2017, man. it's been a rough one. a great one, but a rough one. the first half of the year, mat was traveling back and forth between detroit and home. it was ROUGH. i would get the hang of things, get a good routine and get out of the house pretty much every day, which helped. but when mat would get home, my...

technically, benson is 2 years and 9.5 months, but who's paying that close attention anyways. this kid keeps me on my toes more often than not, but let me tell you, he is the sweetest soul on earth. we've been potty training (aka hell) and i've taken a pretty relaxed approach, mostly because mat has been gone and i can't get myself to...

It's been a hot second, and quite a bit has happened! At the end of February, Mat came home from Detroit and we took a trip to Disneyland for Kacey's golden 28th. Holler! It was the Disneyland trip of dreams... mostly. Infants add a layer of complication, but when I look back, it was definitely way more fun than anything else. Benson had...

it's hard to believe it's already mid-february. even harder to believe that perry girl is 3 months old! it has flown by, but at the same time, it's hard to imagine life without her. she's started cooing, her grasps her hands together and chomps on them, she smiles at you, follows us around the room when she's laying on the floor. she's getting...

i've thought long and hard about my resolutions this year. honestly, i've never actually completed a resolution. i think that's pretty common haha. but i feel different about this year. mostly because i feel different about my post partum experience. there was a meme on facebook the other day that had a whole bunch of words just scrolling through quick enough to where...