Family Life

Happy first birthday to my darling baby girl! I can’t help but think this birthday is exponentially better than her “birth day” last year because this one started with cake. Kind of hard to argue with that, don’t you think? I knew I wanted to make a smash cake and take [...] Read More....

When I got married, I received a lot of advice about living my life pre-babies. Relish your sleep; enjoy date nights; travel; appreciate adult time; value your alone time. Doesn’t it always happen that advice never really clicks until after the fact? While I did appreciate my life and time [...] Read More....

You did it – you did the most incredible thing in the world. You made a baby! You created a person, grew it in your body, and somehow got that person out of your body. You are seriously extraordinary. Now that you have a baby, you have millions of things [...] Read More....

I’m so excited for Christmas every year, but this year is especially special because it is my daughter’s first one. Every part of my life has become exponentially better since this little, sweet, funny person came into the world , so I can only imagine how magical Christmas will be this year. I [...] Read More....

This post contains affiliate links. I have always loved macaroons. I love the smooth, light, airy texture, the crunch, and how the pretty pastel sandwich almost melts in your mouth. I love that each treat is like a mini (delicious) present, almost too darling to eat. I love that they [...] Read More....

When I find foods I like, I generally can eat them everyday. This works well for planning lunches for work but can get monotonous, especially over the weekend when I generally crave something more substantial. My go-to lunches are my Simply The Best Healthy Tuna Salad, cherry tomatoes with cottage [...] Read More....

Although I enjoy cooking, I’m lucky to have a husband who is the primary cook in our family – plus, he’s ten times better than I am anyway. However, cooking breakfast food, my favorite meal of all time, is my forte. My husband is out of town, so what better [...] Read More....

Affiliate links included. Sniffles. Runny nose. Sad little barking cough. Stuffed up tiny noses with congestion. When your baby or child has a cold, your heart will break for them. As a parent, all you want to do is take pain and discomfort away from your little ones, but with a [...] Read More....

Oh, pregnancy, how I loved you. You turned me into a girl who vowed to never be pregnant and only have children through a surrogate (thanks, sis for volunteering at the time) into a momma who is ready for round two! You may know that I didn’t have the easiest [...] Read More....

Now that I’m back to work part-time after a wonderful summer home with my daughter, it’s nice having a daily routine and schedule to follow. My work schedule helps drive my effort to eat healthy and pay attention to portions instead of mindless snacking here and there or having “just [...] Read More....