I received free product to facilitate this post -- all opinions are my own. This post also contains affiliate links, meaning any purchases made using these links will earn Taz + Belly a small commission. You can read more about our affiliate relationships here. When we had Ella, I knew that we were planning to have more children in the future. Josh and I always wanted a big family and thought we would have at least three children. We often joke about how naïve we were and how funny it is when non-parents make grand statements about what they will or will never do! Not only did we register for every single thing available on the baby market, but we kept all of those things for subsequent children. I had a plastic container for every size that she ever wore and a few more filled with gear ...
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On Expanding Our Family
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 been pretty transparent about how this pregnancy took us all by surprise, but I haven't really put my thoughts about that into words. We had found this very comfortable place, where we had established routines and habits and were embracing the predictable nature of life, but maybe that was the problem. I know that everyone's journey to parenthood is different and what feels devastating within our own circumstances and contexts, seems like a walk in the park to someone else. When Josh and I first starting planning for a family, I had this notion that it would all come very quickly and work according to a ...
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 ...
Bumpdate | 16 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. Honestly? It's hard not to talk about baby all the time. I'm sure you've noticed a definite return to mommy blogging around here, but when it's the focus of your entire life at the moment, it's hard not to gush about it all the time. I know that it's different for every mama, but I'm that girl at the grocery store checkout dying to say: Did you ...
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 ...
Pregnancy Q+A
I didn't mean to take a week (plus!) off from the blog, but I had a string of really crappy days and just haven't felt like posting very much. I'm still getting used to this new normal and both the blog and Instagram have taken a back burner. I do have several great posts planned for this week (maybe 5 if I can keep from falling asleep at my desk), so this week should be mostly back to business. I promised this Q + A post a few weeks ago, so let's delve into how I'm feeling, how we discovered our pregnancy, and what we're most looking forward to this year! Were you trying to get pregnant? Ummm, absolutely not. Early in our marriage, we thought we would try for three babies, but at some point along the way we decided that two girls was just perfect. There have been times when each ...
Little Letters | February 2018
This post includes affiliate links. Any purchases made using these links will earn Taz + Belly a small commission. You can read more about our affiliate relationships here. It's time for the Little Letters Link Up and, this week, I thought I'd share something different. I'm not sure that these pregnancy updates will completely replace my usual letters, but since our life is currently filled with all things baby, I thought it was definitely appropriate for this month. January 20, 2018: the day we told the girls about baby Dear Baby, You pretty much rocked our world. You were the very last thing we expected, but we are so very excited to welcome you to our family this fall. Here are a few letters I've been writing to you this month: 6 Weeks 2 Days | January 17, 2018 It's been a ...
A Year of Surprises
Are you sitting down? Because you are going to need to stop what you're doing to make it through this post. Remember when this used to be a straight-up mom blog and we talked about daily life, little kid milestones, and everything in between? At some point, the girls grew up and we had to start sharing different parts of our lives and learn to relate to our readers in completely different ways. I had no intentions of returning to our roots, but you know what they say about the best laid plans. It looks like Taz + Belly is getting an old-school reboot in the form of baby number three?! I've been the very worst blogger this year, but it is not without its reasons. We discovered several weeks ago that we had made a significant error in calendar calculations and despite our perceived ...