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Sequins and Sunday Mornings

Leighton's Birth Story

8:32 PM
YES it finally happened. Baby L finally made her grand entrance into this world. As you may or may not know we went a little past our due date, and ended up being induced. At the time of the induction I was still only dilated to a 2.5, and 60% effaced. So we went in at 7 PM on September 9 to do...

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Back to School: My Experience and Advice

10:38 AM
As we're nearing the beginning of August I'm starting to get nostalgic for my years of college. As we all know, I got pregnant the first semester of my Sophomore year. I'm taking this next semester off, to take care of Leighton, and I was going through some old pictures last night and decided to make a post. College for me was bitter-sweet....

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10 Ways To Feel Productive

8:38 PM
Weekends come and go, and most of the time I find myself never leaving my bed. It's a reoccurring event. Get in some pajamas, and just turn on Netflix to watch Gossip Girl for the 8th time through. Sunday night hits and I realize I lounged my weekend away. What an awful feeling that is. If you're like me, then you want to...

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Baby Bump Update: 34 weeks!

10:28 PM
Hello sweet friends, This week I am 34 weeks. Coming to an end here in pregnancy-ville. I honestly can't express how excited I am to meet baby L. I have been so uncomfortable this week, with the worst Braxton-Hicks imaginable. I'm hoping that as soon as she can, she gets right on out of there. We went to the hospital last week because...

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My Struggle of Being on Display

10:14 AM
So here is a little peak into my mind and just a few of my thoughts through out this pregnancy. Mid January me and Chase found out I was pregnant. Unmarried, and very very young. I had just finished my first semester of my second year of college, and Chase had just finished his first semester of his first year. We were so...

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Let's Talk About Comfort Zones

9:48 AM
"Life starts at the end of your comfort zone..." How many times have you scrolled down Pinterest and seen that exact quote posted about every 10 minutes? Well this week I took some time to really internalize that, and really just sit down and think about it.Taking risks is uncomfortable and scary, but realizing how much of life you're missing out on is...

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Baby Bump Update! 30 Weeks

6:41 PM
So today I am 30 weeks along, and wow this entire thing has flown by. Leighton will be full term in 7 weeks, and everything is happening so so fast. This week I was going to be productive and get tons of things done and take pretty pictures, but instead I have literally stayed in bed for the past few days because I...

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