My baby girl is 9 months old today. We weighed her on the bathroom scale the other day and she’s only 14.5 pounds. Little girl! But she is growing so much in other ways. She signs “milk,” “more,” “potty,” “finished,” waving hello and goodbye, and most recently “diaper” and “want.” At first she was using… Continue Reading
Tea Collection–Review and Giveaway
One of my favorite names in Children’s Clothing contacted me recently about doing a review for them. I was SO excited to oblige. I loooove Tea Collection and have drooled over their catalogues since before I was even pregnant. Their Girl’s Clothing is wayyyyy too cute, especially the dresses. They have really cute collections you… Continue Reading
Anneliese’s First Easter Basket
For a long time (since she has been sitting up), I’ve been meaning to create a treasure basket for Anneliese. Full of things that are beautiful to look at and touch, that feel different from each other (unlike her plastic toys, which all feel the same), things that are interesting for her to explore. Instead,… Continue Reading
Peanut Chicken and Tangy Broccoli
I’m not a big fan of KIWI magazine – it’s one of those natural parenting types which would be nice (I miss Mothering), but it’s pretty “conventional wisdom” and seems to push the idea that veganism and vegetarianism are awesome, noble, super-healthy ways of eating. Still though, they have good articles and recipes here and… Continue Reading
Sleeping Sweetie
Anneliese is a cuddly sleeper. She’s on me or at least touching me every second of the night (after her first wakeup once I’m in bed, when she comes into my bed). This morning, we snuggled for a while and she fell asleep again, and I managed to sneak out of the bed with her… Continue Reading
5 Easy Ways I Eat More Fruits and Vegetables
This is a sponsored post from BlogHer and Tropicana. It’s funny, if you look at the USDA food pyramid… if you tried to eat as many servings of everything they want you to, it would be really really hard. (Well, at least the pyramid I grew up with. Not sure about the “my pyramid” or… Continue Reading
Catching Up–Part 2
Gorgeous spring weather has come to the Central Valley, so we decided to celebrate it with a picnic with friends. We met up at Hidden Valley park, which has rolling hills of grass, a duck pond, and playgrounds. Anneliese got to wear her new sun hat, and I got to break in my awesome waterproof-backed… Continue Reading
I’m alive, I promise! Catching up–Part 1
I just haven’t been on the computer much. Solo parenting + trying to make sure I see REAL PEOPLE in REAL LIFE = tired/busy/not home much. But awesome. Because that’s what happens when you have great friends. Lots of starbucks baby dates happened. Here’s Anneliese and Kaitlynn. Having a little baby squabble. Soooo cute. Like… Continue Reading
My Latest Projects
My mother-in-law is visiting this week, to visit with the baby and help out and keep me company while my husband is away again. Very sweet! And it’s been a nice week so far. The other day, we went to JoAnn fabrics, where I didn’t really need anything, but came out with about $60 worth… Continue Reading
8 Months Old!
Anneliese turned 8 months old yesterday. Sometimes, life as an 8-month-old is tough. Last month, I mentioned that she was trying to crawl. She would reach as faaaaaar as she could with her hands, leaning forward from a sitting position, and twist one leg so that she could get up on one knee… but the… Continue Reading
Happy St. Patrick’s Day–Teething Time
Today was a gorgeous day outside. The temperature was perfect. I got to wear capris and a sleeveless top, with a light hoodie that I took off as the day got warmer. Anneliese got to play in the grass and clovers. But she wasn’t really feeling it… which I’m 98% sure is because she’s teething… Continue Reading
More on sleep–Last night and Today
Flipping amazing, you guys. Last night, Anneliese woke at 3am. She was just making fussy sounds and then putting her head back down, not crying. So I watched her on the monitor. About 40 minutes later, she was asleep again, on her own. No crying, just fussing. She woke again at about 5:30 because she… 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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