My entire family loves Savannah! It’s less than a four-hour drive from Atlanta and for my brother and Kym, slightly less than the time it takes to drive to Atlanta so it was the perfect meeting spot for a fall getaway. With summer temperatures! It was also Harrison’s FIRST trip to our special city – site of our wedding and many other fabulous adventures. Continue reading
Since chronicling Harrison’s foray into real foods the past 8 months, I’ve gotten many questions about Harrison’s meals and how we got him to eat so well and with such variety. Growing up, my brother was an extremely picker eater. My dad was always picky and later in life has gotten even worse. I’ve seen so many parents struggle and struggle and struggle with feeding their toddlers and kids anything but complete junk food. I knew I wanted a different way. We saw what Sean’s cousins did with their two kids – palate training – and were in awe when their nine-month old ate a vegetable curry from a market in London.
Ultimately, we had to have a plan. Our world has so much to do with food. Cooking is my hobby and passion and trying new foods is such an important experience for both me and Sean.
I was also concerned about nutrition and the addiction to sugar. It’s in EVERYTHING and 100% impossible to avoid. But I believed there had to be a way for a child to eat a variety of foods – not just the “beige foods” (bread, chicken fingers, french fries, macaroni and cheese, hotdogs, etc.) and sugar. Enter Palate Training. Continue reading
Last year before baby was born, Sean and I went to Brevard, North Carolina for a weekend of swimming in waterfall pools, mountain views and quaint towns. We absolutely loved Brevard and Pisgah National Forest and knew we wanted to come back soon. When planning our family vacation for 2019, we decided to stay closer to home than usual and spend an entire week back in Brevard. We Airbnb’d a beautiful house right in Pisgah Forest that had sweeping mountain views but was only 10 minutes from downtown Brevard. This trip also, purposefully, coincided with Harrison’s first birthday. Continue reading
A whole year! Baby Harrison is one year old! From the chaos of the early newborn days to the chaos of the mobile baby we have now and everything in between, this has been an eventful year. Harrison has had another big month that moved him from infant to toddler and we have grown together as a family overall. As I look back on the year, I’m most thankful for a healthy, happy baby who continues to grow big and strong with a fun, easy-going disposition – and the support of my family especially my hubby. <3 Continue reading
In 2017, Bon Appetit magazine named Spring restaurant in Marietta, Georgia #7 of the top 10 best new restaurants in America. I knew I wanted to go but I waited awhile since I knew it would be busy. Then i got pregnant and wanted to go when I could have the full experience with wine, so I waited again. I checked a few times for Saturday reservations on, um, the Friday before and often found the place booked up. I finally planned and timed everything right – an early reservation on a Saturday that my mom was here to watch the baby. It was a surprise for Sean and I could tell he was stumped as we made our way completely across northern Metro Atlanta. Read on for all the details but I’ll start by saying I will be returning to Spring. 😉 Continue reading
Almost two years ago my very dear friend MeShae took an opportunity for relocation to Los Angeles, California with her company. I was sad of course but knew that she would shine out on the west coast. I wanted to visit but had to find the right time with being pregnant and then having an infant. Sean traveled for work almost half of the summer so I had his full support for a long weekend in LA to spend with my friend. It was a fabulous time! Continue reading
Harrison is ELEVEN months old – I can hardly believe it. This has been a huge month for our sweet, chill little guy. Read on for all the milestones. Continue reading
Month 10. Wow. It’s hard to believe how quickly Harrison is approaching his first birthday. These past few weeks have been really hard with Sean traveling almost the entire month of June, and the first several days of July. The good news is that Harrison and I had a lot of time together and we did some fun things. I noticed this month that many of his developments were improvements on what he developed in month nine – rather than numerous completely new developments. Read on!