While I constantly doubt my parenting skills, I will forever be proud of the absolute LOVE I‘ve instilled in this little human for books:

Tearing books apart- literally.

Reading books to us - aka lots of pterodactyl yells while holding books upside down

Dragging books to us to read

Listening to me read him Stephen King

Sleeping with books.

I am so excited this little dude loves books!! I can‘t wait to watch him grow into a true Book Nerd.

So much going on in my life! Our squish has graduated from being a potato to a small fry, the holidays are coming (yikes!), and I landed my dream job as an instructional designer last week!

Is this 30?! Is this adulting? I need input from a grown up, STAT! 😂🥳

Today I learned a valuable mom lesson:

Beckett had been playing on the floor with his toys. I always put books out for him. I wanted to finish this book up especially because it had been stuffed under the couch for who knows how long (lol, oops)

I look up and B has abandoned his toys and is playing with a book.

Today I realized that kids truly do learn from Mom & Dad and what we model is what they‘ll replicate.

#RaiseReaders #BeckettsBooks

This kid LOVES to be read to! Gets so excited. I feel so lucky! :)

Today our daycare update had me grinning ear to ear.
#raisereaders #BeckettsBooks

Today I‘m 30 AND YIKES THANK GOODNESS MY AWKWARD PHASE IS OVER

Tradition is back in full force: this booknerd is traveling again.
#Booknerdwilltravel #Adventure

Yo.

I‘ve fallen out of love with reading for a bit. I always find re-reads of my favorites make me fall back in love- it‘s been 6 years. It‘s time.

Happy birthday to my favorite children‘s book of all time 🥰
Shout out to my @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled for the most amazing outfit there ever could be!! We love you!!

“You‘re all probably wondering why Litsy is down today” - #downphoto @Litsy

Me while pregnant: I‘m not going to be one of those annoying moms that shares a million photos of my kid.

Me now, daily: BEHOLD THE PERFECT BEING MY LOINS CREATED.

#BeckettsBooks

Me on Monday mornings when my boss asks me to do my job.
#Iamgoingtogonow

Real life though: my boss and I get along great and they loved this meme 😂😂😂😂

I‘ll say it again for the people in the back:

RAISE READERS, Y‘ALL.

Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

How lucky I am to watch my budding bookworm Beck. #RaiseReaders

The amount of self control I have when I walk into a book store.

What is zero, Alex?

I‘m in a nonfiction binge right now. I LOVE Pinker! I also love my Frug 😍

#BookHaul: day out with my Bubs, hubs, brews and books!

Our little book nerd has the hair line of an old man. Ps- who can guess what face he‘s making in this photo? 😑😑😑

I get UNGODLY amounts of joy when I read to this tiny human!! Look at how amazed he is!! #BeckettsBooks

THE LAST THREE WEEKS WERE CHAOS! Life with a tiny mandrake potato is exhausting and (sometimes 😬) fun. I started another class back up this Monday to give myself something productive to do during maternity leave, so while B naps I‘m trying to focus!

Start ‘em young.

Fun fact: I met Eric Carle as a child when he came to my tiny town for our annual reading parade. He will always be one of my favorite children‘s authors.

#BeckettsBooks #RaisingAReader #EricCarle

“You‘re probably wondering why I‘ve gathered you all here today”

😂 Last baby pic for a while, but this kid is so expressive! He cracks me up. Haven‘t got a chance to do a lot of reading in the last week (with the exception of Dreamcatcher in the hospital!!) but I am finally getting in the groove of things and starting back on my 30 pages a day of reading tonight! :)

Our newest little bookworm joined the party January 29th at 7:29pm. Litsy Fam, meet Beckett Scott!!

Today (or tomorrow hopefully) is the day!!! I decided to bring a Stephen King book I haven‘t read yet to labor and delivery with me today. I‘m already 60 pages in and loving it! #GetOutChild

I know I‘m on mat leave, but my program had a big meeting today and I couldn‘t miss it... but look what my boss gifted me for my leave!! 😭 she knows me well!

Day two of maternity leave: I‘ve slept for a solid 6 hours today. Food is hard. I feel like I‘m getting the flu, but getting lots of reading in tonight! I hope I get a nesting surge sometime soon because I‘m nervous I won‘t. Almost 39 weeks and feeling like a baby beluga. #pleasegetout

Last day before Maternity leave, getting to do lists done and everything in order.... yes I am one of those crazy planner people (thanks for the addiction, work husband). Time to drink some tea, relax and read! I have a book list lined up for my first week of leave and I am SO excited to share it with you! Hint: it involves finishing what I start! Here‘s to being one day closer to a glass of wine with my book! 13 days until I‘m due! 🍷👶🏼🍾🎉

2019 is my year of intentions: I wanted to share my 3 intentions for this year. The most important of these? Finish what I start, and that starts with the books I‘ve half read and abandoned for no good reason.

My other intentions are below...but I should‘ve added enjoy a MASSIVE glass of red wine when this kid arrives in the next few weeks 🍾🍷❤️
http://booknerdwilltravel.com/2019/01/08/lookingtowards2019/

Found this gem from NYE and couldn‘t help but share- Pepperjack was not thrilled with fireworks and celebrations 😂 #TheFrugLife #DogsofLitsy

2019: my year of DRASTIC CHANGE. I wrote today. I‘m writing tomorrow. I‘m setting intention for this baby (who is due in 20 days- suit up wine! 🍷🍷🍷) and for myself this year. Even though I know my life is about to get ridiculously chaotic, I‘m going to stay as true to myself as possible. Here is to a great year, I‘m feeling more positive than I have in 5 years and hope you are too 🎉

http://booknerdwilltravel.com/2019/01/04/newyearoldme/

2AM wake up calls. Will I ever sleep again?! Get this baby out of me #36weeks #IwantHotMessJessback

Just some light pre-kid reading 😬😬😬. I can almost TASTE the first beer I‘m going to drink when B makes his grand entrance! 35 days to go!

Today I read B one of his many, many books and he popped out a little to say hello! I think we‘ve got a reader coming, Litsy fam! Countdown is on to about 49 days!! :D

Forcing myself back into reading and workouts. My body is a wreck, but at least I feel a little strong today 💪🏻#31weeks

Happy Sunday Funday! I had a burst of energy and got out of the house with a book I need to finish. We are 31 weeks and I‘m at officially DONE with being 🤰🏼

I‘ve been so quiet recently!
I‘m in my third trimester and I‘m actually a zombie these days. I feel like the life has been sucked out of me and I don‘t do a lot other than eat and sleep. Reading has been a STRUGGLE and now I‘m sick and missed Thanksgiving, but HAD to share a picture of my Grammy (in-laws) recipe book that she got for her wedding! How amazing and well-loved this has been over the years!!

Yesterday we celebrated my brewing baby (yes, my shower was beer and mimosa themed!) and we were completely blown away by all the books our friends brought Beckett!

I was especially in LOVE with @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Very Hungry Caterpillar onesie and socks! We feel so loved and can‘t wait for this little one to enjoy these books because we definitely are already!! 🍼👶🏼🍻📚 #raisingareader

Beckett‘s first book haul (and a guest appearance!). A special note about Good Dog, Carl: my grandparents had Rottweilers when I was growing up. My Pops would get my Grams a Carl book every Christmas. My Aunt sent me this and I was very teary opening it. So very special ❤️

I‘m getting so excited for next weekend!! We are 26 weeks and counting! #raisingareader #BooksforBeckett

Our first baby shower gift arrived today- in lieu of cards we requested books from our friends and loved ones. I‘m thrilled and emotional! #raisingareader 👶🏼📚

This tiny human must be going through a growth spurt. It‘s four pm. I‘m in bed. I sent my husband a text saying I‘m probably going to call it a night because I‘ve never been more exhausted in my life. Going to try to get in another forty pages before I pass out!

Tweeted this at Tremblay today and he responded with a resounding “Ha!”.
For real, want to get all creeped out this halloween? Pick it up! Such a fun buddy read with my pen pal @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled !! Dying at our “Im sleeping with pepper spray tonight” texts 😂

A new blog post is UP! It‘s been a while, but I‘m damn proud of myself! Link in bio or
Link here: http://booknerdwilltravel.com/2018/10/07/its-been-a-while/

Photo from a Portland adventure 😍

Stephen, why are you so damn good? SO glad I found this book again- I was not disappointed! Now onto my buddy read with @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled (if you‘re still down!?)... aiming for forty pages tonight!

Car at the shop, so I‘m taking all the time I can to soak up some pages 🎃💀🎃💀
Serious question to my Litsy fam (this has really been on my mind lately since I‘m bored as all hell while expecting!): should I start blogging/writing again? I was thinking about it last night and thought it might be a fun thing to take up some free time with!

Come at me life, I‘m ready 💪🏻
So many big things happening in the next six months and this girl is READY.

🎃🎃we interrupt our regularly scheduled “finish these 10 books before baby with a WTF WOMAN IT‘S HALLOWMONTH AND YOU‘RE READING EXCLUSIVELY HORROR?! Realization on my way home from work today. 150 pages left of The outsider- which I FINALLY found in a bag I‘d packed for a trip in my car (WOOO)! I picked short horror novels from my collect and a special ARC from my Litsy Pen Pal @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled

Our baby shower is coming up this month so I‘ve been adding important baby things here and there... this morning my husband told me he noticed a MASSIVE chunk of our registry happens to be books for Baby B and I responded with a 🤷🏼‍♀️(sorry not sorry)

#raisingareader #bookhoarderproblems #noregrets

#TuesdayTidbits
🎃: Horror. Always. I mean, just take a peek at my Litsy Feed
🥧: I can‘t pick, they are both my favorites!
🧙🏼‍♀️: Witches! (But I love some good vampires too)
🏚: Haunted House. Although being pregnant I‘m afraid to go in them for fear I will get the pee scared out of me (actually though)
🧟‍♀️: The exorcist.
@ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled your turn!
@JenlovesJT47

While I am deeply enjoying The Circle, I had to take a break. I‘m 1/2 way through and it‘s all getting a little silly for me. I really don‘t like the main character... I said it! I‘ve tried to only read one book at a time, but with all the silliness in The Circle I needed a nice change of pace with some nonfiction. No regrets.