Big News (and Three Lessons)

Yes, we’re back! Not as regularly as usual, but back nonetheless - and now I can finally tell you why. Things have slowed down and reduced in capacity around here for a very good reason.

It all started with me and my husband trying to record a video. What should’ve taken five minutes took about five takes and 30 minutes. But it was for an important announcement, and you can even watch it on Instagram (if you’re into watching two 30-somethings dancing in front of a Christmas tree). If that’s not your vibe, fair enough - I wouldn’t blame you.

Here’s the long and short of it: there’s a bun in the oven. In the pudding club. Joining the party this season. Adding a new little pumpkin to our patch. Or however many creative ways we can say in this great language: I’m pregnant!

This is incredibly exciting, but now that I’m four months into the journey, it’s been less about the initial discovery and excitement and more about navigating the learning curve that comes with it. Cooking a human is a wonderful experience, but also a wildly taxing one (at least for me personally, the first trimester was anything but a smooth ride).

And while my diet has finally moved on from beige foods (hallelujah!), I’ve learned some big lessons along the way. Lessons that I think you can take on board, no matter if you’re cooking a bun, want to cook one, or will ever cook one in the proverbial oven.