Motherhood

Ariela is officially halfway through her terrific two’s. With my first kid, I made a big deal of it filled with cupcakes and a photo shoot and this and that. Poor Ariela spent her second-and-a-half birthday washing our car. Lol. She loves it though. She’s such an interesting little soul. She’s just so aware, and…

It was the morning you turned three months old. It was a quiet morning. A perfect morning. I was awoken to your little grunts of hunger and the light shining past the curtains. I picked you up and laid you closer to me. You began to nurse, just like every morning before that. And just…

I’m 28 years old today. I remember that’s how old my mom used to jokingly tell me she was year after year after year when I was a kid. A lot of my girlfriends are afraid of wrapping up their twenties. I used to dread it too, but as 30 approaches I’m actually looking to it…

Yesterday marked my first six weeks of breastfeeding, and I wanted to write a bit about it to share my experience. Although it may seem like it at first, I don’t intend to scare anyone away who might be considering it; rather, I’m writing this to encourage those who are currently in the thick of…

I wanted to publish this on Mother’s Day, but I never got around to writing it. #NewMomProblems Anyway, being so far from family and friends this time around, I’ve had a lot of time to think about the things that would have really made my day in the first few weeks of new motherhood. If…

In the last few weeks Northern Virginia has really blossomed. The trees, which were barren and brown when I first arrived in March, are now thick and green. The sun is shining and the weather is fabulous. I thought this would make my outlook on life in inland Virginia a little more positive, but I…

Why I Chose a Natural Birth I wanted to start off by answering the question so many people ask when you tell them you’re having an unmedicated birth- “What? Why?” I think a lot of people would assume it’s because I’m anti-hospital or anti-pharm or whatever. The answer was much more simple. I just wanted to know…

I’m a very light sleeper, and always wake up when Evita moves around at night. (Yes, we’re still co-sleeping.) Every now and then, Evita talks in her sleep. Usually she mumbles words like, “puppies,” “bicycle,” or “fruit snacks,” but last night was different. She tossed and turned a bit, and then giggled, twice. Then she said…

How do you define home? This might be the toughest question in the world for nomads. Is it the place you’ve spent the most time? Is it where you live now? Is it your favorite place you’ve lived? Is it where your family is? For me, home is none of those things, but all of…

This week marks one year since I graduated law school. This time last year, I began one of the most stressful, drawn out periods in my life- studying for the Bar Exam with a newborn. I remember feeling completely overwhelmed. You know when you finish a long semester, get through finals, and all you want to…