On hot days, shirts and shorts are optional especially with my cute Charlie Banana cloth diaper. | Object Permanence Box | I love having...

I know I haven’t been doing this for a long time at all, but I did want to write down some encouragement to those of you who are thinking...

Catch up on previous updates: Oliver’s birth story | Month 1+2 | Month 3 | Month 4 | Month 5 | Month 6 | Month 7 | Month 8 9 months out...

Oliver’s face the entire time: a slight grimace. But at the end it’s all smiles! Oliver has his cloth diaper back on and is ready to get...

Catch up on previous updates: Oliver’s birth story | Month 1+2 | Month 3 | Month 4 | Month 5 | Month 6 | Month 7 | Happy 8 months sweet...

First of all let me say that baby number two is not on the horizon at all. I have joked to Daniel saying that when Oliver can make me a...

Catch up on previous updates: Oliver’s birth story | Month 1+2 | Month 3 | Month 4 | Month 5 | Month 6 | Loving the warm weather for...

Breastfeeding is one of those things that I hadn’t heard much about before I had to do it. Of course I went to the classes and practiced...

Ready to leave Charlotte on our 24 hour trip to South Africa. Oliver looks a little concerned but he had nothing to be worried about. The...

Catch up on previous updates: Oliver’s birth story | Month 1+2 | Month 3 | Month 4 | Month 5 Daniel captured this special picture of us...

5 month old Oliver wearing my brother’s old cap. Check out Oliver’s previous updates: Birth story, Month 1 & 2 (oh gosh – this was a...

Our little vegan baby, Oliver, is 4 months old and now I understand how all parents say that time flies. (However, the first 2 months...

I absolutely love the last three questions of this quote and think they should be nailed to my forehead when I make any kind of purchase-...

Check out my previous mama update in Diary of an Overwhelmed First Time Mom. Everyone kept saying that life with a newborn would get...

Week 1 The first week was amazing. A-maz-ing. I remember texting my friend Kristy, on October 15, “I’m high on life right now!” I really...

Catch up on all my pregnancy updates: Vegan Pregnancy Update {39 weeks} Vegan Pregnancy Update {38 weeks} Vegan Pregnancy Update {37...

Vegan Pregnancy Update {38 weeks} Vegan Pregnancy Update {37 weeks} Vegan Pregnancy Update {36 weeks} Vegan Pregnancy Update {35 weeks}...

Have you ever stepped foot into a “baby store” like BuyBuyBaby for example? It’s like you have to be part of some sort of a club to know...

In a calculated and over-organized world, we plan a lot. We have “To Do” lists, grocery lists (which are essential to me otherwise I...