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10 baby items I’m still using 10 years later

September 6, 2020 by Aprille Leave a Comment

As of tomorrow, I’ll officially have a 10-year-old on my hands. Instead of giving you an emotional tribute to 10 years of motherhood, I thought I’d do something fun, as well as practical. I’m sure there are thousands of posts out there about what you will really need for a new baby. But I want to talk about the 10 baby things I bought (or was given) as a brand-new mom that have stood the tests of time and two little boys. These are the must-haves of the must-haves:

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Posted in: Birthdays, Family, Motherhood, Pregnancy & Birth Tagged: baby, baby shower, birthday, birthdays, counseling, friendship, motherhood, parenting, shopping

Support Special Needs Families With Your Christmas Shopping

November 28, 2016 by Aprille 1 Comment

Wouldn’t be great if your Christmas shopping not only blessed your friends and family but also went to support a special needs family? Look no further! You can support families with disabilities with the each of your online shopping cart! Today I am sharing with you some lovely special needs entrepreneurs whose small businesses go … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Christmas, Special Needs Parenting Tagged: christmas, Christmas shopping, entrepreneurs, shopping, small business, special needs

Beauty in the Mess {Thanksgiving Edition ~ Part 2}

November 28, 2013 by Aprille 1 Comment

God our Father We thank You For our many blessings Amen

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Posted in: Beauty in the Mess, Ezra, Family Tagged: coffee, cuddles, friends, haircut, ice cream, mall, operation Christmas child, park, preschool, scarves, shopping, starbucks, writing

Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 05.16.13

May 16, 2013 by Aprille 8 Comments

This transition out of the Army and move to North Carolina has been and will continue to be an adjustment in so many ways, but we are rich in God’s grace and in the beauty that He has granted us over the past few months.

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Posted in: Beauty in the Mess, Ezra, Family, Finding "Home" in 2013, Military and Veteran Life, The Preschool Years Tagged: (in)RL, bacon, bubbles, coffee, Doctor Who, emily freeman, flowers, groceries, grocery shopping, haircuts, incourage.com, mall, mothers-day, muffins, paleo, park, preschool, prewriting, roses, shoes, shopping, Trader Joes, TV, walks, Whole Foods

You know you’re a mom when… (Walmart edition)

September 15, 2012 by Aprille 1 Comment

You know you are a mom when a trip to Walmart by yourself after the baby goes to sleep feels like a much-needed vacation. You are going for four things: a return, the rent money order, panty hose, and mums. But when you arrive your brain goes into vacation mode. You legs realize they don’t … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Miscellaneous, Motherhood Tagged: chocolate, Elmo, shopping, Walmart

How “Junk Mail” Changed My Life

July 23, 2012 by Aprille 22 Comments

When Russ deployed to Afghanistan (the second time), one of my goals for the deployment was to lose more of that stubborn baby weight. I blogged about my weight-loss journey and had made a lot of progress in the first four months of Ezra’s life. But that baby weight was as strong-willed as the baby … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Health, Wellness, & Self Care Tagged: childcare, diet, exercise, grain-free, gym, junk-mail, shopping

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