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I’m a t-shirt and jeans kinda mama raising my babies in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. I feel passionate about mindful parenting and sustainable living and aim to cultivate an authentic space where parents can come together and feel less isolated in their experiences.

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Mum and Dad. Happiest when we’re gettin’ dirty 👩🏼‍🌾👨🏼‍🔧 • So stupid lucky to be quarantined with my best friend forever. We might be livin’ paycheque to paycheque in a house that’s falling down around us but we’re ever so rich in all the ways that truly matter. #DirtTherapy

It’s a really weird time to be pregnant but I’m so very grateful just the same. Whether it’s the first time or the third time there’s no more magical feeling than those first flutters of movement when you’re lying still at night, and nothing more nerve-wracking than waiting on test results from genetics. • Even when my body was wracked with nausea for weeks I knew this baby was such a gift. So many families have had their fertility plans put on hold during this time and I feel endlessly grateful that we get to watch these three babies of ours grow from week to week. Like I said, it’s a strange and anxious time to be bringing new life into the world but it’s also teaching us all to slow down and be grateful. • • • • #17weekspregnant #secondtrimester #pandemicpregnancy #bumpshots #pregnantandperfect #bumpshot #18weekspregnant #pregnant #babyontheway #babybump #pregnantbelly #momlife #honestmotherhood #babythree #pnwmom #pnwmomlife

Wrapping up Week 3 of self isolation over here (and Week 172 for me of being home with my kids 7 days a week!). Somehow I’ve been going a little nuts lately even though this is our norm. This is the choice Tom and I made when we considered what would work best for our growing family and it’s what we agreed on 4 years ago when i was pregnant with Hennie. But I feel like I “should” know how to handle this stay-at-home stuff a lot better by now and I hate the guilt and pressure that those thoughts have been putting on me. Time to let ‘em go! • The truth is that even for our family, whose schedule and circumstances are largely unchanged during this whole thing (🙏🏼🙏🏼), life right now still feels very different from Life BC (Before Covid). Simple tasks can become wrought with emotion, little hearts can feel despairing though they don’t really understand why, and perspectives develop and shift daily. • Please be gentle on yourself through these days and weeks whether you’re at home with kiddos or not. We don’t have to “make the most” of this pandemic or take up new hobbies if we don’t want to. We don’t have to use a pandemic to focus on getting ripped if we can’t muster the energy. It’s looking more and more like we’re in it for the long haul so give yourself permission to let go of any guilt you may be holding and do the things you love to do, if you’re able to do them under the current circumstances. Take care of yourself however you need to. Give yourself and others a little grace. Love you, bb’s! • • • • #pandemicpregnancy #17weekspregnant #covid19 #coronavirus #selfisolation #mindfulparenting #mindfulmama #slowparenting #momoftwo #threeunderfour #momswithcameras #momsofinstagram #pnwmama #pnwfamily #slowliving #slowlivingwithkids #secondtrimester

I’m normally very against the whole comparison game and I don’t really wanna pit father against daughter but SCREW IT, here’s a fun little ‘Who Wore it Best’ to brighten your day! • 👉🏻swipe to view and then cast your vote below! It’s Procter vs Procter in the Cutest Doctor Procter award 🏆Who will be victorious: PhD student Tom circa 2012 or preschooler Hen circa 2020? 🙈

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