Apparently, a large garbage truck is the most coveted toy amongst toddler boys at the playground. It can stir big toddler emotions! I personally have never had any inclination to play with anything resembling a garbage truck, but to each their own. Since it’s winter in Chicago, we’ve gone to a couple of different indoor playspaces. When Miles finds… Read More
Dear Moms- the nursery is for you! And the baby of course :-), but you are the one that will be there in the middle of the night breastfeeding, changing diapers, and generally spending most of the time with your baby. If it’s your first baby, it can also be a very stressful and sleep deprived time. This is why… Read More
February is tough! The excitement of Christmas and the New Year has subsided and we are still left with the blistering cold weather. As February begins, we all need a fresh list of ideas for things to do with our little ones! There are many toddler activities and projects you can plan inside, but sometimes you just need to get… Read More
I’ve been cooking and meal planning for a while. Not always consistently though. As part of our save money live on one income mission 2017, we decided that our food budget needed the most work. Like a lot of work! So I set off to learn more and truly create a plan, a beginners meal planning guide that includes everything we… Read More
Your baby changes the fastest in their first year, than any other time in their lives! It’s exciting watching them grow and develop. It also goes by really fast. Documenting their growth and development through monthly baby photos is a great way to capture all these changes! This is a fun way to document their changes and family members LOVE getting these each… Read More
How do you get where you want to be? I didn’t necessarily want to tell you my goals. Don’t take it personal. It’s not you, it’s me! 🙂 If I share, that means I have to answer to myself AND everyone else for areas where I fall short. That’s part of the journey though. Trying new things and sharing when… Read More
Halfway through our very first family photo shoot, Jordan looks at me and says, “Should we just call it? Let’s just put it down as a loss.” I was right there with him and strongly considered it. That is how badly our photo shoot went and how overwhelmed we were at the time. We learned some valuable lessons that will… Read More
My husband went out with some college friends the other night and when he told one of them that I was about to stay home, his response was “Oh, so you guys have it like that huh?”. (This was right after I had published my last post on people’s assumptions and comments on me staying home, you can read that… Read More
I’m not going to lie, I was not feeling optimistic when I started writing down people’s reactions to quitting my job and staying home with my kids. My expectation was that I would end up with a long list of negative statements and judgements. I realized afterward that this was probably my own insecurities and hesitation around the change. If… Read More
In the end, it seems like it was decided for me. Let me explain… I’ve seen many posts on how to afford being a stay at home mom, but in our situation it has been “How do you afford to still work?”. I guess I’ve always wanted to do it all. I wanted a family, but to also maintain my professional… Read More