When I was pregnant I spent so much time looking for the perfect diaper bag. And at first I was really underwhelmed with what I was finding. Most were bags I’d never want to carry, I couldn’t understand why it was so hard to make a cute diaper bag. Flash forward to now, with a four-month-old, and I’m realizing that not only do I want a diaper bag to be cute, but I also need it to be functional. I think I finally found one that’s both!

When I was pregnant my hair never looked better. It was strong, thick and I only needed to wash it about once a week because it didn’t get greasy. It was dream hair. I’d be able to curl it and have it last a whole week! Not to mention it was growing like a weed and it got so long while still being healthy.

As you may have read in my ‘A New Mom’s Favorite Gadgets’ post, “Roomby” the Roomba has recently become the fifth member of our family.  

In the later months of my pregnancy, a few complications had me both tired and being careful about how much I did around the house. This was perfect timing to team up with iRobot around their Roomba 980 vacuum!

Recently a lot of you have been asking me what my favorite items are for baby or pregnancy.  There are so many amazing things I’ve come to rely on that it would be impossible for me to choose a favorite… but I’m sure some of them are very far from what you’d think. 

In the last weeks (if I’m honest, months) of my pregnancy, even some of the simplest tasks and chores around the house became noticeably more difficult. Of course some of those are even harder now that Crosby’s here!  So I wanted to highlight a few items that have specifically made our lives easier in the recent months and that Jeff and I have come to appreciate SO much. 

I’ll try to give more detail on these in future posts but here are just a few…

The Roomba by iRobot

One of my favorite parts of being pregnant was dressing my bump, especially as it got bigger! I really embraced tight stretchy dresses and tops – both things I don’t normally wear. Now that I’m not pregnant I find myself missing the bump a bit and wanted to share a few of my favorite pregnancy outfits.

It’s been quite the baby boom around here lately! Back in January my best friend Kim and I threw our best friend Shelby a baby shower. We had so much fun planning together, we had a secret Pinterest board, google spread sheet and went back and forth with ideas for a couple months. Shelby and my due dates were two weeks apart and we were able to go share the pregnancy experience together. There’s nothing better than having a friend you can text at any time asking if they’re experiencing whatever weird symptom you are that week.