What We’re Reading – October 2014

In our house, we’ve been making a concerted effort lately to read more. Dave and I both enjoy reading, and it is something that we have let slip out of our routine in the busy-ness of work and school. We both feel much more rested, confident, rejuvenated, and...

Breastfeeding Must Haves

Genevieve of Mama Natural and I chatted at the Wellness Family Summit about how breastfeeding can be more overwhelming than one might expect. When I was pregnant with George, I spent so much time reading about labor and delivery and soaking up advice for having a...

Move Over, Yoga Pants {a White Plum Giveaway}

For those of you who love a good spoiler, there is a terrific White Plum giveaway below, and you magnificent readers can get 20% off your order with White Plum until 10/24 using the code TOTHEHEIGHTS. Don’t miss out, friends! Shortly after our boys were born,...

Eye Makeup Tutorial

One of the highlights of The Hundred Event was getting to meet so many e-friends in the flesh. I was so pumped to meet Britt from The Fisk Files because I religiously stalk follow her blog. She is just as genuinely sweet and motherly in real life as she is on the WWW....

How We Met: The Engagement

How we met parts 1, 2, and 3. So between the last installment of our love story and this post, we’re skipping over two and a half years of dating. When we got engaged, I had just graduated from college. So let me catch you up to speed. During my last year of...

Why I Refuse to Judge You: A Call to End the Mommy Wars

The other day, I opened the Facebook app on my phone, and I was greeted with a lengthy thread posted in a Catholic moms group I’m a member of. I read the first line of the post, which included words like “shocked, hurt, expected more from this group”...