Giveaway details below This is my first Valentine’s Day where I actually have two Valentines; my Husband and my 3-month old son, Donovan (lucky me)! Since it is my husband’s first Valentine’s Day as a Dad, I wanted to do something special for him to remind him how blessed I feel to have him as […]
When I first discovered that I was pregnant, my husband and I were both so overjoyed, filled with excitement and love. The next emotion though, was a rush of anxiety realizing that I now needed to prepare for this new bundle of joy and I only had 9 months! Being a first timer, I had […]
On our first “day-cation” with Donovan, we decided to join my parents on a road trip to Palm Springs! This was due to the inspiration from the “One Thousand Marbles” story that I refer to in this post: One Thousand Marbles: A Little Story That Inspired Us My Mom had this idea to drive out […]
When I was at Pepperdine University, I read this story called “1000 Marbles.” You might have heard of it before as it has been passed around through email and social media for many years now. I searched for its origin and was not able to find it, but below is the story: One Thousand Marbles […]
My Husband and I spent a lot of time preparing to become parents. We prepped our home by designing Donovan’s nursery, our skill by taking classes through the hospital and our minds by reading many books about being parents and taking care of a newborn. We were so busy prepping ourselves that we forgot about […]
Every year on January 1st, I take a moment to contemplate and write down what I would like to accomplish during this year. As we all know, these are called New Year Resolutions and a lot of people make them. They make them to lose weight, to get a new job, to start a hobby […]
During my pregnancy, I read many books on preparedness. From preparing the nursery and planning out the baby’s sleep schedule to nesting and even super-cleaning our house to make it sparkling clean for our baby regardless of the fact that he does not care that my pantry is organized by color. (I am joking of […]
Today marked my first day of maternity leave, the first day that I focused solely on preparation for the baby. Of course, like most pregnant women in their third trimester, I nested and cleaned all day long. It was slow and I only got to the first floor, but I feel like I cleaned 5 […]
