Erin Lapota
Erin is a Hoosier girl that loves all things Indy. She lives in Fountain Square with her husband Michael, sons Clark and Fletcher, and fur baby Murphy. When she grows up she wants to be a backup dancer for Lizzo, but until that time, she works as a Relationship Manager for a large human resources management software company. Erin is a beer connoisseur, she never turns down a carb, and Kacey Musgraves is always on repeat on her Spotify.
In All the Chaos, I Needed Simple
Life is a little overwhelming, crazy, exhausting, noisy. Choose your synonyms there, but you get the idea. Going on year three of this pandemic, we could all use some precedented times right about now....
Sleep Training Success
The number one question you get asked as a new parent is, “Is the baby sleeping through the night?” With our first kid, the answer was “Oh yes, we are killing this parenting thing.”...
I Left My Husband and Kids; You Should Too
I did it. I packed up and left my husband and kids for four days. It was the best thing ever to recharge my mom battery and take a step away from reality for...
Joyful Movement: Changing my Relationship with Exercise
Exercise and I have always had a love-hate relationship. Well, to be honest, way more on the hate side of things versus love. I hated that no matter what I did, the scale never...
Kid-Free Weekend Getaway Ideas
We’ve all been locked in our houses with our womb gremlins for what feels like 500 million years and it’s time to escape before we all go crazy! Now that things are starting to...
I Wasn’t Prepared to be a Mom of Two
I know it sounds harsh, and I feel like a terrible mom for even thinking it, but there are times where I miss life before two kids. There are times where I miss being...
Pregnant During a Pandemic
Well, we couldn’t stay six feet apart, and I went and got knocked up during a pandemic (classic Covid joke, had to do it). We always knew we wanted another kid, but getting pregnant...
Embrace the Messy Side of Motherhood
Chooo chooo y’all and all aboard the hot mess express! Move over Karen! Make room for the new chick on the block, Britney. (A tribute to the Queen of hot messes, Britney Spears). The...
National Taco Day: The Best Tacos in the City to Celebrate
Listen up friends, pay close attention because this may be the most important thing you read all week... IT’S NATIONAL TACO DAY! Look, we can all agree this year has been kind of a...
Grandmas are Special People: Lessons From Gram
Grandmas are Special People
Mine was extra special. She was some sort of superhuman, who did everything for everyone and made this world a better place. She always felt like home. When something was wrong,...
Pandemic Living, Not My Jam
Pandemic living, quarantine, and lockdown. Living through a global pandemic, nope, not my jam. Zero out of five stars, would not recommend. “Living through a pandemic” was not an option on my MASH list...
Pandemic Potty Training: What, Like It’s Hard?
As soon as the pandemic shut down happened, a bunch of moms turned to mommy group chats and mommy social media groups with the resounding message, “What a perfect time to potty train!” As...
Raising Good Humans
Let’s be honest with ourselves; we are all going to mess up our kids in some form or fashion because we are all human and nobody is perfect (regardless of what I tell my...
Health at Every Size: Weight Diversity Is a Beautiful Thing
Y'all, I too, like Ja Rule, "was hustled, scammed, bamboozled, hood winked, lead astray!!!" (Fyre Festival reference, cracks me up every time). The Health at Every Size (HAES) movement coming in with a big...
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