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February 10, 2017

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  • Happy to officially announce that we *finally* welcomed our new addition!⠀ ⠀ Landen Sky Coleman-Turner graced us with his presence early morning on Friday 14 June weighing in just under 8.5lbs 😳🙈.⠀ ⠀ I was lucky to be able to use a birthing pool for his delivery, which made the experience that much more surreal. And amazingly in less than 24hrs we were home!⠀ ⠀ I have to give a HUGE thank you to the midwives at Chelsea & Westminster Birth centre for their guidance and assistance through the whole process. It was a really positive experience that I’ll always remember.⠀ ⠀ I also want to shout out to our friends Reina & Alexei (@rainrainbe86 ) for taking Mason in and treating him to the best day so we could focus on bringing Landen into the world. It made us that much more relaxed knowing he was being good and enjoying his time with you guys!⠀ ⠀ We’ve been spending the weekend getting to know our little man and figuring out life with a toddler and newborn 😳 it’s a lot, but I’m happy to be moving forward into this next chapter.⠀ ⠀ I’m not pregnant anymore guys! 🙌🏾😅
  • Well you guys - we’ve officially reached the week I’m due and despite all my talk about this little man coming early he’s still straight up chilling in my belly 🤷🏾‍♀️⠀ ⠀ I’ve been experiencing a lot of - what ultimately have been false labor pains over the past couple weeks, which have been incredibly frustrating. To the point where I’ve all but given up trying to determine whether I’m going into labor or not.⠀ ⠀ When they say every pregnancy is different, even within the same body, it is so so so true!⠀ ⠀ Being stuck in what feels like a perpetual state of limbo is driving me mad. I know what needs to happen and I’m ready to just get this show on the road.⠀ ⠀ I’m ready to move on to the next chapter of our lives as a family of four 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦⠀ ⠀ We’ll see how this next week goes. Cross your fingers folks 🤞🏾🤞🏾
  • Bank holiday weekend in a nutshell 👆🏾 Enjoying the sun with my favorite dudes by taking long walks in the park and around the hood in efforts to coax baby 2 into the world 😅 So far, no such luck 🤷🏾‍♀️
  • Oh hello 👋🏾 checking in with a bit of a life update.⠀ ⠀ Still preggers🤰🏾Though I’m only just hitting the 38 week mark, so no surprise there. But I feel as if these last few weeks are draaaaaaaaggggiinngggg.⠀ ⠀ This may come off a bit whiny but I’ve definitely been feeling these last few weeks of pregnancy and it’s been hella frustrating.⠀ ⠀ It’s hard for me to move, it’s hard for me to get comfortable, it’s hard for me to keep up with Mason, it’s hard for me to get dressed because literally nothing fits anymore - including my maternity items. And it’s all made me really annoyed with life. ⠀ ⠀ Hence why I’ve been really m.i.a. - I’m not one who likes to come on to social media and complain when I’m in a funk so I’ve been avoiding everything in efforts to will this baby out of me.⠀ ⠀ It’s funny to think that I felt big in this photo from when I was just barely 24 weeks. Y’all should see me now! 😅⠀ ⠀ I guess I just wanted to let you know I’m still here, but will probably be in and out until this baby makes his final exit.⠀ ⠀ Tis a season of surviving, not really thriving at the moment.⠀ ⠀ I did update my stories with some tidbits from the past week, so feel free to check those out.⠀ ⠀ Other than that please send all the positive juju for this baby to come sooner rather than later ❤️🙏🏾
  • Typical moment in our everyday life - mama’s back is our favorite jungle gym and her head makes for the perfect race car track 💁🏾‍♀️😅
  • 35 weeks pregnant and I’m ready....but I’m also not. ⠀ ⠀ While April seemed to fly by, I can already feel May draaaaagggginnnggg. Part of me is like - cool, more time to prepare. But another part - the part that knows what I’ll have to go through in order to bring this child into the world is like - let’s get this show over and done with! 👊🏾⠀ ⠀ I’m ready to finally see this little guy’s face. But I don’t feel entirely ready to officially become a mom of 2 (under 2!).😬⠀ ⠀ I’m ready to see how a relationship forms between Mason and TBD. But I’m not ready to see how our relationship will change between mama and son.🥺⠀ ⠀ I’m ready to have my body back. But not looking forward to that awkward postpartum stage where maternity clothes don’t properly fit anymore, but you’re not ready for your pre-pregnancy clothes either.😒⠀ ⠀ I’m ready for it all to be over, cause this pregnancy has been a struggle. But I’m also a little sad to see it end....🙁⠀ ⠀ Just some of my thoughts that show how the mind (especially when pregnant) can be a really wacky place. 🥴😅

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