6 things mom’s shouldn’t miss from the web… 1. Rob Lowe on sending his son to college (slate.com) 2. The swaddle that gets my little guy to sleep 7+ hours a night (amazon.com) 3. 10 things I wish I’d known before having a baby (youtube.com) 4. Adorable photos of babies swimming  (twistedsifter.com) 5. The only baby…

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Okay, so I know this is a personal topic, but it is so important to talk about. Let me start off by saying breastfeeding is the hardest thing I’ve ever done. When Noah was born I had no idea how to breastfeed. I haven’t been around breastfeeding often, I wasn’t breastfed as a child so…

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Last weekend we had the opportunity to take family photos with the talented Kayla Snell of Kayla Snell Photography here in Austin. I’m so happy with the way the photos turned out. Kayla did an amazing job and was so much fun to work with! I thought I would share a few with you guys…

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Back It Up Girl

I know, it’s been awhile. Let me explain why. In a nutshell I had a baby and then my blog got hacked. I knew it was going to be hard to keep up with the blog the first few months after Noah was born. I thought about putting an “away” message ( if you could…

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I had no clue how hard it was going to be when I went back to work. When I tell people I work from home I get the “Oh you’re so lucky look.” or the “How in the hell do you do that with a baby look?”. Working from home has it’s upsides and it’s…

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I’m super excited to quickly get this post together and share it with all of you. By quickly I mean it will most likely take me 3 hours in between diaper changes, breastfeeding, and burping. That’s the mom life for ya, It’s really funny looking back to the time when I made my registry. I…

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Arriving 11 days past his due date, Noah Carter Benjamin was born on January 21st at 1:00 am. Weighing in at 9 lbs 5 oz and measuring at 21.5 inches he came into our world with a bang. The past 2.5 weeks have been exhilarating, exhausting, and down right surreal. I have many things to…

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So what’s been going on? I can’t believe I’m already 40 weeks and today is Noah’s due date. I went to the doctor last Tuesday and was told I was 3 cm dilated and that I was making awesome progress. My doctor also told me that I would be in labor by the end of…

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The amount of blog comments & interaction you receive on your blog posts is really important if you want to take your blog to the next level. A lot of ad networks base your application on how many blog comments you average per post. If a company wants to work with your blog they will…

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