Tag: Our Life

What’s Up Wednesday {04.28.21}

Posted on by Lauren Lane

These are some of my favorite posts to read on others’ blogs. A little peak into a whole variety of things going on in Lane Life Lately. Today, I’m linking up with Shay and Sheaffer to share with you what’s going on in our life!

1: WHAT WE’RE EATING THIS WEEK:

I’m making two meals this week: Mix and Match Mama’s Sausage Vodka Pasta + Cafe Delite’s Balsamic Baked Chicken Breast with Mozzarella Cheese

2: WHAT I’M REMINISCING ABOUT:

Where the time goes, honestly. You all know I’m a Timehop addict. Timehop is an app that shows you pictures from that day in years past. And right now, I’m in a whole land of newborn Harrison-ness from three years ago. And I’m just baffled about how it happened that the little kid that stands in front of me now is the same helpless little baby just three years ago.

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What’s Up Wednesday {03.31.21}

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After a full week last week of pretty much constant rain, it gave way to a beautiful weekend. Nathan went golfing for the first time in over a year, we played outside for hours on end, and even got to spend some time with my sister and the cousins.

Today, I’m linking up with Shay and Sheaffer to share with you what’s going on in our life!

1: WHAT WE’RE EATING THIS WEEK:

  • Saturday: Cheesy Pasta Florentine
  • Sunday: Burgers & Hot dogs
  • Monday & Tuesday: Leftovers
  • Wednesday: Shrimp Fried Rice
  • Thursday: Leftovers
  • Friday: Take-out

2: WHAT I’M REMINISCING ABOUT:

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Bye Bye COVID

Posted on by Lauren Lane

It’s been well over a year since we all first heard of COVID-19. It’s been a bit over a year of quarantining/self-isolating/social-distancing. And late last week, Nathan and I were lucky enough to get our first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. I finally went to bed for the first time in over a year breathing a little easier. Knowing that we were on the path to not having to live in fear and anxiety of this virus.

This past year was truly unbelievable. If I hadn’t lived it, it would be hard to believe. As this chapter feels like it’s coming to an end, I wanted to chronicle here formally what this past year held for us as we navigated really hard decisions for our family, missed holidays and birthdays, bringing a new little boy into this world, and doing every day life so much different than we had ever done it before.

March 12, 2020: My work team packed up all of our work items, and left our client’s site for the last time. It would be the last time that we would be back on site with our client. This is the first weekend that we “social distance” as a family, but we still send Harrison to daycare the next week as we come to the realization that it may be better to have him home with us later that week.

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What’s Up Wednesday {01.27.21}

Posted on by Lauren Lane

Before I get into What’s Up Wednesday, I just wanted to thank you all for the support and love for me and little baby J yesterday, when I blogged about his plagiocephaly and baby helmet. Both here and on Instagram, there were just so many kind words. I’m so very thankful. It took me some time to process everything that was happening with Jonathan for myself, and then be ready to talk openly about it. I know, though, how much I appreciate others vulnerability in the less than perfect moments of life because of how much I learn from them. So, anyways, I just wanted to say, “Thanks!”

Ok – I love going back and reading these posts. A little window into what’s happening in our life at the Lanes lately. But somehow, my last What’s Up Wednesday was in October. I don’t know how, or what happened in life…but it’s high time to share a little Lane life.

I’m linking up with Shay and Sheaffer to share with you what’s going on in our life!

1: WHAT WE’RE EATING THIS WEEK:

I don’t know how it happened, but I’ve got so many good leftovers in our fridge that we’re going to be eating leftovers pretty much all week. And a good thing too because this week is super busy for me at work.

  • Sunday: Leftovers
  • Monday: Leftovers
  • Tuesday: Leftovers…or maybe Beef with Broccoli
  • Wednesday: Leftovers
  • Thursday: Pulled pork tacos from my parents!
  • Friday: Carry out dinner

2: WHAT I’M REMINISCING ABOUT:

A lot lately, I’ve curled up in Harrison’s bed putting him down for the night and told him stories about things he used to do when he was little.

Like how he would come into our bed Saturday morning, and jump right into the middle. He’d get himself all comfy cozy under the covers, and we’d watch Sesame Street. Lately, Harrison has loved hearing stories about things he did when he was younger.

Also, TODAY is our niece, Everly’s, fourth birthday! Happy birthday, cousin Evie! This was just last year…

And now she’s got her own sense of style. Have to say her style at four is more impressive than mine at 36.

I wish we could be eating sprinkle cake, running around your basement, and opening presents with you today!

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Let’s Look At…My Coffee Station

Posted on by Lauren Lane

If you’re new around here, once a month I link up with two of my favorite blogs (Shay @ Mix and Match Mama and Erika @ A Little Bit of Everything), to share a “look” into some little aspect of our life. Here’s a peak back at what we’ve “looked” at last year:

It’s a new year, and that means a whole new set of prompts and things we’ll “look at” this upcoming year.

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A Day in the Life of Maternity Leave

Posted on by Lauren Lane

I wanted to document one of our typical days during maternity leave. I had intended to do this while Harrison was still home, and then I realized that was too tall of a task. Jonathan was still getting into a routine, and Harrison was like a small hurricane keeping me on my toes every day. So I chose last Wednesday to document a very normal day of maternity leave.

5:03 Wake up time if I’m working out before the boys are up!

5:33 am – Bar Method workout in my living room with spaghetti sauce jars as weights

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Lanes Lately – December 2020

Posted on by Lauren Lane

Thought I’d share a little bit of what’s going on around our house lately (aka pictures that I didn’t post on Instagram.)

MAKING: We’re in chili mode over here. Once the temperature drops to 50 degrees or below, it seems to be on repeat at least every other week.

Chili and then the once a year Biscuits & Gravy made their return this Thanksgiving. I make homemade biscuits & gravy for Thanksgiving, and holy smokes. Every year, I wonder why I don’t make them more. Here is the BISCUIT recipe, and here is the GRAVY recipe.

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Giving Thanks for My Grandpa Bush

Posted on by Lauren Lane

{{My Grandpa Bush was promoted to glory last Saturday morning. I process feelings by writing, and in particular writing letters. Below is a letter I wrote to my Grandpa this week.}}

Dear Grandpa,

I just polished off a chocolate chip cookie. It made me smile and think of you. You never turned down a sweet, and always so willingly took our Halloween cast-off candy each year.

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Pumpkin Patchin’ 2020

Posted on by Lauren Lane

I feel like it goes without saying at this point that none of our normal traditions seem very normal during a global health pandemic. That didn’t stop us from taking the kids out to the pumpkin patch this past weekend. It was bitterly cold and windy. While the kids didn’t seem to notice the chilly temps, it was a quicker trip than usual to head back to the car and warm up. Anytime that I’m really not feeling up for a kid activity like this, I remind myself that I only get so many years with them little where they want to hang with their parents at the pumpkin patch. So while it wasn’t a picture perfect day, seeing the cousins together again was well worth the cold.

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The Lanes Lately – October Edition

Posted on by Lauren Lane

I’ve been gone from blog world for almost two months. I thought I’d only be gone for six weeks. Maybe even only four if everything went well! But like everything with life and a new baby, you just can’t really estimate what life will be like juggling two little ones instead of just one.

To make matters more interesting and challenging, because #COVID, Harrison was home with us for about a month leading up to Jonathan’s birth and for two months afterwards. This is his very first week back at daycare. I adore his daycare, and he has truly thrived there, so I was eager to get him back to his routine, his friends, and a place he really loves, but it also weighs on me these types of decisions right now. Whether he’ll be safe from coronavirus, whether we will be ok if he brings it home to us…you just can’t really know. We weighed the risks and benefits of it all, and decided that for Harrison and our family, it was best for him to go back to school. I know so many of you have had that hard decision to make this fall too, and it makes me so happy when I see other moms supporting each other and the hard decisions we make for our families. So keep it up, friends! This is a tough year and season of life, but I have no doubt that good, good things are coming.

MAKING: A whole lot of energy bites. I blogged the recipe HERE. We go through at least a full batch of these weekly right now.

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