Five Blessings of becoming a Mother Happy Mother’s Day! Eight months ago, I gave birth to my beautiful daughter, Lizzy. She is the pride and joy of my life. I am truly blessed. She is everything to me. I would like to share five blessings of becoming a mother. New Perspective on Life One blessing …
Mother’s Day Crafts: Footprint art for babies Mother’s Day is around the corner. This will be my first Mother’s Day with Lizzy. I wanted to create keepsake footprint art to remember this year and to share with my own mother. We hope you enjoy these Mother’s Day crafts! Supplies: Paper Paint (recommend washable, non-toxic paint …
Tips for Traveling with a Teething Baby Teething can be hard for both baby and parents with the baby’s discomfort, constantly putting things in their mouth, drooling, random fussiness and crying, and sleepless nights. Figuring out what soothes and comforts your baby can be a challenge and learning process. It is good to have an …
Homemade Granola Recipe: From My Kitchen To Yours In our household, we love making homemade granola. We enjoy the variety of ingredients and different items you can add to make each batch unique and change the taste and texture. We like to add it on top of Greek yogurt, eat it as a cereal, make …
Lizzy’s Birth Story: A Physiological Home Birth Here we share our birth story of our first-born daughter, Lizzy. It was an amazing, physiological home birth. It is told in a narrative form as a letter to our daughter. Pregnancy Your father and I are high school sweethearts. We were together since February 3rd, 2011, 11 …
Breast Milk 101: How to Store and Use Breast Milk Efficiently Figuring out how to store and use breast milk can be a challenge at first. For us, we were not planning on pumping and bottle feeding right away. However, our daughter was born with a severe lip and tongue tie and was not physically …
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How to Successfully Return to Work After Parental Leave Returning to work after the birth of your baby can be a hard transition. You may not feel physically or emotionally ready as the bonds between baby and parent are being established. You may need to return to work out of financial obligations, fear of losing …
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Road Trip from Pueblo West, Colorado to Amarillo, Texas Amarillo is the largest city in Texas on Historic Route 66 connecting Chicago, Illinois to Santa Monica, California. This original highway was established in the 1920s. On our road trip to Texas, we enjoyed exploring downtown Amarillo and the surrounding area. here are the details of …
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Things to do as a Family on Valentine’s Day Top 11 Activities to do as a Family on Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day is a celebration of love. It’s a season to spend quality time with those you love and who love you back. Although love is expressed in many forms on Valentine’s Day, we would …
Baby’s 1st Valentine’s Day Crafts This year is our baby’s first Valentine’s Day. We would like to share our Valentine’s Day crafts ideas to make this Valentine’s Day special. Lizzy, our four-month-old daughter, absolutely loves playing with paint. We chose these two painting activities, as one is an easier cleanup and the other is a …
Preparing For A Successful Home Birth This past September, my husband and I had a beautiful home birth with our first baby girl. I would like to share what truly made this an unforgettable experience, as well as tips for a successful home birth. Solidify Your Reasons For a Home Birth It is essential that …
Walnut Zucchini Cookies: A healthier Cookie Alternative Our family loves to eat cookies! These walnut zucchini cookies are a healthier cookie alternative. This recipe substitutes white sugar, which is void of nutritional value, with coconut palm sugar to provide a hint of butterscotch or caramel flavors, along with either applesauce or ripe bananas for extra …
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10 Positive Affirmations to Ring in the New Year Another year has come and gone. For our family, this has been a year of growth, reconnection, and unexpected joy. We have grown both in numbers and personality as we have taken on a new role of parenthood. We had two additions to our family, Remy, …
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Baby’s First Christmas: 25 Day Christmas Countdown The Ultimate Guide for an Unforgettable Baby’s First Christmas Our first Christmas is approaching with our beautiful, three-month-old baby girl. Join us each day as we countdown the days to Christmas and make this year an unforgettable first Christmas. 25 Days to Christmas Make a Christmas Countdown Mark …
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What to do with Leftover Thanksgiving Turkey If you are like our family, you will overestimate how much turkey you will need for the Thanksgiving meal. These are some recipes that will make you thankful for leftover Turkey. Turkey Stuffing Bake Ingredients: 1 cup of uncooked stuffing 2 cups cooked turkey 1 can of corn, …
13 Tips for Traveling with a Baby and Dogs: Our First Family Adventure Shortly after becoming parents, my husband surprised me with a rejuvenating cabin trip to a Christian, healthy living resort in southern Colorado. The trip was both a blast and a learning experience on how to manage both our two dogs and our …
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Fostering Thankfulness: A Spirit of Gratitude ’Tis the season to be grateful. Fostering a thankful heart or spirit of gratitude can bring joy not only to you but those around you. This is the time of year to reflect on what we are grateful for this past year and look ahead to the joy and …