***WINNER...WINNER...WINNER...*** The winner of the giveaway is Bethany A. Thanks so much to everyone who commented and shared their favorite things! It was so fun to read them! Today’s my 34th Birthday! Last year I hosted an online Favorite Things Party and it was so much fun I want to do it again! Because what's better than getting gifts when it's not even your birthday?? For the past four years, I’ve invited my closest girlfriends to dinner to celebrate my birthday. Because Continue Reading

You guys! I had SO much fun reading each and every one of your Favorite Things lists. As I read I realized two things... 1. I forgot to mention so many of my favorite thing! Target, the beach and Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies are just a few that I left off my list! 2. We could all be face-to-face friends. Seriously, so many of our favorite things were the exact same! This giveaway was such a fun way to celebrate my 33rd Birthday! My love language is gift giving! I love to give Continue Reading

Today we celebrate the best Hubby and Daddy we could ask for! Thank you for working so hard for our family, for staying when it would have been easier to leave (um, a year of colic-induced screams?) and for always making us laugh. Thank you for being a hands-on Dad, even if that means you teach our son things that make me cringe (like throwing blocks into the fan).  Maybe not the brightest parental decision. But then there's the raspberries he blows and the giggles that come after. You Continue Reading

Has been pooped on. Puked on. Gets up in the middle of the night. Reads the same books over and over and over. Takes care of bath time, despite the toddler made tidal wave. Teaches his son to throw blocks into the fan. Get's up early on Saturday's so mama can sleep in. Shares his ice cream when he really doesn't want to. Cherishes after bath-time kisses. Gets up multiple times a night to turn on his music. Works hard to provide for his family. Today we celebrate Continue Reading

The past few days have been emotionally brutal. I had to turn the TV off. I pried myself away from the images of the tornado ravaged area just a few streets from where I live. The park where Jackson used to play is gone. I have felt numb. I have cried so many tears. I have felt sick to my stomach. Guilt has consumed me. How do you do normal day-to-day things when thousands of people may never know normal again? I went to throw a load of laundry in and I sobbed. I have clothes. I Continue Reading