• Happy Weekend

    by  • May 18, 2012

    On Thursday we were packing for a weekend trip up to Lake Tahoe. I don’t know about you, but before I go on a trip I like to run myself ragged getting my house in order. Returning home to a clean house is sooo much better than a messy one. No matter what the...

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    Awesomely Cute & Do-Able Hair Tutorials

    by  • May 17, 2012 • 0 Comments

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    Ok, so I’ve been slightly obsessed with trying to achieve the infamous bang braid that’s been floating around the internet. I stumbled across this cute blog and clicked on the Hair Tutorials tab and next thing I knew I had 20 tabs open, ready to try out every single tutorial she has.Here’s the good...

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    Popular Baby Names for 2011

    by  • May 17, 2012

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    Tell me you didn’t name your baby after Kourtney Kardashian’s baby? I find it quite disheartening that that would even be a reason for a baby name’s popularity. But shoot, I would name my next baby girl Harper in an instant, that’s just how highly I think of the Beckhams. Is you baby’s name...

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    Book of the Month Club Gift Idea

    by  • May 16, 2012 • 0 Comments

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    As a woman who can not leave a present unopened for any length of time, this would be so hard. But it’d also be fun to have something to open throughout the year. It’s a cute idea that I’m sure parents would love. Make the best of everything!: Book of the month club!. Pin...

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    Reno News & Review Feature

    by  • May 16, 2012 • 2 Comments

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    Have you picked up this week’s copy of the Reno News & Review? Perhaps you should, because there’s a little family guide tucked inside it. And in that family guide there’s a little section about mom blogs.  And, oh! What would you know, there’s a feature on The Reno-Sparks Mom in there! You can...

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    The Dangers of Sippy Cups!?

    by  • May 16, 2012 • 2 Comments

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    I read this article and had a good laugh. You should really read it and get all freaked out about sippy cups, bottles and pacifiers. You can probably relate to it. Gwen totally slipped in the bathtub and chipped her tooth on the mother freaking side of the tub the other night. If I...

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    Motherhood Is…

    by  • May 13, 2012 • 0 Comments

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    I am an intelligent, beautiful woman. This is something that I like to repeat to myself often because it is too quickly forgotten during the daily battles that come with motherhood. Becoming a mother for the first time introduced me to a completely foreign world. Having been around very few babies in my life,...

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    35 DIY Clothespin Projects, Ideas, and More

    by  • May 11, 2012 • 0 Comments

    Ok, so here’s where I tell you an embarrassing story about my college life. I had a girlfriend make me this really cute garland out of clothespins. She painted them and wrote the days of the week decoratively on them. It was pret ty awesome. And it may or may not have held condoms. Here’s 35...

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