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First official family of 4 picture. I snapped 3 ph

First official family of 4 picture. I snapped 3 photos before Easter and was shook to realize we all were looking at the camera, in focus, and no one's eyes were closed 🤯. Turns out my best mom hack for photos is use the self timer cause the blinking light and beeping catches their attention. After we took our three photos Miles actually requested we do it

A few two-word phrases moms love: "elastic waistba

A few two-word phrases moms love:

The universe knew I needed you Finley May. 🪐💫 When Miles was born, being a boy mom felt so natural. I remember when I was pregnant with you, people would ask

FINLEY MAY IS 2 MONTHS OLD ❤️ And so it begins

FINLEY MAY IS 2 MONTHS OLD ❤️ And so it begins...Finley's monthly progress shots with Olive are now a thing and honestly this is 10000x easier than the witty letterboards I did for Miles (see his hashtag for those #butfirstmiles ) 😂 And swipe to see 1 month vs 2 months. #butfirstfinley #butfirstolive

Hey there mama. I just wanted to say, you're doing

Hey there mama. I just wanted to say, you're doing fine. I'd say you're doing great, but do we even need to give ourselves that unrealistic expectation? Fine is plenty good enough most days. It's fair to say the last year has put more on women than any other year previous. We are doing double the work with 1/10th of the support. But we're doing it. Maybe not perfectly, certainly not always enthusiastically, but yet day after day, morning after morning, moms everywhere are rising and grinding and hustling. And scrambling eggs and kissing boo-boos and cheering on their friends and nursing babies. And loving and giving and filling sippy cups and building businesses and having kitchen dance parties and answering emails and setting tables. And reading bedtime stories and wiping up spills and proofreading and scheduling and refilling their coffee (again). But the truest, most beautiful life isn't the easy one. No, of this I'm quite certain. And you're doing fine. . . #mothertruths #motherhood #momlife #momsofinstagram #momblogger #motherhoodunplugged #motherhoodthroughinstagram

The past two days have felt like spring. The sun i

The past two days have felt like spring. The sun is shining, the bird are singing, buds are appearing and green is starting to push its way through the hard, empty soil. Spring in New England is magical that way. The whole world looks dead and then...just like that...it blossoms. It comes back to life with color and song and gentleness. It's inspiring. . The past year has been hard. It has left a lot of us emotionally spent and that has turned into a lot of negativity. Everything has become so polarized. It's like we have to choose a side in everything we do. If someone disagrees with the way we think we're just supposed to dismiss them or worse yet we just HAVE to tell them why they are wrong and we are right. What happened to building bigger tables instead of taller walls? What happened to

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