These posts share the highs and lows of being a mom. Some posts are hilarious, all are relatable.
Appropriately named, Joyful Images is the photography company of my friend Ashley, who did Eliza Jane’s newborn lifestyle session. As I sat here last Friday, quickly looking through our shots, I became completely overwhelmed with joy. I am beyond blessed. I have an amazing, handsome, loving husband who has the bluest of blue eyes (and red…
As many of you know, one of Andrew’s best friends (Paul) got married last Friday night. When Paul and Brooke (his new beautiful bride) announced their wedding date earlier this year I let out a nervous laugh. Knowing I was going to be around 3 weeks post-baby, it was going to be interesting for me…
My greatest fear has been realized dream has come true. Seriously…I’ve been terrified this whole scenario would play out…and it’s happening, in real time. Reynolds is sick today so you could say I’ve been hijacked (again? ha!) by a toddler. I guess it started over the weekend…snot nose and all (poor fella) so we started…
It is an absolute blessing not to have to prepare dinner. There, I said it. I’m not a cook. It’s not that I don’t enjoy cooking, because I do…sort of. If I know what to prepare. I’m more of a figure-it-out-the-day-of kind of girl because I’m terrible at meal-planning. My problem is I don’t plan…
While I’m on my 6 weeks of vacation…Heeeey…wait a second. This is NOT vacation…who said this was vacation?!?! Wikipedia says vacation is: a specific trip or journey, usually for the purpose of recreation or tourism. Has anyone ever told you, ladies and working moms, while you’re on maternity leave, that you’re on vacation? I think…
Don’t worry, I’ll leave out all the scary details but I wanted to share with you all {since some of you asked} how Eliza Jane got here so fast last Saturday! Boy Girl, was it fast. Find a comfy chair and put on your imaginary seat-belt…here we go! It all started Friday when I went…
I’ve never purchased a canvas, nor acrylic paint, nor paint brushes. I’ve never taken a painting class. I don’t even know if there is a proper way of painting on a canvas. But over the past two nights I’ve worked on a scripture board for Eliza Jane. If you read the post from last night,…
