On turning 8 and birthday adventures
As I type, my mom, {almost} 8-year-old daughter and I are on our way back to North Carolina from Georgia, where we spent the last three days on a birthday adventure. When our…
A quick update on Jackson…
Thank you so much for all of your comments, messages, prayers and well wishes. For those of you who were waiting to see what the doctor said (and don't follow me on Instagram…
On ER visits, pediatric orthopedists and blogging breaks
It's been a tough couple of weeks, y'all! I didn't mean to stop blogging (and I'd actually been feeling pretty excited about blogging again before my unintended break!), but I had some deadlines that—coupled…
Why I’m buying my 8-year-old her first bra
Three years after I first shared this post, we're about to mark this milestone for the third time as our third daughter turns 8 (how did that happen?!), and it continues to be…
Enjoy today, mama.
“You will never have this day with your child again. Tomorrow they’ll be a little older than they were today. This day is a gift. Breathe and notice. Smell and touch them; study…
We’re planning an 11-month RV trip…for real! #EhmanAdventure2018
As a family, we love road trips. We drive 2-3 hours to various day trip destinations on a regular basis, think nothing of hopping in the car for the 6-hour drive to my parents, and made…
How we’re using spiral notebooks to simplify
I've shared a few times on Instagram and Facebook already how spiral notebooks are helping us simplify. It's made such a big difference to our family that I can't help but give it…
On toddlers and the terrific twos
When we were at the beach in April, I posted this picture of Jackson pointing out into the water after spotting a seagull or a buoy or something equally exciting. To me it captures…
Take better photos by the end of today
I've never kept a baby book for any of my babies, but with the advent of digital photography, and now camera phones, I feel like their childhoods are well documented nonetheless! Unfortunately, that…
Two kids is easy…and two kids is hard!
It's a universal parenting truth: when you find yourself with even one less child than normal for a few days (whether they're at camp or the grandparents or whatever), it feels a whole…