Time Flies.

08.31.20

Happy Mom Mโ™กnday!

Letโ€™s talk about how fast our little ones grow!

Yesterday morning I took the time to just admire my girls. I sat back just embracing the little individuals theyโ€™ve become, the personalities theyโ€™ve developed, and how smart they just are.

It was such a bittersweet moment, because you come to a realization while watching them, that theyโ€™re not babies anymore. Theyโ€™re not the fresh brand new baby you just brought home from the hospital. They no longer coo and caa or struggle to hold theyโ€™re tiny head up.

Theyโ€™re now little grown toddlers, who run around the house dancing and singing. Crying and Screaming. Laughing and trying to hold conversation. In a blink of an eye, theyโ€™ve brought so much life and entertainment into our home. You seriously sit there like how did this happen?! Someone please stop the clock! Itโ€™s honestly beyond me how fast time flies.

So with that said. One thing I canโ€™t stress enough is to always make time for your babies. Allow yourself to soak up your Mommy and Daddy sponge and treasure those milestones. We can get so caught up with our busy work life, and even as a stay at home mom, you get so caught up in the daily chores and routines. That sometimes we forget the importance of making time for our children. And ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐— ๐—ข๐— ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง. In todayโ€™s world we get so caught up with wanting to capture everything through pictures and video to post quickly to Social Media. That we forget the beauty of just being fully present.

๐’๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ž?

Mom Mโ™กndays: Letโ€™s Talk

08.24.20

Happy Mom Mโ™กnday to all my beautiful Mamas!

I honestly had something completely different to post about today, but I feel that the topic of Gratitude is still strong on my mind!

And today I am ๐—ฆ๐—ข grateful for the amazing people I have in my life. Today I was able to dedicate my time and connect with two beautiful individuals.

One who I honestly admire how strong driven and talented she is. Who is the definition of originality and positive juju, that you just want to constantly feed off of.

The other who is an amazing Mom herself. Who has been such a positive and supportive rock throughout my journey of opening up about my PPD, that it has continually shown me how beautiful of person she is inside and out.

And right now I am just so grateful for the beautiful friendships I have with these two. Grateful for those countless hours of conversation where you can just pour your heart out. Grateful that they are a part of my Support System who roots me on, because they ๐–๐€๐๐“ to see me succeed. Itโ€™s truly a blessing!

๐™Ž๐™ค ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ค ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™– ๐™›๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ชโ€™๐™ง๐™š ๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™›๐™ช๐™ก ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ? ๐Ÿค

Gratefulness.

08.17.20

Happy Mom Mโ™กnday!
Letโ€™s talk about being grateful!

One of my favorite quotes is
โ€œStart Each Day With a Grateful Heart.โ€

We all know life can be hectic at times and 2020 has DEFINITELY been a year of craziness, but despite the lows there is still so much that we can be grateful for.

I actually love these gratitude key points for Moms from Chelsea Lee Smith. And reading these may even change your perspective on just the few things we deal with in #MomLife .

  • Early Wake ups = Children to love
  • House to Clean = Safe place to live
  • Laundry To Do = Clothes to wear
  • Dirty Dishes = Food to eat
  • Crumbs Under the Table = Family meals
  • Lots of Noise = Kids having fun
  • Endless Questions = A child who is learning
  • Getting to Bed Tired & Sore = Iโ€™m still alive

๐—ฆ๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†?!

Me? Iโ€™m grateful for my first Mom Monday out! I will be able to take some much needed MomMe time today, get my nails done (which hasnโ€™t been done since New York in December.) ๐Ÿ˜ฉ and work on my next blog post. Iโ€™m also grateful for my new fitness program I started this morning that KICKED my ass and grateful for my sister for allowing me to take this day for myself. โœจ

Hope you all have an amazing day!
Xoxo

Mom Mโ™กndays: Letโ€™s Talk

08.03.20

Hey Mamas!
Itโ€™s Mom Mโ™กnday!

So last week a lot of Mamas opened up about how they can relate to Mom Identity Theft.

This brought out some curiosity in me that I feel may be challenging for some or maybe not! If you can ponder for 5 minutes on โ€œWho is (insert your name)? How would you describe yourself outside of being a Mom?

I would love to hear what you would say!
&There is no right or wrong way to answer that!
Msg or Cmnt

Iโ€™ll start first.

Who is Krystle?
I am a pretty outgoing and goofy person. I am a person who loves to travel. Taking road trips are my fave. I love fitness. That is definitely one passion that I am working towards reclaiming again. I am an artsy person. I own so much glitter, fabric, twine, and more, that honestly I need to get back into crafting. I am a heels driven put me on the runway or in front of the camera lover (missing Cinespace big time!) and I am also the dusty caulk filled leggings chick helping the Hubby at a job site. (Yaโ€™ll know about Regis Contracting!) But overall I am a big hearted person that loves to help people and see others thrive in life. โ™ก

Okay, Your turn!
You got this!

Mom Identity Theft?

07.27.20

Happy Mom Monday!

For all my mamas out there, What is mom life like when you donโ€™t have the kids?

I was asked this a couple days ago and it sunk in so hard that I didnโ€™t have an answer, because truthfully I donโ€™t know.

& I donโ€™t mean a day where you donโ€™t have the kids and then you go run the bazillion errands you need to do. What is a day like for you to do things that YOU want or love to do?

Or maybe you donโ€™t have that day? Or maybe you never even thought about it. We as Moms get so consumed with our daily routine of making sure our kid(s) are so well taken care of. To do the things that they always want to do. Making sure we are nurturing their little beings, but what about nurturing ourselves?

I remember making a post back in December, (on IG) about how much your kids become your identity when youโ€™re a mom. Yesterday I pondered so hard on that, that it slapped me in the face like okay. I know my identity as a mom, but what about my personal Identity. Who is Krystle?

Iโ€™ll definitely get back to you on that one, but I would really love some feedback from other Mamas.

Do you take that time needed for yourself?
Do you still maintain passions you had before becoming a mom?
What are some things you like to do on MomMe Time?
Or do you feel like youโ€™ve completely lost yourself in Mommyhood?