Before giving birth, women make plenty of plans. We read and we research and we hope for things to go a certain way. But you know what they say about the best laid plans… My breastfeeding story, so far, has not been how I envisioned. I want to share my story, because there are, unfortunately, so […]
Life Lately and Behind the Scenes
You know how social media can make it seem like we all have life figured out? Like every moment is happy, and we always look pretty and put together? Though I sometimes wish reality was that way, it is not. Life is often messy and stressful, but that is not what I choose to share […]
Postpartum Essentials and a Personal Update
I have only been a newborn mom again for a week and a half, but I wanted to give an update on how the postpartum period is going. This post has some very personal confessions, but I hope that my experiences might help another mom. I will try to do a couple of these posts as […]
Halloween 2016
Seeing my oldest’s enthusiasm for holidays is amazing! He is excited to celebrate any holiday or birthday, and Halloween was no exception. Thankfully he is not a fan of scary things, though! Our littlest took part by wearing a fun pumpkin hat and jack-o-lantern booties from my mom! On Friday our neighbors came over and we […]
Friday Favorites
Happy Halloween weekend, gals! Normally I’m not a huge fan of this holiday because I am a total scaredy-cat! But I do love seeing Davis and his friends in their costumes. And I am currently addicted to M&Ms, which feels less like cheating since they come in the tiny trick or treat size bags. 😉 […]
Welcome Home, Baby Boy!
We are thrilled to officially announce the birth of our precious second son! Our sweet baby boy is one week old today! Christopher Ridge was born October 20th, 5 days after his due date. He is named after Todd (Christopher is his middle name) but he will go by his middle name, Ridge. He is tiny, but […]