Just a stay-at-home mother of four writing about books, parenting, and life in general. I hope you enjoy the ride.
Hello everyone! I can’t believe it but we made it to April! How was everyone’s Easter? We had our families over for Easter and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I do an Easter egg hunt for the kids and some of our siblings. It’s funny to watch everyone run around our…
It’s December and that means we can OFFICIALLY talk about Christmas! YAY! IT’S CHRISTMAS TIME! Bring out the Christmas decorations and blast the music! Ok, now that we are all in the Christmas mood let’s talk about the stocking stuffers. Every year I seem to blank on what to put…
Hello third trimester mom! This is my third time packing a hospital bag! While I would LOVE to say I have the packing the hospital bag down pat, I’m a bit of an “over-packer”. This year I’ve decided to write everything down that I’m packing in my hospital bag in…
I’m officially 27 weeks pregnant!! For all you readers who don’t know which weeks are what trimesters, your third trimester starts at 28 weeks. Since I’m almost at the last trimester, I figured I would post all the stuff that got me through my second trimester! Note: these items are…
This is a list of my 8 first trimester essentials. Everything on it has helped me through the first few months of pregnancy! (updated: 3/19/25) Recently I’ve had people ask me how this pregnancy is going compared to my first two. Believe me when I say that this pregnancy is…
Are you considering potty training your child but don’t know if they are ready. Well here are the 8 signs that I’ve noticed with my boys that told me they are ready to be potty trained. First, what age should potty training start? I looked this up and the answer…
Lately, it seems like my productivity level was at an all-time low. I could blame the weather, I mean who wants to stay inside writing when there are so many summer activities I could be doing. I could blame my boys, I mean they ARE only young once and they…
Luke and I have been married for four years. In honor of our anniversary we decided to answer some questions people have asked us.
If you have a three-year-old, specifically one like JT who’s very strong-willed, you do whatever it takes to get them to sleep. For a while, Luke or I would have to lay down in our bed for hours with JT waiting for him to finally go to sleep. To put…
Wait you wake up before your kids? You can’t be serious! Do you even enjoy sleep? That was my first reaction whenever I heard a mom tell me that they choose to wake up before their children. Well, guys I’ve been waking up before the boys almost every morning since…