For those of you that have been keeping up with the Mixon's over on IG and Facebook, you've seen that our family is growing! We are over the moon to be welcoming another little nugget into our family this Fall. This post is sponsored by SneakPeek. Because I am a Type A planner and could not bear to wait the full 20 weeks to find out via ultrasound if baby is a boy or girl, I partnered with SneakPeek to find out as early as we can! When we were pregnant with Charlotte, it took 23 w[...]
I so badly wanted to be the "Do It All, Pinterest-Perfect Mom" when I became a parent. I was going to breast feed, use cloth diapers, and make my own baby food. All the things! Reality hit me hard when breast feeding was impossible, cloth diapers were far more disgusting than any experienced mother led me to believe, and there was no time in the day to make organic, good-for-you baby food (much less clean up the mess!). When Charlotte started on baby foods I was SO di[...]
Anyone who has had a small child knows that teething can be painful, exhausting and defeating (and I'm not just talking about for the baby). When Charlotte's first two teeth came in it was so... EASY! She took it like a champ, wasn't crabby, didn't cry and only got a slight fever for half a day. We should have known they wouldn't all be like that. We should have known. With lots of practice we have now figured out what works and what doesn't for our 13-month old. For us, Charlotte[...]
We've all been there. 52 things on our To Do list, but only enough time to ideally get to 4 of them. I used to think this would only be my reality at work. LOL. Have a baby, y'all. That's when the real fun begins. People tell me all the time that they don't know how I do it all. I thrive when I'm overloaded and stressed. Like, I literally cannot function without it. So for me, staying super busy has always been second nature. However, when I added my little lemon to the equation she definite[...]