#Phillips1stAnnualDayParty

Yesterday, my girlfriends and I gathered around to celebrate our friend Valisha and her husband Trel becoming homeowners! It’s been a while since we’ve gotten together and in honor of the #Phillips1stAnnualDayParty I decided to create some tasty snacks for the group. I debated what to create because knowing my friends, our quick gatherings turn…

On this crazy Journey

Journey will be 8 months soon and I have to admit, this has been one of the more tiring periods of time since she was born. She’s slowly taking the advice of her PawPaw and giving me a dose of my own behavior by talking all the time. Most of the time she’s either saying DaDa or…

Oh the Places You’ll Go

Over a decade ago, my senior year English teacher gave each of us a copy of Dr. Seuss’ Oh the Places You’ll Go. It’s such a sweet story about entering a new chapter, stepping out on your own and experiencing everything that life has to offer. I loved the story so much that I sent…

May is for Mothers

My newest blog post “May is for Mothers” is up now! Check out my Mother’s Day photo shoot with Journey

Never Grow Up

“Oh darling don’t you ever grow up, don’t you ever grow up Just stay this little Oh darling don’t you ever grow up, don’t you ever grow up It could stay this simple” – Taylor Swift “Never Grow Up” Prior to Monday, I had never heard this song until my BFF played it while stopping…

One Month of Parenthood

It’s been exactly one month since labor pains and an emergency C-section propelled James and I into parenthood. There are times when I look back and it feels like it all happened yesterday.  If you’ve been following my pregnancy, you know that I had a relatively easy pregnancy, but when I unknowingly went into labor…