Hope you are doing well! Another big milestone for our family, our girls got baptized! It’s been a long time coming, but with the home build, having back to back pregnancies, and Josh’s crazy work schedule there was never the perfect time. But we decided to go ahead without Josh since we never had a time that worked with his schedule. I’m so thankful for our family who were able to make it. It was such a big moment in our girls’ lives. We ended up hosting our family at our home for the reception, and it was a nice intimate family celebration. Check out more of our baptism reception below!
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We are so thankful for our family who came to support our sweet girls baptism. I love how everything turned out. You can see more of the set up process in this video of the baptism reception. Also check out past family celebrations and milestones here!
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Today I am sharing a recap of Ella’s third butterfly birthday. I can’t believe my sweet baby girl is three. Where did the time go? I still can remember her birth. It was the most traumatizing and difficult birth experience I’ve had. Thankfully Ella was strong and healthy and she has thrived ever since. The past year was probably the most challenging year for me as a parent. I’ve never experienced terrible two’s with Jayden, so it was a definitely a learning experience as a mom with Ella.
Ella has always been a smart independent girl. She marches at the beat of her own drum, and if she doesn’t want to do something she won’t do it without some convincing. Potty training was a feat on its own. I just remember Jayden being potty trained in one week. Ella took several months. But to my defense I was pregnant and had juggling a newborn. But now we are officially potty trained and my gosh I feel like we just leveled up as parents lol! But really though Ella is so much easier, calmer, listens better now that she is three. Now its her sister’s Daisy turn for the terrible twos lol! Pray for us!
But all jokes aside we are so thankful for our sweet girl! We know those “difficult” times don’t last long, and is all part of growing up and us learning as we go as parents. Ella is my little mini me when it comes to her strong willed personality and I wouldn’t want it any other way. I love that she isn’t easily persuaded and she is so independent. This girl is so smart. She loves singing all of her Jesus songs, and its the cutest! She currently loves cats, Gabby Cat, princess dresses, painting, stickers, lipsticks, and accessories. She is definitely a little fashionista in the making, and I love it! It’s such a fun stage to play dress up!
For her birthday we decided to do a butterfly birthday theme. She loves wearing butterfly wings and accessories. It turned out so cute! Check out more details below!
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Love celebrating our little Princess Ella. I wish I had taken more pictures but we were so busy getting everything ready I was only able to capture a little bit. You can see more of her party in this video. You can check out her past birthdays here!
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Hope you are doing well! It’s been a crazy busy couple of weeks. In fact I can’t believe we are already half way to March. Last month on February 19th at 2am our sweet Charlotte Grace made her debut. It was my first natural birth, and I can’t wait to share the full birth story with you. I am so thankful I was able to have this amazing birth experience, especially after having my past two birth experiences with Ella and Daisy. Read more of Charlotte Grace’s birth story below!
Daisy wasn’t too happy about not being the baby anymore!
My sweetest little blessings! How did I get so lucky to be their mama. Love how our lifestyle photoshoot as a family of six turned out in our home. We took this in Charlotte’s future room with all the little antique baby pieces I got her. I am definitely leaning into the vintage classic vibes with this girl. It is just fitting with her name.
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Charlotte Grace’s Birth Story
So it was the Tuesday after her scheduled due date and we had tried every labor inducing trick you could think of. By the time we went to the doctor we were 3 cm dilated which was a good sign. We did schedule an induction for that Thursday just in case she didn’t come out on her own for safety precautions.
I remember that night deciding I needed to get my nails done before baby arrived. As I was getting my pedicure I started getting contractions that were eighteen minutes apart. I didn’t want to get my hopes too high because I have been having Braxton hicks contraction for the past two week that would go away after going to bed.
When I got home I decided to go to bed and get some sleep around 10pm. At 10:30 my water broke as I was laying in bed. This was the first time my water broke naturally. Minutes later my contractions started to speed up five minutes apart. Josh called his dad to come over so he could watch the kids while we went to the hospital. He arrived 40 minutes later and we still had an hour drive to the hospital. By then I was 4 minutes apart.
Laboring in the car wasn’t so bad as there was no one on the road, and I could time out when my contractions would hit. I honestly didn’t think the labor pains were that painful. By the time we reached the hospital and admitted into triage at 1am I was already 7 cm dilated. By then the nurse didn’t recommend I get an epidural because the baby was coming fast. At that time I still could endure the labor pain, and I did want to have a natural unmedicated birth so I opted to go without it.
Within the hour my labor pains intensified, and I could feel so much pressure like I was having constipation. I knew she was coming fast. I remember peeing all over the bed and telling the nurse I need to push her out now! They brought in the doctor, and I could feel the ring of fire. And that was when I felt all the pain for that minute I was about to push her out, I looked at Josh and said “I can’t do this” He looked down there and then at me and said “Yes you can, because I see her coming.” Those words gave me so much strength and in two pushes she flew out of there so fast the doctor had to catch her!
I remember the second she came out I felt a since of relief and euphoria. I couldn’t even feel the pain anymore. I was in literal shock that she came out so fast. They definitely did not have to worry about jaundice or her lungs because this girl was so red and loud! Also with a head full of hair! I was so relieved when she came out so strong and healthy, and getting to hold her in my arms seemed so surreal. Those nine months of carrying her and wondering what she would be like to having her in my arms, as perfect as God made her. The miracle of a child being born never gets old. It’s truly the greatest blessing.
Psalm 127:3-5
New International Version
3 Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him. 4 Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth. 5 Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.
We didn’t have a lot of photos at the hospital because we were their for only a night! It was the quickest hospital stay we had ever had. We were able to get home to our other babies much sooner than expected, and it was nice to be able to be together as a family of six. Honestly could not have asked for a better experience. Maybe next time we will have a home birth!
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Hope you are doing well! It’s been a crazy couple of months with the holidays and then baby girl made her arrival. I almost forgot to post our holiday maternity photos we took! I love documenting this time, because I always feel so amazed of what my body can do when I am pregnant. Check out our in holiday maternity photos we did over the holidays with our family. I love how they turned out!
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Do you remember this maternity dress from a previous shoot? I wore this same dress in Hawaii when I was pregnant with Ella in this post. I am so glad I got to wear it again for this moody holiday maternity photoshoot. It is definitely harder to get everyone in the same frame when you have two very active toddlers. But we wouldn’t want it any other way. So thankful for another sweet little babe. It is truly a blessing!
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Years 2025! Hope you are having a wonderful start to your New Year. It’s been a busy couple weeks for us with the holidays, being pregnant, and my husband being gone for weeks at a time as a Captain for his job. But I wanted to share our yearly Christmas card photos and share our message for the New Year. We have so much to be thankful for including finishing and moving into our new home. Plus baby number four will be arriving soon! Here is a recap of our past year below!
2024 Yearly Recap
2024 hasn’t been without its ups and downs with the death of Josh’s beloved grandmother, my third miscarriage and cancer scare earlier in the year, plus emergency gallbladder surgery! My health was definitely something I battled with earlier this year, so being able to have a healthy pregnancy has been a blessing. I don’t take any of it for granted.
Also with Josh’s new job he has been gone for weeks at a time, which honestly has been hard emotionally, but we are so thankful for all the help we have with our family and our neighbors while he has been gone. It has been harder physically with my pregnancy, but God has given me the strength to push through and I’m so thankful. I feel like superwoman some days lol!
We started home schooling Jayden in 2024 and it’s the best decision we have made. I feel like he is more challenged with the curriculum that we have for him, and I also get to have him home more. We also have a small homeschool community that we are so thankful for. Jayden is doing well in school, taekwondo, and is starting basketball for the first time this year. I don’t feel so bad when he does all these extracurricular activities because I don’t have to sacrifice the time he is with his family since he is homeschooled. We also have the best neighborhood kids that Jayden get’s to play with so he get’s tons of socialization. I’m so thankful we finally went the homeschool route, it has been the best thing for our family and Jayden.
The girls are doing well. Daisy had that second degree burn earlier this past year that we had to deal with, when hot water spilled on her at a restaurant. She has been a trooper through it all and has healed so well. She really is our sunshine baby and I’m so thankful she continues to thrive through adversity. Ella is as smart as can be, but also just as stubborn. We are in the process of potty training her and it has been a longer process than with Jayden. But we are making progress. I love her little personality though. She is too smart for her own good.
Happy New Years 2025!
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We are so thankful for our growing family. Even through the ups and downs at least we have each other. Thankful for all 2024 has brought us, the good and the bad, because it has made us stronger as a family. We look forward to 2025 and most of all bringing another sweet babe into this world!
Happy New Years 2025!
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Hope you are doing well! We are already putting up Christmas decorations, and one of the first rooms we completed was Daisy’s nursery. I have been wanting to do a themed Sugar and Sweets Christmas Tree for her nursery and I love how it turned out! I want to make sure my babies have the most magical Christmas so we always make it a priority to decorate a tree in all of their rooms. Check out more photos of Daisy’s Sugar and Sweets Christmas Tree below!
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How cute are the little donut and lollipop ornaments for her tree? I love how her tree turned out and the girls love it too! Also how cute are the girl’s matching pajama dresses. They are too cute! I can’t believe I will have three girls soon!
For more check out Daisy’s full nursery room tour with product links here!
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Hope you are doing well! I am so excited to share one of my favorite rooms in the house, our mudroom bath. I love the floral tile, the wallpaper, and our clawfoot tub. It is very country cottage chic. You can get an extra 10% OFF using my code DAWN on the wallpaper. This was a labor of love that Josh and I did together. You can see the before and transformation in this video here. Check out all the details of our mudroom bath below!
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This bath is conveniently located in our mudroom which makes it great for guest who come through the garage or back porch, or for washing dirty muddy children before they walk through the house. It is one of our most used common bath. We love how this room turned out. What do you guys think?
Hope you are doing well! I recently shared a video of one of my first board and batten bathroom accent wall DIY I did for our home, and I thought it deserved a permanent spot on my blog. I did this all by myself when our house was getting built. I knew I wanted to add some color to our main bathroom, so I brought in the color in our master bedroom into the bathroom with this accent wall. Check out the before and after pictures below!
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The color I used for this accent wall is Escape grey by Benjamin Moore. I love how this bathroom accent wall turned out that I plan on incorporating it in our master bedroom. What do you guys think?
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Hope you are doing well! I wanted to share with you my recent fall kitchen home decor! I wanted to add a little touch of fall to our kitchen so I bought a few things during the Labor day sale to add fall vibes into our kitchen. Some of the things I’ve collected over the years so I don’t have an exact link, but I will share similar styles. Check out more photos of our fall kitchen home decor below!
Found these fall kitchen towels for only $9 for a pack of three! I added some pumpkins to our open shelving and this old antique painting my husband got from his late grandfather.
Love these fall stems I got on sale. I added it to this vase I got at Target last year, and these velvet pumpkins from several years ago. I was able to find some similar ones that you can shop from Amazon!
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I love how our fall kitchen home decor turned out. Just the perfect touch to bring in fall into our home. Let me know what you think!
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It’s officially September and that means our fall front porch decor is here at our home. I have been looking forward to decorating our front porch in our new home. There were so many good Labor day sales for fall decor so I stocked up on all the fake realistic pumpkins. Check out how I styled our fall front porch below!
I love how our fall porch turned out. Simple yet classic. The perfect touch of fall for any home and affordable too. I got most everything on sale so that was a plus. What do you guys think?
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Today I am sharing this fun gender reveal we did with the kiddos. Let’s just say I was dead wrong with my mother’s intuition on this one. I thought we were having one gender, so I got everyone coordinating outfits to match the color I thought it would be. I couldn’t believe how wrong I was! Check out the full reveal below!
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Ya’ll I can’t believe we will have another precious girl to add to our family. We are going to have our hands full! Jayden was hoping for a boy, but it seems as he will be the only boy in the family so far lol. The girls didn’t even care, all they cared about was the cake! Well on the plus side expect more cute mommy and me outfits coming soon with my cute little girlies!
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Surprise! We are expecting baby number four! I can’t believe it. Especially since we will have three under three! We are going to have our hands full. We have been keeping this secret all summer long. I found out I was pregnant early June right after moving. It was an unexpected surprise especially with everything going on, having a previous miscarriage in January, and emergency gallbladder surgery in April. But we are thankful for this blessing and can’t wait to add another little one to our family. Check out these beautiful pregnancy announcement photos we took at our neighborhood park.
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Thankful for this growing family of mine. It’s been a crazy whirlwind of a year but we trust in God’s timing. We know this won’t be easy but it will be worth it. Can’t wait to share the gender soon!
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