Wife After God: Come Join In!

As you know I had a baby this year, but I am still a wife and I purpose to never let my role as a mother consume me entirely that I forget about my husband. I am super excited to read (and review) Wife After God:Drawing Closer to God and Your Husband devotional on 1/1/14. This is such a great way to start the new year. I would love for you to join me and at the end of the month I will...

Love, the Unconditional Kind

source I cannot properly express in words the love that I have for my son. I would literally do anything for him. He spend 10 months in my womb, he is a part of me, he is half me. He is such a blessing, I have never known a love like this before. When I see him in pain it hurts me, and I want to take that pain away from him. Watching him grow up is truly amazing, I celebrate in his successes reaching...

5 on Friday

Happy Friday!! M woke up early this morning, 5:40 and thankfully his sweet self was not ready to start his day and went back to bed 20 minutes later. I was planning to get up early today, not quite that early but it definitely stopped any procrastination. I am going to try to start getting up before M. It's nice having some time to myself in the morning and not feeling (cause I am) stumbling into...

Naps and Nighttime Nonsese

So I debated about sharing this for a bit, no one likes to talk about ugly days or weeks in my case but then I realized it was an amazing blog post that lifted my spirits and helped me have a better understanding of sleep. Which you can read here. Be prepared this is a long post! I knew that sleep was going to be sparse as a mother, heck I knew I would have some sleepless nights it's kinda part of...

5 On Friday

Happy Friday :) I was MIA for a lot of November. Family came to visit for 10 days which was so much fun. M had such a great time with my sister in law and his cousins that he only saw once before when he was 4 weeks. Then we had a sleep battle in our house for 2 weeks, left mommy so tired I was going to bed an hour after M. I will be sharing that post later this week. Then Thanksgiving, it was...

Thankful Thursday: The Event

I'm linking up with Marie again for her Thankful Thursday series. This week is all about the event I am most thankful for. Super easy and I am sure that most of you can guess it! My wedding day held the title of best day of my life for 3 years it a day that I will never forget. It was the first day of my new life as a married woman. 8 months ago my wedding day took a backseat when M entered this...

The Sunshine Award

Thank you so much Rychelle for nominating me for this award :) If you have a chance stop by her blog and get to know her! Rules 1. Post a pic of the award in your post 2. Post 11 random facts about yourself 3. Answer the 11 questions from the blogger who nominated you 4. Nominate 11 bloggers 5. Write 11 questions for them to answer 6. Let them know they are nominated 1. I...

Thankful Thursday: The Place

November is a month spent intentionally reflecting on all that you are thankful for. When I saw Marie's post about this linkup I knew I was in! For the next 3 weeks I will be joining her in sharing who, when, and what I am most thankful for. This week is all about the place... I am thankful for my house, no scratch that my home. House hunting was an extremely stressful process...

5 On Friday

How is it Friday already? This week flew by! Almost a week into this time change and some days are better than others. M woke up at 5:45 yesterday ready to start the day needless to say mommy was not exactly all smiles or even fully awake for some time. Do moms ever sleep good again? | one | Went to the mall yesterday with my husband, our intention was to fix the birth certificate of a Build-A-Bear....

Thankful Thursdays: The Person

November is a month spent intentionally reflecting on all that you are thankful for. When I saw Marie's post about this linkup I knew I was in! For the next 4 weeks I will be joining her in sharing who, when, and what I am most thankful for. This week is all about the who... I thought for sure the answer to this question would be my son. Now hold on hear me out, I am so thankful for M, but...

So What Wednesday

So WHAT if.... {1} I have 3 drafts that I just cannot complete my thoughts on, I have opened them up for almost 3 nights in a row and still haven't hit publish. Personal goal this week is to get one of them done and up. {2} M got super mobile in the last week and I seriously feel like my free time is lost again. He loves pulling himself up and is even crawling for real (not the army crawl he has...

Breastfeeding Essentials

Aden + anais swaddle | Aladdin Mason Tumbler | Lansinoh Lanolin | Nursing Tank | Lansinoh Disposable Nursing Pads | Medela Tendercare Hyrogel | Nursing Bra | Medela Pump In Style I am really passionate about breastfeeding. It is another amazing connection with your child outside the womb. I encourage every mother to at least...

5 On Friday

| one | Two weeks ago I posted about M needing this adorable jacket... So the very next day Old Navy had a massive sale and I was super excited to get it, except it wasn't in stores. Long shopping adventures story short I finally got it yesterday!!  | two | When I turned on my laptop this morning I saw I had an update available. Naturally I clicked on it to see what it was all about. OS...

Mom-Lovin Hop No. 21

Today I am super excited to be guest co-hosting the Mom-Lovin' blog hop with Hannah, Lena and Andrea. It is one of my favorite places to link up. I have met some pretty awesome ladies on this hop. Come join in the fun! Happy Thursday :) Our Guest Co-Host this week is Ileana at Simply Inspired Me Ileana writes about her life as a wife and mama. She shares lots of great tips for moms...

Homemade Coffee Creamer

It's no secret to those who know me [in person] that I like a little coffee with my cream. Yeah you read that right, I use lots of cream in my coffee. A couple of months ago after seeing so many recipes on Pinterest I decided to try making my own creamer. Except I didn't have some of the ingredients they were calling for and no fancy cream bottle to contain this deliciousness in. I got over...

A Little About My Mr

1. He is truly a kid at heart. Playing games of any sort is something he loves doing. I know that he is looking forward to M to get a little older so he can make forts and buy a set of Nerf guns. 2. He is ridiculously good at games, like really good, people give up or will stop playing because he always wins. 3. He hates sleeping in and I [did] love to sleep. He would much rather wake...

5 on Friday

| one | My friend posted a picture of a ball pit she made for her son. This has been on my husband's to do list for as long as I can remember. Last week we drove all over the place to find the perfect "pit". Sadly when we put M in it he freaked out. Then all of sudden over the weekend he fell in love. He literally crawls up to in and dives in and swims on top of the balls it is hilarious. |...

DIY Baby Footprints

Whaaaaa, a DIY/crafty post? Before my freetime was consumed by cleaning, cooking and all sorts of other chores I actually enjoyed crafty things. I am a perfectionist so most projects took me forever hence why I have given it a rest for a while. I love baby toes, especially M's tiny toes, so stinkin' cute. I have been trying to find the perfect way to save these tiny prints with out spending...