6 lessons I’ve learned about kids in the kitchen
We're traveling this week and next, so I'm sharing some of my favorite posts from the archives. Since I talked a little bit about our new "assigned meal prep days" in Monday's post, this…
Ichthyosis {or fish-scale disease} and what it means for our little one
Nothing about Lucas pregnancy or birth was like any of his siblings, and I promise there was one point where I was sure the perinatologist wanted to ask us if we were sure…
Capturing the hearts of my girls in 2016
Like a lot of people, the "one word" movement for setting New Year's resolutions has been one that I've embraced wholeheartedly. I love the idea of approaching the new year with a theme…
Working together as a family to keep the house clean
Last summer I knew something had to change. Although we'd given our kids plenty of chores as toddlers and preschoolers, we hadn't really scaled those chores as they'd gotten older, and Sean and…
Peace of mind with the Owlet baby monitor
We've all done it: Our new baby sleeps longer or more soundly than we expect, and we wake with a start, racing to check on them, afraid of the worst. Only after we…
Double the snuggles {how we’re juggling a newborn and a toddler}
One of my favorite things about "starting over" with a new baby after our girls were out of the diapers-and-pacis stage was that I was able to soak in Jackson's baby days as much…
Follow your heart, mama
There's something to be said for adding a new baby to your family when the rest of your children are out of diapers and school-age. It turns out that it's an entirely different…
On obedience and the right to an opinion
NOTE: As we welcome Lucas Isaiah to our family and adjust to life as a family of eight, I'll be sharing some of my very favorite posts from the thousands of posts in…
The danger of snap judgements
NOTE: As we welcome Lucas Isaiah to our family and adjust to life as a family of eight, I'll be sharing some of my very favorite posts from the thousands of posts in…
Preparing for a new baby {and counting down the days}
We expect baby Lucas to arrive sometime in the next one-and-a-half to three weeks, which means we're finalizing last-minute preparations for his birth and trying to remember just how tiny a new baby is! While…