Stay at beach mom
Hi, I’m Christina. Welcome to Beach Mama Blog! I am a wife and a mama and we live at the beach! I have been wanting to start a blog ever since I was pregnant with Carli, but it was always so hard and overwhelming – I never even came close! I have slowly started to teach myself, and have made it this far… so I am thrilled to be to this point and see where it goes! It is such a good feeling to see the progress and to learn how to do something that you have always wanted to do. A Creative Outlet for this Mama I am living…
Beach Essentials with BABIES
What to pack for the beach with littles! Going just about anywhere with a baby is challenging, let alone multiple babies! Then factor in the beach and it can be overwhelming. It can be anything but enjoyable for a mom at the beach when you don’t have some essential items for your baby. The hot sun, salty water, sand getting in their mouth and eyes! There are so many things to think about when packing for the beach. This year, for the 4th of July, my husband and I decided the night before to do a family beach trip. Even with some disastrous things happen, like a fussy teething baby,…
There’s No Place Like Home – Quarantine Birthday Party
Somewhere Over The Rainbow For Carli’s 3rd birthday, we were months into the COVID-19 shut downs and global pandemic. So, unlike her 1st and 2nd birthdays where we had invited 20 or so kids – this year we had to keep things small. Luckily the zoo was open so we were able to do a zoo day with a friend and then have a small family party that night. The party was the perfect quarantine birthday theme – There’s No Place Like Home! This theme was also inspired by Pinterest. I had actually been wanting to do the daisy theme for Carli for a while (the theme I ended up…
Summer Break in San Diego with Toddlers
This summer we were on the hunt for fun activities to do with kids! We are coming out of a global pandemic, and slowly starting to return to normalcy. We are eager for fun and to get out and experience new things. In an effort to keep my 3 ½ year old stimulated and occupied over the summer, I wanted to make the most of the summer vacation and fill it with a healthy balance of structure and learning, but also laid back and play in the yard or play at home kind of summer. We are just at the start of August, which for us is the start of…
What Happened When I Gave Plant Paradox a Try…
why did I try it? After getting diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis, I needed to take medication every day. At the time it was about $50 a month for that prescription. Needing other prescriptions at times but mainly just the one. The new year came and we got new insurance and it was terrible. We weren’t anticipating me needing to address the UC again as we hadn’t really yet fully understood the disease. We had more of a catastrophic plan, for healthy people… not people with an Auto Immune Disease. My medication jumped from $50 a month to $300 a month and that was the cheapest we could find; some pharmacies…
Surviving Bed Rest
I started trying to get pregnant with my second baby right after my first daughters 1st Birthday! I wanted to have kids close in age. By the time her second birthday rolled around, it hit me, that we had now been trying for a year. It felt like it had been longer, and it made me sad for those that I know who have been trying for much longer, and it made me have a small sense of understanding. Suddenly this pain existed whenever I thought of having another baby. The doubt sets in quick and every month that you are not pregnant, it starts to sting a little bit…
