What It’s Like Being on Bed Rest {34-Week Pregnancy Update}

This post contains affiliate links through Amazon, which means I may get a small commission on any purchases made through the links, at no extra cost to you. Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving yesterday! We’ve been down at my mom and stepdad’s for much of the week since Matt got an unexpected extra …

What the Kids Have Been Loving Lately // Vol. I

I’ve read nearly 800 different books with Raven over the past couple years as part of the 1,000 book challenge we’re trying to complete before she enters kindergarten, but I’ve hardly talked about kids’ books (or toys or activities or crafts) here on the blog at all. I figured it might be fun to do …

State of the Family Address {+ 32-Week Pregnancy Update}

Do you like how I said back in April that I was going to be doing State of the Family Address posts monthly, and that I haven’t done one since? Well, I intend to remedy that. I still haven’t decided how I’m going to go forward exactly with these (with the format or the series …

Products and Books I'm Enjoying in February 2023

Loving and Learning Lately {20}

Welcome to Round 20 of this little series I started of all the things in life I’m loving and learning lately! Here you’ll find everything from the books I’m currently reading to the products I’m loving to the shows I’m watching (which, spoiler alert–won’t be very many or very exciting, since I’m not a huge …

Creamy Butternut Squash Soup

Creamy Butternut Squash Soup + Our Favorite Breadstick Recipe

I’m not a fan of winter, but one thing I DO appreciate about the colder weather is that it greatly simplifies my dinner planning since I can start rotating soups and chowders back into the picture. At least once a week (usually on Mondays), we do a soup-and-breadstick night, which my kids are big fans …

Reclaiming the Garage + Early Christmas Prep {November Goals + October Goals Recap}

I just hit my 30-week mark in the pregnancy today, and lemme tell you—I am FEELING it. That being said, I’m also feeling a strong nesting urge to attend to All the Things, just because I still have a hunch this baby might come on the earlier side (like Mathias did, who came at 37 …