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In all honesty, I was really lagging potty training with my then 27-month-old. I knew it was something that had to be done, so I planned to start it after our family vacation to Hawaii because I didn’t want to worry about accidents during our trip. I had been reading about Lora...
I was so excited to plan a trip with our two-year-old toddler since it was our first official family trip. However, I think I was more anxious and worried leading up to the day than anything else. Like most moms, a lot of negative thoughts were going on in my head about...
I never really thought I would need a sleep trainer for my daughter, because she had slept well since she was two months old. Ella would sleep in her crib with her pacifier, in her own room. Beyond rocking her a little before putting her down in her crib, I wasn’t much involved...
I had been thinking about taking a trip to Miami with my husband since I was pregnant with my daughter (she is now 15 months old). I kept putting it off after I had the baby because I had major mom guilt and couldn’t imagine leaving her for five days. After two months of...
When it came down to deciding a theme for my daughter’s first birthday party, there seemed to be an endless array of options, but none of them really resonated with me. I wanted to choose a theme that my soon to be one-year-old would get excited about when she saw the place, but...
As I’m getting ready for wedding season and getting back to full work mode, I thought I should share my pregnancy and birth story while taking some time off to be with my baby. These past four months have been a true rollercoaster ride, filled with a lot of ups and downs while...
Every year as my birthday approaches, I decide that I’m not going to do anything this year, but that never ends up being the case. For the past ten years, I’ve done big gatherings/parties with my closest friends and family. This year, I wanted something more relaxed and...
When it was time to decide the theme and design for little Christian’s Baby Welcome, we decided to go with a rustic look. Christian’s mother, Suzy, really wanted to incorporate greenery for this event, so we enlisted Martha from Martha and Co. to create a woodsy cake...
When it came to planning my big 30th birthday, I sat down and really contemplated the theme. Anything glitz and glam was out of the question, considering I was coming off a year filled with extravagant events. I just knew I wanted to do it in my backyard, which, although ...