Mom life

Happy New Year!  It’s time for resolutions and promises to make this the year where we all get really organized. No more running late, not knowing what’s for dinner or forgetting birthdays. This is the year right? We can’t be perfect...

Whether you followed along with us during our first book club last year or not, we are launching it back up again for 2018. Last year was our first year, so we were learning as we went along. We quickly...

You know how sometimes you wake up with a brilliant idea? Yeah me either- until NOW! I woke up the other morning and decided that I did NOT want to make "New Years Goals" for 2018 this year.  In the past, I...

I got married with the expectation of having babies. I won’t say lots, but let’s just say my husband is one of nine and I am one of five kids, so having babies was something we both wanted from the...

Chances are when you see the words depression and motherhood together you think of postpartum depression. While postpartum depression is devastating, (I’ve been there, I know) often the storm doesn't end there. My official diagnosis is bipolar 2 disorder and generalized anxiety...

Oh man, where do I even begin?  First off, let me tip a big hat to all the mamas out there who went back to work right after their maternity leave. Maybe you didn’t have a choice and had to...

It dawned on me recently that the drive home from school and subsequent hour after were getting grumpier. I’d read all sorts of advice on getting teenagers to talk about their day, but I have a 1st grader. I thought...

Four years ago, our oldest daughter was born 7 weeks prematurely and spent 17 days in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) before we were able to take her home. At the time, it was easily the hardest thing...

As adults, we generally have a harder time getting a good nights rest... because KIDS. However, there are other factors in play. Blue light.  This blue light phenomenon has actually disrupted our sleep in a number of ways. Wait... what is blue...

My stint as a stay at home mom has lasted 18 months so far, and soon it will be ending. My husband and I were looking at our finances and the forecast was revealing that I should return to...

This mama right here doesn’t like make up much, but I do enjoy trying new beauty products and experimenting at home with natural ingredients. I have been doing this for years and I have to say that I can...

When I tell people that I don't drink, and that I have never had a taste (or sip, or drop!) of alcohol in my entire life, it's usually followed by a "you're kidding, RIGHT?!" or "How do you survive?"...