Our annual trip to pick apples at Stone’s Apple Barn (right here in the Quad Cities — in East Moline, IL) is something I look forward to every year. It's something fun to do outdoors. While it's not necessarily stroller-friendly, (unless your stroller is seriously for off-roading) it is wagon-friendly and the parking lot is close to[...]
We love the show Bluey so much! It is the one children’s show Jason and I always want to watch. ? Blaire and Ben started watching it on the Disney Channel (It's on Disney+, too!). We heard them laughing out loud from the toy room. I went to check on them and they were watching Bluey. We decided we had to see what it was about if they t[...]
We haven’t had professional photos taken since my maternity pictures while I was pregnant with Sloane. I’ve really been wanting to get some taken, other than the 1947 I take of her per day, so when Rachel of Rachel Clem Photography reached out about shooting a motherhood session, I jumped at the chance. Rachel has a client wa[...]
I had so many people share great ideas with me for Easter basket fillers that aren't candy. I had a few things I knew would make good fillers (bandaids, chalk, bubbles) but there were lots of other great ideas. Most said they use it as an opportunity to get anything their kids will need for spring and summer. So, I wanted to share what I[...]
Happy due date, baby girl! A week ago we were heading to the hospital, hoping we would be meeting the final member of our family soon. I had contractions every day throughout the last 8ish weeks of my pregnancy. Some days they were intense, they just never got close together. FINALLY, on 10/1, at exactly 39 weeks, they stayed[...]
We did our maternity pictures with the same photographer that did them before Ben was born and we are so happy with how they turned out. We took them 9/20, so just at the end of my 37th week of pregnancy. It was a bit humid, but she got them taken quickly and we barely broke a sweat! I am glad we waited until further along in my preg[...]