Do you have a go-to dinner party salad? If not, you should. Having a signature dish, be it a salad, appetizer or dessert is an important thing to have for any hostess or dinner party guest. When planning dinner parties,…
Deals I’m Loving on Amazon Prime Day 2020
Prime Day 2020 is here! Today I’m sharing some of my favorite deals, random as they may be. Several of these are things we have and love. Some others are deals I am snagging today. I’d love you to drop…
Aunt Lily’s Banana Bread Recipe
If your toddler is anything like our toddler, he or she will gobble up a food one week and have nothing to do with it the next. This is especially true with bananas. Annabelle will ravenously eat bananas daily for…
Blue & White KidKraft Playhouse Makeover Tutorial
Update 11/8/2020: After being out of stock all spring and summer, this exact playhouse is now back in stock! Buy the Cedar Summit by KidKraft Greystone Cottage Playhouse on Walmart here. Even before I had kids I was pinning images…
Callahan’s Navy Blue Buffalo Check Baby Boy Nursery
There is nothing quite like the excitement of waiting for a new baby. Except, maybe, decorating that baby’s nursery! I had so much fun decorating Annabelle’s nursery, and enjoyed every second of planning Callahan’s as well. Today I am excited…
DIY Rae Dunn-Inspired Fruits of the Spirit Rocks
I’m always looking for age-appropriate activities to do with my granddaughter, who is almost three-years old. I am on the lookout for crafts that are inexpensive and fun. This particular activity didn’t cost a thing, because we had on hand…
Our Second Miscarriage: A Chemical Pregnancy | Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Story 2
Oddly enough, it took getting pregnant again for me to be able to finally write about my first miscarriage. It wasn’t until I had hope for a new baby that I could truly sit down and write out or process what had happened the first time around.
How to Make Homemade Vanilla Extract
Last July I saw a post on Sally’s Baking Addiction about making homemade vanilla extract. I follow Sally’s blog religiously and am obsessed with her Sally’s Cookie Addiction Cookbook, so when she said homemade vanilla can take cookies to the…
Our First Miscarriage: Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Story 1
I originally wrote this post in August of 2016. This post is titled “My first miscarriage,” because, well, our story doesn’t end here. It took a lot of time and courage to sit down and author this post, and more…
Annabelle’s Big Girl Room: A Pink & Blue Nursery Update
I am so excited to show off the evolution of Annabelle’s Blue and White Nursery into her “Big Girl” room. In this post I’m going to explain: Why we kept the crib, Why we opted for a twin bed, and…
Delivering our Rainbow Baby: Annabelle’s Birth Story
Annabelle Mae Guinn | 5 lbs. 13 oz. | 19 inches I wrote Annabelle’s birth story shortly after she was born. I wrote it for two people: her and me. I wanted to remember with clarity the events of that day,…
15 Best Timeless Outdoor Toys for Toddlers
Normally having a mess of toys stresses me out. But when I sit on our covered porch and look out over the sea of toys strewn around our backyard, it makes me smile. When I envisioned having kids, this is…