Adventures with Ella & Mia

Hi guys, long time no see! Oh my goodness. We have been dealing with a lot around here... a lot of ... vomit. Both of my poor girls got a stomach virus and it was the worst 2 weeks EVER. It started on Thanksgiving and …

Hi everyone, Monday is here again! It seems to come so quickly, doesn't it? We have a busy week ahead, but we're ready for it. I am so excited to share our weekend with you. It was the perfect amount of busy wi…

Good morning and happy Friday friends! Once again my little one is up at 5 this morning... I am so frustrated because it feels like she has only slept until 7 am a handful of times... ever! Now this 5 am nonsense is bac…

Good morning, happy Monday! We had a fun and relaxing weekend mostly just hanging out at home. I can always tell it was a weekend that I was very present with my kids when I look back at my phone and we don't have t…

Good morning guys, and happy Friday. I am so happy to be back to blogging and I think I will be able to stick to it this time. My girls are finally sleeping better, and not waking up at 5 am. I like waking up early, bu…

Here is part 2 of my Dad's trip to visit us. If you missed part 1, you can read that here . We had a great time with him. It's hard living away from my family, so I try to enjoy the moments that we are together t…

Good morning and happy Monday. We had a fun Halloween weekend and we hope you did too! (If you celebrate, of course.) I do know a few people who don't really celebrate Halloween, so if you are one of those people, I…

My Dad came to visit with us for a couple of weeks, and it was so much fun to have him here! Ella was sooo happy to have her Grampie, and Mia was pretty darn happy too! It had been way too long since we have seen any o…

Here's a little photo dump from the last month or so... we've been busy having fun!

Hi everyone, long time no see. I keep thinking I will be better about updating my blog and life keeps getting in the way. Between going back to work and taking care of the girls, it's so hard to find time to work o…

Hi friends! I am so excited that Fall is right around the corner. It's my favorite season and brings the most perfect weather. We definitely don't see the change of the season in California nearly as much as in …

Hi friends! I am so sorry it has taken me so long to do an update, but balancing two kiddos is a whole lot of work! I can't wait till we find a rhythm and I can start blogging more regularly as it really does make s…

Good morning and happy Monday. I wanted to jump on here to share a few pictures from our fun weekend. We don't do very much these days, and I felt like this weekend was a bit more exciting than usual. Here are some …

Wow! It has been sooo long since I did a Friday favorites post. Life has been crazy with our newborn Mia, and Ella having some health issues. Ella is still her own person, and I don't think it's my place to sha…

Today we are sharing our updated play room tour. I know I haven't shared many pictures of our new home, but I promise I am working on it! One thing I battled with was where to put our 'play room' once Mia arr…

Mia Rose is 2 months old and perfect as can be!  Mia recently had her 2 month check up and vaccinations. She did great! As you can see, she was all smiles... even AFTER the shots. She weighs 12 pounds 2 ounces- she has g…

Wow, I can't believe it's been over a month since I did a blog post. Life has obviously been a little crazy and finding free time to work on my blog has been pretty much non existent. I had a free moment this mo…

Mia made her grand entrance into the world at 11:57 am on May 20th, 2021. She weighed in at 7 pounds 8 ounces and was 19 3/4 inches long... and perfect from head to toe!!!

Hi friends! I wanted to jump on here to share some of our favorite Spring DIY activities that we have done so far. I am always trying to create new and fun activities for Ella, but these were some of our favorites. 95% …

Hi everyone! Today we wanted to share our cozy family room reading space. Reading is such an important part of a child's brain development, and we wanted to make sure we had several reading spots in our home, so Ell…

Ella's functional kitchen is a new addition to our kitchen/family room space, and we are just loving the independence it has provided our sweet girl. If you haven't seen this trend before, I encourage you to loo…

Hi all! Just jumping on here to share our shelf activities from the week. I am not currently doing any 'themed' shelves, and just focusing on materials that will help Ella develop particular skills, or things t…

TGIF. I have to work from 7-4 today, so I am keeping this brief. Just wanted to jump on and share some favorites from our week with you. :) One- I had a check up this week. I am 34.5 weeks per their records but based on m…

Hello friends. Happy Monday! We hope you had an amazing weekend and are ready for a fresh new week. I have to work 4 days again this week and I'll be honest, I'm not ready for it. Now that I am 35 weeks along, I…

Good morning friends. I am here to share our Easter pictures with you. I was really hoping to capture some cute ones of Ella in her floral Easter dress, and take some good pictures of the family. However, Ella had a mi…

Good morning, and happy Friday. It's been a busy week, and I didn't get a lot documented. So today instead of sharing our favorite moments from the week I am sharing some activities we've been doing lately. …

Good morning! Happy Tuesday... I meant to share this post yesterday but apparently forgot to hit the 'publish' button. So here we are with a brief recap of our weekend!

Good morning! Happy Friday. We decided to switch it up today, and instead of sharing our traditional favorites from our week, we wanted to share some of our favorite Easter / Spring books instead. Even though Easter is…

Good morning friends, happy Friday. I just woke up and realized our kitchen sink is leaking.... so that's fun! Home ownership always has something to throw at you, doesn't it? I have to work from 7-4, so I am g…

Now that St Patrick's Day is over, we are jumping directly into Easter mode! We have lots of fun activities planned for Easter, so don't forget to pop over to my Instagram where I plan to share activities daily …

Here's what's on the shelf this week for St Patrick's Day themed activities. I do my best to keep the activities age and skill appropriate for Ella. Sometimes I have to observe her with them and do some twea…

Happy Saturday! Just hopping on here to share some of our favorite St Patrick's Day activities we've done over the last couple of weeks! Some of the links are affiliate links- thank you for your support. Happy c…

Tuesday was my day off this week and Ella and I had a girl's day out! I am going to miss one-on-one time with Ella so much once the baby is here. I have made it my priority to do as many fun and safe activities with…

I meant to share this on Monday, but we had a bit of a rough morning and I totally forgot! Sharing now, since I remembered... :)  Saturday Our morning started with Dunkin Donuts and lots of playing. Ella's #1 toy of c…