I think at this point I could consider myself a professional in mourning of what wasn’t. I have had a TON of curve balls thrown my way in life. I ditched my college soccer scholarship last minute, I got pregnant a month after turning 21, had to have a c-section, I am living through a deployment, I decided to get married months before said deployment, I live with family again (thanks deployment) after being on my own for five years and I am now, like everyone surviving a pandemic. You could say I am a seasoned professional at learning how to adapt to unforeseen circumstances. Every single one o ..read more

Hi all. Dare I even say it. The C word… It is flooding us right now. Flooding into our country, into our media and into our daily lives. Isn’t it crazy if we rewind to November none of this was remotely close to being on our radars? Three months ago we were gathering our big families in the living room. We were filling our plates edge to edge, topping it off with the good ole gravy downpour. We were kissing grandma’s cheek and grandpa was yelling at the game on TV. After we blissfully launched ourselves into a tryptophan-coma we loaded up in the car in order to load up the cart. The stores ..read more

With recent affairs I know of a decent amount of soliders who have been deployed. Although I am not an expert and I, myself am just trying to take it one day at a time, I wanted to share coping mechanisms and tools for toddlers that I’ve learned through reading materials, experience and of course trial and error. Understanding Your toddler’s cry for heartache will not look like your own. I would say the first step in helping is understanding. Toddlers will lash out when they are upset. Their behavior will seem off, they will act out and be extra whinny. With my own daughter I saw a d ..read more

23 years completed. But boy did my 23rd year shape me, remold me, break me down and rebuild me. It was a big year for me. I got engaged and married to my best friend!!!!!! I traveled lots, which is one of my favorite things to do. I gambled away and ate my heart out in Vegas. I shredded mountains at a few ski resorts, hiked in New Mexico, adventured in Texas and basked in the sun on the beach in North Carolina. I pushed my blog bigger than I had expected. Landed on television three different times. We moved and said some hard goodbyes. I also have been learning the process on how to parent ..read more

Festive decorations are so fun! They make the holiday you are celebrating magical. But as you know children are DESTRUCTIVE! My Toddlersarous Rex is into everything, it comes with the age. So here are a few tips for decorating your home for holidays when you have little ones around. 1. GET INSPIRED. Make a Pinterest board for the holidays, organize it by each individual holiday. I literally use this tactic for everything because I am such a visual person and because it works!! It’s important before you start shopping for decorations to have in mind what look you want to achieve. It’s s ..read more

This blog post is dedicated to my new found respect for the single parents. Whether you are temporarily a single parent, like myself or your life has brought you solitude in parenting, this ones for you. I am going to start by saying this blog post is an exact representation of what my experience with single parent life has been like a big old OH SO YOU THOUGHT! I initially had it almostttt done Friday evening and had planned to finish it up and publish it on Saturday. Here we are Sunday night starting from square one because 1. it did not save for some unknown reason and 2. I was dead to ..read more

Deployment is a lonely island no one can prepare you for. Pre-baby days, towards the beginning of Tyler and I there was a night the two of us stayed in. We lounged in our sweats, drank our favorite beer, danced around like fools together and watched a movie. We ended the night with pillow talks. We got on to the topic about the army, what it meant to him. I remember him telling me he hoped to get deployed one day. That he would have the chance and privileged to serve in that manner. I remember laying there thinking if him and I were together when that time came I could do it. I could wait for ..read more

I loved my wedding. It was amazing and perfect and la la la happily ever after. BUT I do have one regret when looking back on my big day. That one regret was my lack of “chill”. Despite all of my stress, worrying, and anxiety guess what? Everything worked itself out. It always does. I feel like I could of definitely enjoyed more of the moments where I felt stressed had I just took a big breath and relaxed a bit. My favorite memories from my wedding are the ones that felt the most relaxed. The ones where time stood still like holding Tyler’s hands as we began our vows or our first dance where t ..read more