All My Holiday Gift Guides In One Place

This is your last week to get all of your Christmas shopping online done! The rates for expedited shipping are unreal, and the longer you wait, the more likely you are to pay full price, or worse - to see that the last thing on your list is sold out.

Our 2018 Christmas Cards with Shutterfly

Christmas cards are my favorite holiday tradition ever, and they're more important to me now than ever before. For me, they serve as a benchmark. I don't create those long newsletters about what's been going on in our lives (because honestly, it isn't much) but to just look back at old Christmas cards, I can remember so much about what was going on in our lives. I only wish we had more from when I was growing up. It's like the perfect snapshot of every year until we all flew the coup.

Amazon Prime Stocking Stuffers She'll Actually Use

If you read my last post on how I'm trying to have a more intentional Christmas this year, you know that I dwindled down on how much I bought for everyone - and I don't see that as a bad thing! If there was one, larger, bigger ticket item that someone wanted, I'm there. But when it comes to people who didn't ask for something in particular, I made an effort not to get people more stuff.

3 Intentions I'm Setting Around The Holidays

Click to shop my Christmas doormat, gingham rug, and slide-on sneakers from my LIKETOKNOW.it!

This post was inspired by Brighton Keller of brightontheday.com, who basically gave me permission to think that the holidays are allowed to be less-than-joy-filled sometimes. We should all stop pretending that this time of year is anything like a Hallmark Christmas movie. After all, the women in those plots are very rarely seven months pregnant with chronic night sweats. I can't wear cute flannel pajama sets and perfectly curled hair to bed. I will expire. 

Living Room Reveal PLUS 2018 Christmas Decor

I am driving the struggle bus this morning, so stay with me here - this one is going to be short and sweet! Then it's off to bed with a cold rag on my head until I figure out what it is that Annie B is doing that is making me so sick! I thought nausea was supposed to be a third trimester thing??

Holiday Gift Guide: 4 Amazon Handbags for Mom

I've been dying to get my mom a new purse for Christmas for a ton of reasons. The one she's been carrying around is starting to look a little worn around the edges. And she's always complaining that her purse is too big. I know the feels - when you have a big bag, it's tempting to fill it up with as much as possible. 

A Dog Mama's Gift Guide: 8 Christmas Gifts for the Puppy Obsessed

The best Christmas gifts are just as much for our fluffy friends as they are for their owners.

A Girlfriend's Gift Guide: Christmas Presents Under $50, $30, and $20

Christmas Gift Guide #1: Cozies for Him

BTW, we've been married for 11 months today! So, this also counts as anniversary gift brainstorming. 

Why is shopping for guys so hard? I swear, I rack up a list of "needs" for Tanner in my head, things that he's said he could use in passing, and then come Christmastime, they've all left my brain.

Shop My Pinterest: Planning for Our First Thanksgiving

I get excited about the holidays approximately 365 days before they happen. When we moved into the new house in August, it only took me a week to ask for the go ahead from the family to have Thanksgiving at our place.

Help Me Pick My Maternity Halloween Costume from Amazon

It's a don't-get-out-of-your-pajamas, shop-online-and-reheat-your-coffee kind of morning. 

How to Prep For Christmas in the Fall

Step One: set your AC to 55 degrees and put on your comfiest knit sweater. You know, to get in the mood.

Quick iPhone Post: My Pumpkin Spice Beer Bread

Just popping in to share my love of all things pumpkin spice! Spice cake, apple cinnamon, and pumpkin everything have been major cravings of mine - and not just now that they're in season. It's been my flavor of choice since the beginning of my pregnancy. I go through bulk boxes of apple cinnamon oatmeal like CRAZY.

Shop My Pinterest: Halloween Party Inspo

With all the craziness that's been going on around these parts, I'm really looking forward to getting back to (somewhat) normalcy. Hurricane Flo will not keep us from having a good time, especially when it comes to this childhood-favorite holiday. Halloween is for spooky costumes and entirely too much candy, and if the flood hasn't receded by then, that's not going to stop me. We will have one night of fun, damn it.