Hi! I'm Lauren: college-educated mom to Harper (and soon-to-be Ezra!) who gave up career life to sew, knit, sing nursery rhymes and watch Yo Gabba Gabba a dozen times a day. Most days, I love it. My husband Scott and I live with our kid(s) and two insanely dumb cats in Salt Lake City, Utah. Linkin’ Up
Mommyhood
Okay, so, first things first. I didn’t have time to post my Instagram photos last week for my Thursday Throwback. Perhaps I’m not cut out for planned, weekly features. Time will tell, I guess. But here they are. You might sense a somber tone in my writing today…and that’s because last week was a bit [...]
It’s easy to make myself look amazingly on-top-of-things and beautiful on the web. I can pick and choose the photos I use, and then I can edit them and write a nice little summary of all the fun things I did with my little bundle of joy this week. Ahhhh, the joys of Photoshop and [...]
People love to hate mommy bloggers. Heck, I used to hate mommy bloggers. You know, I hated them…and I loved them, too. I made fun of them but secretly lurked behind the mask of a random IP address to see what their kids wore on the first day of school…their latest craft projects…and what bands [...]
I’ve been pondering how I would write this post for some time now…and I must admit, I’m still not completely clear how to communicate exactly what’s going through my noggin. It has a little to do with my current station in life (mommy, homemaker, doer-of-all-things-laundry-dishes-and-other-scrubbing), and a little to do with this feeling I can’t [...]