Kendra Germenis
Kendra joined the mom club in 2016, followed by the #boymom club in Summer 2019. Kendra loves to write, and for AMB, enjoys sharing her new parent experiences, tips, and general love of Austin. For her, life is a balance of spending quality time with her family, pursuing her program management career, and still soaking up life and adventures. She also freelances through her art and design shop, Kitsy Co. Assorted loves: art, date nights, culture, road trips, Bravo, breweries, chocolate, house remodeling, sunshine, live music and patios.
I Don’t Buy the #Mombod Excuse
Ever since the term #dadbod surfaced, #mombod soon followed. Let me tell ya, it sure is nice for us moms to have a term to fall back on when we’re feeling a little extra…...
Basic Toy Stimulation, More Creative Play Inspiration
We officially made it past the first birthday mark, which means we officially have toys, lots of them. I'm not docking toys in general - lord knows even I was getting bored of our...
What to Expect from Your Daycare Journey
There’s a little bit of everything when it comes to daycare. It can be a lifesaver, a game changer, a bank breaker. It can be friendship, fear, and fun. Honestly, it can be whatever...
A Wannabe Holiday Mom
'Tis the season, holiday season, and this year I'm not pregnant, anticipating my first child, sleeping in three-hour increments or learning how to live life with a baby. This year I'm feeling like a...
Lessons in Honor of Breast Cancer Awareness
Today started with the normal routine: wake up, take the kid to daycare, start work, yada yada. Most of my team was out of the office, it was pretty quiet, and I felt like...
From Selfish to #SoMom
Not every girl goes to bed with dreams of rainbows, unicorns and babies. Nope, I legitimately couldn't tell you what baby fever feels like. Of course I wanted kids, one day, my husband too,...
40 Doable Kids Birthday Party Ideas
Tugging at my inner child heart strings, I love the idea of birthday parties. I remember slumber parties with my friends, bounce houses, ice skating, a trip to The Magic Time machine, the skating...
Rice Cereal, How I Loathe You
Oh dear rice cereal, how I loathe you. And loathe is putting it nicely. I’m not kidding. Ask my husband how I feel about rice cereal, and he just might laugh out loud. I'm...
Hello to the Happy Spitter Mom Club
Dear happy spitter baby mamas, hang in there. It’s hard. The amount of paper towels in the trash can, clothes in the washer and burp cloths in the drawers is relentless. The endless pools...
An Emotional Switch from Nursing to Exclusive Pumping
When it comes to breastfeeding, it’s not always black and white. There’s a little breastfeeding sister called pumping that I don’t think gets enough attention, and I’m not just talking about the working mom...