As soon as Elliott reached six months old, we started introducing solid foods to her. After extensive research on my part we decided that baby led weaning was the best approach for our family. While we don’t feed Elliott purees with a spoon, that doesn’t mean that purees can’t be used if you decide to […]
Elliott’s Birth Story
Elliott’s birth was sudden, unexpected, and truly an amazing experience. I wrote this down a long time ago and want to {finally} share it! I had a doctors appointment on Monday, November 23rd. I was 1cm and 50% effaced. The doctor asked me if I wanted her to “sweep around in there” when she checked […]
How Do You Say Hello?
How does one begin a blog post that is about 9 months overdue? I am not really sure how to start. I never intended to take such a long break but here we are and it is already the middle of July. I kept putting this off with the intention of re-launching the blog with […]
Welcome Elliott Grace
Chris and I are so overjoyed to announce the birth of our daughter, Elliott Grace. She made her entrance into the world, 13 days early, on Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at 6:34 p.m. She was 6 lbs. 10 oz. and 20 inches of sheer perfection! Her birth was quick and absolutely perfect. I couldn’t have […]
Bumpdate || First Trimester
I decided that it was about time I try to document this pregnancy at least a little bit. Instead of boring you with recapping each week individually so I decided to do it by trimester instead. How far along: First Trimester Due Date: Originally December 13, 2015 but moved to December 7, 2015 at our 11 […]
Flavor Excursion: Nana’s Spaghetti Sauce Recipe
I love flavors that are bold and spicy, especially now that I am pregnant! I also love recipes that have rich history and tradition behind them and using the best ingredients to recreate these recipes. Before she passed away over ten years ago, my nana had perfected her spaghetti sauce recipe and it makes me […]
Replace or Upgrade your Smartphone for LESS!
I happen to be a bit of a klutz. Combine this with my need to do a dozen things at once means that I drop my phone more times than not. My last phone went swimming in the bath tub twice and the toilet once. I can’t even remember now which one was the […]
Handmade for Littles: Labor Day Sales
As soon as we found out we were expecting, I started looking for handmade shops to stock up his or her closet. Once we found out this little babe was a girl, I kinda went a little crazy, especially with the bows. But there are just so many great handmade shops out there, owned by […]
IT’S A…
GIRL! (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i[‘GoogleAnalyticsObject’]=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,’script’,’//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js’,’ga’); ga(‘create’, ‘UA-22084043-2’, ‘auto’); ga(‘send’, ‘pageview’); Sometimes I still can’t believe that I’m going to have a daughter! Minutes after I took that pregnancy test I had a strong feeling it was a girl but I was only about 6 weeks along at this point. Over the next 14 […]
Let’s Get Back Into This!
(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i[‘GoogleAnalyticsObject’]=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,’script’,’//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js’,’ga’); ga(‘create’, ‘UA-22084043-2’, ‘auto’); ga(‘send’, ‘pageview’); Wow! It’s been such a long time since I’ve blogged! I keep thinking “It’s already late. I’ll get a post up tomorrow for sure” and then the next thing I know it’s Sunday night and a new week is about to start! There have been […]