Welcome to “Confessions of a First-time Mom”!

I have been looking forward to getting Santa photos with my girl for a few months now. As soon as my friend saw that he was going to be...

In this post I talk about my first organized run (Melissa’s Road Race in Banff) post baby!

In this post, I talk about some fun fall activities to do with the family!

Ready to learn more about using essential oils durin pregnancy and around babies? Elise helps us learn about it!

I found sharing the news with others to be such an exciting time but also nerve-wracking! We wanted to tell as many people as we could in...

One of the most common questions I get from people is “is she sleeping through the night?” Do you ever wake up in the night hungry? Or...

The other week I went grocery shopping with my girl. I enjoy taking her to the store with me. I think it’s important to go to the grocery...

Content warning: This post briefly discusses child death. After hearing about a drowning at the local pond, my urgency to get baby in the...

It was September 21, 2021 when we found out we were expecting. I worked at my teaching job all day, then went for a workout at a local...