I have a few friends that I’ve met as an adult that I can’t figure out how I grew up without, and Jessica is one of them! We met shortly after both being hired to teach at the same high school in Tennessee in 2012, and we quickly became inseparable. During my pregnancy she took me to the ER at… Keep Reading
Happy Gotcha Day Teddy
There’s a main character in my life who doesn’t get a lot of love on this site, so today is all about our red headed, four legged “fur son” named Teddy. We made him a DeSpain four years ago today and our lives are so much brighter because of it. Adoption StoryWe adopted Teddy on a whim on a random Saturday morning… Keep Reading
Don’t Say No When You Can Say Yes
Since the day I told my mom I was pregnant, she and I have had almost daily conversations about how to parent, so I was shocked to find out that after raising three kids of her own, she admitted that she still doesn’t really know how to “successfully parent”. I initially found this confusing and disappointing because I kind of… Keep Reading
National Pizza Day + A Free Online Calligraphy Class Tomorrow!
According to our family March 30th is National Pizza Day, also known as my dad’s birthday! He’s a New Yorker who loves (!!!!) pizza, so for as long as I can remember we’ve referred to this day as National Pizza Day and eat at his pizza joint of choice for dinner. The whole family (minus the sons-in-law) will be here… Keep Reading
Warm Weather Toddler Girl Essentials Under $30 from Nordstrom
Happy Friday friends! I hope you’ve had a great first official week of spring and are hopefully enjoying some warmer temperatures. It’s going to be a pretty quiet weekend around here, which is a-okay with me! April is shaping up to be a busier month, so I’m going to try my best to soak up a few lazy days with… Keep Reading
Slice of Life: Hadley through my iPhone (16 months old)
My aunt and I were talking about my blog the other day, and she told me that she really enjoys my “slice of life” posts best that just capture our random family happenings. I loved the term “slice of life”, so I’m going to run with it and stick that label on casual posts that are mainly just filled with… Keep Reading
Asheville, North Carolina Girls Getaway Weekend
Things have been a whirlwind around the Olsen household lately. My mom’s spirits are as high as they could be considering she can’t do much because of her broken ankle (she has a long road ahead), but I’d say she’s doing pretty well. Hadley has no idea that she’s hurt and climbs on her and plays with her like nothing’s… Keep Reading
4th Stitch Fix Review – March 2015
Just because I’m in Alabama this month didn’t mean that I was willing to miss out on my monthly Stitch Fix box! I changed the shipping address to my parent’s house a few weeks ago and eagerly waited for the doorbell to ring yesterday with my box! I get more and more excited every month for my little fix. 🙂… Keep Reading