Celebrating Baby’s First Christmas As A Breastfeeding Mom + An Announcement!

Celebrating Baby's First Christmas As A Nursing Mom + An Announcement - #ForBetterBeginnings #PlaytexMom

Thank you Playtex Baby™ for sponsoring this baby’s first Christmas as a breastfeeding mom post!  [Nope, I’m not pregnant again. Too soon for that! I’ll get to my fun announcement in a bit, so keep reading…] I can’t explain just how grateful I am to have my second baby, my baby boy Levi James. I knowRead more

Breastfeeding Essentials For Mom

Breastfeeding Essentials for Mom and Baby

Thank you bamboobies for sponsoring this breastfeeding essentials post!  As a breastfeeding mom for the second time around, I’ve come to rely on certain essentials that make life a little easier. Breastfeeding can be hard. Really hard. It’s demanding, it’s inconvenient at times, and sometimes your little one just won’t cooperate. But it’s also rewarding,Read more

Holiday Traditions | The Best Time To Be A Kid

Holiday Traditions - THE BEST TIME TO BE A KID with Gymboree

Thank you Gymboree for sponsoring this holiday traditions post!  This time of year is truly The Best Time To Be A Kid! It’s filled with magical moments and anticipated traditions. Now that we have little ones of our own, my husband and I continue to celebrate holiday traditions from each of our childhoods and haveRead more

Halloween Monster Wafer Cookies – A Fun Fall Recipe For Kids

Halloween Monster Wafer Cookies - A Fun Fall Recipe and Project for Kids and Toddlers

Evelyn and I had so much fun making this Halloween Monster Wafer Cookies recipe. It is the perfect fall project and recipe for little hands. She had a blast dipping the wafers in chocolate and choosing her sprinkles for each one. I think her favorite part was putting on the eyeballs and seeing her cookiesRead more

My Maternity Leave Is Over… And I’m Not Going Back To Work

My Maternity Leave is Over... and I'm not going back to work. Who am I

Today marks the day I’d normally be headed back to work. My maternity leave of 12 weeks is over. Everything is different this time around since I’m not going back to my full-time corporate event planning job. Who am I now? A stay-at-home mom? A non-working mom? A work-from-home mom who runs a blog andRead more

Carter’s Original Bodysuit Day Celebration

Carter's Bodysuit Day - Levi

This post is sponsored by Carter’s and contains affiliate links. This one is for all my Carter’s lovin’ mamas! I didn’t want you to miss out on all the fun that Carter’s is throwing our way on Thursday, September 14th in celebration of The Original Bodysuit Day. There will be special offers and sweepstakes ALL. DAY. LONG! LetRead more

Tips To Help Your Toddler Adjust To The New Baby

Tips To Help Your Toddler Adjust To The New Baby

This post contains affiliate links. I’m sharing all my best tips for helping your toddler adjust to the new baby! BEFORE BABY ARRIVES Talk to the baby with your toddler. Throughout my pregnancy we talked to the baby with Evelyn to get her used to the idea that a baby was coming. She would say “goodnight” toRead more