Confession: big, wet, sloppy baby kisses are my fa Confession: big, wet, sloppy baby kisses are my favorite. Especially when the baby is dressed as a pumpkin. #halloween #baby #mom
My favorite pumpkins in the patch 🎃🍁 #family #fall My favorite pumpkins in the patch 🎃🍁 #family #fall #autumn #halloween
Officially walking into the -ber months like… 🎃🔪🎈🍁 Officially walking into the -ber months like… 🎃🔪🎈🍁🤡

#fall #autumn #spookyseason #october #september #horror
Our oldest boy starts kindergarten this coming wee Our oldest boy starts kindergarten this coming week. I’m definitely in the parent camp of those excited for the beginning of the school year because the last weeks of the summer are brutally mundane, but I can’t stop thinking about the fact that my child is half a decade old.

That all went by so quickly. #kindergarten #parents #moms
Enjoying these last summer days 🦞 #summer #seafood Enjoying these last summer days 🦞 #summer #seafoodboil #dinner
Seven years ago you asked me to marry you — easies Seven years ago you asked me to marry you — easiest yes of my life (even easier than agreeing to open another bottle of wine together). 🍷 Does this constitute an anniversary? Either way, I love you! 💕 #anniversary
Over the last few days there have been ENDLESS deb Over the last few days there have been ENDLESS debates online about women choosing careers over family, sacrificing careers for family, being a SAHM, cooking, childcare, being a wife, etc. The list goes ON.

I think at the heart of it all we have to understand that each woman is supposed to make this choice for HERSELF. The ability to choose was, actually, the main focus of the original feminists.

I hope that every woman gets to make these choices for herself. And, whatever she does choose, I hope she embraces wholeheartedly. More than that, I hope that other women - even if they make a DIFFERENT choice - defend her freedom to make the decisions for herself.

Also, here’s what I did with those apples lol 🍏

#feminism #women #motherhood
Two realizations I’m having: 1.) I haven’t posted Two realizations I’m having: 1.) I haven’t posted a picture of myself in MONTHS and 2.) These post-baby margaritas hit you like a ton of BRICKS 🍍🧂🍹 #selfie #momlife #lol
Here’s to slow weekends with family and trying new Here’s to slow weekends with family and trying new recipes. I hope you’re all having a great weekend! ❤️🍅 (PS, the lemon-mascarpone stuffed tomatoes were 😍🍋) #weekends #recipes #cooking #foodie
My little deck garden’s tomato yield 🪴🍅 🌞 I love My little deck garden’s tomato yield 🪴🍅 🌞

I love growing my own food. I dream of having a sizable garden one day but everything takes time. Gardening is a fitting metaphor for patience. You don’t yield fruit moments after planting a seed. Rather, fruit only grows after planting and watering and nurturing a small seed for a period of time.

This metaphor comforts me. #gardening #plants
Easy summer meal: clams and linguine 🍽️ Recipe: 1 Easy summer meal: clams and linguine 🍽️

Recipe:
1. Bring a pot of salted water to a rapid boil.
2. Heat 1/3 c. olive oil in a large pot with sliced garlic and red pepper flakes till aromatic (how ever much you like of both!)
3. Once aromatic, add 3/4 c. white wine, 1/4 c. water, zest of one lemon, and 1-2 tbs lemon juice to olive oil. 
4. Once boiling, add scrubbed clams (I used 2 dozen) and cover the pot. 
5. Place linguine in boiling salted water and cook till al dente. 
6. Once the pasta is finished and the clams have opened, combine and enjoy with crusty bread, white wine, and good company 🥖 #recipe #clams #summer
Father’s Day, brought to you by @webergrills 🥩 Hap Father’s Day, brought to you by @webergrills 🥩 Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there! #fathersday
Cookin’ with Schukin! 🦐 Big thanks and shoutout to Cookin’ with Schukin! 🦐 Big thanks and shoutout to my Uncle Bobby for coming by for a cooking lesson and pinochle tournament! #summer #shrimpandgrits
I’m interrupting my posting hiatus to wish you all I’m interrupting my posting hiatus to wish you all a very happy halfway to Halloween 🧡 🖤 🧡 🖤#halfwaytohalloween #halloween #fall #autumn
I can’t believe tomorrow is already a week of this I can’t believe tomorrow is already a week of this little guy being here 🤍💙🤍💙 #baby #newborn
Introducing Stephen Frank Lopes 💙💙💙 #baby #announc Introducing Stephen Frank Lopes 💙💙💙 #baby #announcement
Look, it’s been a long 40ish weeks… Baby Boy will Look, it’s been a long 40ish weeks…

Baby Boy will be making his arrival any day now so we’re over here prepping with the essentials 🍼🍷🧴👶🏻👣 #baby #pregnancy #motherhood #postpartumjourney
Happy Valentine’s Day to my favorite boys 💙💙💙 …we Happy Valentine’s Day to my favorite boys 💙💙💙

…we’re just waiting on the third one to make his arrival! 🤰🏻 #valentines #pregnant #boymom
It’s been quiet over here on the Instagram due to It’s been quiet over here on the Instagram due to all the moving, but tonight I decided to not unpack yet another box and bake something delicious instead. 🫐🍋🫖

Baby Lopes #2 is due in just a little over two weeks and to say I am SCRAMBLING to get stuff done is an understatement 🙃 Tonight I actually had pretty strong Braxton Hicks contractions and realized I didn’t even pack a hospital bag yet hahahaaaaa brb… 😅 #moving #pregnancy
I *finally* got around to writing about my baby sh I *finally* got around to writing about my baby shower from last month! With all the craziness of the new house, getting ready for the baby, etc., I’ve had very little time to dedicate to my blog.

…but now it’s uploaded! ✨

I want to give a special shout out to @p.little.thingss for helping create such beautiful decorations for the party 🎈Jen was so helpful, creative, and listened to me for days about balloon colors and wood paneling 😂 I highly recommend Pretty Little Things for all your party needs!

Check out the link in my bio for more information ❤️ #babysprinkle #pregnancylife
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Health & Beauty, House & Home · January 1, 2024

2024 Essentials and Reset Kit

Happy New Year, everyone! I hope your holidays were amazing and joyful and I hope that your New Year is off to a great start. As I talked about last year in my New Year’s post, I take January 1st…

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Entertaining & Recipes, Health & Beauty, House & Home · December 18, 2023

My Weekly Pregnancy Grocery List

Pregnancy does a lot to a woman’s body. Aside from growing a whole other human person, pregnant women experience nausea, swollen feet, dizzy spells, round-ligament pain, rapid nail and hair growth, etc. This list barely scrapes the surface! For me,…

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My Weekly Pregnancy Grocery List

House & Home, Parenting · December 14, 2023

Our Two Parenting Rules on Santa Claus

I cannot believe that Christmas is less than two weeks away! It’s insane to me how quickly the holiday season is flying by and I swear that just yesterday it was Halloween. With that being said, there is a lot…

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Oh, Baby!, Parenting · November 8, 2023

Cold and Flu Season Essentials

It is officially cold and flu season (and RSV season, and Coxsackievirus season, and COVID season, and stomach bug season…) and our family’s been hit. I am sure we’re not the only household that’s battling this year’s slew of illnesses…

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Oh, Baby!, Parenting · September 22, 2023

First Trimester Update

Happy Friday, everyone! I hope everyone had a great week and is looking forward to the first day of fall tomorrow. I know we certainly are excited! Last week I posted my pregnancy announcement and we are so over the…

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Health & Beauty · November 11, 2022

Appreciating the Little Things When Feeling Burned Out

Today is Friday and I have never been more thankful for a weekend than I am right now. I really hate complaining, but lately I’ve been feeling an immense amount of burn out. I’m honestly not surprised though and find…

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Health & Beauty · October 3, 2022

Tips for Your To-Do List

A few weeks ago I made a video story on Instagram and received a lot of positive feedback about it so I decided to make a post talking about the topic. If you know me or have been reading my…

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Health & Beauty · July 1, 2022

3 Ways I am Using My Day Designer This Summer

The Day Designer has been my favorite planner for years. This is how I’ll be using my planner this summer!

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Health & Beauty · April 7, 2022

Three Things I Do When I Feel Unmotivated

April showers bring May flowers. …and Mayflowers bring pilgrims. That joke cracks me up. I know that joke is not some grand example of high comedy, but the innocence of it really just makes me laugh. All jokes aside, though,…

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Oh, Baby!, Parenting · March 23, 2022

Dear Moms, I (For One) Do Not Care About Your Parenting Style

As someone who is pretty involved in various parenting communities, I have noticed a surge in a new kind of Mommy Wars. Typically, from my understanding, the traditional Mommy War was between working moms and stay-at-home moms. Even now I…

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Entertaining & Recipes, Health & Beauty · March 18, 2022

Do You Know the Dirty Dozen List?

Happy (almost) spring! While I typically enjoy the seasons of autumn and winter best, I also find spring to be a lovely season. One of my favorite things about spring is the return of farmer’s markets and stands. If you’ve…

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Parenting · July 13, 2021

The Possibility of a Second Pregnancy

I want to start this post off with saying that I am not pregnant. When I began talking about writing this post to some close friends and family, every single one of them asked me if I was expecting. Second,…

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Confession: big, wet, sloppy baby kisses are my fa Confession: big, wet, sloppy baby kisses are my favorite. Especially when the baby is dressed as a pumpkin. #halloween #baby #mom
My favorite pumpkins in the patch 🎃🍁 #family #fall My favorite pumpkins in the patch 🎃🍁 #family #fall #autumn #halloween
Officially walking into the -ber months like… 🎃🔪🎈🍁 Officially walking into the -ber months like… 🎃🔪🎈🍁🤡

#fall #autumn #spookyseason #october #september #horror
Our oldest boy starts kindergarten this coming wee Our oldest boy starts kindergarten this coming week. I’m definitely in the parent camp of those excited for the beginning of the school year because the last weeks of the summer are brutally mundane, but I can’t stop thinking about the fact that my child is half a decade old.

That all went by so quickly. #kindergarten #parents #moms
Enjoying these last summer days 🦞 #summer #seafood Enjoying these last summer days 🦞 #summer #seafoodboil #dinner
Seven years ago you asked me to marry you — easies Seven years ago you asked me to marry you — easiest yes of my life (even easier than agreeing to open another bottle of wine together). 🍷 Does this constitute an anniversary? Either way, I love you! 💕 #anniversary
Over the last few days there have been ENDLESS deb Over the last few days there have been ENDLESS debates online about women choosing careers over family, sacrificing careers for family, being a SAHM, cooking, childcare, being a wife, etc. The list goes ON.

I think at the heart of it all we have to understand that each woman is supposed to make this choice for HERSELF. The ability to choose was, actually, the main focus of the original feminists.

I hope that every woman gets to make these choices for herself. And, whatever she does choose, I hope she embraces wholeheartedly. More than that, I hope that other women - even if they make a DIFFERENT choice - defend her freedom to make the decisions for herself.

Also, here’s what I did with those apples lol 🍏

#feminism #women #motherhood
Two realizations I’m having: 1.) I haven’t posted Two realizations I’m having: 1.) I haven’t posted a picture of myself in MONTHS and 2.) These post-baby margaritas hit you like a ton of BRICKS 🍍🧂🍹 #selfie #momlife #lol
Here’s to slow weekends with family and trying new Here’s to slow weekends with family and trying new recipes. I hope you’re all having a great weekend! ❤️🍅 (PS, the lemon-mascarpone stuffed tomatoes were 😍🍋) #weekends #recipes #cooking #foodie
My little deck garden’s tomato yield 🪴🍅 🌞 I love My little deck garden’s tomato yield 🪴🍅 🌞

I love growing my own food. I dream of having a sizable garden one day but everything takes time. Gardening is a fitting metaphor for patience. You don’t yield fruit moments after planting a seed. Rather, fruit only grows after planting and watering and nurturing a small seed for a period of time.

This metaphor comforts me. #gardening #plants
Easy summer meal: clams and linguine 🍽️ Recipe: 1 Easy summer meal: clams and linguine 🍽️

Recipe:
1. Bring a pot of salted water to a rapid boil.
2. Heat 1/3 c. olive oil in a large pot with sliced garlic and red pepper flakes till aromatic (how ever much you like of both!)
3. Once aromatic, add 3/4 c. white wine, 1/4 c. water, zest of one lemon, and 1-2 tbs lemon juice to olive oil. 
4. Once boiling, add scrubbed clams (I used 2 dozen) and cover the pot. 
5. Place linguine in boiling salted water and cook till al dente. 
6. Once the pasta is finished and the clams have opened, combine and enjoy with crusty bread, white wine, and good company 🥖 #recipe #clams #summer
Father’s Day, brought to you by @webergrills 🥩 Hap Father’s Day, brought to you by @webergrills 🥩 Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there! #fathersday
Cookin’ with Schukin! 🦐 Big thanks and shoutout to Cookin’ with Schukin! 🦐 Big thanks and shoutout to my Uncle Bobby for coming by for a cooking lesson and pinochle tournament! #summer #shrimpandgrits
I’m interrupting my posting hiatus to wish you all I’m interrupting my posting hiatus to wish you all a very happy halfway to Halloween 🧡 🖤 🧡 🖤#halfwaytohalloween #halloween #fall #autumn
I can’t believe tomorrow is already a week of this I can’t believe tomorrow is already a week of this little guy being here 🤍💙🤍💙 #baby #newborn
Introducing Stephen Frank Lopes 💙💙💙 #baby #announc Introducing Stephen Frank Lopes 💙💙💙 #baby #announcement
Look, it’s been a long 40ish weeks… Baby Boy will Look, it’s been a long 40ish weeks…

Baby Boy will be making his arrival any day now so we’re over here prepping with the essentials 🍼🍷🧴👶🏻👣 #baby #pregnancy #motherhood #postpartumjourney
Happy Valentine’s Day to my favorite boys 💙💙💙 …we Happy Valentine’s Day to my favorite boys 💙💙💙

…we’re just waiting on the third one to make his arrival! 🤰🏻 #valentines #pregnant #boymom
It’s been quiet over here on the Instagram due to It’s been quiet over here on the Instagram due to all the moving, but tonight I decided to not unpack yet another box and bake something delicious instead. 🫐🍋🫖

Baby Lopes #2 is due in just a little over two weeks and to say I am SCRAMBLING to get stuff done is an understatement 🙃 Tonight I actually had pretty strong Braxton Hicks contractions and realized I didn’t even pack a hospital bag yet hahahaaaaa brb… 😅 #moving #pregnancy
I *finally* got around to writing about my baby sh I *finally* got around to writing about my baby shower from last month! With all the craziness of the new house, getting ready for the baby, etc., I’ve had very little time to dedicate to my blog.

…but now it’s uploaded! ✨

I want to give a special shout out to @p.little.thingss for helping create such beautiful decorations for the party 🎈Jen was so helpful, creative, and listened to me for days about balloon colors and wood paneling 😂 I highly recommend Pretty Little Things for all your party needs!

Check out the link in my bio for more information ❤️ #babysprinkle #pregnancylife

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