Snuggling up for a well-deserved rest is top priority for the wearied traveler. That’s hard to do if your baby doesn’t want to cooperate. Every parent who has traveled with a baby knows how important it is to make sure baby can sleep anywhere. By the time my daughter was a year old, she’d slept…
Family First Challenge: Husband
New Years means starting fresh. Daydreaming about new accomplishments and challenging ourselves to try new things is invigorating. Don’t you just love the sense of accomplishment that comes from reaching your goals? One year I vowed to run 12 miles straight and finished in four months. Another time I made a $5 weekly grocery budget…
Tips to Improve Your Marriage by Christmas
Hi friends! Hope you’re all having an awesome time getting ready for the holidays and Jesus’ birthday celebrations. Confession: I still have our ornaments packed away. December is flying by way too quickly for me to catch up! As promised, here’s the highly coveted marriage tips video you’ve all been waiting for. You have been…
30 Ways to Improve Your Marriage by Christmas
Christmas is the best holiday to make monsters of us all. The hustle and bustle of the Christmastime can strain our nerves to the max, and as a result relationships suffer. Even if you’ve taken the time to put Christ at the center of your festivities, you’re still not immune to becoming a grinch. Whether…
Celebrating TWO with a Water Birthday Party
This weekend we celebrated two gorgeous years of little girl. Summer Elizabeth had a water-themed birthday party complete with 3 pools, water balloon yoyos, water painting, and plenty of watermelon. I’ll be featuring some water party games and activities soon, but meanwhile, here’s a peek into our water birthday bash.Summerbeth had her very FIRST CUPCAKE!…
I Love You Small
Dear Summie, I never want to forget how you are right now. Your wee small voice, the way you call out to me in the morning when you wake up, bright eyed out of bed, how you look at me with mischief in your eyes and say “no” when you’ve done something naughty, and how…
Happy Scenes
There are some scenes in each day that make me sit back and smile the wide satisfied grin of an incredibly happy mama. God has been so good to my little family. Baby shoes lined up on the rug, so delicately small & so perfectly sweet. Little girl toys strewn across my bedroom. Papis and…
Babymooning at the Beach // MBM
Who doesn’t love the idea of a babymoon? I mean, a vacation with pregnancy spoiling (please pass the dessert!) and a little R&R before a newborn arrives is probably top on the list of most moms-to-be whether it happens or not. Source Thankfully, last week we were blessed with the chance to visit relatives in…
Reasons I NEED my Man
Last week, Husband was gone for what seemed like a quarter century, but was more like 8 days. (He surprised me by arriving home early!) He was doing good deeds while Summer Elizabeth and I enjoyed a quaint mommy & baby Christmas together. Boy, was I glad when he got home! Here’s why I NEED…
Coffee Date: Reassessment
This past week I made an obvious, yet profound realization. Blogging was taking up too much of my time; more time than I could afford. Blogging was not only keeping me up late with the linky parties that go live just before bedtime, but it was cutting into my God time, the biggest uh-oh of…
