Oh Mother

13/05/2024

Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing moms out there. The people who stepped up as moms and the people who choose to love others with motherly love. The world is a better place because you’re here.

This has to be my first Mother’s Day where I was made to feel so special. Izabella kicked it out of the park. She planned the entire day all be herself. From bringing me breakfast in bed, to choosing where to take me for lunch and closing the day with taking me to my favorite store to pick out a present. It blew me away at the amount of details she thought about. Then hubby gave me the best gift ever. A book with the pages folded to spell my name. Oh and dinner with my mama. Best Mother’s Day. ❤️

11/05/2024

I few weeks ago my neighbor found this little thing right outside our front door, and now I can add to my list.

Although my intention is to return it back to nature, the little thing is growing on me. It still has a few days to go before it’s fully ready, but I have to say, I think I’m going to miss the little thing.

23/04/2024

Have you ever felt your family dynamic just shift?

For days and months life feels robotic. Doing the same thing. Day in and day out. And then one day it all feels different. Your kids mature, they start to act and look different, seasons change so our approach to our day-to-day changes as well. New hobbies start while others end. New friends enter our lives. Rooms in your home are redecorated. And then all of a sudden you are sitting back in a little bit of a panic wondering when it all changed.

That’s what it’s felt like these past few weeks. So much is the same but a lot feels so different. This is my first time experiencing Spring. I had no idea Spring could be this beautiful. I’m almost done completing my first full year of homeschooling and that journey in its self has evolved so much. My mom finally moves here in 2 weeks! My daughters are maturing and my oldest is about to loose her first tooth! Slow down world! Slow down! I’m trying to hold on but whew!

But in the chaos of the change there is so much beauty. I have never been so happy to live somewhere. I’ve never felt so lucky to have the life that I do. So when it all starts to change and I get a little scared I just slow down and remember how lucky I am to be able to experience all these great changes.
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Thank you for gifting us all these adorable family matching outfits. Every time we went out in public dozens of people commented on how cute the family looked. The outfit feel and fit so good. We love them!

13/04/2024

Homeschool is a constant battle of feeling like you’re not enough, being told you’re not enough, and reminding yourself that you are.

Some days you are your only motivation. The thing keeping you going. The small voice of encouragement that has to work 100x harder to drown out the voice of doubt. The voice of people saying all that you do isn’t enough. Dont believe that lie.

You are with your little ones putting in the work. The person who sees the small victories in their progress. The one who spent hours researching curriculums, programs, and gatherings that best fit your little ones. The one that has to be mom, teacher, friend and also somehow find time for you without being made to feel bad for doing so.

For the people who don’t hear it enough, thank you for putting in the hard work. Thank you for sacrificing so much to do this. You are doing a great job. Don’t let the moments of doubt overshadow all the great things you have done.

18/03/2024

Homeschooling means you teach and learn at a pace that works best for your kids.

Today we officially started our 1st grade curriculum. While schools in Virginia still have 3 months to go, we were able to close the chapter to Kindergarten and jump right on in to first grade. I have a first grader yall! (Ugly cry please 😭)

This is not a post to make parents feel like they need to push their kids to reach certain standards. There were weeks we spoke on only one topic because she struggled to understand the material. While other weeks we covered multiple topics because she grasped the concept easily. The beauty of homeschooling is revolving your teachings based on your children’s specific needs. And going at a pace that allows them to love learning while excelling as well.

We kicked it off with a homeschool field trip where she learned about watersheds and how all bodies of water connect. Explored animals she never saw before and played.

We decided to go a different route for first grade. We are using . We heard amazing things about it and have seen the results from children who have used it. I can’t wait to share all about it. It’s only been one day and the difference in teaching is amazing.

So here’s to learning, exploring, and growing.

I have a first grader yall!!! 😭😭😭

28/02/2024

Where have we homeschooled this week?

In the hallway in my mom’s room. Between two closets and in front of the bathroom. And you know what? We LOVE it.

I always heard about the freedom homeschool gives you, but this was the first time I experienced it myself. My mom retired this week. After 35 years at her job. And my heart did not feel right if I didn’t come to visit her and give her a hug in person. So we packed up the car and came over.

I love my school room, I truly do. But this trip showed me that the girls will the same even if we didn’t have our room. Even if our classroom was a rug that sat in front of a bathroom, with dim lighting and no sensory activity to start. This trip grounded me in so many ways and set a new appreciation in my heart for what homeschool is all about.

04/02/2024

Struggling with acne, eczema, and super sensitive skin my whole life, I set a goal for 2024 to finally get my skin under control. Working closely with my dermatologist, this is what she has me using for the beginning of my journey.

Check it out! ❤️

Acne, eczema, dry skin, sensitive skin. All words I use to describe my skin at 35 years old. In today's video I will show you the skincare products my dermat...

20/01/2024

Finally sharing my skin journey! This was super hard and uncomfortable for me. Would mean so much if yall watched and supported. ❤️

Acne, eczema, hyperpigmentation, dry, sensitive. All the words I use to describe my skin at the age of 35. I have struggled with all of these since about the...

25/12/2023

Merry Christmas from me and mine to you and yours. I hope your day is filled with joy, love, and laughter.
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30/11/2023

Brave girl, promise me, you will not shrink yourself in order to make others feel comfortable.

I never took raising daughters lightly. I truly felt it to be my calling. I felt I had it in me to give voices to little girls who in turn would become women of this world. I won’t know anytime soon if my efforts and even mistakes are making an impact on them. But I will keep pushing them in the mean time to be all I know is in them to be.
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Thank you for sending Izabella her adorable outfits. The quality is amazing and she felt amazing in them!

23/08/2023

We are official Virginia homeowners! This process has not been easy. Buying a home in another state while selling your current home at the same time, is hard! But the process went smoothly. We have been in Virginia a little less then a week, and while we are still in the honeymoon stage everything has shown us that this is the right choice. We are exactly where we need to be. Here’s to new beginning!

05/08/2023

Happy National Breastfeeding Week

I am about a month shy of hitting 2 years of breastfeeding. My time is coming to an end. My supply has dropped significantly. Luna still nurses for milk but mainly comfort. I don’t take pictures anymore of my journey. This is a picture Izabella took without me noticing and I’m so glad she did.

A normal feeding. Luna with something in her hand, moving around and me trying my best to enjoy the moment. It has been a great 2 years. I’ve made it SOOOO much further than I had hoped.

We made it through the end of a pandemic. Formula shortage. Sicknesses. Daddy catching covid. And now a move. I’m so proud of us. Not everyday was beautiful. Somedays I wanted to hang up the towel. And other days I couldn’t wait to get back to you. I’m ok. This chapter will soon end an I’m ok. This is the last time I will breastfeed and soon this will only be a memory. A beautiful memory and I couldn’t be more proud.

31/07/2023

I’ve never been away from my daughters.

My oldest is almost 5 and since she and my youngest were born the furthest they have been away from me was to go to grandmas house. But this week daddy and I had to leave. We had to go to Virginia to finalize some things and make sure we were 100% sure about this move.

I was an emotional wreck. I cried days leading up to the trip and a few times during as well. But this trip was bitter sweet. Daddy and I had not taken a solo trip since our honeymoon! And time alone to reconnect and explore our new home and town together was undeniably needed.

We are back in Florida and my heart feels complete. We know now, without a shadow of a doubt, that Virginia is our new home. Can’t wait to be back. This time with everyone.

See you soon Virginia.

28/07/2023

What mom has inspired you to do your personal best?

Mine is . She has accepted the challenge to beat the world record for fastest mile with a stroller. Proving that having children is not a limitation but an inspiration to become your best self. To honor her I decided to take on the challenge as well! I am making a commitment that by 7/31/2023 (and beyond) I will go outside daily with my daughters to jog a mile. I get a workout and they burn a TON of energy. Win win!

Join me by making your own commitment this month and enter for your change to win your own Guava Family Roam Stroller ($550) AND a $500 Vuori gift card. How do you enter? Easy:

1. Grab your stroller (any stroller) and capture a photo of you achieving your goal this month.
2. Post it with the hashtag
3. Follow

You got this!

23/07/2023

Our last family photo in Florida!

Our chapter here is coming to an end and we are soooo excited. But of course, we could not leave without a last family photo. Getting 5 people on the same page to take a decent photo is a lot harder than what I thought. But we got one! Lol

10/07/2023

He heard your prayers. Have a heart of patience as his plans unfold. -Jeremiah 29:12-13

It’s official! We’re moving!

I can’t put into words how surreal this chapter in my life feels. Since I can remember my heart called out to a different place. But as much as I’d try to move, it never worked out. The timing was never right.

There was a time I almost moved to Virginia for a job. The company told me the spot was mine. That was the same time I met my now husband. I told him we could not pursue a relationship because I’m in the process of moving. The next day they decided to go with someone else for the job. Which led to our relationship blossoming. 9 years later, marriage and 2 daughters, we are now moving back to the place I was supposed to move to almost a decade ago.

I was always meant to live in Virginia. God made that clear. But not alone. I was meant to move there with my family.

Over a year ago, the stars finally started to align. Everything began to seamlessly fall into place and our journey to relocating began. Ever since then it has gone smoothly. Nothing has been forced. No one is fighting the change. Our path finally opened. Clearly showing us that now is the time.

My soul has always called to the wild, to a way of living that was before my time. And now she feel free. To be who she was meant to be. In her truest form. To finally fly.

We still have a few steps to go before officially calling Virginia home. But it’s coming. It’s in reach. And boy are we ready!

Virginia make way, here we come!

07/07/2023

This decision did not come to us lightly.

I never imagined I would be a homeschool mom. I always pictures my children attending school just like I did, going to PTA meetings, and chaperoning field trips. It wasn’t until I had to enroll my daughter into VPK that my heart began to feel heavy.

School shootings and the lack of care each state showed to make real changes for it to not happen again. Book bands. Regulating and restricting vital learning materials. Teacher strikes. Short staffed. Overpopulated classrooms are all things that initiated my curiosity towards homeschooling.

I enrolled my daughter in VPK and convinced myself that in only a few weeks dropping her off and driving away would not send me into panic. 10 months later and my heart didn’t change. So the research began.

Months of research. Will my daughter be socially awkward? Am I depriving her of a REAL education? Am I taking away a vital experience she should be having? Can I do this?! I drown myself in books, documentaries, speaking to other homeschool moms, listened to podcasts, followed social media platforms, and little by little my husband and I fell in love with homeschooling, its beauty, the endless potential and the undeniable benefits.

This choice in no way takes away from traditional schooling, or minimizes the importance and value of teachers. But for us and our home, what we envisioned for our children, and the freedom we want to have, the choice for homeschool was made clear.

If there is one word of advice I can give to people considering this route is to ignore the world and the negative opinions they may have on this. Most of the time they are repeating what they hear from likeminded people. Not facts from intensive research and experience. You know you children best and that’s all that matters. You own no one an explanation of why you are choosing this and it is not your job to convince people that you are making the right decision for your children. Let them think what they want and simply walk away. You are going to love it!

18/06/2023

Happy Father’s Day to my other half.

You are truly the best provider I have ever met. You have worked so hard to turn all my life goals into reality. You have provided our girls with a life we could have only dreamed of for ourselves when we were children. Your first thought is always of us. Ensuring every action you make benefits our girls and our home. Some days I’m not sure what I did to deserve you.

Thank you for your hard work. For showing our girls what a true provider is so they will never settle for less. For being present in our home and always fighting for our marriage. Soon our lives will change all for the better and its happening all because of you.

By no means are we perfect. But I wouldn’t want to be imperfect with anyone else.

Love you ❤️

11/06/2023

Last day in Virginia and what an adventure.

I can say Virginia has a more “home” feel” then Connecticut ever did. We still have a lot to review before making a final decision, but a new home in the V.A felt like it could eventually be reality.

We met with realtors, went house hunting, explored cities of interest, discovered what our normal would be if we lived where we liked, what future we would provide for our girls, and imagined a new future.

I…am…petrified. I have lived in Florida my entire life. Never moving far from home. The comfort of normalcy and familiarity pulls me to stay. While the dying itch of something new and better pulls me to go. I strongly feel it’s time. From the moment I became a mother a vision came over me of the life I wanted to provide my daughters, and I don’t feel that life is obtainable if I stay.

There is a lot to think about, pray about and to review. Ultimately we will make the decision that is best for our home. With time I know the answer will be made clear. In the mean time I will soak up the last few moments we have here before heading back to reality.

12/03/2023

We had to cut our first family trip short.

Little Luna got super sick. Shes been such a trooper getting through, but it’s been rough on her so we decided to go home a little early.

The short time we had was a blast. It was pure joy watching Izabella. The traveler in her awoke. She was game to go anywhere and have an adventure. The 4 hour drive to Georgia went seamless for her. She did not have a fear in the world and it was the most beautiful thing to watch.

This trip wasn’t big, it was something simple to test the waters. Traveling with toddlers is not easy. Even when you do pack everything you need, one might get sick and it still isn’t enough. But what I know is that I would not want to travel any other way.

01/01/2023

Hello 2023! Mama is ready for you!

The last few months of 2022 I slowed down on my social media content. I go through moments of feeling lost and not finding my voice. Not knowing what message I want to convey or what I want to stand for. I got lost in motherhood and forgot about myself. Something I always say not to do.

2023 we have so much! We are taking a trip to see if a new state will be our new home. Izabella starts Kindergarten. Focusing on Oh Mother on a different level. And focusing on me. Making sure mama is happy so my home is happy. Just to name a few.

I’m excited to see what this year will hold for us. For me. I’m excited to see the woman, mother and wife I’ll transform into and what energy will build in our home.

I vow to preserve my energy by welcoming new relationships that promote positivity and empowerment. And eliminating relationships that are draining, one sided, negative and unhealthy. I hope you do the same!

I’m ready. The mom in me, wife in me, woman in me is ready. Let’s get started.
#2023

30/11/2022

14 months of exclusively breastfeeding.

And I have to be honest with you, the past two months I thought I was going to call it quits. It’s been hard. Luna has wanted nothing but mama and the overstimulation has been rough.

What’s getting me through and motivating me to keep going is watching the comfort it still brings her and reminding myself that one day she won’t need me as much.

BUT! If I need to stop for my mental health and sanity, I certainly will. Because a happy mama is more important then hitting a certain amount of time or falling into the pressure of having to breastfeed at whatever cost. No. When I’m ready to stop, I will, and I will feel no guilt over it. No mom should. Whether you breastfed or pumped for a day, week, month, year or whatever, and you need to stop for your overall happiness, do it. Do it and feel proud. You have done amazing things and should be celebrated. Go mama!

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