Holiday stress is real and can be intense, but that stress obviously looks a lot different this year, as do most things in a pandemic. While there might not be as much family pressure or overextending yourself with events (quite the opposite, actually), I personally feel a different kind of pressure about making the holiday fun and perfect for my family, especially Amalia.
I love writing this post every year. I keep a list of products all year long and then whittle them down to include here. This year's list is disorganized and all over the place (#pregnantandalso2020) but it's full of a lot of great things that have made my life better in 2020.
I'm sure I'm missing some as I have not been on my A-game lately but if I think of more I'll add them to the list.
A few weeks ago, I received a gift from a local female-owned New England-based brand that made me cry. Pregnancy hormones are real!
Over a year ago, Haverhill had asked me if I wanted one of their custom birthstones necklaces and I told them at the time that I'd like to wait until I got pregnant so I could fill it with birthstones for the entire family.
My friend Liz wrote a post a few years ago when she was pregnant with her second boy (she's now on her third!) about her fears around having a second baby and I remember tearing up while reading it at the time. The Everymom posted a similar article earlier this year. I've reread both posts recently since this topic has been on my own mind a lot lately and they resonated a whole lot more now that I'm on my way to becoming a mom of two.
