I’ve been a mother of two for five weeks now and I’ve got to say it’s made me realize how much time I had before I had kids. Sometimes I reminisce about those carefree days and wonder what the heck I did with all that time! Besides the lack of time do everything I want, I’ve also noted other changes in me as I’ve experienced motherhood (I’m wondering if this might foreshadow a book in the future!). 1) Make-up optional – I remember back in the day when I wouldn’t step… Continue reading…

Last week we launched our spring catalog…which was the same time that my daughter made her entrance into the world (her timing is impeccable!). Up until this point, most of my creative inspiration has come from my son who is a rambunctious 21-month old and is now trying to adjust to life as an older brother. Having a daughter is so different. Pink is everywhere, her cry is girly and she already has her daddy wrapped around her little fingers! These new experiences will definitely inspire me creatively (I have… Continue reading…

My family has quite a few holiday traditions and now with my own little one I hope to continue those and start a few new ones that we can continue through the years. Last year she was only 4 weeks old so while she celebrated Christmas she didn’t get to participate in any of it. While she’s not old enough to understand Christmas I believe she does know that it’s a special time of year. For as long as I can remember my family has had the same Christmas tradition.… Continue reading…

A few weeks ago I posted about some party theme ideas I found. In the end I decided to go with a color theme of pink and green and to save the more specific themes until our little one was older. The color theme came about when I was making the invitations. I turned to scrapblog.com to create it because I knew it would give me the stickers I needed and the freedom to create the invitation I envisioned. Scrapblog offers printing but I had some cardstock already and decided… Continue reading…

This weekend my little baby turns one. I can’t believe it! How fast the time goes by. The last few months have been so much fun, watching her learn new things and put associations together. These are a few of her milestones and favorite activities: 1) Walking at 10 months. She didn’t roll over until about 6 months so we were surprised to see her learning to walk so early. For awhile she preferred crawling over walking but has been toddling around a lot more recently and even has tried… Continue reading…

It’s been about 6 months since my daughter started watching the Your Baby Can Read videos. While I was skeptical of the program when my MIL first mentioned it, we gave her the go ahead to purchase it for our daughter anyway. Our thoughts were that if she learned to read- great! If she didn’t – well the videos would help her learn new words and actions. We started the videos when she was about 5 months. The first month, she wasn’t very interested in watching at all so we… Continue reading…

Having been a mother for a little over a year, I learned very quickly that mother/parenthood is all about making sacrifices. And boy did I sacrifice my body! I gained almost 30 pounds with my pregnancy and have since worked my way back into my pre-pregnancy weight. Ironically, I actually fit my clothes better post-baby, but I also lost a lot of muscle tone. The other day, my son Isaac lifted my shirt up and patted my soft, jiggly belly (what Bridget Jones would call “wobbly bits” ) and it was then that… Continue reading…