This post was sponsored by Cincinnati Premium Outlets. All experiences and opinions shared are my own. Brandon and I headed out on a little day date last week to get holiday ready at Cincinnati Premium Outlets located in Monroe, Ohio. It’s about a forty-five minute drive from where we live in Northern Kentucky, but oh […]

Have kids? This fridge snack drawer organization hack is the perfect solution for easy-access to healthy foods at kid-height! A Fridge Fiasco We’ve had a snack drawer in our fridge since my oldest was a toddler. It was easy to pull open a lower drawer and dump in all the kid-friendly snacks we had on […]

This post shares the story of the precipitous labor and delivery of my fourth child. A precipitous labor and delivery is the birth of a baby within 3 hours or less after beginning regular contractions. Charlie is the baby I never saw coming. Not because of infertility or some circumstance that rendered his conception difficult […]

Perfect pancake recipe. Easy homemade pancake recipe. Delicious and simple pancake recipe.  Common ingredients used in this perfect, easy, homemade pancake recipe. Pancakes from scratch. Free printable pancake recipe.  We are BIG fans of breakfast for all meals at our house and this recipe consistently yields the most perfect pancakes.  They’re easy, homemade and DELICIOUS. I promise, this […]

Why your child should be device free in public. The reasons your kids should not take cell phones, iPads, and gaming devices in public. Free printable for teachers to give to parents explaining why their children should avoid technology usage in public. Recently, our daughter had speech therapy, so our two boys – ages three […]

Hi, I’m so glad you’re here! I love and respect all of my readers dearly and value their personal experiences, so I do want to preface this post with a bit of a disclaimer: If you’re currently trying and/or struggling to get pregnant, are in the throes of infertility, are infertile, or are triggered by […]

After preschool pick-up today, I needed to run to Target (obviously), so I pulled a Super Mom Move and packed lunches for Benny and Faith to eat in the car. I was all patting-myself-on-the-back that I had the forethought to throw lunches together a) in enough time before I needed to leave to get them […]

Thirty-six and Pregnant.  I probably couldn’t pitch it as reality show on MTV, but it’s almost just as shocking (to me) as if it were one and, likely, just as entertaining. I’m just not certain anyone would really want to watch me chronicle my geriatric pregnancy while parenting three kids, keeping my marriage fresh, running my […]

Welcome to this week’s Favorite Five – a short and sweet post where I share five things I love! This week’s list has a bit of a holiday flare to it! I prefer to ease into Christmastime by adding a few decorations to our home here and there (we won’t do the tree until after […]

I’ve wanted to own a white sofa for years, for no other reason than I find them visually pleasing and tasteful. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve researched the best ones, stalked them on Pinterest, and even gone as far as to add one to my online cart only to find my […]