I am in denial that today is your first birthday. How can it be possible that you’ve been earth side an entire year? In some ways it feels like you’ve always been here.
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To celebrate Alex’s first Father’s Day, our little family of three headed to Ubora Coffee Roasters in downtown Augusta so we could be treated to someone else brewing our morning cup!
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I decided to order a few books about dads for Father’s Day thinking my husband could read them out loud during bedtime. Here are a few last minute Father’s Day book ideas for baby.
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Mother’s Day didn’t quite go to plan. We had a big brunch (biscuits with maple bacon jam, bacon and sausage, fresh fruit, and my favorite sausage gravy tater tot breakfast casserole) with my Mother-in-Law and my brother-in-law’s family but Rooney was fussy the whole time and I ended up taking her home for a nap instead of going to church with everyone else. It was disappointing and frustrating, to say the least.
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A day filled with church, the most amazing Easter lunch/early dinner spread complete with a Robin’s egg coconut cake, and Easter baskets.
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If you’re heading into town to frantically buy whatever bunny-themed items are left on the shelf, here are a few ideas to help you craft the perfectly curated Easter basket for baby’s first Easter!
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I pulled out some of the Easter and bunny themed books we have and put them on display in Rooney’s nursery this week. If you’re interested in what’s on our wishlist plus some of the collection we own already, I put together this list of 10 Easter Books for Babies.
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I decided it might be fun to take Rooney for some Easter themed photos. She loves her furry friends at home and I could hardly wait to see her interact with a rabbit!
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Every family is different and each baby has a unique set of needs. Admittedly, I was hesitant to compile a list of our top 10 essentials for a newborn. Not because it was hard to narrow it down, but because as a first-time mom I hardly feel like an expert on the subject. We’ve had so many expectant friends ask me for an honest opinion so here is my list of most loved baby items gifted at baby showers of purchased in our first few weeks with a newborn!
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Over the past few years the Riverbanks team has made so many upgrades that have made for an enjoyable experience. It’s a lot of fun to think back on my school trips to the zoo and what the animal habitats looked like twenty years ago!
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It just so happened that when I woke up on St. Patrick’s Day I got a text from Ancestry that my DNA results were in! Unsurprisingly, my genetic makeup is overwhelmingly English, but I am also approximately 18% Irish + Scottish. If that’s not enough reason to actually celebrate St. Paddy’s Day, what is?
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Here are a few books I picked out for Valentine’s Day this year! Let me know what Valentine’s Day books for baby we should find for our collection before next February rolls around.
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The weekend always seems to go by too quickly. Here are a few tips to make the most of the 61 hours between 5 p.m. Friday afternoon and 6 a.m. on Monday morning.
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Rooney received the Sacrament of Baptism at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church on Sunday, the 20th of January, wearing the same gown made by my grandma that I wore to my baptism 28 years earlier at the same church. It’s funny how life comes full circle.
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We are so grateful for all the blessings in our life. It’s been an incredible year and we are so lucky to have more than we deserve.
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Storm’s a brewin’ but we broke out the Blundstones, braved the humidity, and trekked through the mud to pick out our pumpkin at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church! Their pumpkin patch is the place to pick out your pumpkins if you’re in the Augusta or North Augusta area.
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Our little girl’s nursery is by far my favorite room of the house. It’s the most complete and most well thought-out. It’s also the one room where I feel like I’ve narrowed down what my style is enough to implement it tastefully.
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