DIY // The easiest raised garden bed ever

DIY // The easiest raised garden bed ever

Ever since we bought our first house a few months ago I've been itching to start a little patio garden out back. It's been a sort of dream of mine for awhile to grow fresh produce for my family...for health reasons, for teaching purposes (homeschool curriculum down the road?!), and just for the fun of [...]

DIY // Brown Sugar Body Scrub

DIY // Brown Sugar Body Scrub

Ohhh my friends. Is your skin getting super dry this winter? Are you looking for a great homemade gift for the holidays? Do you need a snack while you shower? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, your search ends here. I present to you the simplest, most moisturizing, most delectable homemade body [...]

Sugar and Spice Baked Oatmeal

Okay get ready. If you're a fan of baked oatmeal (or oatmeal in any capacity) you MUST stop what you're doing and try this recipe right now. No I'm serious, RIGHT NOW. (By the way, I've never posted a recipe on my blog before and I'm really not much of a chef, so that should [...]

12 lessons from my first year of parenting

It's been a hot second since I've written something for my blog. I've been in sort of a writing slump the past few weeks, honestly. I have all these ideas of things I want to write about but then Jameson goes down for a nap and I have to choose between writing for my blog [...]

DIY // Front door makeover

DIY // Front door makeover

Yay!!! I finally finished my first home improvement project for our new house and I'm so excited about how it turned out! Ever since I can remember it's been a dream of mine to live in a house with a red front door. And even though our new house has almost everything on my dream [...]

Hospital & Postpartum Survival Kit

I've been meaning to write this post for, oh I don't know, eight months now. I came up with the idea almost immediately after Jameson was born and really wanted to put it together as a way to hopefully help some future mamas. But, you know, I got busy aka distracted. Life, amiright? Anyway, better [...]

Tips for flying solo with a baby

Tips for flying solo with a baby

Jameson and I recently got back from a week-long trip to Georgia for a visit with some family, so I thought I'd write up a little something with some tips and tricks I learned from the vacation - specifically, my advice for flying alone with a baby for the first time. Granted, I did fly [...]