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    spooky halloween french toast three ways

    omg i’ve always loved halloween, but this year i am going HOG WILD because arlo is sooo into it. we’ve been doing something spooky basically every day and i’ve been keeping it exciting at breakfast too.

    honestly i LIVE for this extra mom stuff.

    i personally find making french toast way quicker than pancakes, so i decided to just do a bunch of different halloween french toasts and it’s been a fun challenge to not only come up with spooky breakfast ideas, but also actually execute them somewhat decently (there are a couple duds i didn’t even include in this post haha). these all took me a couple minutes and really all i needed was fruit and food coloring! Read More

  • my gestational diabetes

    i am no expert in diabetes, but i’ve been dealing with GD for a couple months now so i thought i’d share my experience. if you’re reading this, it might be because you just got diagnosed with it too! at first i was at a complete loss, but a few weeks in you’ll get the hang of it. 

    i’m relieved that my OB didn’t test me until later in my pregnancy because by the time i was diagnosed with it, i only had a little to go in my pregnancy. i feel for the people having to deal with this everyday, it’s a lot of work, for me anyway! Read More

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    what i’m packing in my hospital bag

    ahhh the time has come to pack my hospital bag! i’m about to be 38w and 11 days away from my scheduled c. OMG. i thought it would be fun to share everything going into my hospital bag!

    this time around, i’m way more conscious of what provides me comfort and packing accordingly. some of the things that may be provided by the hospital i’m bringing instead because i want to make my experience as pleasant for myself as possible! it’s the little things for me. and speaking of little things… Read More

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    my rosh hashanah table

    it was for sure overly ambitious at 37w pregnant, but i ended up hosting a tiny little dinner in the backyard for the new year and i was BEAT but always so happy to set a pretty table.

    i wanted to post it on the blog to share the sources of what i used and made, but also because i’ve said before that i’ve always struggled to find modern inspiration for jewish holidays, so i’ll continue to do so!! Read More

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    modern ottomans and modern storage ottomans

    we’ve had a dangerous stone coffee table for years and now that we are gonna be dealing with a tiny person almost hitting their heads on it all over again, i am finally thinking about replacing it because the constant stress of worrying about arlo hitting it was not my favorite lol.

    i did a poll on IG to see if people were happy with ottomans in place of a coffee table and most of them said yes big time– i would put a tray on it for drinks, but we don’t really eat or draw much on ours so i don’t think it would be a huge deal for us to change! 

    i love all of these!

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  • a third trimester pregnancy update and q&a

    i thought it was time to do a little pregnancy update — i haven’t written that much here about it and i thought i should before i’m no longer pregnant!

    the pregnancy overall has been relatively painless, i never had morning sickness but i did throw up a single french fry in the first trimester lol. now that i’m in the third trimester, i’m definitely getting less and less comfortable — lower back aches, i’m starting to sleep worse, and i was diagnosed with gestational diabetes so that has been a pain but i’m managing (also going to do a post entirely on GD).

    we’re working on the nursery now and i can’t believe we only have about 5 weeks left! Read More

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    cute halloween pajamas for kids

    if you know arlo you know he wears his skeleton pajamas more than ANYTHING in the world lol. literally he likes to wear them all weekend long — but i found some other cute ones as well!! Read More

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    cute halloween t-shirts for kids

    arlo likes to wear halloween t-shirts all year round lol, so i’m always on the hunt for cute ones! here are a handful of good ones for your kids and i’ll do a post of cute spooky pajamas tomorrow! Read More

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    the nursery closet

    ahhhh this was a long project and there were quite a few times i wish we’d just hired a custom closet company but i thought this way would be way cheaper (a few people told me that it definitely was which i needed to hear because there were quite a few hiccups!) Read More

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    my baby sprinkle!

    this weekend i had the most lovely sprinkle thrown for me and i can’t get over it. for those of you who don’t know, a sprinkle is a shower for a second mom — at first i felt like it was cringey to have one at all, but it’s been five years since i had arlo and after everything that’s gone down the last couple of years it was so nice to have a celebration for baby girl and be with so many women i love.Read More