Warning: breastfeeding involves some references to my...breasts (gasp)
When I was pregnant, I read multiple articles and book chapters devoted to breastfeeding. However, like with most of motherhood, I'm pretty sure I had my blinders up and only focused on the potential good/easy parts. It's natural, right? How hard could it be. Then I actually had Knox and there I was, trying to feed him...and crying through it.
I remember mostly pain from those early days. There was so much pain in the beginning and I left the hospital with cracked...
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Monday, October 20, 2014
Winnie the Pooh quotes to save Monday
I love this post and wanted to share a few of my favorite quotes from Winnie the Pooh that I think could also change the world. He's very wise, that tubby old bear.
And one of my personal favorites, a quote that keeps me going when I'm told I care too much about the happiness of others...
xoxo,
Ashley
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Friday, October 17, 2014
To my husband, after a busy summer
This past summer was one of my hardest to date. Work got busy for Max starting in about April and here we are, in October, and I have no idea where the past 6 months went. I spent about half of a span of 12 weeks alone with the baby. Even when Max was in town, he often worked late and missed dinner/bedtime with Knox so it was all me. When festival season started we had a cute, cuddly baby that was just starting to crawl. Now it's over and we have a full blown toddler running around our living room. Add to that my own busy job and suffice...
New beginnings
A blog? Yeah, sure! This will be my third blog in the past 5-10 years and it's always a fun time, indulging in my thoughts a little, thinking anyone is interested in what I have to say. Honestly though, I have really enjoyed going back to those old posts and remembering what my days were like in the same way that you find that old high school journal and are flooded with memories. The past two blogs I had were created to keep my loved ones up...