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Mama In The Now

Boy Mom Life With Humor and Hygge

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Elf on the Shelf the Danish Way

Growing up in Denmark, I loved everything about the magic of Christmas - especially our own version of the Elf on the Shelf - the Danish way! Elf on the Shelf the Danish Way! Ever since I was a little girl growing up in Denmark I have embraced all the magic surrounding Christmas, Santa, and all View Post

Filed Under: Hygge, IG Links, Life Style, Our Life, Winter Tagged With: Christmas, cute, family, Happiness, live in the now

Announcement! My big promotion. You do NOT want to miss this!

My Promotion!

I am thrilled to announce that I recently accepted a new position, read all about my promotion! This is the job I applied for: Executive to Supervise a Team of Micro-Managers Candidate must possess the following qualifications: Excellent conflict negotiation and resolution skills. Prior View Post

Filed Under: Motherhood, Our Life Tagged With: cute, family, Funny, Happiness, live in the now, Motherhood, Parenting Shortcut, work life balance

The incredible things you realize AFTER your kids have been sick!

The Incredible Things You Realize After Your Kids Have Been Sick

We are just coming off a few weeks of back to back to back illnesses of varying degrees and origin. With four boys in the house there is often some type of germ, bug or other contaminant in the house. However, the past several weeks were more "interesting" and educational than I recall in recent View Post

Filed Under: Health, Motherhood, Our Life Tagged With: brothers, Caregiver, cute, family, Funny, germs, health, Motherhood

22 Painfully Honest Thoughts From New Moms!

Welcome to Club Motherhood. You have endured nine ten months of wonderful pregnancy bliss. You have glowed, expanded and grown a perfect little human being. Said human was recently expelled from your body – so it’s now “go time!” This is it! Motherhood! You are in the thick of it – and there is no View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Motherhood Tagged With: Baby, Breastfeeding, cute, family, Funny, Kids, Motherhood, Pregnancy

Writer vs. Hugger?

I come to this space to write, to pour my heart out about things that are on my mind. Some days I write about the things that are going on right now, but some days those things are too close for comfort - so I write about things that have happened in the past. I write, because it frees up space in View Post

Filed Under: Motherhood Tagged With: blogging, cute, friends, Happiness, Motherhood

Crush Your Child’s Dream of Ever Owning a Dog (or a Pony)!

We love birthdays in our family. Or rather I love birthdays and have passed that trait onto to the boys - and my husband goes along for the ride. September starts our “birthday season” which ends in late January. As you can imagine, we are talking birthday wishes, birthday celebrations - all things View Post

Filed Under: Our Life, Parenting Tagged With: cute, family, Funny

Why I Don't Want my Baby Sleeping Through the Night

Why I Don’t Want My Baby Sleeping Through the Night

It is 4:00am and I wake up for the 15th time since I shut the lights off at 9:00pm and put Jonah in his cosleeper. Who took my boobs and exchanged them for canon balls?! And where is my baby? He normally falls asleep in his cosleeper, and then after he wakes up to nurse the first time, I let him View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Breastfeeding, Our Life, Parenting Tagged With: Breastfeeding, cute, family, live in the now, Motherhood, work life balance

Happiness is Juggling Boys

I was recently reminded that some milestones are downright painful to reach, even for your third and fourth children. Jonah has for the past eight weeks, since birth been within arms reach of me. I have responded to his cries, read his cues of hunger and been the only person to feed him. But... I View Post

Filed Under: Motherhood, Our Life Tagged With: Breastfeeding, brothers, cute, family, Happiness, live in the now

Happiness is an Honest Friend – and a Zipper

We put so much stress on ourselves to lose the weight after we deliver our babies. I have been down this road a few times already, four to be exact. I know from experience that I get big - really big - but I also lose the weight (or most of it) rather easily. Normally my measure of success is “when View Post

Filed Under: Motherhood Tagged With: cute, friends, Happiness, live in the now

Repotting Our Family

Spring is around the corner and therefore it is time to nurture the plants growing around the house. The best way to take care of the little green sprouts in your life is to give them a larger pot with fresh soil and fertilizer. Gently remove the plant from its current pot, shake off the old dirt, View Post

Filed Under: Motherhood, Our Life Tagged With: cute, family, Happiness, live in the now

Happiness is an Untouched To-Do- List

Today started off like most days lately, with a long list of things on my “to do” list. We are closing on a new house next week and then moving shortly thereafter. So far, I have three boxes packed and ready to go - three small boxes... The mere thought makes me laugh. View Post

Filed Under: Motherhood, Our Life Tagged With: brothers, cute, family, Happiness, live in the now

Happiness is Being the Youngest in the Middle

Dear Jansen, Congratulations on your promotion to “youngest in the middle”. You have worn this badge of honor with great pride now for two weeks. You have truly managed to assert yourself, and proven to us that you are a boy with a very strong will and character. Jansen, you will always be my View Post

Filed Under: Our Life, Parenting, Toddler (2-5 years) Tagged With: brothers, cute, family, Happiness, live in the now

Happiness is a mis-placed Lego

It was a very normal Sunday evening at our house. The entire family was gathered around the dinner table, eating, talking about what had been “our favorite part of the day” and in general just being the vision of the typical American family in Any Town, USA. View Post

Filed Under: Health, Our Life, Toddler (2-5 years) Tagged With: brothers, cute, family, Happiness, live in the now

Waiting for Jonah – Let’s Have Some Fun!

It is a quiet Saturday evening in our house. All the kids (even my husband) fell asleep early. I am not quite used to this tranquility and peacefulness, but I am rather enjoying it - for now. As I am sitting here, laptop in my lap, a sleeping toddler to my left and a sleeping husband to my left, I View Post

Filed Under: Our Life Tagged With: cute, family, Happiness, live in the now, Pregnancy

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