Kirstie Swick
The Joneses Are Broke: How We Are Paying Off Debt
I graduated college with $47,000 in student loans. Then I made a student loan payment every month while I moved cities, got married, settled down and we had our daughter. Six years later, I...
Motherhood is a Beautifully Crafted Experience
The pathway to motherhood starts when you look down at that pregnancy test and see a pink line. You may or may not believe what you just saw. You might just sit down and...
For Everyone Who Cares for Young Children
Did you know over one million new brain connections grow every second of a young child’s life from birth to three years old? That’s over 94 trillion brain connections. Our children are born full...
5 Parenting Tips from Michael Scott
The Emmy award-winning show “The Office” ended five years ago. Despite that, it is my go to any time of the day. I’m guilty of starting the 9 seasons over as soon as the...
Join Us – Moms Against Mom Shaming
I’m a first-time mom. I will gladly admit I have no clue what I’m doing. I don’t know how to make her eat, make her sleep, make her listen when I say no. I...
Panera to the Rescue {Promo Code Included!}
It has been two weeks of ear infections, amoxicillin, runny noses, and fevers. As soon as the baby was better, it was my turn, and then finally daddy’s. After the stress of the holidays...
They Are Only Allergies
It’s been three months since we found out our baby has food allergies. We watched her vomit and break out in hives a dozen times before we figured it out. We started with catheters...
The Struggle in Watching them Grow
With the holidays around the corner, the hustle and bustle is real. So are those warm tinglies you get when smelling turkey and playing Christmas music. This has always been my favorite season and...
Thank God for Doulas
When I was pregnant, I became somewhat of a birth junkie. I couldn’t get enough information or watch enough birth videos. My husband and I read all the books and took all the classes....
Six Year Scars: The Result of Domestic Violence
As a mom, we all have some scars. Whether it’s the stretch marks from our pregnancies or the healed cut of a C-section, we’ve learned to live with them. Some have been expected and...
3 Things I’ve Learned While Mommin’ With Friends
As a new mom, I'm learning quickly. I'm learning the days of having a clean house and finished to-do-list are over. I'm learning how to survive on no sleep and ways to style wet...
How We Always Take the Perfect Picture
A year ago exactly we found out we were expecting. The day was filled with equal parts joy and horror and now I'm sitting here with a 3-month-old on my lap whose cheeks are...
One Less Summer
Summer has always been my favorite time of the year. Hot days, long nights - what's not to like?
This is my first summer as a mom and I'm learning things aren't quite the same....
Enjoy the Smell (and Better Warnings for Moms-to-Be)
Motherhood is eye-opening. It’s also wallet-opening, sleep-denying, and mess-making. Yes, of course people warned me about this. Everyone did.
We are in that stage of life when everyone is pregnant and popping out babies. So...