Summer is my favorite time of year, and while the pandemic changed many of our summer plans last year, I also got to enjoy being outside a lot more, and spending time with my littles and watching them grow. This…
Everything I Bought to Keep James Entertained (and Educated) At Home While Social-Distancing
Like many of you, I’m currently trying to figure out how to keep my kids (well, mostly James) entertained and educated while I attempt to work from home. We are quarantining ourselves and practicing social-distancing in response to the Coronavirus…
Six Months With Baby Charlotte
I cannot believe we’re already celebrating six months with Baby Charlotte. I know I say this every month, but six month feels like a real milestone. Your baby is definitely no longer an infant — they’re almost a different human…
How to Work From Home With Kids
I know Coronavirus is on all of our minds right now, and tbh, my anxiety is through the roof. I know everyone says not to panic, and not to make anyone do the same, but I keep thinking that we’re…
And Just Like That We’re a Family of Four!
If you follow me on Instagram, you know that we welcomed a baby girl two weeks ago, so I thought it was time to share a new baby announcement on here. I know a lot of you have been asking…
How We’re Prepping James for the New Baby
I was so focused for so long on having another baby that I honestly didn’t spend much time thinking about how a new baby sibling would impact James and the steps for preparing toddler for new baby. I was more…
The Best Tips I’ve Found for Dealing with Tantrums
Ok, so I admit it. I got cocky. I thought I had this whole tantrum thing on lock. I read a book that was really insightful, and thought I knew how to manage the whole tantrum thing and that James…
How to Be a Good Parent When You’re Tired
I should really have put a question mark at the end of the blog post title, because honestly, I don’t know the answer. Lately, I’ve been exhausted and I have found it nearly impossible to muster the strength to play with James and run after and plan activities for him so he can get his energy out — and I feel terrible. Honestly, I’m so exhausted and there’s so much going on and it happens to coincide with this period where James is really active and really defiant, and I find myself losing my patience more than usual.
Help! We’re Taking Our First Vacation Without James and We Can’t Decide What Type of Trip to Take
This March, Andrew and I will celebrate our five year wedding anniversary. I’m kind of in shock that we’ve been married for five years. It feels like we just got married. Five years kind of crept up on us, and…
What I Learned From Going on Vacation with our Toddler
Like many of you, when mid-January hit, we were ready for a vacation somewhere warm. Last year, after much debate, we decided to bring our then baby along on our vacation. I wrote a post about what I learned from our experience. Well, we just got back from another January trip to Florida, and I thought I’d share my vacation with toddler tips after surviving a beach vacation with our crazy two year old. While I felt more prepared and less panicked about traveling with James now that we’ve flown and vacationed with him a bunch, we still made some mistakes this time (and had some wins) and learned a lot.
Watching All Your Friends Get Pregnant When You’re Struggling with Inferility
So basically every day when I open the mail, I get to cry over the fact that another friend of mine is having a baby and I’m not. Something I used to love, opening Christmas cards has become something I dread.
Cutest Winter Clothes for Toddler Boys (AKA Everything I’m Buying James Rn)
It quickly skipped from fall to winter-like temps here, and I’m realizing that James’ wardrobe consists mostly of shorts and T-shirts. Despite an Indian summer that has lasted into October, it feels like cooler temps are officially here to stay…
