This year I celebrated my first Mother’s Day and it did not disappoint! I sure did feel the love. But as cliche as it sounds, my greatest gift is that I get to be her mommy. How did I get so lucky? The day didn’t start out too great though. We all woke up extra […]
Our First Family Trip to Vancouver
For the past week, I’ve been saying to myself, “this time last week we doing this” or “we were eating this.” I’ve completely been in vacation hangover mode (and because of this it has taken me entirely way too long to write this post – so we’ve been home for more than a week now […]
A Sunny Day at the Frederick Meijer Gardens
The weather in Michigan this past weekend was absolutely beautiful! It was the first warm weekend we have had this year with temperatures in the 70’s! The weekend before, we had a snow storm. Completely typical Michigan weather! Because of the snow, we rescheduled our road trip to this weekend so we could take full […]
A Horrible, No Good, Very Bad, Case of Bed Time Separation Anxiety
The past couple weeks I have been dreading bedtime, more specifically the night ahead. We have been dealing with some serious, what I could only call, separation anxiety, and it is surely not on my end! We have a pretty standard bedtime routine that happens at roughly the same time every night at 8pm. We started […]
Easter Weekend Recap
What a whirlwind this past weekend was! Having a kid changes the whole game for holiday weekends. Gone are the days of waking up late and lounging in bed before someone gives in and gets up to make breakfast. No more long, hot showers and slowly getting ready while sipping some coffee and jamming out […]
Homemade Baby Food Storage Made Easy with Cutielunch Squeeze Pouches
Note: This post contains affiliate links. This means I may receive a commission if you click on a link and make a purchase. Thank you for supporting my blogging journey! I have been making baby food for E since she started eating solids and I just love it! I love the feeling of giving her […]
Make Breastfeeding Easier With These Must Haves
I have an eight month old?! When did this happen? It feels like the time is just whizzing by, but when I think back to those first couple weeks, it feels like a lifetime ago. That time was such a blur, with so many high and low emotions, so many sleepless nights when baby wouldn’t […]
The Truth From a New Stay at Home Mom
Disclaimer: While I often try to keep things positive around here, this post is an exception. I want you to really get to know me as a mother and that includes the good, the bad and the ugly. Why does no one really tell you how hard it is to be a stay at home […]
21 Day Fix Before and Afters + 10 Tips to Help You Succeed
This past Sunday was day 21 of our 21 Day Fix. However, we did cheat the last day and ordered heart shaped pizza for Valentine’s Day dinner and then had a whole bottle of wine in the hot tub that night. Whoops! So we didn’t finish strong (even though I ate way less pizza than […]
Valentine’s Day Activities for Kids Under One
We have been having lots of Valentine’s Day fun this week with a few festive activities. If you haven’t heard, I LOVE Valentine’s Day! If you missed it, you can read about it here. Now that we have Baby Bear, I think I love it even more, if that is possible. And I’m sure as […]