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  • Friday mom-iform 👔 We’re “up north” visiting my mom for Miles’ first overnight trip. I think that calls for craft sour beers. What’s your favorite kind of beer?
  • I’ve officially hit the part of the year where I’m (very impatiently) counting down the days until spring weather - my pale ass legs are ready to feel the fresh breeze on their skin! 💨 This photo was taken last year when I was about 12 weeks pregnant with Miles and then I spent all summer in comfy, oversized maternity dresses and I don’t even know if I remember how to dress for the warm weather anymore. Throw in warm weather clothes I can nurse in and I’m like 🤷🏻‍♀️🤔 Luckily I have a little time to figure that out (and decide if I’m going to get a spray tan or not 👻)
  • Be honest...how do you REALLY feel about Monday? 💁🏻‍♀️,🤷🏻‍♀️, or 🙅🏻‍♀️? Personally, they are usually super productive days for me. I try to plan my week out on Sundays and tend to “hit to ground running” come Monday morning. I usually shoot Instagram/blog pics for the week, start some filming for YouTube, do a grocery run, and squeeze in a babies at the barre workout before dinner if I can 💪🏻 Fridays, on the other hand, tend to be a lot slower and chill around here. . . In unrelated news I wish you could have been a fly on my wall for this insta shot 😂 picture me squished under my tripod, face basically pressed to the carpet, so I could get that cool, hands in the photo vibe. Super casual. So natural. How’d I do? Just lie and tell me really good.
  • Do you ever go to bed excited about the morning because you know you’ll get to have your coffee? . . When people ask how I’m a morning person there’s three keys: 1. Start the night before (prep for your morning and no late bedtimes) 2. Have an incentive to getting up that you can remind yourself of when that alarm goes off (like your favorite coffee!) 3. Lists lists lists! I make to do lists and schedules (as you see on my stories!) to help me stay on track and get things done. Sure it never goes totally according to plan, but it helps me be more productive and thus feel more accomplished with my morning 💪🏻
  • One year ago today I turned 30 and Miles was just a tiny little babe in my belly barely 1/2 an inch in size. I spent my 30th birthday on my sofa, partially due to pregnancy fatigue and morning sickness, partially due to nerves. All my pregnancies before this ended in heartbreak. As optimistic as I am and as much as I tried not to think it, I remember the fear that I’d lose this one too. A week later I finally got to hear his tiny heartbeat for the first time. The MOST beautiful sound ever and the most perfect birthday present. Now, on my 31st birthday I get to hold him in my arms, these birthday presents just get better every year. . . Also can we all appreciate how much Miles loves to look at the camera 😂 I legit took these by myself on a self timer and he just knew exactly where to look. Boys 🙄 #butfirstmiles . . . #boymom #momlife #thebump #rainbowbaby
  • What are some of your distinct family memories as a child? 🎨 I come from a family of art enthusiasts, so we visited a lot of museums together. Today we took Miles to his first museum and my heart exploded a little to see his tiny face light up with excitement at the brightly colored paintings of his first Marc Chagall and Picasso. Then...he spit up all over my shirt (twice) and slept through the rest of the visit but damn, those 15 minutes were bliss. #butfirstmiles . . . @thewadsworth #momlife #thebump
  • Fri-YAY! What fun weekend plans do you have? . . Every age Miles hits I just want to bottle it up! Sure they all have their rough patches (hello 4 month sleep regression) but these little babes just grow too fast I’m afraid I’ll blink and miss it all! #butfirstmiles
  • 4 months of Miles (well yesterday but mom brain got me like 🤷🏻‍♀️) Miles loves music, babbling, getting tickled, and seeing himself in the mirror. He has fully discovered his hands and loves investigating them, eating them, and batting and grabbing with them. He still loves meeting new people and greets pretty much everyone with a big, gummy smile. Life is so much sweeter with you, my cheery, goofy, big-hearted baby boy. 🥰 #butfirstmiles . . #letterboard #motherhoodthroughletterboards #thelettergrams #letterfolk #4monthsold #momlife #thebump

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