Happy Friday! Can you believe Christmas is NEXT WEEK??? How in the world did that happen? I had so many things pinned that I wanted to get done. Instead, my tree is half naked and my gifts aren’t even wrapped. But, hey, (most of) my Christmas cards are in the mail! You know what I mean? I know you do. #reallife This week, I tried to squeeze in some of those Pinterest…
You guys. I have been in a knock down- drag out fight with germs so far this “sick” season. Seriously, remember how I told you we were all sick before Thanksgiving? And then Christian after Thanksgiving? Well, Alex and Christian both have cough/colds going on and I had ANOTHER stomach bug yesterday. Seriously! Time to bleach all the things. I hope you are all staying healthy! Anyways. Have you heard of this?…
Whew! I feel like I haven’t opened my computer in a week! We’ve been so busy with family and then John, Alex and I picked up a little stomach bug last week before we headed up to the lake to celebrate Thanksgiving/Christmas with the Reinekes and then to party with Parker for his 2nd birthday. Just when we thought we were in the clear, Christian started sounding Croup-y on the way home…
Happy Tuesday, y’all! What did you guys do this weekend? I hope something epic =] If I tell you John and I spent the weekend kid-free for the first time in 2 1/2 years, would you believe me??? Well, we seriously did. Every year, on the last weekend of October, we pack our bags and make the 8 hour trek up to Mackinac Island in Michigan. We’ve been doing this for the…
Trying to teach a toddler rules can be pretty challenging. Before you know it, you end up with so many rules that they just can’t remember or comprehend what you are trying to convey. It can get frustrating for all parties. To keep it simple in our house, John came up with three rules that we think can be applied to pretty much any situation and so far have worked out very…
One of my goals is to get the good camera out a little more often during our regular, everyday activities. I want to capture those moments as well as having some dedicated photo shoots with the boys. I’m obsessed with lifestyle photography (like our wedding photos, which I realized I’ve never done a wedding post! Coming soon!). I’m no professional like our photographer was and is, but it’s still fun to mess…
There’s no internet. There’s no cable (but that doesn’t keep us from watching “Frozen” 15 times in 3 days). We swim, we boat, we sit, we talk and we eat. John and I did manage to pick up our phones for a few pictures though, so I thought I’d share a bit of our weekend with you! This Fourth of July we spent at John’s parent’s cottage. It’s in a great spot…
I introduced you all to my littlest love a few weeks ago, but thought I might enlighten you on a few things that I have learned about him! He has a love/hate relationship with his binky. Sometimes, he takes that thing in a flash and other times he acts like it is the most disgusting thing in the world. I always imagine him saying things to me like “how could you even…
Hello! I have come out of hiding just for you guys =] Just kidding. I’m not actually hibernating, contrary to how it might seem since I haven’t really blogged in weeks! But seriously, my life is kind of a mess. And by life, I mean house. I have not been DIYing. I have not been crafting. I have been surviving. I’m super impressed by the other bloggers who had babies these last…
We welcomed Christian Theodore Reineke into the world on March 13, 2014. He was born via scheduled c-section and we could not be more smitten!! Alex is one proud big brother.
