While I don’t intend on overhauling this space into a foster parenting blog, this is a new journey we’ve started and I thought I would write down a few things I’ve learned in the first two months of our first…
Cultivating Quality Time With the Kids This Holiday Season
This post is sponsored by Silk® and Café Bustelo®. I think a big theme for this year is togetherness. We’re heard it 1000 times, “Together apart.” Everyone’s experienced so many changes this year, and our family is no different. My work had…
What to do with a Free Day in Seattle: A Parents’ Staycation
If you find yourself with a free day in the city of Seattle, you’re bound to want to get out and explore. I work from home and Josh is a daddy to our 2 kiddos and getting around everyone,…
3 Ways to Make the End of Summer a Blast for the Kids
#ad I don’t know about you, but the end of summer is when I feel the most nostalgic. Growing up, the end of summer was a magical time when new memories were always made, family time was at its best,…
How We’re Creating Family Time This Fall
How do you spend Halloween? In the past few weeks, I’ve been thinking a lot more about living intentionally with my family. I know “intentional” is kind of a buzzword these days but I also feel like it’s still extremely…
4 Tips to Make Holiday Spending Less Stressful
This post was sponsored, and paid for, by SunTrust. All opinions are my own. Josh and I have been all over the place when it comes to where we’ve stood financially. In the past, we’ve had more than we needed,…
How we handle our 3 year old’s bedtime routine
So David is 3. And I’m definitely not here to tell you that we’re pros at the whole bedtime routine thing. But what I will say is that kids love routine. I remember back when I was pregnant with David,…
6 Tips For Hiking With A Baby
Hiking has always been a huge part of our lives and one of mine and Josh’s favorite pastimes. We didn’t want the fact that we had little kids keep us from the things that we loved and, in fact, we…
How having your second child is different from having your first
YAY YOU’RE HAVING A BABY! The second one, that is. Or maybe you’ve already had him or her. Either way, you have to know that having a baby the second time around is not like the first. There are a…
How To Feel More Comfortable In Your Hospital Room After Delivering Your Baby
Hey mama (or mama to be- eek! Sorry, babies excite me), A few months ago (before our baby girl was born), I wrote a post listing all the things a mama should pack in her hospital bag for her Mother/Baby…
6 Ways Marriage Changes After Having Kids
When I became a mom (three years ago this week!) I was thrilled. Nothing had quite prepared me for the love I felt for my little son. I felt the same way when my daughter was born two years later. At…
How To Prepare Your Dog For a New Baby
Bringing home a new baby can be an exciting AND scary time! Every member of your family, including the furry ones, are going to face a lot of changes and at times, if can be hard for dogs to cope-…