Lauren LeMunyan

Making the most of the snow day!

This Christmas we purposely went low on stuff and high on togetherness. What a magical season!

So thankful for this sweet little family and the memories we’re creating together each and every day.

Beanie in Bagel

First trick-or-treating was a success! Costume not so much.

Bedtime is serious business in our house!
We’ve got our stories and accompanying voices.
We’ve got our go-to songs.
And most importantly we have our snuggles.

2 years ago Brian surprised me in Denver with courthouse nuptials.

Then came…

A cross country move.

The arrival of our Bean.

A summer of medical uncertainties.

What a wild ride it’s been!

Happy Anniversary!! 😘 Let’s have some calmer adventures going forward ok?

Gorgeous night to celebrate the third album release for - so good to sing along and laugh and get a night out.

Tonight after we put the baby down for the night, Brian asked me what I was most surprised by being a mom.
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I had to think about it for a while.
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On a positive front - I have been super surprised with how simpatico I feel with her. My body knowing before my brain registers a sound. The ease and flow of communicating what she needs and what’s going on.
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On a not so positive note - I was completely blindsided by the hormonal surges and dips. Right after I gave birth I felt like a super hero. I walked to my recovery room, I felt creative, I wanted to work (and did). And then 10 days out, I crashed hard and things stopped making sense. Then came the struggle of exclusive pumping and the nausea and intrusive thoughts that joined every session. Worse was trying to stop. Feeling like a failure, scary dark thoughts every time I went anywhere.
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I recently started sharing more about this with friends and family. To offload and normalize it. Motherhood is a mixed bag. The highest of highs in every milestone and memory making mistake and the lowest of lows where you feel like you’re doing everything wrong and it’s all going to slip away.
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Life is a mixed bag. No one has it figured out - and the ones that say they do are either grifting or in deep denial.
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We all need a little grace, but first we gotta give it to ourselves. We’re doing the best we can with what we have.

My child apparently likes to party at Nana and Papa’s instead of sticking to the schedule and thus I decried us “Go-with-the-flow Parents”

Saturday with Beanie Bear