The Mom I Want To Be

June has certainly been a busy month for being a mom! June 5, 2021 we celebrate Baby #1's second birthday! It was a fun family celebration at an indoor playground with ball pits, slides, trains, and a party room where we could eat lunch and blow out the candle on his 2-shaped  race car cake. I was so relieved that everything came together--from the cake design to the car-shaped cookies, the decor and balloons to most of our family being able to make it. They closed the playground down for our 2-hour party so it was private, safe, and special. And even though Baby was a little bit nervous about the new place and experience, he had a blast riding on their Thomas the Tank Engine train in between opening gifts: a remote controlled recycling truck, a T-ball bat and ball set, a toy guitar, Duplo blocks, a giant steel dump truck, and more! Thankfully I wasn't too nauseous on the day of the party, though I've definitely noticed nausea almost every day with Baby #2--usually in the m