My first week back to work was interesting. I really enjoyed it the first day, I think because it was something new and different from how I had spent my days the previous twelve weeks. The hour drive to work was torturous, I was fighting tears the whole way, but once I got there it […]

Well, today is my last day of maternity leave. It’s been twelve weeks that I never could have imagined would go by so quickly! I am pretty anxious about starting back to work. I don’t know if it’s excitement, regret or a mixture of both. If you had asked me four weeks ago if I […]

One day, my husband was snacking. One of his staples is animal crackers with peanut butter. However, we had recently acquired a new tub of Nutella, which I often eat with peanut butter for lunch. He decided to mix things up a bit and dipped his animal crackers in the smooth, creamy, chocolate and hazelnut […]

Well, I assumed that with a newborn I would have plenty of time to keep up with my blog. BOY, was I ever wrong! My little sugar bean doesn’t sleep all that often- about 3-5 hours less a day than the average newborn, which leaves little time for Mama to keep up with her blogging! I […]

WOW… Motherhood is exhausting! I was hoping to be able to keep up with my blog posts as much as I had been, but I’ve been finding out that it’s hard to keep up with just going to the bathroom! Luckily, the wee little one has been snoozing for a bit now and so I […]

I gave birth to our daughter, Everleigh Kate Winchester,on Saturday October 27, 2012. She weighed 7lb 1oz was 20 inches long and is perfect! Allow me to now share my delivery experience. I will not spare many of the details, so for those of you who want instant birth control, this may be for you! […]

We often end up wasting veggies in our household for some reason, so one day when we had a lonely zucchini and plum tomatoes that needed to be used, we decided to throw them in a pan with some olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper and cook them up to have as a side. I […]

This little recipe of mine was inspired by the Quaker Real Medleys Apple Walnut Oatmeal. I had purchased these when I was doing biometric screenings at work and was getting up at 3am and 4am and knew a CLIF bar wasn’t going to cut it for a pregnant lady. So, I picked up these healthy […]