Her name is Madison & She’s been paci free for 3 months

Back in December we attempted what I thought would be the impossible: we ditched the paci. I was absolutely terrified. I had tried to do it once with horrendous results. Sometime around 19-20 months old we thought she was ready and we took her paci away for one nap. The screams, the sobs, the THROWING [...]

Finding my happiness

After I posted this blog post I received an email from one of my dearest friends (who just so happens to be living in Germany but is IN THE STATES & I GET TO SEE HER SATURDAY) suggesting that we start an online book club with some of our girlfriends from college. I’ve been wanting [...]

Why we’re done having children

I never understood how people could say they knew they never wanted to have children…. until now. And it’s not for the reason you may think although at 3 a.m. some nights I DO understand why people never want to have kids. But in all seriousness, I always wondered how people could “know” their life [...]

8 Months

My Sweet Girl, It’s been 8 months since you entered our lives and made our family whole. Since you came on the scene things have been… messier louder more sleep deprived & better than we could have ever imagined. You are our wild child with absolute no fear & a curiosity for everything. You crawl [...]

A few of my favorite things: Make-up Edition

Do you ever look back at pictures and wondered why you weren’t wearing make up and then realize that you WERE wearing make up but you just had no idea how to really put it on? As I’ve gotten older I’ve become more aware of the products I put on my face and HOW to [...]