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The in the Middle Mama

just another mama doing her thing

ABOUT ME

About Me

 

Hey there! I’m Kate, an everyday Corporate America participant who started this blog as a creative outlet from my daily 9-5. Follow along to watch how I attempt to navigate motherhood in the Windy City, while being pulled in all directions!

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my life in squares

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born-again wildcard ♠️

been a minute - 2025 in concerts resumes 🎶 been a minute - 2025 in concerts resumes 🎶
last FRIDAY night! (low-quality pic of a bucket-li last FRIDAY night! (low-quality pic of a bucket-list show)

garth brooks exceeded expectations - and they were high. super nostalgic for me & even shawn (who isn’t very familiar with his music) loved it.
my heart in a square | volume 7 my heart in a square | volume 7
elephant juice 🩷 elephant juice 🩷
j ❄️ y ! j ❄️ y !
collins’ kissy face is the moment 😘 @shawner1 collins’ kissy face is the moment 😘 @shawner1124 #ultimategirldad
pay me no mind 🎶 pay me no mind 🎶
our kedzie ryan is s e v e n ! ✨🪩💕🪁 our kedzie ryan is s e v e n ! ✨🪩💕🪁
so much more than a lions game (and a quinn xcii s so much more than a lions game (and a quinn xcii set 😆).

I grew up going to the silverdome - My Uncle Kerry and Aunt Barb had season tickets and would take me and my brother regularly - they even let me tag along during the years I spent obsessed with Dan Marino and the Miami Dolphins. (Although I’m yet to live down asking why they were throwing garbage [read: a flag] on the field at my first game.) 

As an adult, I really can’t come up with a reason why they’d willingly haul us kids to a stadium - but they did (they must have loved us!) and the memories are among my favorite. I’ll never forget riding to and from in their boat of a car and complaining whenever Kerry made us listen to “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree” on the way home from the Thanksgiving games.

My uncle passed in July 2021. Being at this game, when the lions became champs of the NFC North for the second year in a row, was surprisingly emotional for me. I wish he could be here now to celebrate their success, and more importantly to meet my last baby, Tennyson Kerry. I hope wherever we go after this life, he knows I think of him often. And aunt barbie, I hope I did you proud by drinking Miller Lite & checking out all the butts! 😉
spent our last day in Florida at Busch Gardens … spent our last day in Florida at Busch Gardens … don’t meet your college heroes; getting rid of the beer tour tanked this place! 😆
last drop of 2024 photos! kedz crashed before I co last drop of 2024 photos! kedz crashed before I could get her pic, and the rest weren’t far behind her. shawn and i didn’t even make it to midnight. 😆 thanks for the perfect jams @chloe.k.arens! ✨
one more of my #goblue girlies 🕶️💙💛 one more of my #goblue girlies 🕶️💙💛
Me: Tampa? Them: Me: For the game! We can rent a k Me: Tampa?
Them:
Me: For the game! We can rent a knock-off sprinter van and drive straight through!
Them:
Me: There’s the zoo & Busch Gardens. Look, I found a house close to it all.
Them:
Me: We leave Friday. ✔️
our sand heart was a flop, but our day at st. pete our sand heart was a flop, but our day at st. pete was a success! 🏝️[not pictured my mom’s moonwalking 😆] oh & the 📽️ of tenny snoozing was on the way in!
ZooTampa was the real deal! (And am I the only one ZooTampa was the real deal! (And am I the only one who didn’t know being a Detroit Zoo member (or any major zoo really) puts you in a reciprocity program?! - showing our Detroit membership got us 50% off!)
christmas snaps for the memory book christmas snaps for the memory book
we’ll call this one, “she’s standing on my s we’ll call this one, “she’s standing on my stair!” 🙄
no tears = big success with the big guy 🎅 no tears = big success with the big guy 🎅
it wasn’t giving “tree” so i spruced it up 😉
last-minute-mom game remains strong — and happy last-minute-mom game remains strong — and happy new year! 😆
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