Welcome to The Sweet Chaos Co

Hi, and welcome to The Sweat Chaos Co! I am beyond nervous/excited to introduce you to what I hope will be a place of inspiration, honesty, life strategies & community.

When my husband and I became parents we were beyond not prepared for what we were about to experience. We gave birth to our first baby in December of 2015 and came home with a sideline feeding preemie (more to come on this). Not only were we not prepared, but we were surrounded by a community of friends with their best Insta-selves on 24/7. It's hard to know what is normal when all you see is someone else's highlight real. I would be looking at "Jill's" perfectly homemade all organic Instagram-ed lunch for her 6 month old and glance up from my phone to see my 9 month old sucking ketchup off the same fry he picked up 10 minutes ago (ewww) while I simultaneously ate the rest of his chicken nuggets.

One time, I actually posted a picture of my kid pulling tissues out of a full tissue box for fun. I'm sure people thought I was the laziest mom ever, but he was so happy and I was SO TIRED. It was literally my first screw-it moment of parenting. Who was it hurting? Seriously, who was it hurting??? It, in no way, looked like my best life but it was real. It was a raw moment of letting go and embracing the chaos for a tiny moment to keep the sanity. Isn't that the name of the game?

Thank God for my parents. They helped (and still help) guide us through these insecure moments as parents and normalize our crazy. Fast forward 4 years later, we have 2 beautiful crazy kids and we now feel like we are "rocking it" about 70% of the time - for anyone who doesn't know, this is like an A+ in the parenting world. Finally…my C average is something to be admired (sorry mom!).

Through this page, I hope to be someone who makes you feel like your crazy is the rule, not the exception, and to provide a few helpful tips and inspiration along the way.

#Wearetherulenottheexception #SweetChaos