I am really  happy & fulfilled in my marriage. But the thing is…it hasn’t always been easy. Before bed last night I came up close to Chris and said ” thank you. thank you for choosing THIS life. Life with me. Kids with me. Mess with me. all of it. Thank you. Thank you for […]

How sweet are these two?  I cannot even put into words how much I have loved being home snuggling them both the past 2 days. Aiden has entered this new phase of giving me “unprompted” compliments. It is so sweet & so unexpected. Today he told me that I had cute ears, an awesome tshirt […]

I have a new contributor that I am so excited to introduce today. I have had her on here before and she has the most fabulous recipes! Recipes aren’t my strongest areas. So I have been thinking about pulling on an official recipe contributor for awhile that would bring you guys weekly meals and recipes!  […]

The Children’s Aquarium at Fair Park from Chris Wiegand on Vimeo. Chris made this video of the kids for me to watch while I am away! They went to the Children’s Aquarium and had a blast :).

 my Christopher 🙂 it’s his birthday tomorrow (Friday Aug 3). I so wish that I was waking up, making him breakfast and that I could have a beautiful homemade birthday cake out on the counter waiting for him. But we will make the best of it and celebrate this beautiful life of his in a […]

well. I wanted to give a little update. Friday afternoon I was admitted to the hospital. Late late Friday night they were able to stop  labor and I will remain on the meds that prevent contractions. (I will continue to take those every 6 hours.) For some reason the meds that I am on have […]

*what I look like most nights…sitting at my computer writing out my thoughts This post seems so simple.  Like I should have known this my whole life. But I had this small epiphany this week.  It was on my post about the Colorado shootings…and someone’s comment said, “casey, you said it best with your last […]

blankets/ animals/ cloths/ diapers/ bottles bag c/o: Gussy Sews What are your hospital bag essentials? I would love to hear!!

pic found via (also seen on kellyanns blog) I am sure this will come out in a big jumble because I have had a flood of thoughts & emotions the past few days. Like most of you, a few days ago I woke up to the news of the Colorado shootings.  The melancholy and fearful […]

If you really knew me…. You would know that turning the music up and putting the windows down in my car makes me happy. You would know that I would rather have candy & chocolate over flowers any day. You would know I struggle with fear.  and with insecurity.  and that I thought when I […]