When my grandmother died, it destroyed me. She was my first real loss, and unfortunately for me, my first real loss happened to be one of the most important people in my life, one of the most influential. See, my grandmother was more than a grandmother. She was a major mother figure in my life and her relationship with me was based on true, unconditional love. It was not materialistic, she couldn’t afford to spoil me materially like some grandmothers…
Happy new year! Let me start off by saying that I hope you all have a wonderful, healthy, happy and positive 2019. In reality, we can choose to wake up any morning of the year and make a new goal and start the process of a new change but there is something about the fresh slate of a new calendar year that can really strike that inspiration. For me this year I really would like to focus on broad goals….
I cannot believe that I am writing this right now – Julia is officially, a ONE year old! a Toddler! What?! How does the first year go by SO fast? I feel like she has been developing rapidly in the past few months and blossoming from my sweet little baby into my full blown, still sweet, but also very adventuous, toddler! I struggled a bit to put together 5 essentials for these past three months because really I’ve found that…
Chili is a weekly staple in our household! It is delicious, filling and very easy to put together. It makes a perfect weeknight meal and it is one of my favorite “set it and forget it” type of recipes. Check it out below! Please let me know if you try out this recipe in the comments below! 🙂 SaveSave
As I’ve mentioned in the past, my pregnancy with Julia was pretty much smooth sailing, right up until the last trimester. I hadn’t really developed any stretch marks until I was about 32 weeks and then they came on like crazy. However, once I was around 37/38 weeks I started noticing the marks on my belly were becoming very itchy. Before I knew it, I had a rash that covered my belly, upper arms, legs, and thighs. It was miserably…
Wow! I seriously can’t believe I’m on the 2nd to last installment of this series! Julia just turned 9 months old and there have been a few new things we’ve been using to help her learn, and also make life easier. I started to see a huge jump in Julia’s development around 6 months. Suddenly she’s learning so many new things, and so fast! It is seriously a joy and relief to see her becoming a smart, determined-to-learn, little “junior…
A whole almost 8 months have passed since my sweet baby girl was born! I cannot believe she is already closer to 1 than being born! In the past, I shared my top 5 baby essentials for the 0-3 month age, so of course, I had to follow up with the products I have found essential for months 4-6! I apologize that I’m a little late with this one! Wearable Blanket In my 0-3 month series, I shared my love…
Being a first generation American, my Portuguese roots have always had an incredibly close place in my heart. Both of my parents immigrated to the United States (my mom age 11, my dad age 24) from Sao Miguel, Azores. A very popular Portuguese dish that we all grew up with is Kale soup! There truly was nothing as delicious as my grandmother’s Kale soup. Before she passed away she taught my grandfather how to make it. He is the only…
Having the opportunity to be a stay at home mom truly has been a blessing. It is both the most fulfilling thing and the most difficult thing I have ever done! I’ll soon be entering my 6th month of this crazy journey and I thought I would compile a few things that have helped me keep my sanity along the way. I think these things can particularly apply to stay at home parents, but also to any parents, because no matter…
As soon as we found out we were going to become parents, my husband and I knew there were certain things we really wanted to do. One of these things was to make our baby a “baby book” to document the first year of her life. In today’s fast-paced and very digital world, people hardly print photos anymore. This is something I am trying to make sure I actually stick to. Having photos on social media and our hard drive…