Birthday Gifts For 3 Year Old Girls

 Somehow time keeps flying despite my desperate please for it to slow down. In just a week we'll have a three year old! Here are some of our favorite gift ideas: One: Dress Up Wardrobe, Dress Up Starter Kit Two: Magnetic TilesThree: Tonie Box Starter Set Four: Lola Dutch, 3 Minute Stories for 3 Year OldsFive: Mico Kickboard Mini ScooterSix: Helmet Seven: Karaoke Microphone8:...

For the Easter Basket

 Easter is coming up quickly and we wanted to round up a few of the sweetest goodies for baskets! We love to put the kids to bed the night before in matching Easter jammies & then wake them up to their filled baskets. We usually do an egg hunt in the backyard as well!!  Our kids always get new books, swimsuits and sandals in their baskets, plus a few other things. Here are some...

Birthday Gifts for Two Year Old Girls

Another year has flown by and we're in party planning mode. I've rounded up some of our favorite gifts for this fun age! one: book, water bottle, tutu two: dump truck three: coloring book and chunky  crayons four: mega blocks five: purse and accessories kitsix: flashlight book and lion plushseven: play kitchen, broom set, and play food eight: bitty baby doll and...

Easter Goodies 2023

Easter is coming up quickly and we wanted to round up a few of the sweetest goodies for baskets! We love to put the kids to bed the night before in matching Easter Jammies & then wake them up to their filled baskets. We usually do an egg hunt in the backyard as well!!  Our kids always get new books, swimsuits and flip flops in their baskets, plus a few other fun things to play with. How do...

Birthday Gifts for One Year Old Girls

  I can't believe we've got only a month left of babyhood. Those first three months in the NICU seemed to stretch on forever, and then the last few have just flown by! I asked around for gift ideas as I'm starting to plan her birthday, and I've compiled some of the ideas here. ONE // TWO // THREE  // FOUR  // FIVE // SIX // SEVENEIGHT // NINE // TEN // ELEVEN // TWELVE One...

Easter Basket Goodies

 It still feels a little surreal friends. I get to put together two Easter baskets this year. Assembling baskets is a task I look forward to all year and I used to dream of two matching baskets on Easter morning. In the past when I bought Jacob a new basket I'd buy a second one, just in case. I did it once his first Easter, and again the Easter he was four. Last year I got him a new basket from...

Raina's Birth Story, Part 2

 August 2021When we left off we had just found out we were 22 weeks pregnant with a baby girl. Everything had checked out ok on the ultrasound and my bloodwork and we were sent on our way with instructions to return in four weeks for my glucose test. We set up an ultrasound appointment for our anatomy scan for two days after the glucose appointment. I wouldn't make it to that ultrasound appointment....