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a new series!
to show a peek into my daily life (and the systems I adore), and to give a gentle reminder that you - and all the tiny, behind-the-scenes work you do - are so important and appreciated.
10 tiny, behind-the scenes things I did for my family + household this week, in no particular order:
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to show a peek into my daily life (and the systems I adore), and to give a gentle reminder that you - and all the tiny, behind-the-scenes work you do - are so important and appreciated.
10 tiny, behind-the scenes things I did for my family + household this week, in no particular order:
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a new series!
to show a peek into my daily life (and the systems I adore), and to give a gentle reminder that you - and all the tiny, behind-the-scenes work you do - are so important and appreciated.
10 tiny, behind-the scenes things I did for my family + household this week, in no particular order:
Read Morea new series!
to show a peek into my daily life (and the systems I adore), and to give a gentle reminder that you - and all the tiny, behind-the-scenes work you do - are so important and appreciated.
10 tiny, behind-the scenes things I did for my family + household this week, in no particular order:
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in the past year, we’ve been asking ourselves about each and every holiday and celebration: “what would truly excite us about this day? what do we want do together? what would be fun to do now and as our family grows? how can we make this day a special celebration? what traditions do we want to have as a family?” and while, yeah, it was because we now had a child and I wanted our lives peppered with joyful traditions and intentional celebrations, there’s also another added bonus: simplification.
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Years ago, Brett and I did the typical exchanging of Christmas gifts for a bit. Gut then we realized, we were - I’ll admit it - getting bored with the monotony of it all.
“What do you want for Christmas?” “I don’t know, what do you want?”
I started seeing the tradition of the Christmas Eve Box for kids and that got me thinking: could we do something similar to that? Then I loved the something they want/need/wear/read gift rule and I was like, “Could we do something like that, but make it our own version?” Soon after I was infatuated with all the “Year of Dates” gift ideas and I was like HOLD THE PHONE CAN THIS BE INCORPORATED TOO.
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when I was suuuuper pregnant with KK, Brett asked what I wanted for Mother’s Day.
so I said, “I want Grill and Chill. every Sunday. for the next year.”
let me back up a second.
when I was a teacher, I had a coworker
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i briefly mentioned a glimmer of this on instagram and immediately was flooded with, “wait, wait. can you share more?”
so here we are, you lovely humans.
as always, let me start by saying this is just what works for us. if you have a better system that you love - great! I’m just sharing what i love. take anything you love, leave whatever doesn’t serve you. you do you, boo!
ready?
I asked myself, “What specifically am I preparing for? What worries me? What scares me? What annoys me? What irritates me? Can these potential (or probable) situations be avoided (and if so, how?)? And how can these unavoidable situations be made more comfortable?” to pinpoint what would personally make me feel better to have on hand. And because we all have different anxieties with different familial (and housing) situations in different areas of the country, your list of answers might look way different than mine. And that’s okay.
here’s my list:
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let’s recap this month:
created + ordered our Fall 2020 Chatbooks
see this instagram post if ya want a visual + a peek at our Summer 2020 book
made a winter bookshelf for KK (link takes you to shop the bookshelf - see the “winter” highlight on my Instagram to see how it looks in our home!)
did a virtual color consult to find out what colors I look best/worst in, purged my closet, and now have the best direction for both getting dressed and ordering clothes online. can’t recommend enough.
made my favorite chicken noodle soup + froze leftovers
let’s chat about my favorite, favorite things postpartum: things I’m so glad I did + had + prepared. because of these, I’m so loving this postpartum period.
but first, here’s KK’s introduction post on instagram. weeee!
would rather read about my pregnancy + pregnancy favorites + everythingggg I did to prepare for baby? click here!
first off, prepare for worst case scenario. yes, not the most pleasant thing to do while pregnant - and I blame the majority of my pregnant nerves on this - but now i’m so glad I did because both me and my home were prepared for my heinous amount of tearing. because I was prepared, im able to recover in a level of comfort that wouldn’t have been nearly as easy to achieve if we had instead banked on a quick, easy postpartum recovery. and since i was mentally prepared for the worst, Im truly sitting here on my donut, with my horrendous number of stitches, sporting an obnoxious level of gratitude. like, “this isn’t bad at all!”
ALSO. here were my goals + expectations for postpartum, and I think that also helped tremendously.
