#maternity fashion bloggers

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Elevating your maternity wardrobe with stylish and comfortable attire not only boosts your confidence but also allows you to embrace this beautiful phase of life with grace and flair. In this extensive guide, we'll delve into essential tips, current trends, and practical advice for curating a maternity wardrobe that reflects your unique sense of style while keeping you comfortable and chic throughout your pregnancy.

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Descubre la moda para embarazadas con estilo. Encuentra consejos y tendencias en nuestra guía de embarazo con estilo. ¡Presume tu belleza durante la maternidad!

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❤︎₊ ⊹ // ... Kaleina Jung, born Jung Kyung-ja (Korean: 정경자, born May 4, 2000) and mononymously known as Kaleina (Korean: 칼레이나) is a Korean-American singer-songwriter, actress, producer, and model. Making her debut in Krush as the group's leader in 2017, Jung has gone on to become one of Korea's most popular idols. She is portrayed by Kim Jung-eun.

Kaleina Jung was born on May 4, 2000 in Busan, South Korea. Coming from a well-off family, both of her parents work as businesspeople. Her father is the executive of a financial company based in Busan, while her mother–Jung Kyung-hwa (also known as Eleanor Jung)–is the global creative director of Vogue magazine, a position which she assumed in 2003, a shareholder of Condé Nast, author, socialite, fashion blogger, and former model. She formerly held the position of editor-in-chief of Céci, a fashion magazine based in South Korea. Jung's maternal grandfather is the founder of a publishing company.

Jung has one older sibling, a sister named Kayda Jung (also known as Jung Ki-yeon). Kayda is a member of South Korean girl group Girls' Generation, of which she made her debut in 2007. She's also a solo artist, actress, and businesswoman, as she founded her fashion label–Passion by Kiyeon–in 2016.

Jung and her family moved to the United States in 2002, shortly after her second birthday, and they briefly resided in Neuilly-sur-Seine in Paris before arriving in New York. Two years later, at the age of four, she began dancing as a child due to her sister's influence, starting off in jazz dance classes. She began competing at the age of six, winning titles both in and out of school. In addition to dancing, Jung also took up acting in 2006, appearing in a few minor or supporting roles in various productions. Her sister briefly worked as an actress, as well, usually appearing alongside Jung before she moved back to Korea to begin training. Their roles in the film Trip to the Clouds (2006) had critics positioning them as "the next Dakota and Elle Fanning."

Jung attended school in Manhattan and was about to enter middle school when she decided to audition for entertainment companies in Korea in 2010. She first auditioned for YG and JYP Entertainment, and made it into both, but backed out due to nerves. Jung continued acting on occasion whilst living in Korea, and she was eventually scouted off the street by BigHit Entertainment (now BigHit Music). She would later be accepted into the company as a trainee, becoming one of its youngest.

As a child, Jung took horseback riding lessons. She's fluent in Japanese and speaks decent Chinese, and she also learned French while in middle school. While training, she attended Hanlim Arts School alongside her future bandmates, Aeri Yamamoto and Kim Chan-hee.

Prior to moving back to Korea, Jung and her family lived on 740 Park Avenue, known as one of the "most prestigious and luxurious" addresses in New York City. Jung's parents still reside there, and the family also owns vacation homes in the Hamptons and Aspen, Colorado, as well as a home in Los Angeles.

2010–2016: Career beginnings and Produce 101

While training at BigHit, Jung frequently appeared in the music videos of other artists such as Glam, Miss A, Got7, BTS, and Girls' Generation. She also continued acting in small roles, and began modeling, appearing in various CFs and campaigns for brands such as Smart Uniform. In 2013, she was a backup dancer for a few of Glam's performances. She made an appearance in the drama Dream High 2 (2012), and her larger role in The Producers (2015) garnered her significant attention, as netizens began to notice her similarities to Jung Ki-yeon. Jung saw more attention after a clip from a behind the scenes video of Girls' Generation's "I Got a Boy" (of which Jung appeared in) resurfaced, showing Ki-yeon talking about her sister. Afterwards, Jung was dubbed "SoShi's little sister."

In 2014, Kim Da-hee–a member of Glam–was caught in a blackmail scandal and sentenced to jail. As a result, almost all of BigHit's female trainees were sent to other companies such as Source Music, Banana Culture, or JYP Entertainment. Jung herself was also transferred to the latter, but BigHit suddenly retracted their decision, keeping Jung under the company in hopes of debuting another girl group sometime in 2015.

The group was meant to be in collaboration with Source Music, but as the company had debuted GFriend that year, they left all rights to the potential group to BigHit. As a result, the group's debut was postponed to 2016.

In late 2015, Jung was sent to compete in the survival show Produce 101 by BigHit, alongside Aeri Yamamoto. Jung and Yamamoto's appearances on the show were meant to peak public interest. Jung saw a large amount of popularity whilst on the show and was renowned for her dance skills, garnering a ranking as high as two and earning the nickname "BigHit's Secret Weapon." She was chosen as the center of the show's theme song–"Pick Me"–and made it to the finals round, but was eliminated in the final episode, one place short of the final lineup.

2017–2020: Debut in Krush

Jung garnered a large fanbase on Produce 101, all of which were expecting her debut following the show's conclusion. BigHit postponed their girl group's debut for another year, looking to add another trainee. In the meantime, Jung would offer background vocals on and assist in the songwriting of various BTS tracks, such as some of the solo tracks of the members on their 2016 album, Wings. She also offered a verse on a track from J-Hope's debut mixtape, Hope World (2018), as well as background vocals on other tracks.

In 2017, right before Krush's debut, Jung appeared in BTS' "Love Yourself: Highlight Reel." Around the same time, she adopted her English name–Kaleina–as her stage name.

In September 2017, Kaleina was revealed as the first member and leader of BigHit's first girl group in five years, Krush. On October 1, 2017, the group debuted with the track "Classy," off of their debut extended play (EP), Crushin' It.

Kaleina is Krush's leader, main rapper, main dancer, sub-vocalist, face of the group, and center.

2021–present: Solo debut, acting roles, and commercial success

In 2021, four years after Krush's debut, Kaleina made her solo debut with the EP Cobra. Released in January 15, 2021, it was released in tandem with her debut single, "Cobra." The album debuted atop the Gaon (now Circle) Albums Chart, and peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. It sold over 1.4 million copies within its first week, making Kaleina the fastest selling solo artist of 2021, and BigHit's most successful female soloist. As of 2024, it has sold almost 4 million copies.

"Cobra" debuted atop the Gaon Singles Chart, selling over 300,000 digital units within its first week. It was one of the most popular songs in South Korea by the end of the year, selling over 2.6 million digital units in the country. It also became her first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100. As a result, Kaleina was awarded Best K-Pop at the MTV Video Music Awards, Best Female Artist at the 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards, and was nominated for Song of the Year at the same ceremony. At the 2022 Golden Disc Awards, she won the Rookie Artist Award.

Kaleina's solo debut set the precedent for the solo debuts of the remaining Krush's members, and her debut album remains the most critically acclaimed release out of all of them.

Kaleina's debut leading role came in 2019, as she was cast as Go Hae-ri in the drama Vagabond. That same year, she also appeared in Hotel del Luna. She starred in the Netflix drama, Poison, in 2020 and had a supporting role in the drama Itaewon Class. For her role in the former, Kaleina won the Best New Actress award at the KBS Drama Awards.

In 2021, Kaleina had a supporting role in the Netflix drama Squid Game, playing Noh Gyu-ri, a college student from an impoverished family. Gyu-ri struggles with an inferiority complex and attends Korea University on a scholarship, and enters the games in order to support her family and fit into the upper class social circles of her school. Kaleina's character became one of the drama's most popular characters among fans, and for her role, she was nominated for the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series award at the 28th Screen Actors' Guild Awards, and won the Best New Actress award at the Baeksang Arts' Awards. Since then, Kaleina has starred numerous productions such as the film Summer Story (2022), and the dramas Doona!, Bloodhounds (both 2023), What Comes After Love, the queer film Chaser (both 2024), the drama Persona, and the second season of The White Lotus (both 2025).

Kaleina is openly bisexual, and has been since 2019. She came out during one of Krush's concerts in Los Angeles that year, and later talked about her sexuality in further detail during an interview with Marie Claire magazine.

In the interview, she stated, "I've felt an attraction towards both men and women for as long as I can remember. It must've been fifteen, at least. I wanted to 'come out' in a public setting such as our concert because I don't see my sexuality as something that needs to be hidden or suppressed, even though I'm an idol with a so-called 'image.' I wish people like me didn't have to 'come out' in the first place, but unfortunately, that's just how it is."

In February 2021, it was revealed by Dispatch that Kaleina was in a relationship with an unspecified female choreographer, which exacerbated widespread, years-long "controversy" that began in 2019, of which her mother and sister had to defend her from. A month later, news broke that she was in a relationship with dancer, choreographer, and dance teacher Yoon Seo-yeon, also known as Sienna Yoon. Famously, Yoon happens to be Krush's longtime choreographer, a creative director for The Black Label, and a former idol, who was active as a member of the girl group Queen from 2012 until 2014. The group was under CSJ Entertainment's subsidiary, Verse Creative. Yoon was active as a solo artist from 2015 until 2016, deciding to retire from music to pursue a career as a professional dancer and choreographer.

Kaleina and Yoon suddenly broke up in 2022, and Kaleina entered a relationship with Stray Kids member Felix. They dated for a year, breaking up in April 2023. Afterwards, she got back together with Yoon. As of 2024, they own an apartment and live together in Seoul. Recently, Kaleina has revealed that she had been in various, short-term relationships with both men and women in between 2020 and 2022.

In 2019, Kaleina became a global ambassador for the luxury fashion house Saint Laurent. The brand's creative director, Anthony Vaccarello, stated on his choosing of Kaleina as a Saint Laurent ambassador, "Kaleina has a distinct 'cool girl' image and rockstar flair, which aligns with Saint Laurent's vision. Additionally, she has an eye for fashion that you cannot find in anyone else, courtesy of her mother, who is a known style icon in her own right." Kaleina shot her first pictorial for the brand in March 2019, in collaboration with W magazine.

Shortly after, Kaleina was named the muse of YSL Beauty. In 2020, she was named as the face of Hera, a luxury beauty brand based in South Korea. That same year, she became a spokesmodel for the Korean sunglasses brand Gentle Monster. In 2021, Kaleina released a lipstick in partnership with Hera, named "Leina Red." The lipstick sold out within a day.

In 2021, Kaleina saw a huge uptick in endorsements. Shortly after her solo debut, she became the advertisement model for SeoulCeuticals Vitamin C serum. She was featured in various CFs for the Japanese luxury skincare brand SK-II, and became a model for the British swimwear brand Hunza G. In September 2021, she became a global ambassador for the luxury automobile manufacturer Porsche.

In 2022, Kaleina became the global ambassador of Bvlgari and Calvin Klein, starring in the Spring 2022 and Fall 2023 campaigns of the latter. She briefly served as a fashion editor for Vogue Korea, contributing to the September 2022 and January 2023 issues. In May 2024, shortly before her twenty-fourth birthday, Kaleina released a limited edition cosmetics line in partnership with YSL Beauty.

In 2023, Kaleina made her solo Met Gala debut wearing custom Saint Laurent, after previously attending the 2021 event with the rest of Krush. She's also modeled for and walked the runways of various designers, such as Chanel, Marc Jacobs, Burberry, Celine (of which she is also a muse), Bottega Veneta, Jacquemus, Prada, Rodarte, Mugler, and Vivienne Westwood. She has the most solo magazine covers out of Krush, appearing on the covers of Vogue Korea, Vogue Italia, W, Harper's Bazaar Korea, Marie Claire, V, Interview, and CR Fashion Book.

Kaleina has done the most fashion-related activities out of any member of Krush, and she is widely considered to be a fashion icon.

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Total Drama family headcanons (and my urban fantasy editions)- Mutant Maggots

Anne Maria- I don't know. I'm just gonna assumer her parents are still alive.

Brick- In the showverse, I hc that his father was an American solider who died in the line of duty. In my urban fantasy AU, his father is still alive, and Brick is American and his family moves around every 2-3 years due to his dad being in the army.

Cameron- only child; his dad died when Cameron was little.

Jo- She has canonically mentioned her parents, but I don't headcanons regarding any siblings she might have (or of she has any at all).

Mike- Mike is another character whose family situation in my AU is noticably different from my headcanon regarding what it's like in the canon universe- my headcanon regarding what his family situation is like in the show universe, he probably had abusive parents and is now in foster care. I already written a post discussing what his family is like in my urban fantasy AU, but the short version is this- dead mom, abusive dad, currently lives with maternal relatives, cousin (and possibly adopted brother) of Katie and Jen the fashion blogger, also related to Dawn in some way, also has a bunch of older half-siblings vis his immortal father

Zoey- She is canonically an only child. I hc that her mom died from cancer when Zoey was 10.

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One full year into the Covid-19 pandemic, Alyssa Hertzig has discovered a new way to practice self-care…and it’s about as old-fashioned as it gets. In this month’s “Life with the Girls,” she shares how she stumbled across a way to cope that keeps her hands busy and her mind at ease. (And no, it isn’t not baking banana bread.) Alyssa stitching her latest WIP. There was a time as recently as 2019 P.C. (that’s pre-Covid, of course) when I was cool. As a beauty editor, I spent my days attending fancy launches for new lipsticks, nail polishes, or anti-aging creams. I wore pants without drawstring waists and dresses that weren’t designed explicitly for naps. I had my hair blown out weekly in a salon, a practice that now somehow seems alien, dangerous and heavenly all at once. Then the pandemic hit and, as it did for countless others, changed my life overnight. Events were canceled, budgets tightened, assignments disappeared. My life suddenly revolved almost exclusively around two things: 1) worrying that I or someone I loved would get sick, and 2) acting as a de facto school principal tasked with policing my first grader during remote school. Now, instead of lip gloss launches and article writing, my days were spent with my voice at an 11, screaming at my son to “KEEP YOUR FACE IN THE SCREEN!” and “LISTEN TO YOUR TEACHER!” As it turns out, I’m a super mean principal. I felt stressed, angry, lost, and somehow both busy and bored. I desperately wanted a way to relax and temporarily escape, but with my usual go-tos like massages, pedicures or drinks with friends off the table, I was at a loss. (And showers are not self-care, don’t even go there.) In the early weeks of the pandemic, I tried to chill out by reading, but I’d read the same page three times and retain none of it. Though I normally read at a clip of eight or ten books a month, I found myself taking weeks to slog through one. I needed a new form of quieting my mind—something that would relax me, but that I could also engage in as I sat in on virtual school—and it ended up coming from a surprising place. One afternoon while scrolling through Instagram, I noticed one of my favorite fashion bloggers proclaiming her newfound love of needlepoint. I was shocked. Needlepoint was trending?? It wasn’t exactly new to me: I come from a family of avid needlepointers. My maternal grandmother was a prolific, longtime stitcher, as is my mother. I grew up in a home where their work was ever-present anywhere you looked, from Christmas stockings to Kleenex box covers. But the tradition had stopped with me. Who knows why–I wasn’t crafty? I wasn’t interested? It seemed hard?–but needlepoint just never became my thing. Until Covid hit. Suddenly, I found myself ordering a canvas and some threads online and watching a few YouTube tutorials. Before long, I was hooked. It was actually really simple to learn. Sure, it can get complicated when you delve into more intricate stitches, but it doesn’t have to be. At its most basic, needlepoint is easy—mindless, even. For me, that’s its joy. Needlepoint has become my personal form of meditation. Sure, Headspace is great and all, but have you ever chilled out to the rhythmic symmetry of repetitively pulling thread through canvas over and over again? Have you ever taken out your frustration at the world by stabbing something socially sanctioned over and over again? Stitching forces you to slow down, focusing solely on one thing as you move slowly and steadily in and out, in and out. It’s almost like breathing. [perfectpullquote align=”right” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]”2020 was so awful in so many ways, but it did bring some gifts, and needlepoint has been one” [/perfectpullquote] And unlike actual meditation, with needlepoint, you have something tangible to show for it afterwards. This kind of meditation comes with a parting gift: a handmade ornament, pillow or framed piece of art you’ll have forever. The “grandmillennial” canvases out now are fun, beautiful and even cheeky. ‘Pointing is also the rare hobby that lets me multitask. Though sometimes I stitch in silence, more often I do it while listening to an audiobook or podcast. If you’re the type to feel guilty about taking a few moments for yourself, this helps. You’re getting so much done at one time! Needlepoint is unexpectedly social. I’ve joined Facebook groups and follow fellow needlepointers on Instagram–and they’re almost all younger than me! I’m even using community lingo, busting out insider-speak like “ndlpt,” “WIP” (work in progress) and “stash” (the collection of canvases-in-waiting that expands faster than you can stitch. For example: “If my husband ever figures out how much I’ve spent on my ndlpt stash, I’m screwed.”) If you think the first thing I did once I fell in love with needlepoint was to share this news with my mother, you would be wrong. When I started stitching early in the pandemic, I figured I’d surprise her when I saw her in person. Surely this whole thing would be over by June or so, right? (Of course it wasn’t.) So I stitched in secret for months. Finally in December, after two weeks of total isolation and Covid tests all around, we were able to see my parents. On Christmas Eve, I gave my mother a small gift bag containing my first project: an ornament shaped like a Starbucks cup, personalized with her name. She unwrapped it and responded with an oh-this-is-a-cute-Etsy-find sort of “Awww!” I realized that she hadn’t even considered that I might have stitched it. “Do you know who made it?” I asked. She was visibly perplexed until you could see it slowly dawning on her. “YOU??” she screamed. She was giddy—and shocked. So now I’m fully out as a needlepointer. My mom sends me links to cute canvases and is turning one of my projects into a pillow for me (nope, I never learned how to sew either), and my parents gave me a gift card to a needlepoint shop for my birthday. While I do love the meditative aspects of needlepoint, maybe the best part about it is that I feel like I’m continuing a legacy that my mom and grandma started. I love that my chosen form of self-care has become the thread that binds us together across generations. 2020 was so awful in so many ways, but it did bring some gifts, and this has been one. Not only has the last year allowed me to spend so much more time with my family and teach me to appreciate the small things, it allowed me to fall in love with this pastime that noticeably lowers my blood pressure as I begin to thread the needle. But I’m hardly forgiving the past year, which took so much more from us all than it gave. That’s why my latest project is an ornament shaped like a dumpster on fire. I’ll be stitching the numbers “2-0-2-0” across the bottom. Source link

[norajworld]

One full year into the Covid-19 pandemic, Alyssa Hertzig has discovered a new way to practice self-care…and it’s about as old-fashioned as it gets. In this month’s “Life with the Girls,” she shares how she stumbled across a way to cope that keeps her hands busy and her mind at ease. (And no, it isn’t not baking banana bread.) Alyssa stitching her latest WIP. There was a time as recently as 2019 P.C. (that’s pre-Covid, of course) when I was cool. As a beauty editor, I spent my days attending fancy launches for new lipsticks, nail polishes, or anti-aging creams. I wore pants without drawstring waists and dresses that weren’t designed explicitly for naps. I had my hair blown out weekly in a salon, a practice that now somehow seems alien, dangerous and heavenly all at once. Then the pandemic hit and, as it did for countless others, changed my life overnight. Events were canceled, budgets tightened, assignments disappeared. My life suddenly revolved almost exclusively around two things: 1) worrying that I or someone I loved would get sick, and 2) acting as a de facto school principal tasked with policing my first grader during remote school. Now, instead of lip gloss launches and article writing, my days were spent with my voice at an 11, screaming at my son to “KEEP YOUR FACE IN THE SCREEN!” and “LISTEN TO YOUR TEACHER!” As it turns out, I’m a super mean principal. I felt stressed, angry, lost, and somehow both busy and bored. I desperately wanted a way to relax and temporarily escape, but with my usual go-tos like massages, pedicures or drinks with friends off the table, I was at a loss. (And showers are not self-care, don’t even go there.) In the early weeks of the pandemic, I tried to chill out by reading, but I’d read the same page three times and retain none of it. Though I normally read at a clip of eight or ten books a month, I found myself taking weeks to slog through one. I needed a new form of quieting my mind—something that would relax me, but that I could also engage in as I sat in on virtual school—and it ended up coming from a surprising place. One afternoon while scrolling through Instagram, I noticed one of my favorite fashion bloggers proclaiming her newfound love of needlepoint. I was shocked. Needlepoint was trending?? It wasn’t exactly new to me: I come from a family of avid needlepointers. My maternal grandmother was a prolific, longtime stitcher, as is my mother. I grew up in a home where their work was ever-present anywhere you looked, from Christmas stockings to Kleenex box covers. But the tradition had stopped with me. Who knows why–I wasn’t crafty? I wasn’t interested? It seemed hard?–but needlepoint just never became my thing. Until Covid hit. Suddenly, I found myself ordering a canvas and some threads online and watching a few YouTube tutorials. Before long, I was hooked. It was actually really simple to learn. Sure, it can get complicated when you delve into more intricate stitches, but it doesn’t have to be. At its most basic, needlepoint is easy—mindless, even. For me, that’s its joy. Needlepoint has become my personal form of meditation. Sure, Headspace is great and all, but have you ever chilled out to the rhythmic symmetry of repetitively pulling thread through canvas over and over again? Have you ever taken out your frustration at the world by stabbing something socially sanctioned over and over again? Stitching forces you to slow down, focusing solely on one thing as you move slowly and steadily in and out, in and out. It’s almost like breathing. [perfectpullquote align=”right” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]”2020 was so awful in so many ways, but it did bring some gifts, and needlepoint has been one” [/perfectpullquote] And unlike actual meditation, with needlepoint, you have something tangible to show for it afterwards. This kind of meditation comes with a parting gift: a handmade ornament, pillow or framed piece of art you’ll have forever. The “grandmillennial” canvases out now are fun, beautiful and even cheeky. ‘Pointing is also the rare hobby that lets me multitask. Though sometimes I stitch in silence, more often I do it while listening to an audiobook or podcast. If you’re the type to feel guilty about taking a few moments for yourself, this helps. You’re getting so much done at one time! Needlepoint is unexpectedly social. I’ve joined Facebook groups and follow fellow needlepointers on Instagram–and they’re almost all younger than me! I’m even using community lingo, busting out insider-speak like “ndlpt,” “WIP” (work in progress) and “stash” (the collection of canvases-in-waiting that expands faster than you can stitch. For example: “If my husband ever figures out how much I’ve spent on my ndlpt stash, I’m screwed.”) If you think the first thing I did once I fell in love with needlepoint was to share this news with my mother, you would be wrong. When I started stitching early in the pandemic, I figured I’d surprise her when I saw her in person. Surely this whole thing would be over by June or so, right? (Of course it wasn’t.) So I stitched in secret for months. Finally in December, after two weeks of total isolation and Covid tests all around, we were able to see my parents. On Christmas Eve, I gave my mother a small gift bag containing my first project: an ornament shaped like a Starbucks cup, personalized with her name. She unwrapped it and responded with an oh-this-is-a-cute-Etsy-find sort of “Awww!” I realized that she hadn’t even considered that I might have stitched it. “Do you know who made it?” I asked. She was visibly perplexed until you could see it slowly dawning on her. “YOU??” she screamed. She was giddy—and shocked. So now I’m fully out as a needlepointer. My mom sends me links to cute canvases and is turning one of my projects into a pillow for me (nope, I never learned how to sew either), and my parents gave me a gift card to a needlepoint shop for my birthday. While I do love the meditative aspects of needlepoint, maybe the best part about it is that I feel like I’m continuing a legacy that my mom and grandma started. I love that my chosen form of self-care has become the thread that binds us together across generations. 2020 was so awful in so many ways, but it did bring some gifts, and this has been one. Not only has the last year allowed me to spend so much more time with my family and teach me to appreciate the small things, it allowed me to fall in love with this pastime that noticeably lowers my blood pressure as I begin to thread the needle. But I’m hardly forgiving the past year, which took so much more from us all than it gave. That’s why my latest project is an ornament shaped like a dumpster on fire. I’ll be stitching the numbers “2-0-2-0” across the bottom. Source link

[ellajme0]

One full year into the Covid-19 pandemic, Alyssa Hertzig has discovered a new way to practice self-care…and it’s about as old-fashioned as it gets. In this month’s “Life with the Girls,” she shares how she stumbled across a way to cope that keeps her hands busy and her mind at ease. (And no, it isn’t not baking banana bread.) Alyssa stitching her latest WIP. There was a time as recently as 2019 P.C. (that’s pre-Covid, of course) when I was cool. As a beauty editor, I spent my days attending fancy launches for new lipsticks, nail polishes, or anti-aging creams. I wore pants without drawstring waists and dresses that weren’t designed explicitly for naps. I had my hair blown out weekly in a salon, a practice that now somehow seems alien, dangerous and heavenly all at once. Then the pandemic hit and, as it did for countless others, changed my life overnight. Events were canceled, budgets tightened, assignments disappeared. My life suddenly revolved almost exclusively around two things: 1) worrying that I or someone I loved would get sick, and 2) acting as a de facto school principal tasked with policing my first grader during remote school. Now, instead of lip gloss launches and article writing, my days were spent with my voice at an 11, screaming at my son to “KEEP YOUR FACE IN THE SCREEN!” and “LISTEN TO YOUR TEACHER!” As it turns out, I’m a super mean principal. I felt stressed, angry, lost, and somehow both busy and bored. I desperately wanted a way to relax and temporarily escape, but with my usual go-tos like massages, pedicures or drinks with friends off the table, I was at a loss. (And showers are not self-care, don’t even go there.) In the early weeks of the pandemic, I tried to chill out by reading, but I’d read the same page three times and retain none of it. Though I normally read at a clip of eight or ten books a month, I found myself taking weeks to slog through one. I needed a new form of quieting my mind—something that would relax me, but that I could also engage in as I sat in on virtual school—and it ended up coming from a surprising place. One afternoon while scrolling through Instagram, I noticed one of my favorite fashion bloggers proclaiming her newfound love of needlepoint. I was shocked. Needlepoint was trending?? It wasn’t exactly new to me: I come from a family of avid needlepointers. My maternal grandmother was a prolific, longtime stitcher, as is my mother. I grew up in a home where their work was ever-present anywhere you looked, from Christmas stockings to Kleenex box covers. But the tradition had stopped with me. Who knows why–I wasn’t crafty? I wasn’t interested? It seemed hard?–but needlepoint just never became my thing. Until Covid hit. Suddenly, I found myself ordering a canvas and some threads online and watching a few YouTube tutorials. Before long, I was hooked. It was actually really simple to learn. Sure, it can get complicated when you delve into more intricate stitches, but it doesn’t have to be. At its most basic, needlepoint is easy—mindless, even. For me, that’s its joy. Needlepoint has become my personal form of meditation. Sure, Headspace is great and all, but have you ever chilled out to the rhythmic symmetry of repetitively pulling thread through canvas over and over again? Have you ever taken out your frustration at the world by stabbing something socially sanctioned over and over again? Stitching forces you to slow down, focusing solely on one thing as you move slowly and steadily in and out, in and out. It’s almost like breathing. [perfectpullquote align=”right” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]”2020 was so awful in so many ways, but it did bring some gifts, and needlepoint has been one” [/perfectpullquote] And unlike actual meditation, with needlepoint, you have something tangible to show for it afterwards. This kind of meditation comes with a parting gift: a handmade ornament, pillow or framed piece of art you’ll have forever. The “grandmillennial” canvases out now are fun, beautiful and even cheeky. ‘Pointing is also the rare hobby that lets me multitask. Though sometimes I stitch in silence, more often I do it while listening to an audiobook or podcast. If you’re the type to feel guilty about taking a few moments for yourself, this helps. You’re getting so much done at one time! Needlepoint is unexpectedly social. I’ve joined Facebook groups and follow fellow needlepointers on Instagram–and they’re almost all younger than me! I’m even using community lingo, busting out insider-speak like “ndlpt,” “WIP” (work in progress) and “stash” (the collection of canvases-in-waiting that expands faster than you can stitch. For example: “If my husband ever figures out how much I’ve spent on my ndlpt stash, I’m screwed.”) If you think the first thing I did once I fell in love with needlepoint was to share this news with my mother, you would be wrong. When I started stitching early in the pandemic, I figured I’d surprise her when I saw her in person. Surely this whole thing would be over by June or so, right? (Of course it wasn’t.) So I stitched in secret for months. Finally in December, after two weeks of total isolation and Covid tests all around, we were able to see my parents. On Christmas Eve, I gave my mother a small gift bag containing my first project: an ornament shaped like a Starbucks cup, personalized with her name. She unwrapped it and responded with an oh-this-is-a-cute-Etsy-find sort of “Awww!” I realized that she hadn’t even considered that I might have stitched it. “Do you know who made it?” I asked. She was visibly perplexed until you could see it slowly dawning on her. “YOU??” she screamed. She was giddy—and shocked. So now I’m fully out as a needlepointer. My mom sends me links to cute canvases and is turning one of my projects into a pillow for me (nope, I never learned how to sew either), and my parents gave me a gift card to a needlepoint shop for my birthday. While I do love the meditative aspects of needlepoint, maybe the best part about it is that I feel like I’m continuing a legacy that my mom and grandma started. I love that my chosen form of self-care has become the thread that binds us together across generations. 2020 was so awful in so many ways, but it did bring some gifts, and this has been one. Not only has the last year allowed me to spend so much more time with my family and teach me to appreciate the small things, it allowed me to fall in love with this pastime that noticeably lowers my blood pressure as I begin to thread the needle. But I’m hardly forgiving the past year, which took so much more from us all than it gave. That’s why my latest project is an ornament shaped like a dumpster on fire. I’ll be stitching the numbers “2-0-2-0” across the bottom. Source link

[chilimili212]

One full year into the Covid-19 pandemic, Alyssa Hertzig has discovered a new way to practice self-care…and it’s about as old-fashioned as it gets. In this month’s “Life with the Girls,” she shares how she stumbled across a way to cope that keeps her hands busy and her mind at ease. (And no, it isn’t not baking banana bread.) Alyssa stitching her latest WIP. There was a time as recently as 2019 P.C. (that’s pre-Covid, of course) when I was cool. As a beauty editor, I spent my days attending fancy launches for new lipsticks, nail polishes, or anti-aging creams. I wore pants without drawstring waists and dresses that weren’t designed explicitly for naps. I had my hair blown out weekly in a salon, a practice that now somehow seems alien, dangerous and heavenly all at once. Then the pandemic hit and, as it did for countless others, changed my life overnight. Events were canceled, budgets tightened, assignments disappeared. My life suddenly revolved almost exclusively around two things: 1) worrying that I or someone I loved would get sick, and 2) acting as a de facto school principal tasked with policing my first grader during remote school. Now, instead of lip gloss launches and article writing, my days were spent with my voice at an 11, screaming at my son to “KEEP YOUR FACE IN THE SCREEN!” and “LISTEN TO YOUR TEACHER!” As it turns out, I’m a super mean principal. I felt stressed, angry, lost, and somehow both busy and bored. I desperately wanted a way to relax and temporarily escape, but with my usual go-tos like massages, pedicures or drinks with friends off the table, I was at a loss. (And showers are not self-care, don’t even go there.) In the early weeks of the pandemic, I tried to chill out by reading, but I’d read the same page three times and retain none of it. Though I normally read at a clip of eight or ten books a month, I found myself taking weeks to slog through one. I needed a new form of quieting my mind—something that would relax me, but that I could also engage in as I sat in on virtual school—and it ended up coming from a surprising place. One afternoon while scrolling through Instagram, I noticed one of my favorite fashion bloggers proclaiming her newfound love of needlepoint. I was shocked. Needlepoint was trending?? It wasn’t exactly new to me: I come from a family of avid needlepointers. My maternal grandmother was a prolific, longtime stitcher, as is my mother. I grew up in a home where their work was ever-present anywhere you looked, from Christmas stockings to Kleenex box covers. But the tradition had stopped with me. Who knows why–I wasn’t crafty? I wasn’t interested? It seemed hard?–but needlepoint just never became my thing. Until Covid hit. Suddenly, I found myself ordering a canvas and some threads online and watching a few YouTube tutorials. Before long, I was hooked. It was actually really simple to learn. Sure, it can get complicated when you delve into more intricate stitches, but it doesn’t have to be. At its most basic, needlepoint is easy—mindless, even. For me, that’s its joy. Needlepoint has become my personal form of meditation. Sure, Headspace is great and all, but have you ever chilled out to the rhythmic symmetry of repetitively pulling thread through canvas over and over again? Have you ever taken out your frustration at the world by stabbing something socially sanctioned over and over again? Stitching forces you to slow down, focusing solely on one thing as you move slowly and steadily in and out, in and out. It’s almost like breathing. [perfectpullquote align=”right” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]”2020 was so awful in so many ways, but it did bring some gifts, and needlepoint has been one” [/perfectpullquote] And unlike actual meditation, with needlepoint, you have something tangible to show for it afterwards. This kind of meditation comes with a parting gift: a handmade ornament, pillow or framed piece of art you’ll have forever. The “grandmillennial” canvases out now are fun, beautiful and even cheeky. ‘Pointing is also the rare hobby that lets me multitask. Though sometimes I stitch in silence, more often I do it while listening to an audiobook or podcast. If you’re the type to feel guilty about taking a few moments for yourself, this helps. You’re getting so much done at one time! Needlepoint is unexpectedly social. I’ve joined Facebook groups and follow fellow needlepointers on Instagram–and they’re almost all younger than me! I’m even using community lingo, busting out insider-speak like “ndlpt,” “WIP” (work in progress) and “stash” (the collection of canvases-in-waiting that expands faster than you can stitch. For example: “If my husband ever figures out how much I’ve spent on my ndlpt stash, I’m screwed.”) If you think the first thing I did once I fell in love with needlepoint was to share this news with my mother, you would be wrong. When I started stitching early in the pandemic, I figured I’d surprise her when I saw her in person. Surely this whole thing would be over by June or so, right? (Of course it wasn’t.) So I stitched in secret for months. Finally in December, after two weeks of total isolation and Covid tests all around, we were able to see my parents. On Christmas Eve, I gave my mother a small gift bag containing my first project: an ornament shaped like a Starbucks cup, personalized with her name. She unwrapped it and responded with an oh-this-is-a-cute-Etsy-find sort of “Awww!” I realized that she hadn’t even considered that I might have stitched it. “Do you know who made it?” I asked. She was visibly perplexed until you could see it slowly dawning on her. “YOU??” she screamed. She was giddy—and shocked. So now I’m fully out as a needlepointer. My mom sends me links to cute canvases and is turning one of my projects into a pillow for me (nope, I never learned how to sew either), and my parents gave me a gift card to a needlepoint shop for my birthday. While I do love the meditative aspects of needlepoint, maybe the best part about it is that I feel like I’m continuing a legacy that my mom and grandma started. I love that my chosen form of self-care has become the thread that binds us together across generations. 2020 was so awful in so many ways, but it did bring some gifts, and this has been one. Not only has the last year allowed me to spend so much more time with my family and teach me to appreciate the small things, it allowed me to fall in love with this pastime that noticeably lowers my blood pressure as I begin to thread the needle. But I’m hardly forgiving the past year, which took so much more from us all than it gave. That’s why my latest project is an ornament shaped like a dumpster on fire. I’ll be stitching the numbers “2-0-2-0” across the bottom. Source link

[oliviajoyice21]

One full year into the Covid-19 pandemic, Alyssa Hertzig has discovered a new way to practice self-care…and it’s about as old-fashioned as it gets. In this month’s “Life with the Girls,” she shares how she stumbled across a way to cope that keeps her hands busy and her mind at ease. (And no, it isn’t not baking banana bread.) Alyssa stitching her latest WIP. There was a time as recently as 2019 P.C. (that’s pre-Covid, of course) when I was cool. As a beauty editor, I spent my days attending fancy launches for new lipsticks, nail polishes, or anti-aging creams. I wore pants without drawstring waists and dresses that weren’t designed explicitly for naps. I had my hair blown out weekly in a salon, a practice that now somehow seems alien, dangerous and heavenly all at once. Then the pandemic hit and, as it did for countless others, changed my life overnight. Events were canceled, budgets tightened, assignments disappeared. My life suddenly revolved almost exclusively around two things: 1) worrying that I or someone I loved would get sick, and 2) acting as a de facto school principal tasked with policing my first grader during remote school. Now, instead of lip gloss launches and article writing, my days were spent with my voice at an 11, screaming at my son to “KEEP YOUR FACE IN THE SCREEN!” and “LISTEN TO YOUR TEACHER!” As it turns out, I’m a super mean principal. I felt stressed, angry, lost, and somehow both busy and bored. I desperately wanted a way to relax and temporarily escape, but with my usual go-tos like massages, pedicures or drinks with friends off the table, I was at a loss. (And showers are not self-care, don’t even go there.) In the early weeks of the pandemic, I tried to chill out by reading, but I’d read the same page three times and retain none of it. Though I normally read at a clip of eight or ten books a month, I found myself taking weeks to slog through one. I needed a new form of quieting my mind—something that would relax me, but that I could also engage in as I sat in on virtual school—and it ended up coming from a surprising place. One afternoon while scrolling through Instagram, I noticed one of my favorite fashion bloggers proclaiming her newfound love of needlepoint. I was shocked. Needlepoint was trending?? It wasn’t exactly new to me: I come from a family of avid needlepointers. My maternal grandmother was a prolific, longtime stitcher, as is my mother. I grew up in a home where their work was ever-present anywhere you looked, from Christmas stockings to Kleenex box covers. But the tradition had stopped with me. Who knows why–I wasn’t crafty? I wasn’t interested? It seemed hard?–but needlepoint just never became my thing. Until Covid hit. Suddenly, I found myself ordering a canvas and some threads online and watching a few YouTube tutorials. Before long, I was hooked. It was actually really simple to learn. Sure, it can get complicated when you delve into more intricate stitches, but it doesn’t have to be. At its most basic, needlepoint is easy—mindless, even. For me, that’s its joy. Needlepoint has become my personal form of meditation. Sure, Headspace is great and all, but have you ever chilled out to the rhythmic symmetry of repetitively pulling thread through canvas over and over again? Have you ever taken out your frustration at the world by stabbing something socially sanctioned over and over again? Stitching forces you to slow down, focusing solely on one thing as you move slowly and steadily in and out, in and out. It’s almost like breathing. [perfectpullquote align=”right” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]”2020 was so awful in so many ways, but it did bring some gifts, and needlepoint has been one” [/perfectpullquote] And unlike actual meditation, with needlepoint, you have something tangible to show for it afterwards. This kind of meditation comes with a parting gift: a handmade ornament, pillow or framed piece of art you’ll have forever. The “grandmillennial” canvases out now are fun, beautiful and even cheeky. ‘Pointing is also the rare hobby that lets me multitask. Though sometimes I stitch in silence, more often I do it while listening to an audiobook or podcast. If you’re the type to feel guilty about taking a few moments for yourself, this helps. You’re getting so much done at one time! Needlepoint is unexpectedly social. I’ve joined Facebook groups and follow fellow needlepointers on Instagram–and they’re almost all younger than me! I’m even using community lingo, busting out insider-speak like “ndlpt,” “WIP” (work in progress) and “stash” (the collection of canvases-in-waiting that expands faster than you can stitch. For example: “If my husband ever figures out how much I’ve spent on my ndlpt stash, I’m screwed.”) If you think the first thing I did once I fell in love with needlepoint was to share this news with my mother, you would be wrong. When I started stitching early in the pandemic, I figured I’d surprise her when I saw her in person. Surely this whole thing would be over by June or so, right? (Of course it wasn’t.) So I stitched in secret for months. Finally in December, after two weeks of total isolation and Covid tests all around, we were able to see my parents. On Christmas Eve, I gave my mother a small gift bag containing my first project: an ornament shaped like a Starbucks cup, personalized with her name. She unwrapped it and responded with an oh-this-is-a-cute-Etsy-find sort of “Awww!” I realized that she hadn’t even considered that I might have stitched it. “Do you know who made it?” I asked. She was visibly perplexed until you could see it slowly dawning on her. “YOU??” she screamed. She was giddy—and shocked. So now I’m fully out as a needlepointer. My mom sends me links to cute canvases and is turning one of my projects into a pillow for me (nope, I never learned how to sew either), and my parents gave me a gift card to a needlepoint shop for my birthday. While I do love the meditative aspects of needlepoint, maybe the best part about it is that I feel like I’m continuing a legacy that my mom and grandma started. I love that my chosen form of self-care has become the thread that binds us together across generations. 2020 was so awful in so many ways, but it did bring some gifts, and this has been one. Not only has the last year allowed me to spend so much more time with my family and teach me to appreciate the small things, it allowed me to fall in love with this pastime that noticeably lowers my blood pressure as I begin to thread the needle. But I’m hardly forgiving the past year, which took so much more from us all than it gave. That’s why my latest project is an ornament shaped like a dumpster on fire. I’ll be stitching the numbers “2-0-2-0” across the bottom. Source link

[amethyst-geek]

Mike's role in my Total Drama high school urban fantasy AU

First, I would like to discuss which characters would become related to Mike in this AU. For starters Jen the Fashion blogger and Katie would be his cousins and perhaps his adoptive sisters. Jen and Katie's mother would be the older sister of Mike's biological mother. I would also have him be related to Dawn in some way. I will elaborate on this when I discuss Chester.

Like many Total Drama fans, I subscribe to the fan theory that Mike's DID was the result of an abusive childhood. Since my AU is an urban fantasy, Mike would be the son of an immortal being trying to take over the world, and he concieved Mike as part fo an elaborate plan to achieve that goal and he subjected Mike some pretty intense abuse and training. However, Mike was eventually rescued by his maternal relatives around the age of 7. I talk more about Mike's father when I discuss Mal.

For a while, I contemplated forgoing Mike having DID in favor of allowing the alters to literally be their own people with all of them instead being various relatives of Mike. However, to maintain the idea of Mike having a disability, I would have him suffer from PTSD (and maybe even give him a physical disability for good measure). However, it might be more interesting to maintain Mike having DID.

I will now go through each alters one by one explain the different ideas I have regarding their roles in this AU depending on whether I rework them into Mike's relatives or stick with them being alter egos.

Mal- even though Mal's the sixth personality in the show, I feel like I should talk about Mal first for the sake of context. As I already mentioned, my urban fantasy AU would give Mike an abusive dad who is also an immortal being. Mike's father would be a major villain throughout the AU. I talk about Mike's father here as Mal has the highest chance of being reworked into a relative even if the other alters remain alters. In Mal's case, he would be Mike's father and the leader of a supernatural cult (BTW Priya's parents would be members of this cult instead of Total Drama superfans in this AU and they would instead be training Priya to be an elite soldier for Mal and upon finding out about Mal having a son the same age as Priya they would also train her to be a potential bride for Mike). As a mythology gag, there may be a storyline where his Mal (with the help of his followers) switches bodies bodies with Mike as part of a plan to break out of magic jail. If I stick with Mal being an alter (the other stuff regarding Mike's dad would still be the same, expect he'd go by something other than Mal), then Mal was created from Mike's fear of what will happen to him if he doesn't live up to his father's expectations.

Chester- He'll defineitely be a relative of Mike's, while also being Dawn's grandfather, but how they're all related will depend on whether or not Chester remains one of Mike's alters. I know that sounds sounds weird, but hear me out. I basically have 2 different ideas regarding what to do with Chester in my AU.

1 idea is that Chester is a retired badass wizard who practically made a career out of thwarting Mal's plans and is his nemesis. In this scenario, Chester has 4 children- the eldest being Jen and Katie's mom, kid number 2 is an adopted Scottish son who eventually fathers Dawn, the 3rd is Vito's father Vince, and the youngest is another daughter whom we'll call Daphne for now. One day about 7 years after Daphne's supposed death, Chester discovered that she had actually been abducted by Mal. Chester and his other children tracked down Mal to his castle where they met Mike for the first time. Mal then reveals that he used his shapeshifting abilities to seduce Daphne, resulting in Mike, and that she died shortly after Mike's birth. Mal then proceeded to gloat about the horrific treatment he's subjected Mike to. Furious, Chester used a powerful spell that created a seal that kept Mal from using his own powers, at the expense of Chester losing his own magic, the use of his legs, and vision in one of his eyes. Chester then became Mike's legal guardian and acts as a grumpy mentor to not just his grandkids, but their friends as well.

Idea number 2 regarding Chester is that he is Mike's much older half-brother via their immortal father. He was forced to act as Mike's guardian in between training sessions. Chester wanted to protect Mike from their father and get him away, but his old age (as well as the power limiter he's forced by his father to wear) made it difficult to stand up to their father. Whenever Mike got frustrated about something, such as struggling to do a spell his dad wanted him to master, Chester would help calm him down and help him with hsis problems. Around the time Mike was 6 or 7, Chester did some investigating to learn the identity of Mike's mother and learned she was the younger sister of a powerful witch who would frequently thwart his father's schemes for world domination. Chester managed to get in contact with said witch (Who had been under the impression that her dead sister's child had been a stillbirth and that the pregnancy was the result of a 1-night stand with a random dude), revealed that her nephew was alive, and they came up with a plan to rescue Mike and stop Chester's father. To make a long story short, Mike's aunt helped remove Chester's power limiter, and just like in my first Chester idea, he uses a powerful spell to create a seal that his father form being able to use his power, only this scenario, the spell winds up killing Chester. Now this can go 2 ways- either Mike's grief causes his subconscious to create a new alter based on Chester or Chester's spirit winds up stuck in Mike's subconscious and acts as an alter and spirt mentor. In this scenario Chester would be be Dawn's grandfather similar to Chester scenario 1. In this scenario, When Chester was a young adult, he actually managed to get away from a father for a few decades. During this time, Chester had a child who in turn married an elf and had Dawn. However, when Dawn was still a baby, Chester's father tracked Chester down and killed Dawn's parents while forcing Chester to watch. Chester and Dawn were then taken back to hsi father's hideout where Dawn was raised alongside Mike. After Chester's sacrifice, Mike and Dawn were adopted by Mike's aunt (who is also Jen and Katie's mother).

Svetlana- If I go the "re-imagine all of Mike's alters into his relatives" route, then Svetlana would become Mike's grandmother, who is a retired gymnast. If she remains an alter, then she was created to help Mike through the intense athletic training his father put him through. She was also created from Mike's desire for a mother figure (hence why Svetlana is a girl)

Vito- If I go the "Mike's alters are his relatives instead" route, Vito will become Mike's cousin. I imagine he would still look just like Mike, which could to neat scene where Vito makes his first appearance in the AU and the audience is then treated to either a wham shot showing up and standing next Vito in real life well outside of Mike's subconscious or a wham line of Chester being heard offscreen. If Vito remains an alter, that could lead to an interesting storyline where Anne Maria learns about Vito being an alter and she angsts over it (especially when she starts to wonder as to why the trigger for Vito showing up is Mike losing his shirt and she's horrified upon realizing one of the possible explanations).

Manitoba Smith- In the "Relatives instead of alters" route, Manitoba would the one alter-turned-relative who would not be related to Mike by blood, instead being a family friend and a former apprentice of Chester's. He would also be the host of a popular adventure edutainment show. He would also be Jasmine's father (and her mother's a literal Amazon). If I go the "Manitoba stays an alter" route, then he was created to help Mike deal with his dad's tendency to leave him out in the wilderness and other dangerous places. As for why the trigger is putting one certain types of hats, my guess is that leading up to these training sessions, Mike would mentally prepare by watching various adventure shows and movies like Indiana Jones and Crocodile Dundee, and an in-universe adventure edutainment show hosted by Jasmine's father. And since it is pretty common for fictional adventurers to wear hats, Mike's subconscious began to associate hats with being a kickass adventurer.

What are your thoughts? Which alters should remain as such and which ones should be re-imagined as Mike's relatives?

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quotes almat

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[sets-in-the-city]

This unique style has become increasingly popular, and it's not hard to see why. Setsque fashion is all about matching sets, and it's perfect for those who want to look chic and put together without putting in too much effort. In this article, we'll explore how Setsque fashion is the perfect trend for pre-wedding and maternity photoshoots, and how you can incorporate it into your wardrobe.

[farewellado]

upon, ago  #tbt January 31, 2019

I planned to post a paragraph about mom guilt today. For some reason I really wanted to update the blog today, January 31, 2019. All day I was thinking the pressure to post was because tomorrow is the first, a day that for the past 10 years I’ve used to update  my list of goals but when I got home from a day of temping I was confronted with an instagram memory. My post from last year documenting that it had been one year since I moved to LA. I wrote that popular instagram post from my apartment in LA. Today, I’m home in Chicago thinking how quickly LA is becoming a thing of the past. My almost 7 month old baby is not here with me on this personally significant day for me and that kind of sucks. On thing that hasn’t really changed is that I’m at yet another crossroad. How do I work full-time and not feel weird about leaving my baby for so much time? This wasn’t the mom guilt topic of a couple days ago but its the one of today as I’m on the verge of a new job. I just keep telling myself that he wont remember this and this won’t last long.  What a difference a year makes.

[southernchicstyle]

And Baby Makes 4!

It's hard to believe we've been a family of four going on 2 weeks now! It really is amazing how your life changes overnight with the birth of a child. While I'm cherishing this time home with our sweet boy, there's also a lot of eating, sleeping, and diaper changing going on.

We had quite an "exciting" delivery day despite the fact that I was scheduled to be induced. Just like with our daughter, I was induced at 37 weeks due to blood pressure concerns. So, we calmly drove to the hospital the night before, checked in, and got the inducing process started.

Epidural was easy enough, the doctor broke my water, but then my husband ended up a bit faint and bumped his head in the bathroom. Of course, I'd had my epidural so I couldn't even go check on him! Luckily, he was ok.

Baby boy was ready to come much faster than his sister was (sister didn't arrive until after 6 pm the induce day and baby boy was ready and out by 1:15 pm).

Everything went well with delivery until a bit after he was cleaned up and handed back to me. All of a sudden I was super dizzy. I had to close my eyes and hold on to the baby tightly. Turns out, my blood pressure dropped WAY low.

I can't tell you how great the nurses in the room were. I didn't know at the time I'd lost a lot of blood, and the nurses quickly took action to remedy the situation. It wasn't until the next day when I was telling a friend who visited the hospital about the dizziness that my husband told me how low my blood pressure had dropped.

The day after delivery, big sister got to come to the hospital to meet her baby brother! With flowers in hand, she seemed a bit overwhelmed by the whole situation. But as you can see in the pictures above, she was interested in her brother and snuggled close to mommy and daddy.

We'd been told by a number of friends that it was a good idea to have a gift for the older child from the baby. So, since she loves Peppa Pig and Peppa has a little brother, her gift from her baby brother was a set of Peppa Pig and George plush pigs. Big sister LOVED them!

And, we were so happy to have our family of four together in one place!

Baby boy ended up under the lights (as his sister did) due to high bilirubin levels (jaundice). He was finally low enough to be discharged but my blood pressure kept us in the hospital one more night. We finally were discharged after 4 days in the hospital only to do one more night a day later as baby boy's bilirubin levels spiked again.

Now, we're all happy and healthy and adjusting to life at home with a baby in the house again! Breastfeeding, snuggling, and getting sleep when we can has become our daily routine... at least for another 6-7 weeks until I go back to work.

Here's links to some of the clothing and items we brought to the hospital pictured above:

Delivery Gown: Navy Floral Gown $39 (I did one for our daughter's delivery, too)

Baby's Hat: Navy & White Striped Pom Pom Beanie $16

Swaddle: Striped Adjustable SwaddleMe Swaddle (the Velcro is clutch in the middle of the night) $24.99 for 2

Swaddle & Hat: Blue Buffalo Plaid Swaddle and Hat Set $37.95

Plush Pigs: Peppa Pig and George Plush Set $25.99

Going Home Outfit: Kissy Kissy Baby (added monogram) - not available online