What Is It? My Baby Clothes Boutique is an online shop where you can find adorable baby clothes and cute accessories like baby hats, baby headbands, baby booties, unique baby socks and much more. Shannon at MBCB sent me a sweet hand-smocked bubble “dress” (not really a dress) for Anneliese and I to review. My… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Family Life
Growing Like a Weed – Grasping and Flipping
How is my little girl growing so quickly? I don’t understand! Just a few days ago, for the first time, she reached out and grabbed a toy from me. Before that, she had been able to hold toys that I carefully placed in her hand, but this time, she grasped it on her own! She’s… Continue Reading
More Precious Dresses – Sweet Details
Stealing naptime moments here and there, or doing embroidery while I nurse, I’ve managed to make a couple more little dresses for my baby girl. This time I’ve included sweet details on each one to make them even more special. The first one has a felt appliqué birdie, singing about love. I need to wash… Continue Reading
In Celebration of Babywearing
International Babywearing Week starts today! I don’t have a huge touching story to share, and I can’t tell you that babywearing is central to my parenting thus far, especially since my daughter refuses to be worn inside the house (though on errands and outings she is happiest in my ring sling or my soft structured… Continue Reading
gWhiz! – gDiapers 101 – My Changing Station and Procedures
This post is the third installment in my gWhiz! gDiaper series. In this one, I’ll introduce you to my changing station and procedures for changing a diaper. There are countless ways to arrange your own space, but I know that this is the sort of thing I love to read – peeks into people’s organization,… Continue Reading
A Carousel of Company!
I asked my facebook buddies if I should write up a recipe, family post, or gDiaper post next. They asked me for a family update, so here it is! (Thanks, awesome facebook friends!) First, my mother visited. She was here for several days, and we got to do some fun stuff. We went to the… Continue Reading
New Dress for Anneliese
One day maybe last week, when Anneliese was napping, I whipped up this little dress for her. I need to tweak a few things for next time, but overall I love it! What do you think? Milk tongue!!! Hello, sweet girl. What? Is this too many pictures? Are you getting tired of this? All tuckered… Continue Reading
2 Months Old!
Hubs says “Lord, Have Mercy. Baby’s Got Her Blue Jeans On.” This month, all sorts of exciting things have happened. Our girl has grown in length and weight, and is in the 80th percentile for both. Her doctor said she’s, “very proportionate.” She also said “perfect” lots of times. Which I’m sure meant, “perfect –… Continue Reading
Review and Giveaway – SnuggyBaby Ring Sling
What is it? It’s a Prestige ring sling from Snuggy Baby! It’s 100% cotton with aluminum rings. Ring slings are great because they’re fully adjustable and can be worn by anyone, for any age/size baby (until they’re just too danged big or heavy to carry). All of the slings come with an instructional DVD. I,… Continue Reading
gWhiz! – gDiapers 101 – The Anatomy of a gDiaper
Now that I’ve told you why I decided to cloth diaper and also why I chose gDiapers specifically, I figured I’d give you more than just a glance into the gDiapering world. This post is going to be a quick one, just showing you what makes a “g” a “g.” The front of the gDiaper… Continue Reading
gWhiz! – gDiapers 101 – Why I’m a gMum
I knew before I was pregnant that I would want to use cloth diapers on my children. Why? Was it because I want to Save The Earth and be Super Crunchy, Eco-Friendly and Green? Maybe if I were a better person. But if I’m honest, my main motivation is that whole financial prioritization thing. There’s… Continue Reading
Homemade Cloth Baby Wipes
Part of why I cloth diaper my baby is because I’m …cheap? You could say frugal, which maybe sounds nicer… but frugal gives me mental images of reusing coffee filters until they fall apart. The again, cheap doesn’t sound great either… so… we’ll say I’m heavily budgeted. And I’d rather buy delicious food than disposable… Continue Reading
Hi! I'm Emily. I'm a Navy wife and stay at home mom of two beautiful children. I cook simple, delicious, grain-free recipes, do crafts, decorate my home on a budget, and keep a happy household. I tandem breastfeed, babywear, cloth diaper, practice elimination communication, homebirth, and co-sleep, but I'm not a hippie.
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