Mary Catherine Hamelin {MAGICAL DAYS}

Pregnancy, Birth, and Parenting in the Sunny South, Inspiration & Commiseration for the Childbearing Years.

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New year, new things.

I am really excited to share a couple of things! Over the past few months I've been dreaming & scheming with another awesome local doula (very soon to be midwife) and she invited me to join her. I...

Jan 8, 2013 Like

Mary Catherine Hamelin {MAGICAL DAYS}

Looking back, looking forward.

I've been looking through old posts here and thinking lots about the past wonderful year...so many changes in these pictures. In 2012's calendar pages... We said goodbye to a brief but magical year...

Jan 4, 2013 Like

Mary Catherine Hamelin {MAGICAL DAYS}

Mama Art: Milky Mermaid

My friend Rachel snapped a photo of this breastfeeding mermaid painting at KidCity in Middletown CT and posted it to her Instagram and I just had to share it here...I love love love spotting...

Jan 2, 2013 Like

Mary Catherine Hamelin {MAGICAL DAYS}

uzume tees: a happy new year giveaway!

I'm so excited to share this last December giveaway. I'm so glad y'all are playing along and have been enjoying the artists & makers here. I found UzumeShop on Etsy when looking for doula &...

Dec 31, 2012 Like

Mary Catherine Hamelin {MAGICAL DAYS}

wonderful weekend: radio silence.

It has been quiet in this space for a couple of weekends now. I celebrated Christmas with my family, holding everyone close and thinking about hope and peace for this world. Year's end is always...

Dec 29, 2012 Like

Mary Catherine Hamelin {MAGICAL DAYS}

today there are no words.

I feel words coming, but there are none today. I can't pretend to know how to express the way I feel about the Sandy Hook tragedy. To imagine the utter agony of those parents and family members. As...

Dec 16, 2012 Like

Mary Catherine Hamelin {MAGICAL DAYS}

why midwifery care is important.

There are so many great words shared in this video from Midwives Alliance of North America. If you are interested in why midwives matter, please watch.

Dec 11, 2012 Like

Mary Catherine Hamelin {MAGICAL DAYS}

wonderful weekend: waldorf winter fair.

We visited a Winter Fair at a local Waldorf School and it was a magical way to spend the day. There were treasures from a Pocket Fairy, ornaments and decorations bought and made, and a beautiful...

Dec 10, 2012 Like

Mary Catherine Hamelin {MAGICAL DAYS}

on habits we won't break.

It's 5am and I've been awakened by a fussy little nursling who sleeps next to me (I can blog right from my phone y'all!) so you may be surprised that I'm about to profess my love for the art of...

Dec 8, 2012 Like

Mary Catherine Hamelin {MAGICAL DAYS}

Happy Friday: A Double Giveaway!

"Gathering of Women" by Tamara Adams Thank you to everyone who is visiting this little blog and congratulations to the winner of last week's giveaway! This is really fun. I hope to do more of these...

Dec 7, 2012 Like

Mary Catherine Hamelin {MAGICAL DAYS}

celebrating advent.

In my family and home we are in full Christmas Season Swing and I couldn't be happier. The tree is up inside, the lights are being hung outside, knick knacks being set here and there, and now that...

Dec 3, 2012 Like

Mary Catherine Hamelin {MAGICAL DAYS}

the mandala journey: a giveaway!

Happy Friday! I mentioned last week that I was going to be giving away a few treasures here in December, and though it's not yet so, I wanted to kick things off because it's December tomorrow...

Nov 30, 2012 Like

Mary Catherine Hamelin {MAGICAL DAYS}

five turns around the sun.

"You're my first baby, do you know that?" I keep reminding her, because the growing and changing is happening so quickly these days. We celebrated 5 turns around the sun with our first baby over...

Nov 28, 2012 Like

Mary Catherine Hamelin {MAGICAL DAYS}

The Giving Season.

Autumn in my house really begins what I've started calling "the gifting season." There is my birthday in October, Matilda's in November, Thanksgiving feasting and fun, and then Christmas. There are...

Nov 23, 2012 Like

Mary Catherine Hamelin {MAGICAL DAYS}

beyond blessed.

Feeling thankful for so many things this year, every day... Making a leap back to our home state for more family weekends like this one. It's been quite a few years since I had Thanksgiving dinner...

Nov 22, 2012 Like

Mary Catherine Hamelin {MAGICAL DAYS}

wonderful weekend.

A chance meet-up with my little brother as the high school football team he interns with played our local one. Celebrated the last soccer game of this season! We have a sporty (and silly) one on...

Nov 19, 2012 Like

Mary Catherine Hamelin {MAGICAL DAYS}

Tongue tied & twisted.

On Monday we visited an Ear Nose & Throat specialist for the first time ever, for my little dude. At our last pediatrician visit I brought up something I'd been wondering about for months but...

Nov 13, 2012 Like

Mary Catherine Hamelin {MAGICAL DAYS}

Getting outside cures all...

...obviously.

Nov 13, 2012 Like

Mary Catherine Hamelin {MAGICAL DAYS}

a case of the mondays for a sacred vocation.

We woke at 5 with the littlest one, shuffled out into the living room for coffee and the news, and lots of sighs. "I don't want to go to work today," he said. "Me either," I thought quietly but...

Nov 13, 2012 Like

Mary Catherine Hamelin {MAGICAL DAYS}

a case of the mondays.

We woke at 5 with the littlest one, shuffled out into the living room for coffee and the news, and lots of sighs. "I don't want to go to work today," he said. "Me either," I thought quietly but...

Nov 13, 2012 Like

Mary Catherine Hamelin {MAGICAL DAYS}

wonderful weekend: magical day.

We decided to surprise our girl with her very first trip to Disney World today. Pretty darn awesome. More pictures soon.

Nov 12, 2012 Like

Mary Catherine Hamelin {MAGICAL DAYS}

support shout-outs!

I'm so glad to give a special shout-out to two businesses that are supporting this blog this month. You can click their links in the sidebar to learn more about what they do for mamas & babies....

Nov 9, 2012 Like

Mary Catherine Hamelin {MAGICAL DAYS}

More Gratitudes.

When it's 5am and I've already been awake for an hour with this wakeful teething boy, when I'm still lying in bed with a stiff neck and weary eyes and a baby sprawled across me, afraid to move so...

Nov 9, 2012 Like

Mary Catherine Hamelin {MAGICAL DAYS}

placenta magic*

*this statement has not been approved by any magicians or fairies or other magical types, I just think placentas are pretty cool. **also, though placenta preparation and consumption is an ancient...

Nov 5, 2012 Like

Mary Catherine Hamelin {MAGICAL DAYS}

wonderful weekend.

soaking up afternoon autumn porch light, a nap on Daddy, a nap on me, a choir performance, dia de las margaritas, Sunday night kitchen dance party. just a pretty regular weekend full of lots of...

Nov 5, 2012 Like

Mary Catherine Hamelin {MAGICAL DAYS}

Gratitudes.

I have been all ups and downs about technology and hyper-connectedness lately. On one hand I'm becoming more and more weary of all the inspirational/aspirational images that attack my brain each...

Nov 2, 2012 Like

Mary Catherine Hamelin {MAGICAL DAYS}

the friendly ghosts of halloween past.

Thinking lots about New York these past couple of days. Wondering how our friends have weathered the storm (mostly fine, thank goodness, and are able to help others) and wondering about how...

Oct 31, 2012 Like

Mary Catherine Hamelin {MAGICAL DAYS}

local love: maternally yours radio.

At a playdate when we first moved to Florida I met a lovely mama who is active the Sarasota Birth Community. She does fabulous henna art and belly painting! She talked about film screenings they...

Oct 30, 2012 Like

Mary Catherine Hamelin {MAGICAL DAYS}

wonderful week(end): solo mama.

I can't complain and I won't, but I did this week solo. My dude had a little work trip and we made the best of it in his absence with less than a handful of "losing my cool" moments. It's usually a...

Oct 29, 2012 Like

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Mary Catherine Hamelin {MAGICAL DAYS}

New year, new things.

Looking back, looking forward.

Mama Art: Milky Mermaid

uzume tees: a happy new year giveaway!

wonderful weekend: radio silence.

today there are no words.

why midwifery care is important.

wonderful weekend: waldorf winter fair.

on habits we won't break.

Happy Friday: A Double Giveaway!

celebrating advent.

the mandala journey: a giveaway!

five turns around the sun.

The Giving Season.

beyond blessed.

wonderful weekend.

Tongue tied & twisted.

Getting outside cures all...

a case of the mondays for a sacred vocation.

a case of the mondays.

wonderful weekend: magical day.

support shout-outs!

More Gratitudes.

placenta magic*

wonderful weekend.

Gratitudes.

the friendly ghosts of halloween past.

local love: maternally yours radio.

wonderful week(end): solo mama.

autumnal pouting.

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