Even though I got advice from many people about many things, these are the 4 pieces of advice I would go back and tell myself if I could. The 4 things that I mentally struggled with most, and I wish I knew at the beginning of my pregnancy.

I wanted to walk you through exactly what I did during my planning/dreaming for 2021, and what helped me get excited for the year to come. I am going to give you a little hint as to what my theme was, start small. =]

I am super salty that I am not an influencer getting paid to do free Christmas #ads because I KNOW I would influence you to buy these last minute gifts ;).

I have allowed myself to dream big audacious dreams, and I have dared to believe that they would come true, and they have. The combination of lots of big things happening all at once can be a bit overwhelming at times.

I totally stole this from a meme, but it’s so perfectly accurate so I had to steal it for the title. This is my life mantra. When something doesn’t go your way, when you try and fail, just say “yikes” and move on. Simply put, we care too much.

This week I went into Monday pretty stressed. Even though I followed my own, “Fighting Sunday Scaries” guidelines, Monday morning still got me good. I knew at that moment, as the panic was rising in my chest, that I had to make a drastic change, or I would be fighting an uphill battle all week long.

This past weekend we went to Maine for our “babymoon”.For the expecting mamas out there, I would highly recommend doing a little weekend getaway with your husband before that beautiful babe arrives. We kept it short, simple, relaxing, and beautiful, and it was exactly what my heart and soul needed.