Christmas cards have always been a thing at our house. Just ask my husband. Today, I'm sharing how they're my love language and why I just can't quit them over at Your Merry Mailbox. The truth might surprise you. I have my real-life friend, Britt, to thank for letting me know about YMM. Y'all. It's like my dream blog. You know how much I love cards, of any kind, and they have such great inspiration. Oh, and did I mention they're Aggies? ...

Trust me when I tell you this blog post I want to write is already written. But, somehow I haven't figured out how to connect the keyboard to my brain. Can someone get on inventing that? Like, pronto. It's all about percents, saying no, traditions, babble and lovely photos. There's even two awesome giveaways coming - one for your sweet tooth and two for your bebes. I guess that's three. Math was never my strong suit. But, instead of writing ...

As prematurity awareness month comes to a close at the end of the week, I wanted to share one last post before the holidays hit high gear. And, if you read nothing else of this post, scroll to the bottom. Trust me. About a month ago, I reached out to several mommas and asked them lots of questions about their NICU stay with their preemie or ill baby. For some, the NICU stay was a handful of days, for others it ...

Five years ago prematurity happened to our family. Out of the blue, it sucker punched us. Looking back, there are lots of things I'd tell myself - accept help, take it one day at a time, buy more concealer. But, in honor of World Prematurity Day, I also wish people knew these seven things about the harsh reality of having a baby born before 37 weeks. 1 - The NICU stay? Yeah, that's the easy part. When our son was ...

I can't say I'm the biggest fan of Halloween, but when you see kids in cute costumes? I cave. It's probably more accurate to say that I love the fun part of the tradition. The sweet costumes, the time seeing neighbors, the extra Snickers around the house. We've never been ones for the gore or the crazy, but I do love the traditions and holiness in the church as we celebrate All Saints Day on November 1 and All Souls Day ...

Cue the eyeroll and embarrassed faces now, please. It's a subject that has all the makings of the elephant in the room. And, I think most of us think we'll share the big news with our kids when "they're older." Here's a newsflash: older is now. We've always been big believers in being honest with our kids, while keeping it age appropriate regarding our family and church's views on sexuality, marriage, babies, love and the like. I mean, it's impossible to ...