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Growing Season: Ours Baby!

As you may have guessed from the title, our family has grown since my last post! Our son, Damari, arrived 3 months ago and we have been enjoying the shift in our family dynamic. As with any family, there will always be changes bringing home a new baby but there are also some factors to…

To Each Their Own

Ideally, I’m sure most people would like to co-parent but that dynamic just is not an option for a lot of blended families. In my experience, over the last few years, parallel parenting has been the best option for my family. We have discussed our views and parenting style and it does not always align…

Transition Days

Living in different households comes with different dynamics and routines. I never really thought about transition days at the beginning of my stepmom journey. We prepared for Braylon to come home or for him to leave but as he’s getting older transitions are going to look a bit different for everyone.  As for me and…

Stay in Your Lane?

Society places these invisible boundaries on things you should and shouldn’t do as a step-parent. From my experience the deeper you’re in a situation the more those boundaries fade. As stepmoms, we have to place limits on so many things like how we love our bonus babies and even how much we do for them.…

Just Trying To Figure It Out

Recently Braylon has been trying to find a better understanding of the world around him. He’s almost 6 and very inquisitive about everything. He constantly wants to know the who, what, where, when, why, and how things are happening. He’s even started trying to figure out our family dynamic. Over the last few months, he…

Make Time!

“Date Night” has always been a big part of our relationship. Whether it is just catching a quick movie or taking a hike we make sure to set out time for each other. We are both educators & coaches, so as you can imagine we are pretty busy. When we aren’t at practice/school we are…