What I am Loving – Baby Edition

The good thing about baby number two is that, as a parent, you kind of know what you're doing. And I used 'kind of' loosely. Do we ever truly know what we're doing?! We were spared the impulse to buy all the "cool" baby stuff on the shelves at Target because we already knew what …

Perhaps we’re not entitled to know everything.

Since July my husband and I have known the exact date our daughter is going to be born.  It is a bit surreal, really. Knowing that on this certain date and time I will go in for a scheduled cesarean section with my husband by my side and we will officially be a family of …

All the Emotions

20 weeks. We are halfway to meeting our little girl! The halfway point usually starts to bring a little more excitement to the pregnancy journey. Whether that is putting the nursery together, stocking up on more baby items such as clothes, swaddles, diapers, and bottles, or finally finding out the gender and picking out a …

3 Reasons Why Family Portraits are Important

The holiday season is upon us which subsequently means so is picture season. There is nothing like getting dressed up in your holiday-best to go galavanting around an open field, cheerfully smiling at your significant other and children like it is something you do on any given weekend. All joking aside, I love family pictures. …

Here’s To You, Single Parents.

“Parenting can be a real drain, even when sharing the misery with a spouse. Alone it was hard as fuck.” All We Ever Wanted, Emily GiffinI recently finished the book All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin and while I was reading the above quote really spoke to me. The weekend I started and finished this …