On Grace’s 11 month birthday we decided that we would celebrate by cashing in her free ice cream cone coupon that she earned by completing the summer reading program at the library. Although I’m not a fan of McDonald’s, that is where the coupon was for so that is where we went! As Nate and…
Going into my labor and delivery there were just three things that were really important to me besides having a healthy baby: I really wanted to avoid being induced. I really REALLY wanted a midwife to help me deliver. I was going to try to go all natural, but if I ended up needing some…
Nate and I were very blessed with beach vacations this summer! We left Ocean City, NJ and just 10 days later we came back for another few days! We certainly didn’t plan our vacations to be so close or to the exact same place, BUT like I said we were very blessed to have the…
Having people help you move is wonderful! There is no way that Nate & I could have done it all by ourselves. So thank you very much to everyone that helped! We appreciate those who helped entertain Grace while we packed (and unpacked!), lifted many heavy boxes, cleaned the apartment, cleaned our new house and…
Nate and I were extremely blessed by a couple this past week when they let us stay at their beach house in Ocean City, NJ. This was our first family vacation and Grace’s very first time going to the beach. We had a wonderful time, but there were some bumps along the road! For example, Nate…
We have officially survived our move! Everything was out of the apartment and into the new house in less than two hours. It all went so well. Now that we’ve been living here for 23 days we are certainly feeling more comfortable, but it truly takes time and memories to turn a house into a home.  Our…