Ask Your Spouse Challenge

Hey everybody! I have a few new readers, so I thought I would do a little getting to know the blogger post. I asked Alex to answer the following questions about me and typed his first answer! It was a fun little activity to do together and some of his answers really made me laugh! [...]

2018 Summer Recap

Okay y'all, to be honest I am not entirely sure where to start with this post. This is one of those "lifestyle" posts that I want to write as almost a little journal of sorts. But the thing is that when I look back on my summer and try to come up with all the [...]

A Letter to the Single Me

Photo credit: Elise and Co. Photography Dear Single Natalie, Right now you're in the middle of the dating scene, holding out hope that you'll meet "the one." Well I'm here on the other side, 13 months married to a wonderful man. We even have a son who just turned 3 months old! I've been thinking [...]

One Year

One Year At A Glance My husband and I celebrated our one year anniversary today and it was lovely! So much has happened in our lives this year: We lived in 3 different apartments We moved twice while I was pregnant We got pregnant and had our baby We lived in two different cities We [...]

My Birth Story

It's high time I break my long silence. Hello everyone! Life has been so crazy. I feel like from one blog post to the next things were changing faster than I could write. And so I didn't! I put my blog on the back burner in order to navigate the major life changes that have [...]

Theme Thursday: The Proposal

If you've missed out on the first three parts of this story, check them out here, here, and here. The Proposal After meeting each other's families it became even more clear to us that we wanted to be together forever. We talked about marriage and knew a proposal was on the horizon. Alex picked out [...]

Theme Thursday: Meeting the Families

If you've missed part one and part two of this story, don't forget to check them out! Part 3: Meeting the Families As time went on, it became clear to Alex and I that things with us were getting serious. One night after another great date, we decided that it was about time we met [...]

25 Week Pregnancy Update

Hello again friends!! It's time (well, way past time) for a pregnancy update! A lot has happened and baby boy has grown so much in the last 4 weeks. Here's what's going on!   How big is baby? This week baby boy is as big as a head of cauliflower! I use two different pregnancy [...]

Theme Thursday: Our First Kiss

It's the month of love!! I'm sharing my Love Story this month. If you missed part one, you can read it here. Part 2: Our First Kiss As Alex and I spent a little more time together, I knew pretty quickly that I had strong feelings developing for him. I started thinking that we were [...]

Theme Thursday: How We Met

It's the month of love! And so without further adieu (and in response to questions and comments from my readers) I give you...My Love Story. This is the story of the man who changed my life forever. Alex Smith. Not the quarterback. My husband. Part 1: How We Met Once upon a time, I (like [...]