The Invisible Baby Leash

Nine years ago, when I was pregnant with my son, I had every expectation of being the chill, relaxed, easy going mom.  The mom who had no issues leaving her baby with family, and running out the door, relishing in a few hours of freedom. … Read the rest

Day In the Life With a 3 Month Old (Working Mom Edition)

This was my first full week back at work.  Since I’ve returned, every week has included some holiday time, which has been a really nice way to adjust.  However, this was a full week, which was honestly exhausting.  We all survived, and I got in my workouts, but it was definitely a challenge. … Read the rest

Day In The Life With A 2 Month Old

Now that Lila is 2 months old, I feel like we have a somewhat predictable schedule and routine down.  Lila has been a pretty easy baby since, well, birth, so it didn’t take long to figure out a routine that works for she and I. … Read the rest

Two Months PostPartum Update

My baby girl is officially two months old, and I am two months postpartum.  Time has had a way of moving quickly and slowly simultaneously.  I can’t believe how much Lila has grown and changed over the past two months, and I also can’t believe we’ve only had her in our lives for about nine weeks. … Read the rest

Our Birth Story

I’m going to give my disclosure at the beginning; this is going to be a lengthy and honest post.  My birth experience was amazing and hard and exhausting and so rewarding.  I don’t honestly know how I could synthesize it down to a bite sized chunk. … Read the rest

Balancing Running & Family Life

We had another fun and busy weekend over here!  Summer is in full swing, which means spending as much time finding fun things to do with my 7 year old.  It’s really hitting me that this will be his last summer as an only child, and my husband and I are doing everything we can to make it as fun as possible. … Read the rest

The BS of Finding Balance

There aren’t a lot of things that frustrate me more than hearing the question, “how do you balance it all?”  It’s a well-meaning question.  People are curious how a person fits in running, working, moming, CrossFitting, etc into one day without going insane. … Read the rest

Weekly Recap – 12.22.19 – Working Out While Traveling Over Holidays

This week was a whole lot of fun and a whole lot of travel.  At this point, I feel like I should start telling people that we live part-time in Dallas, since we’ve been up there three times in the last six weeks. … Read the rest

Weekly Recap – 12.1.19 – My B+ Mom Week

This week was pretty nice to me for the most part.  I’ve had some on and off sinus issues, which I’m attributing (hopefully) to allergies.  I have a lovely tendency to get sick during my tapers, so I am taking all the elderberry and Zicam I can get my hands on. … Read the rest

Weekly Recap 11.10.19 – My Comeback

I CAN MOVE THIS WEEK.  Let me tell you, I was so freaking excited to be able to move and breath this week.  I started out the week with an easy run Sunday evening with a couple of friends, and it felt amazing to finally be back on the pavement. … Read the rest