family

It’s funny how things have a way of coming around full circle. My first impression of Jade Beall was that I wanted to be a lot more like her. I was taking a Zumba class at Breakout Studios when I first moved back to Tucson, and the class before Zumba was a West African dance…

I’m going to totally jinx myself for writing this, but Liv has been a great sleeper ever since we initially implemented The Baby Whisperer techniques. As soon as we brought her home from the hospital, we tried to get her into an eat, play, sleep routine and it helped her create a more predictable schedule. As…

For the longest time, I was really afraid of getting pregnant and giving birth. Even in my earlier blog posts, I’d write about how I thought being pregnant would be similar to an alien living in your belly. (Which now cracks me up because it was so NOT like an alien — I loved being…

Livi wanted to walk fairly early, but wasn’t ready to let go of my hand until she was 13 months on the day. Up until that point, I would guide her around by one hand (she wanted to WALK, not crawl) and everyone would say, “Watch out! When she’s walking, she’ll be all over the…

-I picked up a potty seat for Oliv. It’s not because I want to push the whole the potty training thing (let’s be real, it doesn’t sound like a party), but sometimes she’ll tell me WHILE she’s going, and she speaks so well. I figured at the rate we’re heading, she’ll be saying, “Mama, I…

Mother’s Day is a little less than two weeks away, and once again, I’m so excited to be able to spend it with the amazing women in my family. Every day I wake up so happy to be in Tucson; we’re making up for holidays and fun memories since we were stationed away for a…

I still love making food for Liv, especially since (for now) the little lady has a huge appetite and will try anything. It’s always fun to share different things with her and see what she loves and doesn’t enjoy. As much as I like making her food, I also use some pre-made and packaged food…

This is the part of the post where I would sing the praises of the little angel in my life, talk about how smart and lovely she is, and entirely coat my blog in the same maple syrupy ooze of love my heart is coated in. I feel like whenever I try to write about…

Every time Liv tries a new food, I feel silly excited about it. When she first had pizza and Indian food, it was really strange to think about the fact that while I hadn’t enjoyed these things in a long time, she hadn’t tried them EVER. As exciting as all of the firsts are, this…