Celebrating on a budget is more important now than ever before. You don't need money to celebrate the season! Look around you and find inspiration in the beauty of nature!
Creating a Family
Some families you are born into and some you create. Most importantly, family is those who love and support you exactly as you are.
Creating A Family Garden
Turning unusable space on the side of our house in a flourishing garden! Easy, cheap and delicious!
No Waste Pumpkin Carving
We attempted a no waste Halloween! The main part of the pumpkin is of course used as the Halloween jack-O-lantern. The carved out chunks that make the faces were happily gobbled up by our dogs as an afternoon treat. The inside pumpkin leftovers were up to me!
Pre-Baby Meal Prepping
Here are the freezer meals I prepared before my daughter was born! It was so convenient to not have to worry about all that goes into creating a meal or running to the store for missing ingredients while trying to figure out this new tiny human I had just brought into the world.
Nursery Creation!
Nursey Makeover!
Dear Baby Journal
I wanted something personal from me to my daughter. Starting a "Dear Baby Journal" was the best idea I've ever had!
Pregnancy Gender Predictions!
Just a fun little game.
Before Baby Comes Check-List
I scoured the internet for hours looking for pregnancy to-do lists and pre-baby prep lists. The more I looked through the more frustrated I got. List after list containing to-do items like "drink lots of water", "get plenty of rest" and "pamper yourself with a pedicure". That's cute, and all well and good if you're looking for a sweet list to remind you to take a piss every couple hours. I was looking for a serious pre-baby check list. One with actual necessity items not all this fluffy sh**!
Pregnancy Panic
We released a collective sigh of relief once we made it past the terrifying first trimester of pregnancy. I naively expected to be able to sit back, relax and watch my belly grow...
If I had truly thought long and hard about it I would have realized that conforming your body to hold a whole new person inside an already pretty cramped space wouldn't be easy or comfortable.
Baby Fortner Announcement!
Fortner Baby Coming!
