July 2016 - One Awesome Momma

Belle July 31, 2016

Dress Up Your Jeans with Basic Closet Pieces

Make your jeans office-appropriate by dressing it up with a few basic closet pieces. I paired my skinny jeans with a white tee, fuchsia peplum jacket, a pair of nude ballet flats and a shoulder bag. Simple yet classy. **Check out the Pink Trend Spin LinkUp at The Fashion Canvas and Walking in Memphis in High Heels. To keep tabs on One Awesome Momma, don’t forget to follow me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, and Bloglovin’.

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Belle July 29, 2016

Ultimate Baby Registry Checklist: Everything You Need Right Now + Printable

When I got pregnant with my daughter, just like most first-time moms, I knew nothing about motherhood. I didn’t know what stuff to get and what I shouldn’t, which stuff works and which don’t. Google was my friend back then; I went through several different sites and got overwhelmed with all the different information I found. One website was saying I need this but another one was saying I don’t. It was helpful of course, but it was also confusing for me. So I had to step back, got my Belly Book and started listing some things I thought would be useful; then I reviewed the list that I have against the lists available online. After a few additions and removal, my list was complete.

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Belle July 28, 2016

Ero Mama ("Sombrero Sama" in Tagalog or Bring Hat)

It was one of those we’re-running-late days because I didn’t wake up early enough. And if you’re a working mom like me, you’d know that waking up an hour before you’re supposed to leave doesn’t work anymore. In between taking a shower and getting ready for work, preparing healthy breakfast, changing diapers and clothes (and sometimes shortly after you’ve changed their clothes, they’d manage to get them dirty again), brushing those tiny teeth, fixing your daughter’s hair, and preparing supplies for school (or daycare, we just like to call it school), 2 hours is hardly enough. And to think that I…

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Belle July 27, 2016

The Beginning

My journey to motherhood started 3 years ago. It was the end of October 2013 when we found out that we’re having a baby. I can still remember how excited we were back then. I’ve always wanted to have 2-3 kids but I wasn’t expecting it to happen this fast. A few months after the birth of our precious daughter, we’ve been blessed with a baby boy. Isn’t it perfect? And that’s when everything started to change. I used to like to stay up all night and party with friends, even on weekdays; but rarely stay up past 9 pm nowadays, even…

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