When we moved into our new build home I was a bit overwhelmed by the square footage. And of course, I wanted WHITE EVERYTHING. How was I going to keep it clean? Do we just add a cleaning service to the monthly budget? While hiring someone would be easier (and I wouldn't be opposed to it now being pregnant & tired) it just doesn't make any sense when I work from home. The solution: Cleaning Card System! I'm going to go on record here and state that my husband is one of the best g[...]
The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale is arguably one of the most hyped up sales of the year. As an influencer/blogger, this will be my 3rd year covering the sale and I'm so excited for it! I know I sound lame, but I look forward to this sale more than Black Friday! I stock up on the Fall essentials and basics and start my Christmas shopping early during the N-Sale each year. More important than anything else: You do NOT need any of this items. At the end of the day it is just STUFF. Ev[...]
When we found out we were expecting, I was literally only 3-4 weeks. It was so early that I honestly didn't have any symptoms - good or bad. That all changed around Week 6 (and thankfully subsided early around Week 12). When pregnant with Charlotte, I was SO sick for the first 20 weeks. I didn't drink enough water. I was the worst about remembering my prenatal vitamins. And the bags under my eyes looked horrifying. My husband had also just deployed to Syria, I had just received a big pro[...]
Choosing a baby name is easily one of the most important, yet difficult, things you will have to do when preparing for baby. If you're lucky, you and your partner will have had some midnight conversation about this years and years ago after a series of margaritas and have known what to name your kids since that day. For the rest of us, your husband wants to name your son Leonidas Clyde. For us, it's the latter. We thought we had a name in mind from when we were pregnant with Charlott[...]