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The Difference Between Pregnancy #1 and Pregnancy #2
With my first pregnancy, I was one of those women that other pregnant women seem to love to hate on the internet. It was a very, very easy pregnancy. I had about 4 weeks of mild only-on-the-weekdays nausea followed by 2 weeks of get-up -too-early-and-you’ll-puke, and then after that… I kind of forgot I was pregnant. I felt great, I felt beautiful, I felt like everyone should just always love pregnancy no matter what. (well, okay; I didn’t, I wished everyone could feel the way I felt while I was pregnant with Asa, but I understood that wasn’t the case.) I only needed to sleep with pillow support between my legs…
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Florals, polka dots, and many shades of pink
I have been caught up in the comparison game for as long as I can remember. Well, perhaps not quite that long — before thirteen, all I cared about was swimming, rollerblading around town with my best friends, and getting done with my homework as fast as possible so that I could play with their Barbies. But somewhere around fourteen, things changed. I went through puberty, started growing curves where most of my friends had none (and not in the desirable places, but in the hip/thigh places), got jiggly in areas that had previously been slim, got acne, and over a period of about six years, gained somehwere around 60…
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Owl dress and Doctor Who Pin
Quick note: Facebook has officially announced that they will be killing the organic post reach for all brands EVEN more. In the article, it is stated that this is in regards to promotional posts, such as giveaways, buy-this-product, or posts that seem to be recycled ads. But, you may still see my posts less, due to the general cut of overall organic post reach. So please take a moment to follow me elsewhere to keep up — Twitter, Pinterest, Bloglovin’, Email, Instagram — or mark on my Facebook page that you’d like to get a notification when I post new things. Thanks! Words have always been very important to me.…
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Eshakti Dress and Retro Styling
Today, I got dressed purely to wear something beautiful. I didn’t stay in this dress, because I am sick (not pregnant-sick, so that’s a plus…?) and occasionally feverish, and it was probably a bad idea to even try doing an outfit post, but… I needed this. Do you ever have those weeks where you just feel unattractive for days on end? When you get in a funk where nothing really works on you because of weight gain or a stupid haircut or a cold that won’t go away or a situation that was weird, and you start giving up because what’s the point of getting dressed when you can just…
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Maternity Wardrobe: 1970’s hippie dress and the honesty of Mondays.
The honesty of a Monday following a bad night’s sleep and a nearly-canceled (but thankfully, not) thrifting trip to meet a friend whom I had only ever met via blogging and Facebook: today is a day sans makeup, with unbrushed hair hastily pinned into some semblance of a topknot, and earrings only worn because of the discovery of this dress while thrifting. And, while I am being honest, I am only blogging today because of my love for this dress and my being accustomed to blogging five times a week. It is hard to break the habit once the habit has formed, and in the new year I have made…