I don't know if you happened to catch our porch makeover. Last year we finally did something about the dated wrought iron and ratty carpet. You can check out all the details here. To give you an idea of how bad it was, I leave you with this: I'm super excited to announce that our porch makeover was featured in the June issue of This Old House magazine! Since the holiday decor came down, I've been itching to get this porch ready for the spring. We got our porch all pretty just ...
Mom Musings
What to Expect
I'm officially doing this a fourth time. I know, he doesn't look to happy about it. He is though! Sure, he has no idea what is going on, but he happily points at my stomach and says baby. He mostly thought it was fun to run from me and since he knew I wanted a picture of his shirt... Eleanor wants to know how Hudson can be a big brother if he still poops in a diaper. I'm hoping that this summer we will be able to potty train Hudson and that wont be the case. We already ...
Parenting and Big Decisions
I thought we could take a break from vacation posts (here and here). I've put off writing this post, because often times if feels that sharing your own experience or thoughts is a judgement against those who feel differently and do differently. That is not what this is. This isn't judgement. This isn't my way is better. If you go out to eat and get burgers, everyone else who went out to eat and didn't get burgers didn't make a wrong choice--they made the choice that was right for them! We all ...
The Next 30 Days
I am a little late starting my 3rd 30 day challenge. It officially started yesterday! Those of you who are following along on my year of 30 day challenges to a better self--saw me work on my relationship with food during my Whole30 (here and here) and reinvest myself into blogging, blogging 30 days straight! PRINTABLE HERE I was having a hard time choosing my next 30 day challenge. I started to think about the things I've always wanted and wished I was/did/am. One of those things I always ...
Almost Moments
Quinn stayed home from school today sick. That kid is pretty miserable and I keep waiting for him to get better. Hudson was all kinds of crabby since he decided to wake up at 3 AM! Ross and I tag teamed until 5 before we finally gave up. Quinn was up crying and burning up and it seemed frivolous to pretend we were getting more sleep. Quinn lounged all morning, snuggled in our bed and watched TV. We had some unseasonably warm weather--77!! here in Wisconsin. Since we will be buried in snow and ...