Recent Blog Posts
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House Hunting: Things I’m Looking For
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We’re looking for a house! When we first moved to Norfolk, we had originally considered assuming a home of one of Ryan’s buddies. The friend was getting out of the Navy, and offered his home to us either at a super affordable rent or even the possibility of assuming his…
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Pregnancy Journey: the 1-Hour Glucose Test with the Fresh Test
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One of the worst parts about the third trimester is the testing process for gestational diabetes. When you’re pregnant, sometimes your pancreas is unable to keep up, causing diabetes, that usually goes away after the baby is born. In order to test this, we are usually instructed to drink a…
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Elf Hiding Spots 2023
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Tis the season for the Scout Elves! The tradition of scout elves has trickled into the homes of families across the globe, bringing extra holiday spirit before Christmas Day. Sometimes the Scout Elves are there to remind kiddos to stay off the naughty list, while other times they are naughty…
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Blogmas & Vlogmas 2023
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Happy Vlogmas everyone! In the past, I’ve participated in Blogmas, where bloggers are encouraged to make a new blogpost daily leading up to Christmas. Some bloggers are challenged to blog every day in December, or others just increase their blogging. Vlogmas is a similar challenge over on YouTube, where video…
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Holiday Gift Guide for Ladies
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Let’s be honest… if you’re reading this, you’re probably a lady (because my audience is primarily women). But that doesn’t mean you don’t deserve gifts! And for God’s sake, if they buy you a vacuumed cleaner, they’re sleeping on the snow bank. Men: unless she asks you for a vacuum…
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Holiday Gift Guide for Men
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If you’ve got a man in your life, you may be wondering what to get them this Holiday season. For years, we’ve been gifting wallets and belts, but that has to change. Men deserve something more than the same thing every year (Well, except slippers. We should totally gift a…
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Come With Us: Norfolk Admirals Hockey Game
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Last year, Ryan was a season passholder to the South Carolina stingrays team, which played in North Charleston. We haven’t quite bit the bullet yet for season passes to watch the admirals since we hadn’t even gone to see them play one single time since moving here. Well… now we…
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Pregnancy Story: 20 Weeks
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We are officially half way through this pregnancy. So first, let’s take a bumpie. I wanted a letter board with a sweet potato that said half baked but I still had a (stale) pink donut left, so decided to take a picture with that instead. [ This bumpie dress is…
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Pregnancy Bumpdates
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Surprise! I’m pregnant with baby number two, and super excited to share the journey… in the form of Bumpies. The Bumpie Boards… whoever started using these old fashioned letter boards are my favorite person. I have almost no proper photos of my first pregnancy, or monthly milestone photos. I wasn’t…
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Pregnancy Story: Telling Our Families
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Of course we had to tell Lil Mama first. It was only fair since she had been asking for a sibling for half her life, that she be the first to find out. I wish we had done something more creative, but my creative juice wasn’t flowing yet.