Posts by Nat
Nat & Zach: Prince Charles
Zach: Boy, if you’re Prince Charles, you’re getting the raw end of the stick here. Nat: Why? Cause of all the Diana stuff in the news? Zach: No, because of the Queen… She’s just not dying. Nat: Oh my God. I’m pretty sure Charles is just fine. 5 minutes later… Nat: The raw end of…
Read MoreDirty Dancing Inspired Fashion
While the rest of the country was obsessing about the solar eclipse today, we were celebrating something else here at our house. It’s a big day here. It’s the 30th anniversary of one of my all-time favorite movies, Dirty Dancing. Call me cliché but, like most girls of my generation, I love it. The music,…
Read MoreThe Co-Sleeper That Changed the Game
When Lilly was born, we borrowed an old co-sleeper from my sister. It’d been passed down from her two sons and once we were finished with it, she used it again for her daughter. After four infants and ten years, it had to go so I was on the hunt for a new bassinet for…
Read MoreNew Life as a Mom of Two
The audacity I have to even write this post two months in… I’m setting myself up for the worse case of karma but a lot of you asked on Insta Stories how I’m doing, what mom of two life is like and if I think 0-1 or 1-2 was/is harder. So, here goes… I struggled A…
Read MoreDealing with a Decade of Anxiety: One College Girl’s Confessions
I first met Betsy (“B”) in Bald Head. She’s the cousin of my bestie Brooke and came on our girls trip to help babysit the kids. We immediately adopted her into our tribe. That weekend, she was much more than a kid wrangler. She’d stay up late with us talking about life, careers, hers all ahead…
Read MoreArtifact Uprising Baby Book
I bought Lilly a (really cheesy, generic) baby book four years ago. Four years later, it still sits in storage, untouched. They say the second child fairs even worse than the first. But thanks to Artifact Uprising, that won’t be the case for us! I love everything they do  from prints to presents (calendars, framed photos) but…
Read MoreDIY Patched Kids’ Clothes
I’m always looking for creative things to do with Lilly at home so when I saw all of the pieces with patches this season, instead of scooping some (overpriced items) up, I knew we had our next project! We both had a great time selecting all the patches (we collected them for months, shopping in…
Read MorePregnancy Poop is the Worst & Other Things No One Tells You About
You get pregnant. You’re thrilled, terrified, anxious, excited. The congrats come in. Along with the advice. Lots of advice. Never-ending, unsolicited advice. Make it stop, please God advice. From friends, neighbors, strangers. There’s what gear to buy, apps to download, where to deliver, what (and what not) to name them, that you must (insert eye…
Read MoreWhat a Difference a Year Makes
This is a tough one to write. I’ve been thinking about it for awhile and keep putting it off. Two sentences in, without even really saying anything yet and I’m already a mess. My eyes are instantly warm puddles, my glasses fogged up, my nose already running. But I’m all about addressing the uncomfortable, facing…
Read MoreHow My Last Pregnancy Changed My Marriage
I’ve talked about my real marriage before, how it isn’t all roses and what Zach means to me. We’ve been through our share of struggles in life, but we’ve never been tested like we were the past year. Miscarriage is no joke. It takes a toll on everyone in the family, but we don’t speak…
Read MoreReflections from a Camp Mom
I met Jennifer Halper twelve years ago when we both worked at Us Weekly magazine. She was one of my first friends there. I immediately gravitated towards her hilarious, blunt, no BS personality but it was her heart, beneath the sarcasm, that showed through during my difficult days there. She continued to show up post-magazine life,…
Read MoreThe Big Meeting: Lilly and Her Baby Brother, Oliver
I always assumed I’d have my children meet for the first time in the hospital. After all, that’s always how I see it done. Tons of photos fill my feed of the older sibling holding the younger one in that pink and blue blanket. But when it came time for us to actually make arrangements,…
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