life & motherhood in little rhody, florida style
When I was a little girl, I loved going to my grandmother’s house and seeing glimpses of her childhood. She would pull out a stack of pictures and show me the horse she rode as a teenager, a big chestnut gelding named Flash. She loved talking about her father and his mill in the [...]
I have never begged for votes and am totally not comfortable doing it, but Sidney is so close to winning $500 for college I figured it couldn’t hurt to ask. Check out her video on the ExerSaucer Facebook page, she is having so much fun jumping! All you do is click vote on her video, [...]
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Hey y’all. We survived the 7am flight to my hometown in Florida this morning. One travel suggestion I have for you would be to remove the pocket knife from your key chain before your husband tries to take them through security. Speaking of survival, I’m writing over at TeetheMe.com’s blog on what helped me survive [...]
One of my favorite things about blogging is the opportunity to meet wonderful people. One of my favorites is Kristin from the Etsy shop, Treasured Minky. Kristin reads Baby Gators Den and happened to email me a few weeks ago and told me about her Etsy shop. She’s a mother of *FIVE* and started [...]
I received a phone call this morning from a nice lady at the Rhode Island Blood Center asking me if I received the invitation to their reception at the RI State House celebrating their successful cord blood matches. I was embarrassed to admit I had thrown the invite out, thinking it was a generic invitation [...]
Changing a diaper on the go is never fun. Honestly, changing a diaper anywhere isn’t fun but throw in a squirmy, poop-covered newborn (or toddler) and my anxiety level shoots through the roof. I usually end up in a Target bathroom with an epic blow out, baby’s clothes ruined and all I have in my [...]
One of my favorite memories of Jackson as a baby was his first time in a jumper (you can see the video here). It’s now Sidney’s turn to jump and she has a brand new ExerSaucer Jump & Learn to use. As you can see by the video, she is a BIG fan of her [...]
Being a new Mom is overwhelming. You’re figuring out how to take care of a tiny, helpless human being on practically no sleep. I know I was a zombie for the first few months of my son’s life and a slightly better version for my daughter’s. There are so many tips and tricks to being [...]
Dear Sidney, Happy 6 month birthday! Dad & I enjoyed celebrating your sixth month of life on our fifth wedding anniversary– you were the perfect gift! You have grown up so much in the past month. You can sit up on your own, with little assistance, roll both ways like a champ and are sleeping [...]
