Today I joined the club. The club of moms & dads who do things they swore they would never do as a parent. This past week Harlow has been ultra sensitive. So sensitive that if you look at her the wrong way she starts crying. The mere suggestion of me sitting down while holding her … More THAT Grocery Store Mom
Long weekends are always the best because I feel like we can be productive and still have time to do fun activities, like go to the lake. We started Saturday off with what is becoming our usual routine of going to Noah’s Bagels and Starbucks for breakfast. We had to go to Nordstrom to get … More Labor Day Weekend
With motherhood comes judgment. From the second you tell someone you are pregnant the interrogation begins. Will you breast feed or formula feed? Epidural or au natural? Will you co-sleep or have your baby in a crib/bassinet? If your answer does not fall in line with that particular person’s perspective of what they think is … More Judgment
I am part of an awesome mom’s group online. Together, we have been navigating pregnancy and parenthood one milestone at a time. For the holidays, we have decided to do a secret santa gift exchange. I went to wrap my gift and only had black chevron on craft paper. While I love this wrapping paper, … More DIY Polka Dot Wrapping Paper
I swore I would never get a fake tree, not under any circumstances. Well, that theory went out the window, as do most, once you have a baby. Harlow is on the verge of crawling and that girl just loves to put anything and everything in her mouth. With that being said, I decided that … More Decorating the Christmas Tree
One of my very best friends is pregnant with a sweet baby girl. I offered to help decorate and do whatever was needed for the shower, but of course, it fell on my first baby free weekend with the hubs in Chicago. However, they asked if I would still take care of the decorations, which … More Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Baby Shower
Since Ciaran is originally from New Zealand, we had to go through the most intense process ever to get his finace visa. I swear, by the end of it, I knew every law there was to get a green card in this country. Seriously, if you ever need help with it send me a message … More Civil Ceremony
I have a thing for banners to the point where my husband commented on the fact that I make a banner for every single occasion possible. What can I say, they are cheap and easy to make. For my Christmas banner, I chose the phrase “Be Merry.” I chose this phrase mainly because I had … More Christmas Banner
I really wanted to make my own advent calendar this year. I have very limited space in my house to hang one, so that definitely limited my options on what I could do. I wanted it to be something I could reuse year after year, so having something somewhat durable was part of the criteria. … More DIY Advent Calendar
Well, two and a half years have gone by without a blog post. That is just crazy and not acceptable. So much has happened in those 2.5 years. I got engaged, bought a condo, went to Indonesia to meet Ciaran’s family, got married (twice), got pregnant, adopted another cat and had a baby. We went … More Where have I been?
