This post is sponsored by KRAFT and SheKnows Media. As always, opinions are 100% my own. We’ve been trying to get Owen to expand his palate lately. So today I’m sharing some strategies we’re implementing to encourage him to try new foods, as well as some meal ideas. One way I’ve been trying to get him to broaden his horizons… View Post
I’ve been getting sporadic messages from people throughout the past few months asking “Where’s Jack?” or “How’s Jack handling having a new baby in the house?” In case you’re new around here, Jack is our black, puggle mix that we rescued when he was a few months old back in 2008. He celebrated his 10th birthday in early January of… View Post
We’ve lived here a year, and I don’t think I’ve officially shared our kitchen on the blog. There’s no motivation like agreeing to join a gaggle of talented bloggers who are sharing summer touches they made to spaces to get your kitchen clean and take photos of it. So make sure you check out everyone participating in the Seasonal Simplicity… View Post
Since Emmett is 3 months now, I should probably stop hardcore riding this maternity leave train. So today is our last installment of the Preggo/Mom Series. I know you’re very sad. My very talented and funny friend Kelly from The Lilypad Cottage is sharing her experiences and insights. Kelly lives on a lake in western Michigan with her husband and… View Post
I’m not a meat and cheese expert, but that doesn’t mean I can’t throw together a decent charcuterie board. So today I’m sure how I make a charcuterie board, which is a great summertime appetizer. And in case you don’t know how to pronounce ‘charcuterie’ (no shame, I had to Google it the first time I ever saw the word),… View Post
I finally pulled the trigger on playroom window treatments. I asked you back in this post which you think would be better– 2″ faux wood blinds or top down bottom up cellular shades. 53% of you said top down bottom up cellular shades. Here’s how the playroom looked before. I ended up going with these top down bottom up cellular shades in… View Post
This post is sponsored by Walmart and SheKnows Media. As always, opinions are 100% my own. Now that we have two kids, we’re having to pack our diaper bag a little differently these days. So I thought I’d share everything we take on the go. As a mom who almost always has her hands full, I’m big proponent of the… View Post
This post is sponsored by Walmart and SheKnows Media. As always, opinions are 100% my own. Putting together a baby shower gift basket can be difficult, especially when you don’t have a registry to go off of. So when I’m putting together a baby gift, I like to stick to more practical items, with a couple fun/cute things thrown in…. View Post
Let me start out by saying I’m not a botanist or a gardening expert. I’m just sharing the steps I took to transplant my peonies from our old house to our new house. If you’ve been around a while, you know my peonies are like my babies. And I’m not some basic chick who recently became peony obsessed. I’ve loved… View Post
This post is sponsored by Walmart and SheKnows Media. As always, opinions are 100% my own. Since becoming a mom of two, my time is even more restricted. One area where I’ve had to carve out some time is dinner prep. Gone are the days where I had 45 minutes to prepare dinner because Owen is at the age where… View Post
I get emails and messages about my galactocele (milk cyst) from time to time, so I decided it was best for me to dedicate a post to direct to people toward instead of emailing them a novel. So if you don’t care at all about this topic, I don’t blame you for skipping this post. Carry on, and have a great… View Post
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Schlage . The opinions and text are all mine. I love the entryway area of our house– the board and batten, the craftsman-style doors, the French doors and transom, the flooring. But with this house being a production home, we were limited on lots of our design details. One… View Post
So I can enjoy some time with Emmett and get acclimated to life with a newborn and a toddler, I asked some of my blog buddies to play along and answer some hard-hitting questions about pregnancy and motherhood. I did the same thing after I had Owen, if you want to check out those. My fashionable, jewel tone-loving, fellow night owl friend Haneen from… View Post
I’ve been trying to work on the playroom lately. Which probably isn’t the best idea because the builder still needs to complete work in the playroom. Since adding the new I-beam and removing the incorrectly placed I-beam, the floor has settled some, and now there’s a large gap between the baseboards and the flooring and there are floor pops where… View Post
So I can enjoy some time with Emmett and get acclimated to life with a newborn and a toddler, I asked some of my blog buddies to play along and answer some hard-hitting questions about pregnancy and motherhood. I did the same thing after I had Owen, if you want to check out those. Today, my sweet, world traveling friend, Tammy from Pink Peppermint… View Post
This post is sponsored by Walmart. As always, opinions are 100% my own. Easter is just days away, and if you’re a last minute person like me, you’re scrambling to come up with an Easter basket for your little ones. But fear not, because I’m sharing some Easter basket ideas for toddlers today. And bonus– they’re less than $35 each!… View Post
Going into the final weeks of my pregnancy with Emmett, a lot of emotions started coming up about the end of my pregnancy with Owen. I was induced with Owen at 40 weeks 2 days because I ran out of amniotic fluid, and had I not followed my gut and got a non-stress test and biophysical ultrasound when I did, things… View Post
With Owen, we used his dresser as his changing table. We’re using the same dresser/changing table set up in Emmett’s nursery (still under construction), but we added a changing table into the mix with baby #2. In our old house, the living room, where we spent most of our time, was in the middle of our house with our master… View Post
I’ve decided to start a new thing here on the blog called Friday Favorites where I share some of the things I’m fond of. It’s basically my I’m Lovin’ series, but I’ll just post on Fridays. Expect the ultimate hodge podge of things– today is a good example. I’m hoping to make this a weekly thing, but if I can’t… View Post
So I can enjoy some time with Emmett and get acclimated to life with a newborn and a toddler, I asked some of my blog buddies to play along and answer some hard-hitting questions about pregnancy and motherhood. I did the same thing after I had Owen, if you want to check out those. Today, my hilarious friend, Charlotte from At Charlotte’s… View Post
