Living with Kids

After nearly a year of being stuck at home The Mama Notes community has some great ideas on how to keep your kids busy indoors this winter! Here are some of my personal go-to’s that work for my girls aged 5 and 3! And of course, Magic Playbook is FULL of easy, printable activities to […]

In an attempt to hold ourselves accountable with making one on one time with our girls a priority before baby #3 arrives I came up with the date your kids jar! I’m sure you’ve heard of date jars before, and this is just a take on it. All you have to do is write little […]

For the first time we’ll need to be dressed, ready, fed and out the door by 8:20am — and in January I’ll have a little babe too! I’ve been polling all the mamas I know to get their tips for how THEY make it work – So here are my favorite 20 tips!

Happy FALL! My very favorite season starts today and despite feeling overwhelmed with the end of wedding season upon us and a boatload of house projects I am DETERMINED to savor and enjoy every day this fall. Below is the list I made of things I’d actually like do. While I dream of hosting an […]

This fall is on record to be my busiest yet — I try to never complain about being busy for work but now that I’m a mom it’s definietly easier to feel overwhelmed, stressed and straight up sad about not getting to spend as much time with Piper. I’ve been trying to make a few […]

I can’t believe the summer is almost over… it went by way too fast and I feel like I hardly accomplished anything on my summer bucket list with our little family. I’ve been struggling lately with how busy I am. I hate that friends always think I’m ‘so busy’ – that I miss out on […]

Can’t believe it’s time for another monthly update! This was a big month for Piper — she started army crawling, can sit up on her own and began eating solid foods! She’s still such a happy baby and we are amazed at how much of a little person she is becoming — and her personality […]

Hope that you had a great weekend! Unfortunately Austin was working Saturday & Sunday so I didn’t have too much time to prep meals for the week but I did manage to get to the grocery store thanks to help from my sister! I have a busy week with a shoot, meeting in Baltimore, a […]

Oh, Cyber Monday is here! I always take advantage of the sales online and after a bit of shopping over the weekend I’ve decided that my remaining holiday shopping will all be done online. So much easier for a working mama to get it done with the click of a button vs. trekking to the shopping […]

Goodness….. almost half a year? Gah!! Piper Rose is now 4 months old and has changed so much this month! She’s such an active, happy and alert baby! She’s still a tiny little thing but is so strong. It was a big month for us — we traveled with Piper to California to meet her […]

It’s Piper’s Rose’s first Halloween! To celebrate, we are rounding up 10 of the cutest baby costumes we could find. From a baby elephant to a sweet strawberry, these costumes have our hearts melting. There are also so DIY options that are inexpensive, but still adorable. I personally love the idea of making my babe’s first […]

I can’t believe Piper is already 3 months old! Another month of big changes and really getting to know our little babe’s personality. I feel like we are finally getting into a good rythm with sleeping and feeding and Piper continues to be such a happy go lucky girl. After a month of crazy work I […]