I used to do that too

Hi there.  Lumpkins is sleeping.  Double yay.  Almost all of me wants to be sleeping too.  But I've decided to write to you instead.  You can thank me later.  Or buy me coffee...after November. That's right, many of you saw my declaration of No Drink November.  And I'm sticking to it.  I drink water, my shakes, coffee from home (I'm not a saint people) and an occasional Zevia...which Husband R says...

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#YouAreEnough

I just dropped, literally dropped my mop to write you this.  And when I pause myself when I'm in that mode...you know it's gotta be good.  This is something, as women, that we need to know.  Deep down.  We need to hear it, learn it, remember it.  And if you're a man reading this, know this about the women in your life, your daughters, your wives, your sisters and your mom.  They need you to know this too. I'm...

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Baby C's birth story

Georgia woman has 8lb baby in hospital bathroom. Where's the go pro when you need it? I have a sneaking suspicion we would've broken the Internet by now. If you're thinking this is one of the craziest birth stories you've ever heard from someone you know, I'm sure you're right.  It's definitely on the top of my list for one of the craziest things that's ever happened to me. But actually, besides the toilet paper in the background,...

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Waiting on Baby

I'm still here. And I'm still pregnant.  A good friend texted me to say "You've been pregnant for roughly 11 years." Not quite.  But for 288 days...I've been pregnant.  I'm starting to think I'm part elephant. And all the things to induce labor safely and naturally have been tried.   But there is still a full grown newborn baby inside of me.  Really. I saw her today.  Her cheeks are so chubby.  She's...

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How to say no to the summer slump

Is it the late..oh so late stage of pregnancy talking or am I the only one that feels like telling my kid to go play quietly in her room while I lay in bed until noon sipping multiple cups of coffee, snacks within in my reach, the A/C kicked up to high gear and the very dark black out curtains drawn tightly closed?  It's summer.  I'm lucky I don't have an alarm clock to wake up to.  Unless you consider kindergarten...

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36 weeks and Hangry

This could also translate into...pregnant: feed me or I'll Cut You! Seriously people...I could eat all day long, whatever I wanted and still be hungry.  It's like there's a tiny human inside of me consuming all of my food.  Oh..wait. And now is not the time to be conscious of how much I'm eating.  Or is it? Did you know that a pregnant woman only needs to consume an extra 300 calories a day?  That's like one...

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How You Do One Thing

We all go through seasons.  I want to tell you about my seasons.  There's the season of giving up coffee, then drinking it again and making up for every cup I gave up.   There's this lovely season I'm in now of raising an almost 5 year old while growing another human.  Exhausting and exhilarating all at once.  And that season will change again once baby girl is born.  Then I'm in the season of being mama...

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