Wedding + Cake

This blog has been quiet as of late, but it's because I've been gorging myself on food and drink, spending time with a house full of family and GETTING MARRIED!  After 10 years and 3 kids, Carson and I surprised our moms with a tiny Christmas Eve "Eve" wedding, and it was...

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Cookie Stacking and Other Things...

Hello Internet People.  I'm sorry I've been a little absent, but this has been a busy and emotional week.  Therefore, I present to you this scatterbrained post of odds and ends...Many of you have been curious about the infamous "cookie stacking" Instagram post (infamous,...

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Weekend Things...

Once upon a time, I made homemade Girl Scout Cookies (Tagalongs and Samoas).Black Bean Brownies... should I try?These I KNOW I should try: Cookie Dough Cookies.Last minute Easter crafts.If you don't know about this accidental selfie prank, it's very wonderful.Finished this book...

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Today Parenting Team!

Are you familiar with the Today Show Parenting Team?  It's a community in which anyone can join and share their parenting advice, stories, photos and wisdom.  There are monthly topics and challenges that have spewed such wonderful articles, like this one (she's...

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Life Lately

Oh my gosh you guys, I haven't blogged in a long while.  I can't really point to an excuse, besides my three children.  You know, the baby who doesn't sleep and the toddler who doesn't eat and the big kid who just turned 6.  Every year I make a gigantic deal about...

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Turks and Caicos

If you follow me on Instagram, then you probably know I was torturing you with photos from Turks and Caicos last week.  Don't hate me!  I'm back home now wearing multiple pajamas trying to entertain all of my kids because of school closings and delays.  I simply...

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Los Angeles, take 3

HELLO!  I have been away for awhile and you hate me.  You've totally written me off, forgotten about me, and I am nothing more than the robot lady on your phone who can't answer a single question correctly.  But wait!  I'm back!  I love you!  I...

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Jello Cookies

My little boy had a temperature yesterday, and he overheard the doctor telling us that she lets her own kids "cook" when their fever is low enough.  When we got home, he started asking me what he could make in the kitchen.  It was right before dinner, so I told him...

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The Chewy + M&M's + Baby

Hello there.  What's new with you?  I had a baby last week.  I had a baby!!Let's back up a little.  I didn't share with you that I had a false alarm about a week ago in which I spent the day in the hospital surrounded by all those wonderful labor and delivery...

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Vacation

It is rare that we find days in a row where Carson has time off from his 17 jobs and we have nothing else going on, but that is exactly what happened these past few days.  We jumped on the opportunity and headed to the Hamptons, where Carson's friend has a home he let us...

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Would you eat baby food?

For awhile, my daughter's diet consisted solely of baby food pouches, or "wee wee's" as she calls them (aka "squeezies").  She wouldn't touch anything I put in front of her, so at the end of the day I would cave and pull out the wee wee's in order to get some fruits and...

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#20 Weeks

Thank you for the well wishes on Baby #3!I was all set to show you our "Breakfast for Dinner" last night, but then I failed to take a single picture.  Pregnancy brain.  So instead, this Friday, I leave you with my "Breakfast for Breakfast" - yup, in my car.  It...

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Double Chocolate Double Peanut Butter Cookies + News

Here you go friends, another chocolate cookie.  I know, as if these and these weren't enough lately.  So now it comes time for me to admit something to you.  And it's not that chocolate controls my life, although that is pathetically true, but the more exciting...

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Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

My baby boy turned 5 over the weekend.  He's 5.  He will start kindergarten next year and ride the bus and did I mention he is 5???  I can't wrap my head around how fast time goes by.  We had a big birthday party for him in California before we left, so this...

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