Valentine’s Day is coming up quick and what better way to mark the occasion than with a beautiful new piece of jewelry for yourself (or a loved one)! When Blue Nile contacted me about offering one of my lucky readers this gorgeous sterling silver branch necklace I jumped at the chance. I love their … ... [Read more...]

Sawyer Rebecca has arrived. And she’s absolutely perfect. Six pounds, twelve oz and 19 inches long. Birth story to come. We are so deeply in love and forever grateful. You are the sunshine of my life That’s why I’ll always be around, You are the apple of my eye, Forever you’ll stay in my heart I … ... [Read more...]

Ahhh, Christmas has come and gone already. I honestly can’t believe it’s over! I must say, one of the things I was most excited about on Christmas day was gearing up to give my dad his awesome gift. I wrote about giving my dad his first smartphone from Walmart mobile in November. Plus, I’m giving … ... [Read more...]

I love my parents but man, do they need to upgrade their cell phones. They’ve been talking about it for over a year now. Right now they have very basic phones through their service provider. I’m not even sure they can take pictures with them, which is sad since they have five grandchildren (soon to … ... [Read more...]

I know, I know, it’s November! Why in the world am I talking about baby swimming tips in November? Well, let’s just say we’ve had swimming on our minds. We are planning on taking our first summer vacation to the beach as a family of five (!!!) next summer. By that time our little baby will be … ... [Read more...]

I participated in this program on behalf of Seventh Generation and The Motherhood. All opinions are my own. I’ll admit, I am not the “greenest” mama out there. I try my best to stay up-to-date on things that might harm my children and make decisions that are in line with their best health. Sometimes … ... [Read more...]

I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias and its client. Yesterday night I invited my mom over to enjoy a new show on NickMom called Instant Mom with actress Tia Mowry-Hardrict. The … ... [Read more...]

You know how I was in an amazing show called Listen to Your Mother? Well, the video of me reading my story is up (has been for months actually, oops). I meant to post it right away but you know, it’s kind of strange watching yourself read something to 250 people. But some of my readers asked to see … ... [Read more...]

As I said before, we were able to find out very early whether we are having a boy or a girl. First and foremost the test showed that we have a healthy baby baking away in there! That is really the most important thing of all so I was happy to hear that and very relieved. And then we got to find out … ... [Read more...]

Our family has some important news to share with you . . . Yep, that’s right! Baby #3 is on the way! I cannot tell you how excited the boys are to have a new brother or sister! Eight years ago today, in this very spot, Naaman got down on one knee and promised to love me forever. And now, eight years … ... [Read more...]