Minion's Birth Story

I initially wrote this story just to share with family and friends who requested it. After more than 40 requests via Instagram, I've decided to share it here. It gets a bit graphic so take that into consideration before reading. But I didn't censor myself in order to help another woman who may experience similar things as me that they didn't anticipate.

What's on my screen? - Day 32

Finally finished writing Minion's birth story and made it available to share with friends and family.

What's on my screen? - Day 31

With Minion's arrival and our ever adapting nightly routine, I found this app to be a life saver :-)

We interrupt your previously scheduled programming to announce...

He was born on Wednesday, March 26 at 1:21 in the afternoon after an intense and fast labor. He clocked in at 7 lbs 3 oz and 19 in long. Everyone was home and recovering by 9:00 pm. We are feeling completely blessed.

Julep Maven: March Box Review

I love the concept of subscription boxes but haven't had the expendable resources to try too many. So when Swagbucks had a special offer for a free Julep box at the end of February, I had to jump on it.

8 Ways to Update Your Wardrobe for Spring '14 on $75

While this week took a temperature nose dive and brought on rain, Spring has definitely been in the air lately. And new seasons always put me in a mood for refreshing my wardrobe. This Spring I was inspired by RetailMeNot's The Real Deal challenge to update your makeup for spring with $150. It was fun to read all the bloggers' suggestions and got me thinking about updating my fashion for Spring since I am pretty happy with my makeup routine.

What's on my screen? - Day 30

I love using pocket for quickly saving anything I find online that I like. But every few months I then like to go through and categorize everything onto pinterest boards. I should probably do this more often so it doesn't take as long each time...

Top 12 Pregnancy Must Haves

As my pregnancy is winding down and my due date approaches, I wanted to share with you guys my favorite products from my pregnancy. I have divided these into time windows so no matter what point you are in in your pregnancy adventure, you can find something great for you.

Update on Raising Blood Count

Sorry for the radio silence on personal posts around here. I really need to work on scheduling some for my impending maternity leave but my mind hasn't been into writing very much lately. Although as the days to my due date have seemed to slow to a crawl, I suppose blogging would be a good distraction. My current distraction of choice has been couponing and I might share some of my favorite finds, maybe not, I'm not committing myself to anything ;)
Anyways, I just wanted to pop in and say that the results from my 36-week blood draw confirmed that my blood count was raised to 12.3 which means that my Iron Rich Green Smoothies worked at raising it a 1.5 points in 12 weeks. Not too shabby! :)

What's on my screen? - Day 29

Totally loving this new payment option at chili's! Welcome to the world of tomorrow :-)

What's on my screen? - Day 28

This is finally happening...

What's on my screen - Day 27

Today's the day...Think I'm gonna stream it in Amazon before reading the script :-)

What's on my screen? - Day 26

Just under 5 months to compete enough e-reward surveys to earn a $25 GameStop gift card for Luke and $25 to Starbucks for me :-)

What's on my screen? - Day 25

Super excited about this email I received today :-)

What's On My Screen? - Day 24

Downloaded The Austin 100: A SXSW 2014 Mix free from NPR today. Only hated 17 songs so not bad, went through them with Luke and added some to my labor playlists :)