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…
The Best and Worst Parts of Being a Corporate Mom
I’m a corporate mom. I have been ever since my youngest (now 4) was 8 months old. At the time, I thought it was only a temporary solution to my husband temporarily not being able to find work while we…
Victimhood in Marriage: Our Story
If you’re a blog skimmer, I’ll save you some time. If you’re struggling with constantly feeling like a victim in your marriage, you know it’s a problem, and you want help, do these things: Pray. Ask God to help you…
3 Ways I Create Quality Time With My Husband
This post is sponsored by Cupcake Vineyards. All opinions are my own. These days, quality time isn’t all that easy to come by. Young kids and demanding schedules can make quality time even more scarce. In this blog post, I…
What We Finally Did to get our Toddler Potty Trained in a Week
Our son, David, turned 4 recently. Over the summer, Josh and I had started “trying” to potty train him because we knew he would be starting preschool in the fall and they would require him to be fully potty trained.
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…
21 Tips For a Safer Nursery
This is a sponsored post by Nationwide. All opinions are my own. Maybe you’re going to be a brand-new mama and you’ve got the nesting bug or maybe you’re expecting baby #2 and you’re pretty much over the decor…
25 Pieces of Advice From Marrieds to Newlyweds
Hey friends. Have you ever been to a wedding where on one of the tables somewhere at the reception there was a box, pile of blank paper, and a couple fancy-looking pens? You wonder what it’s for and look up…
What to pack in your hospital bag for labor and delivery + real mama advice
So our little girl is due in just 7 weeks and while I had all the time in the world to prepare for our first born to come- because he was our first born (it’s sometimes hard for me to…
Organizing and planning tips and tricks to make your life 10x easier
Hey guys! As some of you may remember, this week my husband and I are off on the missions trio we’re joining in central asia. I didn’t want to leave you without a post for the whole ten days we…
8 of the Worst Marriage Habits
8 of the Worst Marriage Habits [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/268348830″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Do you ever wish that sometimes you could just write a long list to your spouse of all the things he does that drive you insane?? I…
First Steps for Working Through Anxiety
Hey there, So I realize that there can be lots of reasons for someone to feel trapped and cornered by anxiety. Luckily, in the past few years this hasn’t been such a problem in my life but I recently went…