Welcome Gwenevere “Winnie” Mae

It’s been a month since little Winnie has been in our arms, and I honestly don’t know how it’s already been that long! After your first child, days, months, and weeks really are a big blur. Time goes quicker than that little…

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Happiness is Homemade

Isn’t it though? You can create your happiness and joy. Your circumstances may be dim, but you can choose happiness. I know it’s a lot easier said than done, but that’s what we’re trying to teach our girls…and even ourselves…

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Stay at Home Spring Break

I know a lot of you guys are still in the negatives up North and out West, but that doesn’t stop spring break daydreaming. We don’t have big plans for spring break since the girls are only in preschool, but they do&nbsp…

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Creative Play with Shape Mags

Who tries to set some type of schedule for your kids while they’re at home? I’ve been trying to be more intentional this past year of having some type of plan to follow on the days the big girls don’t go to…

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Disney Trip 2018

DISNEY!I’ve been so lazy in writing posts over the past couple months…okay really the past nine. I don’t know what it was about being pregnant, but I had a little less motivation to work during nap time. I wanted to zone…

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When Your Mom Instinct Takes Over

My heart is still racing just typing this out. My mind is flowing with the what ifs and could have beens. This post won’t have any pretty photos and possibly not even thoughts that are strung together well, but it had to come out…

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Seven.

It’s been seven whole years since we said “I do.” Some days it feels like just yesterday our love story began and others it feels like you’ve always been a part of me. I know that’s super cliché, but it is what…

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Motherhood is hard. Really hard. It’s a battle of so many emotions all at once, and my stomach always feels so jumbled after an exhausting morning, chasing kids around, or trying to teach them how to behave kindly. Why is it so hard to be kind sometimes? Why is it so hard for someone to just not slam their sister’s fingers in a door? Why do they challenge everything I try to say? I’m burned out by lunch time when I sit down during their nap. My emotions have exhausted themselves. My head just kind of spins…

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Earlier this week, I talked about planning an unplanned day. Well, that’s just what this Charleston trip was. We don’t get to travel enough just the four of us, and Charleston is only 3 hours from our home, so we said, ” what the heck! Let’s just go!” So, off we went for the day. I packed some snacks, and of course lots of pieces to take photos of 😏 What would a normal day be around here without a side of photos to go with it?We only made one stop on the way there for gas and…

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Unplanned Plans

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I feel like being so connected to social media, makes me want spring even more! Don’t you? And in the south, one day it’s 80 and the next is snowing. True story. Happened this week. And I feel like with the impending spring season, our life is just getting more and more hectic. I sat down to look at my calendar today, and I have something to do literally every single day. One of them may be a hair appointment (which is actually super relaxing), but just seeing a full calendar stresses me the heck out! Dinners with…

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Mommin’ On Repeat

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Some days…most days…do you ever just feel like you’re on constant repeat from the days and weeks past? That’s how I always felt during the newborn days…just wondering when…IF…it was going to ever end! Right now, I’m in that struggle with Hallen’s three year old attitude. I feel like I have the same conversation with her every single day. We even have a sticker chart going on for attitude/behavior changes, and when she gets 25 stickers, she gets a Snow White dress that she’s been pining over for a…

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Easter Picks!

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So, if you’re anything like me, you’re running a little behind for the next holiday, because let’s face it…most of us are moms, and even if we aren’t, time is sacred, and there isn’t ever enough of it! I always say I’m going to do things early, but it never ends up happening. So, here I am, with less than a month to go before Easter, just now looking for home decor and dresses for the girls..and myself!As usual, during nap time today, I sat down searching for Easter dresses for…

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This past weekend, I finally got to see my best friend after what seems like forever…my friend who’s last name I actually used for Hallen’s name! She must be kind of special ;-p But, Kevin and I decided to make a weekend trip out of it, and just get away. See new things. Let the girls explore a new city. We didn’t have time to do anything big, because of bridal shower plans and having dinner with her family, but I was totally fine with that.I kept telling Hallen we were going to Atlanta, and…

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We’ve finally come to that time again…time to baby proof our entire house. The baby in our home that goes by the name of Hazel…Goldie…Goose…Hazelnut…and a handful of other monikers is quite the explorer. We NEVER had to baby proof with Hallen. We had one baby gate up in our 3 story town home at the time for other people’s children.  Hallen would stand at the top of the stairs all day long. She was too careful to try and go down without our help.{this post contains affiliate links}But the second…

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We’re in the slow and steady race of trying to create a peaceful master suite that Kevin and I can just totally zen out in. But, I’m sure all of you parents out there know as well as I do, the kids things always come first! Both of the girls’ rooms are beautifully decorated just like I wanted them. The play room got a cute face life. They always get the first new clothes. I’m sure it’s the same for you.So, when I got the chance to collaborate with Linens and Hutch, I wanted to…

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