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Time. It's a weird thing. Over the last year I went from celebrating my son's first birthday, to finding out a month later we were expecting our second child. To a few months later finding out we were moving to Pennsylvania to start my journey at QVC. So much has happened this past year. All such wonderful blessings! 

 

On July 26th, just about a month shy of starting on the air at QVC, our darling daughter Lila Anne was born. We didn't find out if we were having a boy or a girl so when the doctor said, "it's a girl" I couldn't believe it! We had our son and now we have our daughter! I can't explain the amount of joy and immense gratitude I had in that moment to God for blessing our family with another healthy baby. 

Lila is named after my late maternal grandmother who I adored and loved with my whole heart. And Anne is the name of my husband's late maternal grandmother who he loved with all of his heart. 

 

Since we've taken Lila Anne home we've been loving on our sweet girl. Family and friends from around the country have filled our home to meet Lila and help out as we learned to navigate our new normal of having two kids under two. Our hands have been full but not nearly as full as our hearts. 

 

As I sit here and write this post, I'm full of so many emotions. I'm excited to get back to a job that I love. I'm ready to get into a routine again as most days I've stayed in my pajamas just playing on the floor with my babies and taking care of around the clock feedings. But I'm also sad to leave these two sweet faces that I have spent every day with from beginning to end the last twelve weeks. Maternity leave is such a precious time. It's bittersweet when it's over. It never feels like enough time. Time. It goes so fast. I'm soaking up every last minute of this leave.

 

When Mason was born I was so overwhelmed with learning how to care for a newborn. I must say, this time around with Lila, I've been more relaxed. Not sweating the small stuff and letting her sleep in my arms all night because I know the second time around how fast these newborn snuggles fade away into active toddlers. 

 

Thank you for letting me open up my heart as I start to pack my pump, organize the fridge with bottles, and lay out my work clothes...choking back tears. Being a working mother is the hardest, most rewarding role. I'm so thankful to live out my dream of being a QVC host. I am also thankful  to live out my dream of being a mom...the most important job of all. 

To end, this quote caught my eye as I come back to work to give 100% while still giving 100% at home. 

"The obligation for working mothers is a very precise one: the feeling that one ought to work as if one did not have children, while raising one's children as if one did not have a job." - Annabel Crabb