Alternatives to a “cakesmash” There is little more exciting to new parents than celebrating their child’s very first birthday. Their baby is not quite a baby anymore and is beginning to look more and more like a little boy or little girl- it’s wonderful and bittersweet all at the same time. Those of you […]

I’m not sure how long the term “rainbow baby” has been around, but for those unfamiliar…. just as a rainbow appears after a storm, a “rainbow baby” is the loving term for a baby born after a miscarriage or infant loss. Unfortunately, this sweet family endured such a loss the year before. This brand new […]

Before our family moved cross-country, my husband and I flew out here for an extra long weekend of house hunting. This was back in September, actually. And we had the pleasure of meeting the nicest realtor at an open house we attended. He mentioned that his wife was expecting (yay! Music to my ears!) and […]

8 Tips to sooth a Crying Baby! As my five-year old began throwing an epic fit the other day, I thought to myself, wouldn’t it be nice if I could get him to stop screaming the way I used to when he was a baby?! Although admittedly it never seemed that way at the time, […]
This past summer, I took some time off of working, blogging, social media- and all that other business stuff- to go home to Michigan. (I haven’t lived there in nearly 14 years, but I still call it “home”!) Our family had a pretty rough past year. My sweet cousin Lorie, only 3 years younger than […]