full belly

Eliot was so happy today. Having a full tummy of breastmilk thanks to a donation from a friend transformed him into a Chatty Cathy. I feel so terrible. Has he been hungry for a long time? How long? I don’t think I want an answer to that question. My heart hurts. I am grateful he’s eating enough right now and I hope I can produce enough again to help him stay full and grow big & strong. It’s only day two of power pumping but I am anxious for results. I was hoping to tandem nurse. If I can get through this, I know we can do that. One day at a time. 

late birthday dinner

Tonight Eliot played & took a nap at Ethan & Hannah Joy’s while we went on a date to celebrate my 26th. 🖤 Eliot needs more milk than my body has been providing him these last few months. I definitely feel like I’ve let him down. I started supplementing fenugreek & fennel a week or two ago, but I’m going to add in pumping and actively eating foods that supposedly help. I know I’m eating enough calories, I think just all the hormone changes with pregnancy have changed things.

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7 months! Oops

this is exactly how helpful I can be when Matthias starts working around cars. 😂 I don’t take pride in being ignorant or unhelpful in this area, but we’ve just never gotten around to me learning on the job and honestly it doesn’t interest me. so that’s that. I took this snippet of our day before realizing... it’s 7 months since Eliot was born! which means we need to do our monthly photo! he’s already asleep now, so I’m going to try to get it with him when I wake him up at midnight to nurse 😂 wish me luck?

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Teething

Eliot has been teething and has been such a sweet boy. He’s extra snuggly and being a total mama’s boy. This morning I found myself trying to make him smile as soon as I got him up to see if the top two had come all the way down yet. They haven’t, but all of a sudden I’m excited and think he’ll be so cute with some teeth. 😭❤️

August 3rd, 2020

Today was wonderful and a perfect reminder of why I’m so happy to be making our own rhythm for our days. Some highlights included meeting Hannah Joy at Sweet Paris for brunch & to talk about August plans. (It’s the busiest month of the year for the Bonin clan.) And celebrating Steven’s 26th birthday by the pool with some friends, family, and food.

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the sweetest surprise

I was so surprised today 😭❤️🎉🥰 My sweet friends, Savannah Smith & Kristin Carrigan apparently started scheming together a couple weeks ago to make a plan for a mini party when I hit Gold. Savannah & Cleavland drove up from Corpus Christi and spent the night with Kristin & Chase last night. They spent the morning cooking fajitas and baking a cake and drove down from Centerville while Matthias and I were out on a motorcycle ride. None of them had ever been to my in-laws before, but they knew we were here so they just showed up😂 (my mother in law didn’t know this was happening either, so it was a little shocking when they all unloaded from their cars🤣) To have friends drive from so far to just hug us and celebrate in person means the whole world 😭❤️ We got to take them back to our property and show them where we’re building our home and dream of all the future parties we’ll have together in it.

this is how

This is how I hit Gold in Young Living. (I never said this life was glamorous🤣)⠀ ⠀

The questions are piling up in my DMs and I love answering them, but guys, there isn’t a secret sauce. I’ve left nothing out when I explain what it takes to build a strong YL business. I know that few will listen & fewer will follow through. But I know for those that want it, they can do this and go all the way. My IGVTV is mostly me talking about the business, so if you’re looking for a place to start, look there. ⠀ ⠀

Everyone has their own groove. Mine is slow mornings spent with Eliot. We don’t pop out of bed and start with early mornings and our to-do lists. But I make up for it with 9:30pm zoom calls and working my business after Eliot & Matthias are asleep. ⠀

⠀ I love that this life can be whatever you want it to be and that it can fit your natural pace. There hasn’t been pressure to conform to any way of life, it has fit around mine. The last year and a half have been so rewarding and it has felt so long, but here we are. We’re Gold. 😭⠀ ⠀

Next stop: Platinum 2021.

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G O L D 🎉🥳

hahaha so much for being cute.

we were going to celebrate hitting Gold in Young Living this morning with some gold balloons. obviouslyyyy. this was the exact moment I realized the G had escaped before we had a chance to take any photos 🤣💀 Matthias was quick getting these and they make me laughhh. okay, maybe we aren’t influencer status, but we sure can help empower families to take charge of their wellness and that’s what really matters here, right?😜

cheers to a new & exciting season of life! 🥂🥳

target run

Went to Target today to spend some gift cards on mud boots. They ended up not having any in my size, but we purchased a handful of other things. I ended up have a grand total of $6 between 5 gift cards. Oops. I thought it was more than that. Matthias laughed and said he was so glad we made the trip to Target 😜 (side note: it was normal feeling in Target today. lots of employees not wearing masks, same with guests. lifts some of the weight off my heart.)

I’m out on the back porch right now about to do our little dream week update in my stories. Eliot and Matthias are asleep (or almost) and I have water almost boiling for a hot chocolate I’m about to enjoy. I love the quiet evenings. I love this tiny porch and this season of life where everyone goes to sleep and it’s just me. (And I love that being pregnant makes me so cold that I can have hot drinks outside. 😂)

standing!

I was so tired today and my poor kitchen is crying out for love. Tomorrow, I’ll do it. Yes, tomorrow. Today was a day for so many sweet snuggles and baby tickles. Not a productive work day, but a great day for my mama heart. Eliot was standing this morning when I went to get him from his crib. I couldn’t believe it. Not even 7 months old yet, but where is my little baby?😭❤️