A Summer Garden Lounge with Pier 1 Imports
This post is sponsored by Pier 1 Imports. While the weather may not feel like summer quite yet, I am more than ready to get outside these days! In the warmer months, you’ll likely find me reading on...
View ArticleTry the World :: Argentina
Confession – South America isn’t really on my top five travel list. That’s mainly because the only places I’ve been to in my life are Norway, Paris, and Costa Rica. I typically daydream about Thai...
View ArticleA Summer Garden Party with Pier 1 Imports
This post is sponsored by Pier 1 Imports. In my opinion, summertime is for champagne and spending time with your nearest and dearest. While I love spring, there’s just something about summer that makes...
View ArticleAfternoon Snack :: Roasted Figs
I’m serious about my afternoon snacks. No chips and salsa for me; we’re talking homemade spinach artichoke dip, feta and tomato salad, baked brie with cranberries and honey…you get the idea. My...
View ArticleCozy, Comfy Fall Entertaining with Target
This post is sponsored by Target. You guys, I am SO impatient. As much as I love binge-watching my shows on Netflix over the summer, I’ve been waiting impatiently for my favorite shows to come back to...
View ArticleTry the World :: Spain
Okay, so Paris is at the top of my list to visit right now (obvi), but I have to say – Spain has gotten pretty high up there. When Robert and I talk about where we would travel to if we had unlimited...
View ArticleSteel Cut Oats with Cinnamon Apples
I’m not the biggest breakfast person. If I weren’t pregnant, typically my breakfast would consist of coffee…and more coffee. I do try to eat at least some toast in the morning, but it’s so hard! One...
View ArticleFive Ways to Celebrate Fall at Home This Weekend
Raise your hand if you had a fall bucket list this year. I didn’t share mine on Joelle Charming, but I DID have a loose list of things I wanted to accomplish this season. Many of the items were fairly...
View ArticleBringing a Home Office to LIGHT with Target
This post is sponsored by Target. One of the requirements that I had when we were hunting for a new place to live was a GREAT space for a home office. Obviously, I work from home—as does my husband a...
View ArticleOxnard Container Store Opening + a Store More Card Giveaway!
You guys, I have dangerous news. The Container Store is opening a location less than five minutes from my house. Obviously this is good news for a idealistically organized person such as myself. It’s...
View ArticleHow to Enjoy – Not Just Survive – the Holidays with Family
Oh family. We love them. We … put up with them. At no time of year is this more true than the holidays – that beautiful time from Thanksgiving to New Years, when our cup runneth over with time spent...
View ArticleBebe RAD’s Nursery Inspiration
via pure home Okay, so no. I haven’t even gotten started on Remi’s nursery yet, but that’s because my baby shower is tomorrow! I’ve been dying to buy everything, but I knew that would be silly since...
View ArticleThoughts on Pregnancy & Struggling for My Own Experience
I’ve always been a rebel, as my husband reminded me the other night. I don’t like being told what to do, and I definitely don’t like being told how to feel. More than that, I hate being told what my...
View ArticleBoudoir Maternity Pictures at 37 Weeks
I am so freaking lucky to have talented friends. Have I mentioned that lately? I’ve been wanting to shoot boudoir photos with Alyssa every since I got my tattoos last year, but living in San Diego kind...
View ArticleOur Story
I’ve always known that I wanted to have kids, but things changed when I realized that I was actually going to have children of my own someday. It was maybe four or five years ago, not long after that I...
View ArticleOne Month Old :: Thoughts on Motherhood
How is my baby already one month old? It feels like just yesterday that I was in the hospital, hearing his cries for the very first time. They say that they grow way too fast, and I can already tell...
View Article5 Gift Ideas for Mom
As a new mom, I suddenly have much more appreciation for all that my own mother went through when raising me (as a single mother, no less!). With Mother’s Day right around the corner, it is time to...
View ArticleA Hot Mama Mess
Let’s be honest. A LOT of life happens on the lines of an Instagram grid in between those beautiful photos. We like to share the shareable moments of our lives: smiling kids in coordinated outfits,...
View ArticleMothering at Night
As I lay on the carpeted floor of my two-year-old son’s bedroom, being surrounded by darkness along with low humming from the sound machine, I can’t help but think of everything else I should be doing...
View ArticleMy Husband, the Doula
It was the day before my 24th birthday and although I was still a couple days from my due date I was bursting at the seams with anticipation to meet our baby. At bedtime each night my sweet husband...
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