During pregnancy, there are two big sharing decisions. These decisions are also the two biggest questions you get throughout your pregnancy besides how many weeks are you (aka when is your due date). They are: Is it a boy or a girl? What is the name? People can either go all out with sharing by … Read more
Giving your baby girl a boy’s name is nothing new. In fact, almost all girl names start as boy names. Some classic ones are Ashley and Lauren, which today are girl names but started as boy names. Now, there are a lot of beautiful girl names that I love and I myself have a very … Read more
Having mom friends is an absolute must of parenthood. Once you have kids you won’t be able to relate to anyone who doesn’t. They will be on an absolute opposite schedule than you unable to understand your crazy day to day. Therefore, once you start to have kids, you also gain a new friend group … Read more
Let’s all admit together that we went over the top for that first birthday and probably spent way too much money. The next few years, we continually learned more lessons on how to be experts in throwing a kid birthday. I have now attended enough little kid birthday parties to know how to royally screw … Read more
Growing up I knew a lot of rich kids and they aren’t all the best with money. In fact, some of them are very bad with it. Having money growing up does not mean you will have a lot as an adult (unless your parents are so wealthy, they are able to keep paying for … Read more
I was one of three and so is my husband. However, we decided to stop at two children. I thought I would have three simply because that was what we both had. But when it came down to it, we realized that it wasn’t what we wanted. We took a hard look at what we … Read more
Between the endless chores, complex schedules, work, and school, it is hard to create space for quality time with your kids. As moms, I feel like we are always rushing and it seems that unless it becomes a priority, our children’s childhoods are going to be over before we know it. You only get so … Read more
I can not tell you the number of times I failed at “dieting” until I learned that I was doing it wrong. Whenever I wanted to lose weight, I would be motivated and ready to go. In fact, I would usually go overboard with it for the first few days but eventually I would fail. … Read more
As a kid, my parents moved every two years. I seem to have picked up this habit and have lived in numerous houses as an adult. One benefit of moving so much is you start to learn a lot about houses and home ownership. Every time we buy, we learn a lesson or two. Would … Read more
Dear Baby, I hope to watch you grow up, Find your passions, Have adventure, Fall in love, Start a family My list could go on forever, however all of these goals for a child are abstract in a way. You can’t work on these the way you work on riding a bike. Instead, you need … Read more