If you all have been following me from when I was pregnant, you’ll know that I try my best to be as ecofriendly as possible. Something I had debated about long and hard before Mabel was born was what my husband and I wanted to do about diapers…and it was quickly decided that we are…
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For Mabel’s first Halloween, she decided (more like I decided for her) to be a peacock! Now, you’re probably going to think we’re lame parents since we didn’t actually take her trick or treating. Miss Mabel has a habit of going to be around 6:30-7pm and if you keep her from her beauty sleep, she…
Maybe it’s the first grade teacher in me or maybe it’s just my personal love for reading, but I decided even before Mabel was born to stock up on books and make her into a ‘reader’ as soon as she popped into this world. I read to her the first time when she was 3…
I was so excited to create this post that I’m going to start off with an apology since I took the photos with my phone. ; ) Anyway, back to the topic. I recently bought two items that I hoped would make feeding Mabel a tad easier and I had success with both! I figured…
The moment that I had worried would happen ever since Mabel was born happened. I fell down the stairs….with Mabel in my arms. Our stairway is pretty narrow and carpeted, which isn’t a good combination. Plus the actual steps aren’t deep enough to fit your whole foot on so all three combined = a disaster…
With sooooo much info and opinions out there on when you should start feeding your baby solids, how you should do it, and what/what not to feed your baby, I figured I’d give you all the run down on what we did with Mabel. Also, I’ll state that when it comes to feeding your baby…
This wasn’t a terribly eventful weekend but tonight was pretty hard on both me and my husband. As you see in the photo above, little Mabel is spending her first night in her own room and crib. She had been sleeping in our room in a mini pack and play that we used as a…