Hello! We have been busy lately celebrating birthdays – Emerson, Avery, and I all have birthdays a week apart, so October involves lots of celebrating, party planning, and cake! We celebrated Avery with a visit to the farm on her real birthday! She was getting over an ear infection and was a little grumpy all day, but by the time the party rolled around she felt better. I think she finally understood that the party was for her when we…
I’m finally getting around to writing a post about our trip to The Cloister at Sea Island! When we first booked this trip, we dreamed of a post-covid, vaccinated vacation where we could return to normalcy. We used Meg to find the hotel and book the trip, and decided to splurge a little bit since we haven’t stayed at a hotel/resort in 18 months! Little did we know that Delta would rear it’s ugly head. We debated cancelling many times,…
Matt’s birthday is July 3rd, so the holiday weekend is always a big one for us! We kicked things off by making Matt an ice cream cake. Avery has never helped me bake before and I didn’t know if she would be grabby – but she was so excited and totally content to watch Emerson. We used this recipe with gluten free Joe’s Joe’s, mint chip, and vanilla and it was great – hard to cut through the crust but…
I’ve sat down to write this post like 5 times. We have been busy celebrating over here! It’s both fun and overwhelming that the three of us girls have birthdays three weeks apart:) My parents drove down and we had a little party for Avery on her real birthday, October 3rd. We had a couple of friends stop by for a backyard cake smash too. I couldn’t resist getting one of these beautiful initial cakes from The Batchmaker. Cris was…
Check out this beautiful painting by my brother-in-law’s aunt! We ordered two oysters for our still barren walls, and I can’t wait to hang them. I’m loving this plumping serum. I’ve been putting a few drops on the wrinkles around my eyes in the mornings to help with hydration and plumping; I figure I can conserve my Countertime anti-aging eye cream for night time. We’ve had some cooler days lately and it’s been so nice to be able to be…
We had a wonderful weekend of celebrations over here! Matt’s parents came down for the long weekend – we hadn’t seen them in 6 months! Emerson was on cloud nine and played with them non-stop for 3 straight days. Friday was Matt’s birthday, and I wanted to get away for a little date with him. He had the day off, so I surprised him with a picnic lunch in Freedom Park. Given that we’ve had two outings with out the…
Matt and I had a wonderful time exploring Asheville this past weekend! I hadn’t been since Matt had an interview there in 2006 and boy has it changed. I had heard that the restaurants are really good, but was totally blown away by the food scene, especially because of the gluten free options! My parents watched Emerson for the weekend and we took Avery with us – traveling with a baby was no big deal compared to traveling with a…
Did Valentine’s Day turn into a sugar fest for anyone else? It was an exciting day over here because we got so many fun deliveries. My mom sent books and a craft. Matt’s mom sent Lion King stickers and glow in the dark bracelets. And then some of our neighbors dropped off treats, including a dozen frosted sugar cookies from Cheryl’s (some of them GF!). Emerson came home from school with all of her class Valentine’s and was so excited…
I’ve received quite a few requests to write this post. Sadly, a lot of other people are struggling with digestion issues these days, and I’ve gotten a bunch of questions as to why and how I discovered that gluten upset my stomach. Let’s rewind back to 2008, when I was still in college. At some point during my junior or senior year, I started having crazy episodes of burping – like forceful hiccup burps that would scare people away. My…