Mommy A-Z, where have you been?

Hey…anyone out there? This sweet blog o’ mine, Mommy A-Z, has been quiet for a few months.  I’m still around and doing well, just haven’t been writing much. I miss blogging so badly. I miss my creative outlet and capturing sweet moments of A&Z. I miss feeling inspired. Most of all, I miss my blogging friends, reading along about their journeys, and just the support and love that come from my BBFs.

So what have I been up to? What is so entirely consuming that I’ve strayed so far away from my blog?

1. Sleep. Lots of sleep. I set boundaries to only blog after the kids were asleep at night. So they would go to bed at 9 and I would blog from 10pm to sometimes 2am in the morning, then I would have a full day of work the following day. I somehow survived on no sleep and lots of coffee, which was not sustainable. I had a lot of sleep to catch up on and now I’m well rested at 10-12 hours of sleep a night, plus naps on the weekend. Sleep is so good. I highly recommend it.

2. Confession: I’m addicted to binge watching TV series. It started when I got a Netflix account and watched all 5 seasons of Breaking Bad. It was an amazing series and I’ve been chasing the high I got from watching back-to-back episodes by binge watching other series. I’ve gone through The Walking Dead, Orange is the New Black, Game of Thrones, and just wrapped up Scandal. It’s all so delicious with drama and zombies and swords and politics and conspiracies and imps and ooooh…it’s not something I’m entirely proud of, but I love watching TV.

3.  Summertime!!  Summer came and went just like that.  It was actually a quiet summer for us, no major vacations or back-to-back parties.  We mostly spent time eating popsicles in the backyard, riding bikes around the cul-de-sac, or going to local attractions like the beach and the zoo.



4.  Baby, baby, baby…Ooh!  No, not Justin Beiber LOL.  Although my hubby and I did see the Bruno Mars concert this summer:

Can you see it? It’s a baby bump!!!! No? OK, how about now:

Yes, I’m preggers with our third baby!!!! I’m about 25 weeks along with a baby girl (yeah #teampink!) due on Dec 10.  We are super excited and thrilled to be blessed with another baby.

So really that’s why I’ve been MIA.  There’s sooooo much blogging content when it comes to pregnancy, but I just wanted to rest and take care of myself.  I’ve had many draft blog posts running through my brain this entire time, but I just couldn’t bring myself to write it out.  I really missed this.  I *hope* I can keep it up and jump back into this – but we’ll see.

When it comes to sleep versus blogging, sleep usually wins. Haha.

Thanks for reading again! See you soon, hopefully. Maybe. Most likely, but no promises.

I’ll be around on Instagram if anything – so make sure to follow me here.

xoxo // gracielle.

Comments

  1. Congratulations on your 3rd pregnancy!! Hope all is well. You deserve some stress free rest 🙂
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  2. Yay I’ve missed you. Congratulations!!!! Sleep is a must, especially when you are preggers 🙂
    Herchel S recently posted…Tips on keeping the younger sibling occupied during soccerMy Profile

  3. Ahhhh congratulations! So happy for you & your family. What a lucky baby girl!!

  4. Wow!!!
    First to see a post from you and then one with such news!
    Congrats! Is the baby name going to start with A or Z? Or right in the middle! M!
    Tamara recently posted…It’s Time For The Newlywed Game!My Profile

    • Thanks, Tamara! We’ve been gravitating towards names that start with the letter “C” so the whole “Mommy A-Z” thing will be thrown off. I’m so happy to be back…I will head over soon to catch up 🙂

  5. Congrats! and welcome back to the blogosphere (do people still use that term? haha)!

  6. Congratulations! And I know just how you feel – I’ve neglected my blog for various reasons the last few months, pretty much all the ones on your list except for pregnancy 🙂 My girls and I even went to a Bruno Mars concert just like you did! Anyway, just wanted to say that I too am completely addicted to Netflix marathons, and you selected some great shows! I also watched Scandal and Orange Is the New Black over the last few months.
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  7. Congrats on your new addition! I hear you about sleep omg! I don’t blog late at night like I used to either, I just can’t do it. And you have a good excuse-being preggers is hard work! I’ve cut down on my blogging for now, I find it easy to write up a draft post during lunch and prepare my photos ahead of time. Still trying to figure out how to sneak in a third post. But yea, blogging takes a lot of work and especially when you have an outside job. My birthday is in December too! Go Sags! lol
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    • Working full – time and growing a baby is hard work! Fortunately my big projects are winding down. I just have to find my groove to keep up with blogging again!

  8. There you are! I can see why you’ve been so tired though! I’m pregnant again as well! I’m about 18 weeks now and my estimated due date is February 3rd. 🙂 Good for you for getting sleeping and enjoying your family. The blogosphere isn’t going anywhere. We will be here when you are ready to continue. I have been wondering if if you’ve ok and how things were going so it was nice to see you pop up in my bloglovin feed again. 🙂
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    • Hugs and huge congrats to you on your pregnancy! How you manage to blog while preggers is amazing to me:) I did miss all my blogging friends and feel like I have a lot of catching up to do!

  9. Glad to see you blogged again! I was going to say 10-12 hours of sleep is quite a bit but being pregnant is a great reason to sleep that much. Congrats!! I’ve been kind of slacking on my blog over the summer too. Didn’t you just love Bruno Mars?!? I saw him at Summerfest in Milwaukee and it was the best concert I’ve seen!
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  10. I wonder why this post never showed up on my Bloglovin feed! Hmf! But anyway, so nice to hear from you again and congrats to your baby! Excited for you. Yey!! I’ve been sleeping a lot these days too and only blogging once a week. But I’m not pregnant. Hehehe 🙂
    Rea recently posted…Finding Mom-me TimeMy Profile

    • Thanks for stopping by, Rea! I miss you and all my blogging buddies. Good thing you clarified that you’re not pregnant because that was the first thing I thought of! Haha! I’d be so happy if I could post at least once a week. There just aren’t enough hours in the day.

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