Be Wild and Free

I am so tired of people telling me that I'm not any better than they are. Of course I'm NOT any better than you. When did I ever say I was a better wife, a better parent, a better woman, a better rider, a better what-the-fuck-ever you think I'm "better" at than you?! Never. Why are so many people getting so butt-hurt when someone does something "against the grain" these days instead of following "fads" and "trends?" I'm not better than you. I've never claimed to be better than you. I will never be better than you. Do we have that clear? I AM NOT BETTER THAN YOU OK?! So I cloth diaper... and I babywear... and I bedshare/cosleep some nights... and I practice strict car seat safety... and I "practice" attachment parenting... and I breastfeed... and I do things differently than you. When I am having a conversation and a topic comes up and I'm "different" than others, I am no...

Today Ben and I celebrate our 3rd Wedding Anniversary! It's easy but hard to believe that 3 years have already passed since the day I walked down the aisle with the love of my life standing at the other end. I have been so immensely blessed to be in his life and to call this life our own. God knew what he was doing, but he always does. He has so intricately planned out this life we are living and it is full, so very full! I cannot imagine life without Ben and I pray I never have to. I'm grateful for him, I'm blessed beyond measure for him. He's the best husband I could have ever asked for.  Pictures on our wedding day do not do justice the amount of love and happiness this day, 3 yeas ago today, held. They just do not capture it. It was the happiest day, a day filled with so much love and celebration. Despite the rain, the day was absolutely beautiful. I will never forget how hard it rained that day, but it just makes our day unique, just like our marriage and ...

I've been a Wrapping Fool lately!! Wrap One on One's... Wrap Parties... Signing Loyals and Product Testers... Signing Distributors... It has been CRAZY fun!!  I'm LOVING this! I love April. I love Spring and I love IT WORKS!  Why? Because it REALLY works! Here are some of my recent clients! How cool are these wraps?!?!?! Until next time, friends

This... this is why I love It Works! so much!  Yes. This is me. It has taken a lot of excitement and courage to post this! Now, before you go and scold me because I'm breastfeeding and I wrapped... I talked to a Lactation Consultant as well as my children's Pediatrician and they reviewed the ingredients and don't see any issue with me wrapping. This is what we advise ALL pregnant and nursing mothers when they want to use a product not on our already designated "safe" list. So after talking to the LC and Pediatrician and doing my own research. This is not any worse than drinking coffee, drinking a beer or adult beverage, eating McDonald's or other fast food, apply lotion and makeup... You get the point. This wrap is designed to help you get healthy from the outside in.  So I wrapped. You can think and judge all you want. But taking Fenugreek to increase milk supply is no different. Drinking Herbal Teas is no different. This wra...

Is quite the task!  A good friend of mine from Texas reached out to me about 2 weeks ago asking if I had any milk in my freezer without a home. Since I had someone who was coming the next day and had planned on taking all the milk I had in there, I told her I was out... Well, it turns out my friend didn't bring enough coolers to take all 1506oz, so I was left with about 575oz!  About a week ago my friend contacted me again saying her friend was in desperate need of milk for her 7 week old. She was running low on milk and the area her friend was in, they weren't big on milk sharing. So we made plans for me to ship out the rest of my milk in the deep freeze on Monday. Fast-forward to yesterday... I called FedEx to get the standard protocol on shipping breast milk. The lady on the phone was none too helpful. So I called UPS, better customer service but their closest store was a bit away. So I decided to use FedEx. My first step was counting the amount of milk...

... Give my husband credit. I just don't and it needs to change. I get so wrapped up in the kids and housework and the horses and bills and work and.................... you get the point. That I neglect to get wrapped up in the arms of the person who made all of this, all of this life that I live, possible. Because of Ben, I have this wonderful house to call home. I have these 2 wonderful kids that fill my heart with such joy that I feel it's going to burst open some days. Because of him I have so much love and hope in my life. None of this would be possible without him. Though I wasn't a wife before I was a mother, I was a spouse before I was a mother. Our relationship is pretty great. But we definitely don't get enough time together, just the two of us. We don't get enough time at night without a baby or big kid needing something. Sometimes I need to stop and wrap my arms around him to make sure he knows just how much I love him and just how much I ap...