When a birthday arrives in our home, I like to make it a point to bake the special person a birthday cake. Being the only baker in the household, it’s a no-brainer that I bake myself a cake when my own birthday comes along. I did this for the first time last year and continued […]
Life
New Baby Nonessentials
Our baby boy is nearly here and my excitement, along with my belly, just keep growing. I’m slowly taking steps to prepare for his arriving, which includes making a list of baby essentials. You know, things like a baby bath, another crib, and plenty of diapers. While that list of necessities grows, so does my […]
Our Broken Karlstad: Fixed!
You guys, I’m ecstatic. After nearly a year of living with our couch propped up on building blocks, it is finally fixed and back to normal. After asking an IKEA employing if they sold replacement couch arms, I had lost all hope of ever repairing it when she answered no. Since I had already attempted […]
Nesting and Keeping Busy
I’ve had a few dreams lately that our little baby was born early and that nothing in the house was prepared for him. Three of these dreams in a row has plunged me into nesting overdrive. We all know that the most logical thing to do while nesting is to head to IKEA and purchase […]
Back To Normal
So, it’s the new year and this is about the time that things start going back to normal. Although that may be the case, I feel no where near back to “normal”. Have I mentioned things have been chaotic lately? Pregnancy brain has been brought to a whole new level with this pregnancy, which makes […]
Merry Christmas!
This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 1 John 4:9 Merry Christmas, guys. We’ve been working silly in the kitchen today preparing for tomorrow. Our Thanksgiving turkey came out so good we couldn’t help but make another […]
Christmas Cookies
I have some pretty fond memories of decorating Christmas cookies as a family when I was a kid. This year, I added it to a mental list of things to do before Christmas. At first, I was so overwhelmed with other things to do that I almost called it off. I ended up going for […]
Practically Done!
Praise God! The construction phase of our home renovation is officially done. Alright, it has been for about a month now. The front yard is still sporting piles of leftover dirt, we still have some painting that needs to be done and there is no art on the walls but let’s focus on all the good parts […]
Stopping By
Wow, it’s been a crazy couple of months. The kind of crazy where when one busy period ends, another one shortly follows. We managed to pull together Eliana’s zebra party and immediately after turned to Thanksgiving planning. I gotta say, I love Thanksgiving. It may be my favorite holiday. Last year was my first year […]
Seeing Zebras
We are having a small party for our oldest daughter this weekend, so naturally I am in a complete party planning mindset. This is her first “birthday party” and she requested zebra party. She then quickly changed her mind to a purple elephant party but eventually came back around to the zebra theme. So we’re […]