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Set, Accomplish and Make New Lifestyle Goals

March 21, 2017

This is a sponsored post. All views, opinions and lifestyle goals are my own. We are somehow nearing the end of March and I can’t even believe that it is the third month of the year. It feels like we were just setting our New Years goals. Now here we are, almost a 1/4 of the […]

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Lifestyle Goals Update and Benefits of drinking more water

This post is sponsored by Nestlé Pure Life. All views, opinions and lifestyle goals are my own. Last month I shared my lifestyle goals in the post, “Setting Realistic Lifestyle Goals + Free Printable“. Today, I want to share an update on how well I have done with accomplishing my goals, the changes I’ve seen […]

February 3, 2017

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Baby in carseat | Maxi Cosi Infant Car Seat

This Maxi Cosi carseat post and giveaway is sponsored. All views and opinions are always my own. Since becoming a mom of three, I have realized how much more diligent I need to be with my time. Everything seems to take much longer then I expect, especially getting out the door.  On a typical day […]

January 28, 2017

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Mother and Daughter Family Christmas Photos

“World Breast Pumping Day is a day to honour the love in every ounce,” says Wendy Armbruster Bell, the founder of Snugabell. Tomorrow, Jan 27, 2017, is the first ever World Breast Pumping Day. It is a day that was made to celebrate the hard work and dedication that mothers put in when they are […]

January 26, 2017

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Mom and Baby Kisses | Style & Fashion | Spring Wardrobe

All the sudden I went from “I love the snow” and “Isn’t the snow so pretty” to

January 25, 2017

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This post is sponsored by Nestle Pure Life. All views and opinions are my own. As we start the first week of the new year I want to speak/write out some goals (on our weekly goals free printable download) that I plan to integrate into my life in an effort to create a healthier lifestyle […]

January 10, 2017

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Mother and Daughter Twinning | Thoughts on what it means to become a mother and when that day comes at different ages for your children.

When is it that you become a mother, when you get pregnant or when the baby is born? Or what about for those that don’t go through the birthing process, the mothers that become mothers by other means, like step-parenting or adoption. For each person the time they truly felt like they became a mother […]

January 7, 2017

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Mother and Daughter Maternity Style

Capturing the moments of pregnancy and how our bellies develop is something that I feel is overlooked by so many. Even for me and the first time around I didn’t think that it was something that I would care to look back on and because of that I didn’t take as many photos as I […]

August 14, 2016

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Six Tips for Successfully using Hashtags on Instagram

I didn’t always think that hashtags were a good idea. To be perfectly honest when I first started my Instagram account I didn’t like them at all. My first impression of hashtags were that they were tacky and very unnessecary. Sure the odd super long use of a hashtag as a joke always got a kick […]

August 10, 2016

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