A few weeks ago, Dave asked me to check out a plant on the side of our house to see if I knew what it was. I headed around by the power box and literally shrieked out loud when I saw the leaves of the plant in this most unassuming, almost hidden, spot…it was a […]

My first foray into clean beauty was when I started phasing out the harsh benzoyl peroxide facial cleanser I’d been using since high school in favor of One Love Organics’ gentle cleanser and moisturizer balm. Unsurprisingly considering what I know now, but almost shocking to me back then, my skin looked better than it had […]

Happy Friday! Cheers to making it through week six (give or take depending on where you live, of course!) of quarantine. The strangeness of the world right now hit me in a big way this week at Azelie’s two-month pediatrician appointment. Especially since we have a newborn in the house, we’ve been taking social distancing […]

One thing I love about newborn sessions is that there isn’t much planning involved. With all the focus on that sweet, tiny baby, a mama just needs to figure out: 1. what everyone will wear, and 2. what time of day your house has the prettiest lighting (and your photographer will help determine that on […]

I’ve heard it said that God gives us the exact baby we need at the exact time we need them. I certainly believe this to be true about Azelie. While having a newborn during a pandemic has sometimes felt especially scary and isolating, she has truly made every single day in our house sweeter, lovelier, […]

In college, I posted a Love List every Friday. Back then, they featured a round-up of my favorite wedding images and details that I had come across that week–here is a fun throwback example! Over the years, Love Lists became both more personal and more sporadic, but they’ve remained some of my favorite types of […]

Have you ever heard of the concept of a “soul age?” I first read about it in a Cup of Jo post years ago and it has stuck with me ever since. In a nutshell, it’s the age you always feel–your gut reaction when someone asks you how old you are. In the post (which […]

I seriously contemplated skipping my April goals post this month. I’m currently happy if I meet my goal of brushing my teeth before noon, which is perhaps not the most compelling blog content ;) Then, I went back to my 2020 inspiration board. Do you know what I realized? Every single one of the pictures […]