Motherhood

  • Vacations with a Baby: Packing and Traveling Tips

    Vacations with a Baby: Packing and Traveling Tips

    Henry has had his fair share of adventures since he was born last July. In total, he’s been to the beach a solid 4 times and numerous weekend get-a-ways. These trips have included multiple flights and anywhere from 3 to 9 hour drives. I’ve done so much research on what to pack an infant and Read more

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  • Practical Easter Basket Ideas for Toddlers & Babies

    Practical Easter Basket Ideas for Toddlers & Babies

    Another holiday, another gift guide — anyone feel like we’ve had a ton of holidays this year already? Wait, only two? No ways, there’s been at least seventeenupton. Don’t get me wrong, I love holidays — especially ones as special as Easter. What I don’t love is feeling obligated to buy more junk for my Read more

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  • Top 10 New Mom Must-Have’s

    Top 10 New Mom Must-Have’s

    We get it — you’re a new mom or soon-to-be new mom and you have no idea where to start. It’s so overwhelming the amount of options there are to choose from! At least 10 different bottle brands, a crazy variety of car seats, and let’s not forget the baby gadgets. Swings, bouncers, exersaucers, the Read more

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  • February Favorites

    February Favorites

    January lasted for five years, February went in a blink! But good news is spring is almost here and we have never been more ready for a season change in our lives. To get us over the hump of the next 20 days until the official start of spring, let’s do a little retail therapy, Read more

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  • 3 Easy, Healthy (& Toddler Approved) Snacks

    3 Easy, Healthy (& Toddler Approved) Snacks

    I am not going to pretend to know everything there is to know about a toddler. But, I’m going to take a wild guess and say that many toddlers are a lot like my niece. Wild and crazy at times, lovable on occasion, and PICKY eaters. There are two things that are for sure when Read more

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  • Eat, Pray, Love Gone Wrong – My Journey to Single Motherhood, Part II

    Eat, Pray, Love Gone Wrong – My Journey to Single Motherhood, Part II

    I called him. He was unusually and particularly calm. The conversation did not go as I’d hoped. The specifics of the conversation can’t really be shared here, but what I can tell you, is that he made the decision to not be involved, as in doing so “would ruin his life.” Now what? I’m pregnant. Read more

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  • Eat, Pray, Love Gone Wrong – My Journey to Single Motherhood, Part I

    Eat, Pray, Love Gone Wrong – My Journey to Single Motherhood, Part I

    Friends, I’ve decided it’s time. Time to share my story — the story of my sweet girl and me. While I’ve been particularly private over the last four years about how my little love came to be, I’ve reached a point within my heart to share. To be honest, I preferred the “rumor” that it Read more

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  • My Journey with Infertility

    I originally started this post March 2017. When I revisited it January 2019, I balled. I could feel the pain I had almost two years ago in the words I wrote then. Two years ago. It seems like an eternity when waiting for something as precious as a baby and it blows my mind how Read more

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  • Tips for Surviving Winter with a Toddler

    Tips for Surviving Winter with a Toddler

    For the past month, “how to survive winter with a toddler” has been my top Google search. Actually, who am I kidding, “how to survive life with a toddler” is my top Google search every other day! But now that the holidays have wrapped up, I have been having such a struggle trying to find Read more

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