Well, I am officially the mom of a five year old! While it’s crazy to believe that Finn came into the world five years ago, I can confidently say that the last 1,826 days have been full of more blessings and love than I ever dreamed possible for my life. (Finn wanted to know how [...]
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25 Screen-Free Gift Ideas for 4 Year Olds (Recommended by Parents and Teachers)
December 2, 2022 { 2 comments }If you’re in need of screen-free, outdoor and STEAM-focused (science, technology, engineering, arts, math) gift ideas for for 4 year olds, you’ve come to the right place. I know that it can be so challenging to know what to buy for kids of a certain age if you don’t have or aren’t around kids that [...]
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Making Spirits Bright
December 13, 2021 { 9 comments }Last week I was talking with a friend about what Christmas was like for me growing up and what our family traditions were. What started as lighthearted reminiscing quickly turned into memories so vivid they made my eyes well with tears and my heart ache in the best of ways. I can close my eyes [...]
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14 Toys My Toddler Has Grown With
December 11, 2021 { 2 comments }This post features 14 of the toys that my toddler has grown with. Finn has played with these toys consistently through different stages in his toddlerhood, some for well over two years now. TODDLER TOYS: 14 TOYS MY TODDLER HAS GROWN WITH Before becoming a mom, I always knew that kids had a lot of [...]
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Finn’s Half Birthday + Recent Eats (You’ll Love These Lunch Bowls)
November 18, 2021 { 12 comments }Happy Thursday. I have some exceptional lunch bowls to share with you today but first… (this photo is the current lock screen on my phone) Today is Finn’s half birthday so he’s officially hit 3.5! It’s funny how we go from sharing how many months our kids are to “almost three, just turned three, three [...]
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Finn is THREE + Family Time in Florida
May 18, 2021 { 11 comments }Today is Finn’s third birthday and I am feeling all the feelings. Mostly joy and gratitude that I get to be a mom to such a sweet, sensitive, funny, empathetic, outgoing, smart and loving soul. It is such an honor to get to witness Finn walking through life and to see him learn and grow. [...]
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24 of Our Favorite Books for 2 Years Old
April 1, 2021 { 12 comments }Today I’m talking books and what I’ve been reading lately…but of the toddler mom variety! I’ve got quite the round up of 24 of our favorite books for 2 years old. Finn and I read books together every day, usually multiple times a day. It’s always a part of our nap and bedtime routine and [...]
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Finn’s Recent Eats: 2 Years + 2 Months
July 21, 2020 { 25 comments }It’s time for another installment of Finn’s recent eats and the rodeo that is feeding a toddler. Buckle up because it’s a wild ride at two years and two months. Spoiler alert: Finn’s new favorite thing to say is, “I don’t like it.” Never mind that he hasn’t tried it. And doesn’t matter if he [...]
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Favorite Toddler Toys: 18-24 Months
May 30, 2020 { 8 comments }I always have a hard time anticipating what kinds of toys Finn is going to enjoy playing with at a certain age or as he moves into new developmental stages. When my family asks what he might like for holidays or birthday, I rarely have good ideas for them! I get a lot of inspiration [...]
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Florida + Family + Finn’s Second
May 19, 2020 { 12 comments }I arrived home from Florida about an hour ago to Thai delivery waiting on my porch and two large dogs eager to greet me. Once again, Finn was a trooper for the nine-hour ride. He slept the first two, played with toys the next two and watched Little Baby Bum on and off for the [...]
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Bright Sunshiny Days
May 7, 2020 { 10 comments }Hi and how’s the week treating you? Every day I am so grateful for the mild, low humidity and sunshine-drenched spring that we are having. I feel like so often in the south we go from 60 to 90 degrees in 2.5 seconds during spring so this has been a treat. I know that talking [...]
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Finn’s Recent Eats: 23 Months
April 22, 2020 { 34 comments }Every couple of weeks I share a round up of my recent eats those posts are some of the most popular content on my blog. I always get comments and messages from you guys that they give you ideas and inspiration for your own meals. It has been fun for me to start writing recent [...]
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Just To Make You Smile
March 26, 2020 { 6 comments }Hi everyone. How are you holding up? It’s been a roller coaster over here with some highs and lows. I mostly feel like I can’t clean and straighten up as fast as Finn, Zoey and Benji can dirty and mess. (I have a feeling that many of you can relate to this!) While I am [...]
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Finn’s Recent Eats: 21 Months
March 12, 2020 { 5 comments }It’s time for another installment of adventures in feeding Finn! :) Here are previous posts for those of you who might have younger babes: Our Journey Into Solids Finn’s Recent Eats: 9 Months Finn’s Recent Eats: One Year Finn’s Recent Eats: 15 Months Finn’s Recent Eats: 20 Months Mealtimes with Finn are pretty fun these [...]
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Finn’s Recent Eats
February 3, 2020 { 31 comments }My last post was all about my recent eats but I’m way overdue on sharing Finn’s eats! To give you an honest picture of feeding Finn at 20 months…if I would let him live on milk and crackers he would be all about it. Haha. That being said, he’s surprised me with his willingness to [...]
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Day in the Life at 20 Months
January 21, 2020 { 24 comments }This was originally supposed to be a post with a recipe for a delicious spaghetti squash casserole that also included a brief “day in the life at 20 months” recap but then the day in the life got a little wordier than I originally planned. Oops! I’ll post the spaghetti squash recipe tomorrow. Finn turned [...]
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Close
December 2, 2019 { 13 comments }Hey y’all. I wish that I could say that this weekend was a super fun one given that my mom is with us and it’s the holiday season but the truth is that it was kind of hard. I had a cold earlier in the week that I tried so hard not to spread but my [...]
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18 Things I Love About 18 Months
November 21, 2019 { 23 comments }Finn turned 18 months old on Monday and true story, I had tears in my eyes during his preschool drop-off. They were happy tears but my guy is growing up so quickly! I simultanesously want to hold on to him being little and embrace each new age and stage. I know you guys get this [...]
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20 of Our Favorite Books for 12-18 Months
November 13, 2019 { 13 comments }When I take Finn in for well-child visits at our pediatrician, I always have to complete a questionnaire about his developmental progress. It also asks questions about his home life. One question that has been asked on every single questionnaire since birth is, “In the past week, how many days did a family member read [...]
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The Great Stroller Running Post
October 20, 2019 { 7 comments }This post is sponsored by Zappos. I am not exaggerating when I say that I might not have made it through the first year of motherhood without a jogging stroller and a pair of running shoes. I truly wish I had a log of how many miles I’ve covered with Finn in this stroller but [...]
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This Week + Off to VIDA
September 13, 2019 { 32 comments }I just dropped Finn off at preschool with very teary eyes. After I write this post and get packed up, I am leaving for Tennessee for the first weekend of 200-hour yoga teacher training at VIDA Hot Yoga. Over the course of the next four months, I’ll travel to VIDA seven weekends to lead their [...]
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Preschooler
September 8, 2019 { 12 comments }Last week was a doozy. On the work front, I had quite a few meetings, lots of teaching and was working early in the morning and late into the night to put the finishing touches on my teacher training that starts next week in Tennessee. On the Finn front, he came down with a yucky [...]
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My Favorite Sneakers for #MOMLIFE
September 6, 2019 { 185 comments }This post is not sponsored but includes affiliate links. Not sure what happened but as soon as I had Finn, I found myself wanting to wear sneakers all the time, even through that first hot summer when he was a newborn. They are just so comfortable, functional and dare I say…practical? (Really sounding like a [...]
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Finn’s Recent Eats at 15 Months
August 29, 2019 { 20 comments }Time for another edition of Finn’s eats…which also encompasses to his recently “not” eating. Before you have a toddler…”I’ll introduce my baby to all sorts of foods so they will be well-rounded and not picky.” Once you have a toddler…”Graham crackers count as a meal.” Early in our BLW adventures, an Instagram friend commented that [...]
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Everything All At Once
August 21, 2019 { 10 comments }I usually struggle with post titles but many came to mind for this one…Head Above Water, Steak and Potatoes, Finn at 15 Months, Must Love Dogs… HI FRIENDS! Things are nuts over here. Nuts in a good way but nuts. Mostly it feels like everything is happening all at once. Not a bad thing but [...]
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A Whole New World
August 17, 2019 { 13 comments }Warning: this is a very mom/baby-focused post. Come back in a day or two for lots of recent eats if the mom stuff isn’t your thing. :) Being a mom has surprised me in countless ways but one of the most significant is how much I joy I feel watching Finn see and experience life [...]
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11 Tips for Flying with a One Year Old
August 14, 2019 { 14 comments }Last summer I wrote a post sharing 11 tips for flying with an infant. At the time Finn was about eight weeks old and we’d already navigated a few flights. Fast-forward a year and my little traveler has made 15+ round trip flights. And I’ve done them all solo! First, I will share that traveling [...]
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My Best Tips for Breastfeeding and Pumping
August 6, 2019 { 13 comments }It’s World Breastfeeding Week and when I marked this event last year, never did I ever think that I would be celebrating it again as a mom to a 14 month old. But here I am, still breastfeeding a toddler. What felt SO insanely hard with a newborn baby feels so easy and natural with [...]
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Baby Essentials: 9-12 Months
July 28, 2019 { 2 comments }It’s time for the latest installment of my “Baby Essentials” series. This time I have favorites for the 9-12 month age range. You can find 0-3 months here and 3-9 months here. 9-12 months was a fun age for us! I felt like there was a big turning point in what Finn could do and [...]
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Finn’s Recent Eats: One Year
June 6, 2019 { 43 comments }At Finn’s one year well-child visit this week I shared with our pediatrician that Finn doesn’t seem super into food. He said…”if in a day one meal is good, one is so-so and one you wonder why you even prepared…you’re doing great.” PRAISE GOD! At one year old, food is so hit and miss but [...]
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They See Me Rollin’
May 27, 2019 { 11 comments }And here I am watching The Bachelorette for the third week in a row. I don’t even know who I am right now as I have maybe watched one or two Bachelor/Bachelorette seasons ever. I guess it’s just mindless, easy TV to have on in the background that is also cringeworthy and highly entertaining. Tonight [...]
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Day in the Life at One Year Old
May 23, 2019 { 5 comments }The list of things that I want to blog about is a mile long. The number of emails and texts that I need to respond to is embarrassingly high. The projects and work that need to be done around the house are innumerable. I didn’t even get to starting laundry or vacuuming today…ahhh! Between a [...]
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A Florida First
May 20, 2019 { 23 comments }Over the last few months, many friends and acquaintances asked how I planned to celebrate Finn’s first birthday. I knew without a doubt that it had to be in Florida with my family. There was no place I’d rather mark this milestone than on the beach that has brought me so much healing, and with [...]
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Finn’s First Year
May 19, 2019 { 13 comments }Finn’s first birthday was yesterday. I’m working through a lot of feelings about our journey through the first year and trying to decide how to best share it, or if I maybe want to write something personal and private to hold onto or share at a later date if it feels right. I mostly feel [...]
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5 Ways I’ve Stayed Sane as a New Mom
May 9, 2019 { 7 comments }This post is sponsored by FAGE; however, all thoughts and opinions are my own. Back in February I asked for blog topic requests on Instagram. I received many requests to write about topics like “managing taking care of Finn, working and working out,” and “self-care as a mom,” and “navigating single motherhood” to name a [...]
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Friday I’m In Love
April 26, 2019 { 2 comments }Happy Friday y’all! I felt like a little bit of a disaster this week juggling motherhood, work and general life stuff. Too many balls up in the air but it’s a blessing of a challenge to have. Hoping to get myself organized and on track over the weekend. :) My first order of business this [...]
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Mom Down
April 17, 2019 { 23 comments }Oh man. Just a few hours after hitting publish on my weekend recap post on Monday, Finn’s stomach bug hit me…and it hit hard. What I am amazed by is how quickly it hit. I went out for that run that I was talking about after writing my last post. I ran five miles and [...]
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Weekend + First Stomach Bug
April 15, 2019 { 20 comments }Happy Monday! Happy Boston Marathon Day! Happy Tax Day! Happy Easter Week! :) There’s a lot happening on this April 15th. It’s absolutely GORGEOUS in Charlotte today. After a weekend full of clouds and rain, it’s sunny and cool. I’m all dressed for a run so once Finn wakes up from his morning nap, we’ll [...]
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Baby Essentials: 3-9 Months
April 11, 2019 { 4 comments }It’s been a busy week over here. My brain overfloweth with inspiration for posts and topics but my bandwidth to execute is limited thanks to an on the move baby and my teaching schedule. In no way am I complaining about this, I am loving this stage of life! :) To say that it’s hard [...]
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New Normal Weekend
March 11, 2019 { 57 comments }Hello, hello! I just got home from recording a podcast as a guest on It Sounded Like A Good Idea at the Time. We had a great discussion about many things from applying yoga to life off the mat to how to deal with life’s unexpected twists and turns to paradox and much, much more. [...]
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Finn’s Eats at 9 Months Old
March 8, 2019 { 31 comments }As a follow up to my Journey Into Solids post earlier this week, I wanted to share some of Finn’s recent eats. I think I’ll do this once a month. It will be fun for me to document and I hope it gives you guys some ideas! Even before I had Finn, I LOVED it [...]
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Our Journey Into Solids
March 6, 2019 { 22 comments }I have received many, many requests for a post about how solids are going for us, what I’m feeding Finn and baby led weaning. I haven’t written about it a lot because I think that how and what you decide to feed your child is a personal decision, and I also don’t want to come [...]
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9 Months + Weekend + Last Week’s Workouts
February 18, 2019 { 8 comments }Happy new week friends! I’ve had two cups of coffee and I’m feeling ready to tackle the day. I don’t have much planned for it…but I’m ready to GO! :) I HAVE A NINE MONTH OLD! The news of today is that I have a NINE month old! Today marks nine months in the world [...]
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Recent Eats Part Two: Eating with a Baby
January 25, 2019 { 21 comments }So much to share. I thought I’d get this post written much earlier today but it was one of those days where Finn wasn’t into napping and wanted as much physical contact with me as possible. Is there an 8 month sleep regression? Because my Google searching tells me this might be a thing and [...]
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Day in the Life at 8 Months
January 22, 2019 { 13 comments }It’s been a hot second since I wrote a day in the life post. I didn’t even plan one for today but once I was snuggling with Finn on the couch at the end of the day, I realized it was a perfect day to capture! 5:30 a.m. – Finn wakes up and wants to [...]
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18 Days into 2019 + 8 Months Old
January 18, 2019 { 7 comments }TGIF! I’m sitting here at the end of the week like whoa. I’ve crammed a lot into these first 18 days of 2019 with two weekends in Tennessee to wrap up teacher training and returning to a regular teaching schedule in Charlotte. I just tallied them all up and I’ve taught 18 classes so far [...]
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Here Comes the Sun
January 9, 2019 { 6 comments }It has been such a rainy, wet fall and start of winter on the east coast. I have always been a fan of rainy, gray days and the cozy vibe they bring with them. But now that we’ve had so many of them, I’ve really noticed how much lighter and more energized I feel on [...]
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Santa Baby
December 19, 2018 { 12 comments }This post is going to be all baby so you have been warned! Look who hit seven months yesterday! I love this age/stage that we’re in so much. Finn is so expressive and full of personality, babbling up a storm, playing a lot but not yet moving. I know that life is going to change [...]
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More Thoughts + Friday Things
December 14, 2018 { 15 comments }Happiest of Fridays friends! Can you believe that we’re just 11 days out from Christmas? The only real shopping I’ve done so far is for a 10 year old girl who I “adopted” from our local school system who wasn’t going to have much of a Christmas otherwise. I got her all sorts of fun [...]
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Instead I Held You
December 13, 2018 { 49 comments }Good morning. My eyes popped open at 5:30 a.m. and I couldn’t will myself back to sleep. I got up and made a pot of French press instead. It’s been months since I made coffee in the French press and I’m reminded how amazing it is! If you’re looking for a gift for the coffee [...]
