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Hi there! I’m Sarah, a former special education teacher turned stay at home mom living in NE Indiana with my husband, son, and two sweet dogs. I’m a minimal-ish mama striving for balance in the chaos that life can become. Welcome!

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My first look at our littlest love. 😍 I cannot believe how much that tiny nugget has grown since this picture taken 27 weeks ago qand how soon we will meet him or her! 💚 I remember feeling so much fear and anxiety at my first appointment. It's very hard for me to get past the fear of another ectopic pregnancy (which my first pregnancy was) and open my heart up to the vulnerability of potentially losing another baby. I was so incredibly thankful to see baby healthy and growing at 6 weeks 4 days gestation. Over the past 27 weeks my love for this little one has continued to grow and while my anxiety has never 100% vanished, I have allowed myself to relax and just enjoy the journey as best I can. 💕 At the beginning of the year I shared my #19for2019 goal list and I kept the #1 goal hidden at the time. The goal was - BABY #2! I am so excited to reach the end of that goal soon. In the meantime, I've made some progress on the rest of my list and today on the blog I shared a little update with where I'm at with each item. Check it out at the link in my profile! ✨

Confession: I have spent exactly 0% of my time and energy on baby #2's nursery. 😬 Luckily, we still have this bassinet from when LJ was little - he slept next to my side of the bed for the first 6 weeks, so I figure I have at least that much time until I need to have something else figured out for baby #2, right? I found this picture of LJ tonight and it reminded me of how he somehow always used to scoot his body over to the side closest to the bed. It's like he wanted to be closer to his mama 💕 And now excuse me while I become a hormonal mess of emotions over how big this little baby boy has gotten and how soon we will be welcoming another snuggly babe into our crew. 😭💗

"I wish I could have pulled off a bikini when I was pregnant" LJ and I joined some friends at the pool today and when we got in, I overheard one mom say that to another. I looked over and she said "you look so amazing!" and don't get me wrong, I knew it was a genuine compliment and appreciated her kind words. But I also felt a little bit sad for her past pregnant self that felt she "couldn't" wear a bikini. Look, I don't know the reasons why she felt that way. But it's been on my mind ever since. I get it, not everyone WANTS to wear a bikini in the first place, pregnant or not. Nothing wrong with that. But if you want to, girl you SHOULD. I spent my whole childhood/adolescence terrified of bikinis because I felt like my body wasn't good enough for them. I wore swimsuits that covered as much as possible until I finally reached a point in college where I said "who cares? I'm wearing one" and I haven't looked back. Pregnancy hasn't changed that. I wore a bikini at 9 weeks pregnant with LJ when it just looked like I was bloated from a big lunch. I wore a bikini when I was 27 weeks pregnant on a babymoon while girls around me rocked their hard-earned honeymoon bods. And I wore a bikini tonight at 33 weeks pregnant at a community pool where I played with my son - and I was WAY more focused on enjoying how much fun he was having than wondering what my body looked like in the suit. True, our bodies change in pregnancy. We get rounder, we get fuller, our butts get bigger. Some get stretch marks, some get a linea nigra, some get both. NONE of that means you "shouldn't" wear a bikini. Girl, your body is working overtime right now growing a human. That is AMAZING. She is doing what she needs to do to bring life into this world. Celebrate that. Own that. And wear whatever suit you WANT. 👙✨

33 weeks with this little one growing under my heart. 💚 You know what else is growing? My heart. I feel like there is often a fear of "how can I possibly love another child as much as I love my first?" And I've had moments like that - times when LJ runs to give me a hug or a big, sweet, semi-slobbery kiss and my heart just seems full to the brim. But I know that it will grow and make room for this one too. 💗 Earlier today I was looking through a few pictures of LJ when he was a tiny baby and it made me just so darn excited for another snuggly babe to join our crew in just over 6 weeks. ✨ Until then baby, you keep on growing. My heart is growing too. 💕

Oooookay I mean 😍💙😭 Toddler mommin ain't easy, and we've had a DOOZY couple of days in our nap-boycotting saga, but sweet little moments like this make me just so dang thankful to be this boy's mama. Today I blogged about a 'day in our life' (yesterday) and this was one of my favorite moments. ✨ Check it out at the link in my profile.

Last day of #32weekspregnant and my feet are disappearing before my eyes. 👣 I honestly feel GREAT for this point in pregnancy and I credit a lot of that to @expectingandempowered. Keeping up with their pregnancy guide has helped with my strength and energy. 💪 I started their newest accountability challenge last week and it'll take me right through the rest of this pregnancy! Come on baby, we got this!!

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