It’s finally done! The pink and gold nursery we did for my friend Kristen’s adopted baby is finally finished. It feels like it took forever because Kristen’s family is super busy and we just couldn’t work on the room as often as we wanted to. But her daughter isn’t one year old yet, so that’s…
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Baby Girl Pink and Gold Nursery Plans
Ready for some cute pink and gold nursery plans? My friend adopted a baby girl in February. It all happened so fast, like adoptions can go. They got a call and before she knew it, she was on a plane to go pick up her new baby. They were cleared amazingly quickly to go home,…
Pink and Gold Baby Shower
This summer has been super busy so far! I always have this idea that I’m going to get so much done in the summer but then it comes and I realize I have all my kids at home and they still need structure and I need them to help out around the house so it…
My Biggest Project for 2018
If you’re on my newsletter list, you might remember a wee little announcement I made a couple months ago. But to the rest of the world, I finally am coming clean about my biggest most secretive project for 2018…yep! I’m pregnant. 🙂 I’m almost 34 and I have to say, this pregnancy has made…
My Birth Story #4
On May 10th, at 1:40 pm, I welcomed my fourth child into the world. It was a beautiful experience, one of my best birth stories. And it’s going to be long and detailed. The weeks leading up to his birth were torturous. Each day dragged on, despite my attempts to fill each day with fun…
20 Things for Postpartum Recovery
I know this is primarily a DIY blog, but the only thing I’ve been DIY-ing lately is a ginormous baby growing inside me. This is my fourth baby and it’s been fun to be pregnant again after four years. I’m 36 weeks now and hopefully this babe will be born in the next three weeks…
The Importance of Bathtime
My kids are growing up. They are in that phase where they can do almost everything by themselves which makes me kinda lazy and I am getting really good at ordering them around. But there is one thing they still can’t quite do themselves…bathtime. My oldest takes showers now which is a long ways from…
VTech Baby Monitor Review
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of VTech Communications for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. Oh, Winter. I love the beautiful snow and the holidays but one thing I do NOT love is illness. We have all been cycling through cold after cold and I’m so tired of it. But…
Johnson’s Baby Skincare Basket Giveaway!
This post was sponsored by Johnson’s Intense Moisture Cream & TheMotherhood. All opinions are my own. Well it’s winter…basically. It snowed yesterday, so I guess that means that the glorious days of Fall are behind us. Bring on the holidays, snow, hot chocolate, and comfy boots! Unfortunately, it also means dry, chapped skin. My kids…
Huggies Diaper Donations
This post is sponsored by Huggies and MomitForward. All opinions are 100% mine. Babies need diapers. Kids need diapers. Diapers are, and have been, a daily part of my life for the last five years. And I think it’s something I’ve taken for granted…the ability to afford diapers and to always be able to diaper…
Toddler Style: Jelly Shoes
This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group™ and Jelly Beans but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #JellysAreBack http://cmp.ly/3/8vNxcO As the ninth child of eleven, I didn’t get a whole lot of new things for myself. Actually no one in my family did. My mother was…
Ellie, Huggies Slip ons, and a Target Gift Card Giveaway
This post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group® and Huggies, but all my opinions are my own. #HuggiesSlipOn #pmediahttp://cmp.ly/3/8vNxcO My Ellie is almost 20 months. I have been telling her age to people a lot lately and every time I find myself thinking, “Is that right? 20 Months?…
