I did over the past three days?! We've had a dance competition on our calendar since early October, but my small group was planning an overnight retreat for this past weekend and I was so bummed that I wasn't going to be able to make it. I was experiencing a major case of FOMO, but there was no way I could send Ella off to compete without me (not to mention that I didn't want to) and I couldn't figure out how to make both things work. By some miracle, when the schedule came out last week, our team was only scheduled to dance on Sunday afternoon! We ...
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Currently | May 2018
Being behind seems to be a theme in my life right now. It's not that I'm not feeling well or am overwhelmed, it's just that there is so much to do in this season of life. The school year is nearing a close and on top off all of the regular end of the year tasks, Ella has 5th grade graduation, so when you add OB appointments, house projects, and life -- it starts stacking up. This is looking like a "two post a day" week, so buckle up for some much needed blog catch up. celebrating | We are all busy celebrating the end of the year around here! The girls have only seventeen days of school left and they are both so eager for summer. Ella's 5th Grade graduation is in a few weeks (what?!) and she is so excited to be moving on to middle school next year. The thing she's probably ...
Bumpdate | 20 Weeks
Affiliate links appear in this post. Any purchases made using these links will earn Taz + Belly a small commission. You can read more about our affiliate relationships here. I might only be sharing a monthly bumpdate, but I’m still taking weekly photos to share on Instagram — and to preserve for the baby book — so I figured I would catch up at the beginning of each update post. Here are our weekly photos since we last checked on baby. It is so crazy to realize that I'm already at the half-way point of this pregnancy. Knowing that this is my last pregnancy ever, I've been doing my best to enjoy every tear stained, nauseated minute. I remember when we decided not to try again, how heartbroken I was over not knowing that Sophie was my last. I feel like I'm paying attention to ...
Book by Book | What I Read in March 2018
Affiliate links appear in this post. Any purchases made using these links will earn Taz + Belly a small commission. You can read more about our affiliate relationships here. I'm not doing so hot with time management these days and this book review post totally snuck up on me. Whhhyyyy do I think I share these on Wednesdays and realize my error every single month? Thank goodness for Rachel, who totally keeps me on my toes! I was thrilled to have a little of my reading mojo back this month. My numbers still aren't what they were last year, but pregnancy is definitely interfering (in the best possible way) with all of my usual habits. I'm still knocking out plenty of audiobooks, but being still enough to read and not falling asleep is hard work. I'm already chipping away at two ...
Girls’ Day
I realize our days of big girl time is very limited, with our newest addition on the way. I try to spend one on one time with my girls (and two on one time, obviously) pretty regularly, but dance season is when Ella and I get the most uninterrupted face time. She had her first competition of the season a few weeks ago and it my first foray into dance competition + pregnancy + ten hour day and it was hard. Luckily we had a week off in between, because we were back at it this past weekend. The second competition was in Montgomery, which is right at 90 minutes from our home. Sophie had a birthday party and, although Josh came down to watch her dance, he had no intentions of riding with us and spending the day. Ella didn't have to be dressed and ready until noon, but one of her friends ...
Little Letters | March 2018
This post may include affiliate links. Any purchases made using these links will earn Taz + Belly a small commission. You can read more about our affiliate relationships here. Dear 13th Week, I am so glad you are here. We are exactly four days away from the second trimester and, although it's hard to believe we're a third of the way through this gig, I am hoping you bring all the good things. Dear Starbucks Café Mocha, You have no idea how much I missed and how delicious you tasted (twice!). I still can't drink coffee first thing in the morning -- I have to throw up first -- but enjoying a venti coffee on my way to work has been such a guilty pleasure. Dear 30* Morning, What in the world?! We have been enjoying lovely spring weather and I was not prepared to dig out sweaters ...
Bumpdate | 12 Weeks
Affiliate links appear in this post. Any purchases made using these links will earn Taz + Belly a small commission. You can read more about our affiliate relationships here. I've gone back and forth about how to share updates with you each month and if I wanted to share updates at all (of course I do), but I really loved tracking Sophie's pregnancy with you (or the 75 of you were here for that) and since I started sharing at twelve weeks with her, I figured it was only fitting that I start this series during the twelfth week of pregnancy number three. Unlike Sophie's updates, I won't be spamming you with weekly updates. I'll probably take weekly photos and then share them all in a single monthly post. Good? Good. swing tank | maternity ponte pants It's kind of hard to believe we're ...
The Best of 2017
I've been doing a yearly recap post for as long as I've been blogging, but I decided to do something a little different this year. We all agree that 2017 was one of the best years we can remember, so here's to talking about all of the best bests we've had this year! The Best of January January of last year was quiet. It was hard for me to believe how quiet, as I looked back through the blog posts, but we were just settling into life in our new home and getting ready for a big trip the following month. We spent a lot of time at home together and that is exactly how we plan to spend this January, too! We made progress on Sophie food aversions with a gastro clinic appointment, enjoyed our last circus ever, went on an indoor climbing adventure and tried our hand (or feet) at ice ...