Motherhood + Parenting

There are many things that I had to get used to when I moved to this country. The first adjustment was being immersed in a completely different culture with a different language and many new traditions. Out of all...

I'm a stay at home mom to two awesome little people.  My little guy is a sweet 6 month old and my daughter is a funny and smart newly four year old.  A few months back, while looking at options for...

I was a single mom for the first three years of my daughter’s life and, let me tell you, it was HARD. A year and a half ago, I found a parenting tag-team partner and, let me tell you…This. Is. HARDER....

I think that one of a child’s biggest milestones is when they say that long awaited first word. After time, we witness their vocabulary grow from one word to many more as they get better at expressing themselves. I...

As you may or may not know, this month is National Foster Care Month! Because of this fact, I thought it would be a good time to discuss why I chose to be a foster parent. While my home is...

As as stay at home mom, I deal with a daily struggle of finding the balance. With my choice to stay home with my kids comes the pressure of actually being a present mom with them throughout the day...

To think that only 9 short months ago we didn't even know you... You have become so much to our family in less than a year.  You are a household name, a topic over dinner, a priority on our prayer...

That title may have got your attention, and I'm already bracing myself for the hateful comments, but please read the full post before you think I'm telling you it's OK to neglect your kids! Neglect is NEVER OK. That...

It happens every night.  Dinner.  Sometimes it takes me by surprise, but most of the time not.  With everyone going different ways most of the day, I think it's super important for us to all eat together and I've...

I have debated writing this post for quite some time...I was fearful of judgment, scared to hurt feelings, and mostly hopeful I was wrong; but alas, I'm here to say: I never got the "pregnancy glow." I grew up listening to...

I’m nearing the end of my third (and last) pregnancy. I’m sure there will be a mourning period when the realization hits that I won’t have another baby after this. However, right now in my third trimester of my...

"Having kids changes everything". As parents we hear that classic line repeatedly, but until you've lived it, you just have no clue. About most any of it. Pre-kid, my perfectionist and Type A self was completely delusional as to how my life...