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Family goals for 2016!
The New Year has hardly begun, yet it’s so clear there are many amazing things just around the corner for our family. We are still in Michigan visiting family and although our time here has been full,...
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Neutral with a dash of color!
via my domaine Today I’m headed to Detroit to continue searching for our next home. In case you missed the announcement, our family has moved back to Michigan! We are sad to leave our Los Angeles...
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8 tips to help you thrive as a mama!
Zack and I went ice skating last month in Los Angeles. I was about 5 months pregnant, and as Zack laced up my skates it was right then we realized this was our very first time ice skating together! Of...
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Having something to look forward to.
The idea of “having something to look forward to” crossed my mind the other day. We have had some really beautiful weather in Michigan, which is totally abnormal for this time of year. I should be...
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On feeling weary (but finding solutions).
Zack is still working in Los Angeles, while the kids and I are in Detroit, and most days I feel like I handle life just fine. (I do have a big “all the details about our move back to Michigan” blog...
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A day in the life.
As a naturally curious person, I thought it would be fun to document what “a day in the life” looks like for our family. This is definitely a busy season of life for me, having two little children to...
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How to spend LESS time thinking about chores and MORE time enjoying your life!
Just like you, I’m a busy gal with a lot of things going on, and I don’t anticipate that changing anytime soon. I’m a wife, a mama of two toddlers, currently 20 weeks pregnant with our third babe, a...
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20 weeks with baby #3!
I confess: the weeks are flying by with this pregnancy! Of course this is a little expected as my daily goal is to keep up with our two toddlers (what? toddlers?). Since we’ve had a variety of...
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A quilt for Maxwell.
You guys, I deserve a gold star. For way too long, I’ve wanted to sew a quilt for Maxwell. Suddenly, a couple of months ago, I had a surge of creative energy, and I decided it was time to make it...
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Mothering myself: painting my nails & drinking tea.
If you know one thing about me then you probably know one of my very favorite ways to “take care of Maggie” is to paint my nails. It’s seriously my favorite! Lately I’ve been grabbing a gray-ish...
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Home for the holidays!
Our entire family is in Michigan for the holidays — even Bauer pup, and I am seriously amazed at how different it is from our home in Los Angeles. Amazed in such a good way, might I add :) The...
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Life around here.
Around here, we are… …staying inside as it’s been cold, cold, cold lately! The winter wind is brutal, although I love listening to it from inside. It crushes me to have to tell Maxwell it’s too cold...
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A couple updates on moving to Detroit!
I’m so happy this specific week is finally upon us. We’ve all missed Zack terribly, terribly, terribly, and later this week he is flying in for a weekend visit. The kids are going to be all giggles...
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10 things I love // vol. 8
A heartwarming list of “things I love and don’t want to forget” this January: 1. if you ask Natalie, “what’s your name?” she puts her hands to her chest and while grinning says, “Nani”. And we can not...
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Our first week in our new house!
Yesterday I had a few house-y goals I wanted to accomplish, so I made a little mental list of things I knew I could finish, and then I took the first step forward. And would you believe I got...
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10 things I love // vol. 9
It’s late in the evening as I type this, and the quiet of the evening is settling in around me nicely. The furnace is bringing warm air into each room, Bauer is taking his 37th nap for the day, and my...
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Life around here.
It’s time for us to catch up! :) January and February went by equally fast (so much excitement over living in Michigan again) and slow (missing Zack so, so terribly while he was finishing work in...
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When your weekend feels like this…
This past weekend felt like a wonderful, constant, giant, HOORAY! On Saturday morning, Rebecca and I co-hosted a Detroit metro meetup, and we had such a great group of gals join us! :) It was...
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What’s new on my bookshelf.
I’ve always been a big fan of reading. As a child it felt like a fun way to learn new about new topics, and as an adult it’s a really genius way to pull myself away from the daily minutia. And, it...
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10 things I love // vol. 10
WELCOME TO THE THREE-YEAR-OLD CLUB, MAXWELL! I’m amazed that you have been three for an entire week now. (Where is the time going?) Honest to goodness, the morning after your birthday felt as though...
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