the day is finally here! you’re five. FIVE! we’re not welcoming your teens with 13. or celebrating your sweet 16.. or even a milestone like 21. but five.. just seems so BIG!  your 5th birthday means the official end of our full days spent together. running free at the park or riding your bike (almost) around […]

for the little girls in your life I’m sharing our Christmas wishlist for Parker and Jolie! some of these cross over for Baker at 2.5 years but I really tried to be practical this year.  the girls have SO much stuff..and most of it they play with for 4 days and then forget about it. […]

sleep.  an ongoing issue in my house for the last four years.  the twins have never really slept that great.. so then Baker came along and was sleeping through the night at 6 weeks and would go down like clock work at 7PM and not wake until well past 9AM once she hit a year […]

finally, right?  I’m writing this to give a much warranted update (even though there isn’t much an update to offer on Jolie), but also because we have been going through some emotional things with both Parker and Jolie that I hope to never have to deal with again, but if I do, I’ll be able […]

I am so excited to share Parker and Jolie’s big girl room!  I am really really REALLY proud of Jordan for all the hard work he has put into building (literally) this space for our girls.. shout out to the most handy husband ever.  I could brag on him all day for how good everything […]

Parker + Jolie are FOUR and we celebrated over the weekend in the most colorful way!! I’ve thrown a lot of parties and this one has got to be the best and most fun YET!  the girls are at a pretty perfect age for this kind of activity party.. we kept the group small this year […]