A Day In The Life Of A First-Time Mom

He literally eats everything and he eats a ton of it. We ran out of diapers in the diaper bag and I didn't find that out until yesterday when I was in the middle of changing his diapers.

What do I have? What do I have?

Well, I was gonna show you guys how good Archie ate, but he just threw his entire dinner on the floor. Good morning, y'all. Today I'm going to be doing a day in the life as a working mom. And today we are starting kind of with a late morning. Archie slept in, it is 9.30 right now. He's never slept in this late so I feel absolutely amazing right now. Typically in the morning what we do is Archie wakes up and we start breakfast, we feed him breakfast,

we bathe him and we get ready for the day. So that's pretty much what we're gonna be doing this morning, just a little bit later than we normally do it. Dakota is our resident cook, so it looks like he has made some eggs this morning.

And we've got a waffle cooking over here. And then it looks like maybe we have some sausage in the microwave. So, oh and grapefruit. So Archie's getting a good breakfast this morning. He is such a good eater.

He literally eats everything and he eats a ton of it. He always wants to have a huge breakfast so we usually make him a pretty decent breakfast in the morning. So, but yeah, Dakota is our cook. He's the best cook that there is, in my opinion.

You're the best cook that there is, in my opinion. You're the best cook. There you go. Okay. Archie's all settled in his high chair. He's eating breakfast. Dakota's in there watching him. I'm gonna get ready for the day while they finish up breakfast

and run Archer's bath at the same time so that his bath is ready when he's done and I also am ready when he's done. Gotta get the perfect bath temperature.

If you know, you know.

I am the type of person that gets dressed first, then does my makeup, then does my hair. I know people have different orders of doing this, but in my opinion, you put your clothes on first, so you don't get makeup on them, then you do your makeup,

because that's more important than your hair. You can always just throw your hair in a braid and then you do your hair. So if I run out of time, I sacrifice my hair. But the first two always get done and they get done in an order that makes sense to me. So comment down below if you have a different order because I know a lot of people do.

I'm gonna wear this sweater from Lash Next Door today. I haven't worn it yet, this is a new one. And it is still pretty warm in Texas, but you know, I'm ready for sweater weather. So I'm just gonna put this on today because I want it to be cold. Maybe be wishful thinking, I might end up with this off today,

but I do love the colors, you know, I think it's cute. So this is what we're wearing. Again, do we think he has enough bath toys. And these permanently live in the bathtub. Like when I am taking a bath, this is what my bath also looks like because there's no point in removing them.

He's taking so many baths. He takes like at least one bath a day. So that's what my bath looks like, mom life.

Okay, makeup is finished and this is my full OOTD.

Sweater, jeans, tank, hair's all done. Now I am just going to pick out Archer's clothes for the day because he's in the bath and I'm gonna get him dressed and ready for the rest of the day. I picked out two different outfits for Archer. I have these adorable little cargo jeans,

which he's worn before and they look so cute on him. And then I have this really cute little striped long sleeve shirt I think I could put with it. So cute. And then I have this little like bodysuit jumper, which is blue and white stripes.

But I'm thinking I wanna do the jeans and shirts today because the shirt is new and he hasn't worn it yet.

I'm kidding you, please give me a shirt.

In typical mother and parent fashion, we are running late and also we ran out of diapers in the diaper bag, and I didn't find that out until yesterday when I was in the middle of changing his diapers. So, I'm restocking the diaper bag with diapers

so that we do not run out today.

We've got to hurry and get on the road because we're late. We are headed to Archer's nine month pediatrician appointment today. He turned nine months yesterday, which is so crazy. We're headed to his doctor's appointment today. I just love going to the doctor with him because I like seeing how much he weighs and all the growth he's had

and all the milestones he's hitting and et cetera, et cetera.

So, Koda, what did you say earlier?

Let's place a bet on what he weighs.

Did I guess?

Last time we were there he was what, 18 pounds? 21 and a half. Really? I would say 20 flat.

20 flat.

Jace. K, we'll see who's right.

Also, this is my breakfast. We've made our journey this really yummy, delicious, healthy meal and this is what we're both eating. This is mine and this is Dakota's.

Fruit and shakes.

That's just the way that it goes. Okay. I'm about to fill out all of his paperwork right now. So that's what I'm going to do.

We're 10 minutes late, but that's okay

because I think I can quickly fill this out.

From the pediatrician appointment, I'm talking quietly because Archer's asleep in the car right now. Everything was great at the pediatrician appointment and so we are grabbing lunch on our way home. But because Archer is sleeping, I don't want to get out of the car because he'll wake up. So Dakota went inside to grab some food and we are going to eat in the car so that Archer can take a little bit longer nap because he's supposed to be napping right now and I don't want to wake him up. Okay, snack time for Archer. We have this little like, it kind of looks like a ring pop sort of, but it's got these holes in the top. And what we do is we obviously have,

take like the washed grapes and we put them inside this little thing, twist the lid. And then instead of like potentially choking on the grape, he's like mashing the grape up and sucking it out of these little tiny holes. And he love, love, loves this thing.

He loves this thing.

Do you want a grape?

Do you want a grape?

Yeah.

Just finished lunch and now I am working on some work on my computer. I usually work on my computer for a few hours a day, whether that's to take phone calls or answer just Slack messages or reply to emails and or post content, stuff like that.

So usually I'm working on my computer a lot, but it doesn't make for very good blog footage. So I'm just showing you a small clip of me working on my computer, but this does take up a good portion of my day. I am currently nursing Archer,

trying to get him down for his second nap, which is usually around three. Today he's going down at two because he didn't get a good nap since we went to the doctor. But yeah, I usually nurse him for about five,

maybe 10 minutes. It's really quick.

And he almost always falls asleep. Oh, there you go.

He almost always falls asleep while he's nursing, which makes it really easy for me to just put him down in his crib. And this is typically when I start to do a lot of my work because he's down for a nap and that makes it a lot easier. Before I put Archer down for the nap,

we played with these toys. These are his Lincoln Logs. They're like his building toys. And we build the houses and then he knocks them down and that's pretty much what we do what we do And he thinks it's very funny, but it does make a mess so I'm gonna quickly clean all of this up before I start working I

Hear him hopefully Maybe I need to go check on him But I'm gonna try to clean these up and put them in the bin before I start working. Okay, mess is clean. Now it's time to get some work done. Okay guys, look at who just showed up because we had a TikTok that kind of blew up yesterday. Everyone's saying, should we reverse it?

Yes, so we were singing two different parts and everyone thinks that we should flip it so that I'm singing a different song. Yes.

So we're going to film the part two of it so that I'm singing a different song. Yes.

So we're gonna film the part two of it right now because people want the part two. So this is our camera woman, Jeff, and Dakota is going to be vlogging us filming the TikTok. So we're doing two things at once, making a TikTok and vlogging.

Bessie just showed up to the house because we are filming something for a brand today. We're filming a closet clean out video and that's gonna be a lot of work, not gonna lie, because my closet is an absolute disaster. But I have Steph here, I have Stacey here, I even have Bailey here, and we are going to do

a big closet clean out for this video that we're making for the brand. So we've got a lot of prep work to get started and not a lot of time to do it while Archie's still napping. This is all of the organizational stuff we bought just in case we want to use it for the closet. I think we might return most of it,

but I do really like these hangers. I think I'm going to use these hangers and this boot rack. So we'll see, but hopefully this helps my closet look a little bit more organized. In the meantime, when I am busy and Dakota is busy, we have Alejandra and she helps us with Archer. So right now he's napping. She's just watching the monitor for us.

But if he wakes up, she's going to watch him while I finish filming this video for the brand. Cleaning out the closet. I do have space. Look at that. There's a space here.

There's space there. All of my drawers can open and close seamlessly. So I would say we're making some improvements. I do need to do all of this though. This stuff is really starting to collect and it is time to get rid of it. Okay, we finally finished cleaning out most of the closet. I have a couple more things to do, but not a lot more.

We are about to throw dinner in the oven. I did preheat it. We're having salmon and cheddar broccoli rice for dinner, so I'm pretty excited, but I do need to throw it in the oven. I'm gonna finish the last couple of things I have to do in the closet.

And then, yeah, you tell them. Archie's gonna come help me clean the closet while we cook the rest of dinner. And yeah, so a little chaotic, a lot of multitasking around here. Okay, I just finished the closet.

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It looks amazing!

It looks way better than it did before. I'm gonna give you guys a good pan shot so you can see. Look at all the organization. All of the drawers are closed. Everything's color coordinated. It looks so good, y'all.

So, so, so good. Now that we have that all done and put away, I think it's almost seven o'clock, which means it's dinner time for us. I told y'all I had thrown the salmon in the oven. That only has a few more minutes left.

And once again, Chef Dakota is making himself us some rice, some cheddar broccoli rice. And it looks like we've got some broccoli steaming. And Mr. Archie is over here chowing down on what looks like a grapefruit for his pre-dinner. Little Archie feet.

Chowing down on his grapefruit. Okay, Archie had his pre-dinner snack and now we are headed out on a walk to the mailbox. Nothing fancy today. Sometimes we do longer walks, like usually I would say about an hour

when it's not such a crazy day, but today was a crazy day. I'm filming this video, we did the closet clean out, we filmed that brand deal, had a bunch of TikToks we had to film and we went to the pediatrician so it's a bit of a busy day. So we're just headed to the mailbox which will take us maybe 10 minutes. Yeah so it just gets us outside for a little bit which is what I need and what Archie needs. Did not have that much mail today, which is nice

because I feel like a lot of times I'm getting so many spam letters. So yeah, got the mail, headed inside. I think dinner's probably just about ready. Archie clearly is wanting to eat dinner. I am gonna fill up his water bottle.

This is his little water bottle. It looks like the honey bear and I'm gonna fill it up. I think he can see it coming because he's getting excited.

What do I have? What do I have? Do I have your water bottle?

No, no, no, no, no.

Here you go.

There you go.

One thing about babies is if you do not feed them the second that they are hungry and they want to eat now. Okay, we've got Archie's dinner. Salmon and broccoli, we have rice still cooking, but he is pretty hungry, so. I just nursed him, but he just, that's how babies are.

Do you like it?

His yummy dinner. He clearly likes it. This is our dinner. Salmon, broccoli, some cheddar rice, and finally get to sit down for five seconds because Archie gets distracted when he eats.

So this is honestly the easiest time of being a parent is when they're eating, in my opinion, because you just have to keep an eye on them, make sure they're not choking, but they don't have to be tended to all of the time. Okay, dinner is served for me and Dakota, both.

Getting to eat some good food. Well, I was gonna show you guys how good Archie ate, but he just threw his entire dinner on the floor. The whole plate, the whole nine yards. So I will say that this is what dogs are so good for. I can let them inside and this floor will be clean

in like half a second. Our vacuum cleaner right here. While Dakota gets Archer ready for the bath, I am going to take a quick shower because typically it takes about 10 minutes to fill the tub and then 10 minutes to bathe him in the tub,

which means I can get about a 20 minute quick shower in before I need to get him ready for bed and nurse him and put him to sleep. So, I'm gonna take a quick shower, and then we're gonna switch, and Dakota's gonna shower while I nurse the baby

and put him to bed. So, that's kind of our typical nighttime routine is we flip flop who gets to do what, so that we each can still get ready for bed. Dakota is brushing Archie's hair, but either way, he's pretty good about brushing his teeth. He's got six of them, so we do have to brush his teeth every night.

So that's what we're about to do. And then I'm gonna take him upstairs and put him to bed. All right, Archie, let's brush your teeth. Let's go brush them teeth, it's eight o'clock on the nose. We're headed upstairs, take Archie to bed. Typically I come upstairs, I nurse him, and then I wrap him up and put him to bed.

He has like a little fan in his room that makes like white noise for him. And yeah, he's really tired because he did not get a full nap this morning. I'm so in his bedtime. Yeah, say, tell him it's bedtime. So we're gonna don't you love me? I'm like half ready for bed

Okay, I just got him down bedtime it is 810 So I probably have a good two hours to get the rest of my stuff done Which I do still have stuff to do. So let's get going I'm gonna finish getting ready for the night and then I'm going to do the rest of my stuff. Okay, skincare routine. I already washed my face.

I start with blemish mist, which I literally just ran out, like to the point where I was scraping it out. So, I got a new box. First thing I do is shake it up and then spray. Gosh, that's good stuff. It kind of tingles and I love that.

It's so good in my opinion. Okay, and then next step is if I have any major spots, I use the Blender Spot Cream and I do have some, I'm like kind of breaking out in a couple places. Spot cream on the, hopefully get them to shrink a little.

Although for some reason I just seem to keep breaking out more lately. Got quite a few spots, you can see. And then I usually let this sit for just a little bit and then I'll finish the rest. Okay, I let them sit while I brush my hair.

Now I'm just gonna tap them in the spots.

Break it out.

It's bad.

Some of them in, I'm going to take my brightening vitamin serum, this bad boy, that I absolutely love. I swear by this stuff, literally life-changing. And I'm just gonna rub it into my skin, and I also put it on my neck and then I tap.

What is this? Pat it in, try to get it everywhere. And someone the other day mentioned

that they thought the brightening serum was a little bit brown. The color can change, so you can see the formula is a little tan in this particular bottle

and there ain't nothing wrong with that.

Okay,

now that I've done that, I have my eye cream duo, which I take this lovely PM cream,

PM cream, put it on my nail and then I just rub just a little bit under both eyes and then gently rub and then I tap. And last but not least, my deep moisture rich cream. This guy's seen better days, clearly. Got a little bit out of that guy. Clearly I need to restock a lot of things. Okay, got some out of that guy. We're gonna rub, rub lotion all over the face.

I know you guys probably didn't think you were gonna get a full skincare routine from me tonight, but this is part of my day. This is what I do. I also do this homemade version of Blusha lymphatic drainage.

Get some of that fluid flowing where it belongs. This is the sum total of my nighttime skincare routine. So what I have to do for the rest of the night is I have two trips I have to pack for. Tomorrow I'm going to the live filming of Wicked Night for Dancing with the Stars.

So I have to pack everything up for that and I'm also going straight from that trip to our lake house to spend it with a couple friends over the weekend. So I'm packing for the lake house and I'm packing for Dancing with the Stars in my newly cleaned closet. So we're gonna try to pack everything up really quick so I can maybe get in bed and finish up some work before it gets Too late. All right. I've got my lake house bag. I've got my travel bag for the plane and I've got my

Suitcase for dancing with the stars and my airport clothes. I think I'm ready to go for tomorrow Which is good because I am getting tired and I'm getting ready to lay down in my bed and get a little bit more work done. Okay, it is 9.30 and I am in bed, but I am going to spend probably the next 15 to 20 minutes,

I'm gonna spend the next little while editing on my phone the video clips that I got today from the cleaning out my closet video, because I need to edit that video and I need to submit it by tomorrow. So it's 9 30 still working but that is the joys

of being a working mom especially one that owns your own business is that you don't technically work nine to five you kind of just work whenever you've got a chance to work. So I'm gonna edit and then I think I'm gonna read and then I think I'm gonna go to bed So I think Dakota and I might flip on a show. We're currently watching the Alaskan Bush people I don't know. We're currently watching that show. So I think we're gonna flip it on while I edit on my phone and Then I'm gonna read and then I'm gonna hit the hay cuz I've got an early flight tomorrow. Okay guys, it's 1030

Just finished editing that video. It's crazy because that whole closet clean out probably took me almost three hours today. And I edited it all the way down to one minute and 19 seconds. That is the power of editing y'all. All right y'all, we are officially going to bed.

It's almost 11. It's time for us to say, hey, that was kind of a long day. Not gonna lie. But yeah, let me know if you guys enjoyed this video. Don't forget to subscribe, y'all. Don't forget to subscribe.

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