joy in motherhood, homemaking, faith & simple living
Today is my mom’s birthday, and oh my goodness — she is so amazing. She stayed with us for three weeks in March which meant we were able to spend the final week of my pregnancy together, something I know we both cherished, along with the first two weeks of Maxwell’s life. She’s back in… [Read More]
There are four NEW! Square Zip Pouches inside the Gussy shop and I’m sooooo excited to be sharing them with you! I have been on a color kick, which is amazing! Orange + teal is my favorite combination right now, and I found a way to incorporate at least one of those colors into this… [Read More]
Hey, fabric lovers — have you heard of Spoonflower? I first heard of them a few years ago and had my first experience sewing with their fabrics for this BurdaStyle project where I tested out one of their purse patterns from their November 2011 book, The BurdaStyle Sewing Handbook.* What I loved the most about… [Read More]
This is the final post in the series, “What it means to be a mom for the first time.” What a joy it is to have Erin from Design For Mankind sharing her heart on mamahood with us on this precious question. I’m so happy to be featuring her today, thank you Erin! [Click to… [Read More]
Life around the Whitley house has been perfectly sweet in the quietest + loudest of ways. These last two weeks since Maxwell was born have been filled with lots of rest, snuggles, baby burps and hours spent rocking our little man to sleep. Umm, and lots of diaper + outfit changes. It’s taken me… [Read More]
There was a time when styling my curly/wavy/voluminous hair was easy. So easy. And then one day we found out we were expecting our first baby and honestly? My hair has been so, so different since then. Each month I was pregnant it’s changed a little. Of course there are the hormones, the hair coloring,… [Read More]
This giveaway is now closed! Congratulations to comment #130, Deidre Hopkins. Check your inbox Deidre for an email from us with details about selecting your Baby Be Blessed doll :) Our sweet Maxwell is already 10 days old — we can hardly believe it! And now that we know our baby’s gender I’ve partnered with… [Read More]
^ my last baby bump photo before Maxwell was born ^ waiting {and waiting, waiting, waiting} for our precious baby to be born ^ our very first photo of Maxwell // Zack was able to visit him in the NICU right away, but I had to wait until morning because of my emergency c-section Over… [Read More]
I’m so very honored that my friend Arianne Segerman is guest blogging for me today. She’s sharing her heart on the thought, “What it means to be a mom for the first time”, and her words are so, so beautiful. :) Thank you Ari for letting your fingers fly with the wind… [Click to see… [Read More]
