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Write about your favorite comfort food (we are women- we ALL have comfort food!) Hand’s down, my favorite comfort food is my friend, Karrie’s Homemade Mac ‘n Cheese. TO DIE FOR DELICIOUS! .IngredientsButter, for greasing the dish12 ounces pasta 2 cups heavy cream 2 1/2 cups whole milk 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt, plus […]
After I survive my first week back at work I’m ordering myself a present … you know the “you’re a hard core, awesome mama who can juggle the worlds of work and home with ease and therefore deserve something nice” kind of present. I have one week to decide which color. What do you think? […]
From what I’ve read over the last week I’ve learned excess lipase is pretty rare and there isn’t a ton of information on it. What I do know is that lipase is a normal part of breast milk. Lipase is the enzyme which helps milk fat to be digested. Lipase is the reason breast milk […]
Milestone stickers c/o Sticky Bellies What a big girl we have! Jemma had her 4 month appointment on Monday and turned 4 months old on Wednesday. She is our greatest joy and we fall in love with her sweet personality more and more each day. She loves to have babbling conversations which are peppered with […]
Post a recipe. Or if you don’t cook, try a new recipe and write about how it turned out (pictures please!). I don’t have a picture, but I made this buffalo dip for our small group last week. It was a hit and Dominic requested it again for the Super Bowl :) Buffalo Dip from […]
I’m pausing a bit from blogging this week. I discovered I have excess lipase in my breast milk and it’s raising quite the drama for these reasons: The 200 ounces I pumped and froze over my maternity leave can’t be used To be able to store milk I have to scald it which is quite […]
Random.org selected the winners of the Comfy Rump Diaper and Milk Made Momma giveaways. Emails have been sent, please respond within 48 hours :)
Cotton Babies had their grand opening this weekend. Why is this big news? Well, the grand opening of a natural product and cloth diapering store is always big in our world! Plus, the first 100 visitors got a FREE 4.0 Bum Genius diaper. Here’s the picture story of our Cotton Babies’ adventure … The store […]
Jemma and I have been blessed to partner with a lovely shop, Angel Baby Treasures, who specialize in fabulous baby blankets and diaper changing pads. It isn’t everyday that you run across “favorites”, but Angel Baby Treasures is just that … our new favorite! Over the last few weeks we have put our snuggly owl […]
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Have a beauty secret (e.g. hair tip, make up tip)? Share, please! Are we on Day 8? I think so. I went a little MIA and spent some much-needed days away from blogland. Jemma and I slept in late, had a lunch date with Daddy and hung out at the bowling alley during my sister’s […]