I was a young mom when I brought my first baby home from the hospital. I was so inexperienced with baby sleep schedules that I was sure we would never sleep again. I spent many nights bouncing, rocking, and...
Becoming a step-parent actually doesn't happen in 1 day or the day you say "I do". It takes time.
Step-parenting can be a very challenging thing to navigate. It teaches us new boundaries, to see things from another perspective and...
Love is in the air and couples are proclaiming their love for each other on social media. Parents are getting notes about parties and decorating boxes to bring to school. All this can only mean one thing; Valentine's Day...
Like many people, I set some goals for myself for the new year. I have the typical ones: lose weight, stay off my phone, drink more water. But after seeing an article about an actor, I added a new...
Becoming a mother was such an adventure for me. I never envisioned myself being a single parent at the age of twenty one, I also never knew the amount of insecurity and misguided trust issues a young girl can...
Motherhood.
I think we can all agree that assumed motherhood and actual motherhood are two completely different things.
I had always wanted to be a mom. With lots of practice having two younger sisters and babysitting at twelve years old, I...
This post is sponsored by Early Foundations, in conjunction with the Oklahoma Autism Center. All opinions are my own.
You might not know how we got here (I know I don't), but we are officially halfway through the 2022-2023 school...
If I've learned anything in these past months since having our daughter, it’s that time goes by too fast. How do we enjoy what comes and goes so quickly?
I remember my own childhood and thinking a day lasted forever,...
Here in Oklahoma, Spring has come with an extra dose of quarantining and rainy weather. It's time to get creative and find some fun things to do as a family! At our house, we are dusting off some old...
For those with kids that love gardening, any kind of science experiment, or just like to dig in the dirt, this is for you! This is the perfect time of year to start growing some seeds for the garden,...
Written by Jill Hanson
My baby turns 1 today. This past year has been full of joy, love, peace, snuggles, and giggles. It has also been full of anxiety, exhaustion, tears, loneliness, guilt, and overwhelm. Motherhood is a wild ride...
As parents, we do our best not to spoil our kids with an overabundance of toys. The fact is in many cases there are people out there who love our kids just as much as we do. Sometimes telling the...
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