I have always wrapped gifts with whatever I have on hand, which is typically brown paper bags, tissue paper, or occasionally Sunday's comics. Sometimes I'll even draw my own designs on paper. For Christmas, I love the classic look of brown paper packages dressed up with fun pom poms, bakers twine, or jute. I love that we are not adding to the waste by...

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I was looking through my email for something and came across a few random emails I sent Jordan with just a link inside. I thought it would be fun to start a new little series on the random things I send him throughout the week.  Top Christmas towns in Illinois - Wanting to visit St. Charles before we head out of town hello from...

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In lieu of The Honest Company's biggest sale I've seen all year (up to 40 percent off!) ending and getting our order in today (that we placed 4 days ago!), I thought I would share my favorite products (as well as some I didn't love) and how I saved and stocked up for diapers for the coming months. Here's our top five favorites: |...

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It was just a year ago around this time that I was pregnant & putting together a registry for our little one. Pregnancy was pretty tough for me and picking out fun baby things was definitely a redeeming aspect. I was still working and it would be dark outside by the time I got home. After a full day of teaching I was...

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well, hello. i know it has been a very long time since i have given an update on here. we have been quite occupied with big life changes. the best life change by far is our little ruby girl, who is 5 months now, and three months in the photo above. i'm not sure if anyone keeps up with this blog (feel free...

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Of course while we were in Seattle we had to visit their iconic public market. We saw the first starbucks (but, chose not to wait in the long line) watched men throwing fish, visited the gum wall, and enjoyed all of the other shops. click here for the rest of the photos ...

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My cousin, Kyle recently moved to Seattle and showed us around the locks. There were some beautiful gardens and great views of the water. I am sure Jordan has some issues with the locks now after watching damnation many times on netflix. Even so, it was fun to see the boats go through as well as to see the salmon getting by as...

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It's been WAY too long since I have last updated. I have over a thousand photos from our trip this summer that I am now getting back to organizing and editing. Once we got back, I started back to teaching which is always crazy in the beginning of the year and about a month later learned that we will be having a baby...

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