What a day it’s been! Very eventful but also relaxing at the same time. I woke up and gave the boys their Valentine’s gifts. I have kept husband’s gifts hidden for him later. The boys got an assortment of little snacks and chocolates, some crafty items, stuff for colouring and each got a stuffed rainbow hedgehog and for some reason when I saw them in the store they just screamed VDAY to me. Afterwards we all hung out for a little while and daddy went to work. Ash went down for his morning nap and Jaxsy and I got baking! We made Hershey Hug cupcakes with chocolate frosting and heart sprinkles. No recipe, just everything I had lying around the house already. While we were baking I got a delivery from Academy Florist of the most beautiful pink, white and red roses. A dozen. Classic Jesse, he never gets an outlandish bouquet, always classic, simple and beautiful. Thoughtful as ever. After cupcakes Ashie woke up and we played for a bit, read some books and then I fed both boys lunch.
All I can think of is how much food I am going to be buying for the next several years. They already eat so much and they’re just babies! I still haven’t found the right grocery schedule yet it is something I am going to have to work on as a stay at home mom.
After lunch we cleaned up and then it was nap time again. Both boys went down amazingly. They are both such good sleepers and eaters. After about 2.5 hours of quiet time it was time to make our Valentine’s Day craft! Jaxson and I made pink and red pipe cleaner bracelets with beads that say “xoxo” and “love.” Nothing fancy for dinner tonight, leftovers for the boys, and again I am still astounded at the amount of food Asher has started to eat over the past couple weeks. He is a bottomless pit. After supper we all snuggled and watched How to Train Your Dragon. Asher went to sleep at his usual time 6:30 and Jaxson at 7:30. I thoroughly enjoy my time alone with Jaxson, I know he does too. We tickle, laugh and enjoy the time alone with each other. It makes me happy that I get that time to bond with him still. Now both boys are sleeping, I have set up my husband’s little surprise and am enjoying a glass of rosé while watching Friday the 13th III ( I wish it was my Bloody Valentine). I plan to order a heart shaped pizza for when he is supposed to be off, that’s our usual tradition and hopefully I can make it til then. We can’t have sex because I am still bleeding so the best part of Valentine’s Day I can’t even partake in and I’m trying to not let it leave a sour taste in my mouth. Nothing too crazy but definitely a special day nonetheless. I am happy to make new little traditions with my family and I hope to continue our laid back and easy Valentine’s Days. On Sunday we have plans together, what they are though yet I don’t know. I suggested walk in tattoos but we will see if that happens. At some point we will go for dinner and drinks and since Grandma is taking them over night for a sleepover, the world is our oyster. At least for a few hours anyway lol. And that about wraps up this “holiday”. It may be dumb and commercialized but I do enjoy spoiling my family any opportunity I can and also making memories. And any day celebrating love is a great day in my books! Happy Valentine’s Day y’all and I hope you get all the loving from your babies whether that be your partner, fur children or actual children.

Always,

Kari xox

Hi y’all

My name is Kari. I am 29 years old and I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. I am currently a stay at home mom to my two boys Jaxson who is 3 years old and Asher who is 8 months old. I am married to their father, Jesse who is a successful chef to multiple restaurants. We’ve been married for going on 4 years and have been together for 13! He is my high school sweetheart. I have worked in the customer service industry basically since I was 14 years old. I have always worked and full time, before I was a stay at home mom I worked for the a company called VIA Rail. It is the passenger train service in Canada, the only one, and it was one of the coolest jobs I ever had.

My interests include anything creepy. I have loved horror movies and books since I was a young girl and my love for anything horror has grown over the years. I am a self proclaimed horror movie buff and take pride in seeing almost every scary movie that is out there. I do love multiple horror authors but my favourite is the messiah, Stephen King. I’ve read over half of his written stories. I love plants and in recent years my collection has grown and I take pride in keeping several plants alive for several years. I have in recent years taken a liking to anything occult. I love astrology and keep learning more and more and every day. I’ve been practicing tarot for the about 5 years now, my crystal collection keeps growing, and I keep working on manifesting, meditation and other types of spell work. I would not call myself Wiccan because this is not something I have grown up on and I don’t want to appropriate that culture, but I would call myself more of a modern day spiritualist who practices old ways with my own twist. I love everything to be as natural as can be, and the environment is important to me. I recently adopted a more plant based diet and although I am not vegan I try to eat vegan as much as possible because the idea of our planet not being a habitable place for my children and grandchildren is absolutely heartbreaking. I love nature and animals like a true earth sign (Taurus girl through and through, sorry if that also gets me some hate, I realize Taurus’ are not always the most popular). I also love water and am an avid swimmer. I have been swimming since I was really young but my interest really took off when I was around 7 years old. You have not been able to get me out of the water since. Any time that I have available to me, you can find me in the pool, or at the lake/beach. I have my diving licence and although there is no ocean in the prairies, I dive every chance I get. I have been dubbed “the mermaid” from many different friends, and yes I have long hair down past my boobs and back but I can actually say that my love for swimming and anything water related is my reason for being called Mermaid and not just because I have long flowing hair.

I am also a fiercely loyal mother and wife. My family is everything to me. Being a mom is everything to me. The best job I ever had, and the most rewarding. Also the hardest job I ever had. I definitely plan to have more children in the future. At the moment there’s lots that we are waiting on before we can expand our family. Most important we need to move to a bigger house with more space.

The reason I call myself “momma bat” is because of this picture that I took of myself and now every time Jaxson sees this mirror in the hall he calls it Momma Bat. It’s a sorta cute nickname that he gave me and it’s definitely fitting.

Welcome to my world, I plan to talk about anything and everything. From my pregnancy/birth journeys, to my interests in the occult, to recipes, to deeper and more dark topics. I have always written and even blogged in different forms over the years and have been wanting to start this for a very long time but I always made excuses as to why I couldn’t. So here is the start to what I am hoping is something real, genuine, raw and beautiful.

Always,

Kari xox

Momma Bat with her boys on one of our many fall walks