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It was Doug's first time - he'd only been to Disneyland in California, and Ollie's first as well. It's so easy to get caught up in the hype - all the sequined ears, pins, matching Disney shirts, autograph books, bubble wands, neon glow fans, etc. I wasn't sure if Ollie would want to get character's autographs, so we found a tiny little notepad in our miscellaneous drawer and brought it out with us to Florida. If you're staying on Disney property, each person gets 3 FastPasses, which are basically tickets to bypass one ride's line so you can get seated quicker.

I'm so glad to be celebrating a wonderful little girl's birthday. Last week was one of the hardest weeks I've had in quite a while, with the death of a friend in an earth shattering way

I saw a meme today that said, "January was a hard year, but we made it through!" SIS I FEEL YOU. This was a really long January, wasn't it? I feel like I fought good and hard to make it to January 31st

Every two hours our nursing nightmare would begin and would last about 45 minutes with my nipple blasting hot sticky cereal milk all over his face, his back arching, me contorting my body and feeling like I was either suffocating him with my giant teat or gagging him with leakage I couldn't control. Luckily, Doug worked from home and was able to spend the time we needed feeding Ollie, so I could pump without Ollie hungry-raging at me. I felt like a cow being milked, I was sure I was hearing subliminal messages from the machine and I missed the cuddling time I got with my little. Formula offers such incredible ease of life just the same as breastfeeding, but without the sore nipples, crazy let-down, terror of not making enough milk and having to deal with morons who can't handle seeing a boob in public.