Wow, February is over and March is around the corner. I can't believe it's the month our baby will be born! Holy cow! At the end of each month, I let Travis take over the blog and answer some questions for us. It's fun to get to know him better! Someone suggested a great question for us to use this month, so we are leading off with that one. I decided to just stick to that theme -- so all of these questions have to do with Travis' new hobby of woodworking. 1. Is there anything you are looking forward to making Raylee with your woodworking hobby? I'm looking forward to making her a doll Continue Reading
Archives for February 2017
How to Become a Better Blogger
Are you a blogger? Or perhaps you want to be? Blogging is hard work. It can get discouraging real quick. Do you ever feel like no matter what you try, you can't seem to get more readers? It's like you've hit a flat line and your blog feels dead. What's worse is when you are trying to actually make your blog into a business but your income isn't even covering the costs to run the blog. Yep, that's been me. I've been there, friends. About two years ago, my page views were stuck at around 15K per month. I was reading eBooks about blogging. I had a brand new design done by a professional. I Continue Reading
Weekly Bump Photos
One of the things I was really excited about when becoming pregnant was that I would be able to take weekly bump photos to see how my belly, and baby, were growing. I love seeing other people take these photos, and I couldn't wait to take my own. We got started right away, taking them at week 4. I've been taking them once a week ever since. Today, I'm sharing my bump's progress. Bump Photos Those first three photos are sized differently than the rest. We were just starting out, and I wasn't for sure how I wanted each photo to look. But by week 7, I had it down. I love seeing the different Continue Reading
Life Lately: Changed Plans
If there's one thing I know about life, it's that it is full of change. And if there is one thing to know about Army life, it's that it's full of even more change! Just remember last year when we thought we were moving to New York, then we thought we were staying in Missouri, and finally we found out we were actually moving to Tennessee (all in a matter of five months) -- that was a lot of change! Well, some other things have changed too, and I'm here to update ya'll. Remember in 2015 when we became land owners? Check out this post with the big announcement. In that post, I talked about how Continue Reading
Maternity Photo Shoot Tips
I had just hit 32 weeks in my pregnancy. It was time to document this big, beautiful belly of mine! Travis and I recently had a maternity photo shoot with our favorite photographer, Aubree. Before the big day, I asked Aubree if she'd be willing to share some tips for, not only me, but for all of my readers. I don't know about you but paying a photographer to come take pictures of you can be nerve-racking. What if you spend all this money and you hate the photos? What if you feel ugly? What should you wear? How should you stand? And what in the world do you do with your hands? We've all seen Continue Reading