Caitlin

This post is sponsored by HP and Intel. I was so excited to experience working on-the-go with the HP and Intel Stream, a new kind of tablet with Intel Inside ®!  You see, I thought I was not a “tablet person.”  For a really long time, I resisted tablets because I thought they were redundant.  [...]

Here’s a just for fun post.  With both of our kiddos, we didn’t find out whether we were having a boy or a girl until birth (here are all the reasons why!).  But I thought it would be fun to look back on my pregnancies with Henry and Claire and see if there was any [...]

My mom is back in town!  She left for a hot moment and then I begged to her to come back.  She happily obliged.  This is all part of my master plan to never, ever be left alone with my toddler and baby until they are teenagers (just kidding… well, kind of – the thought [...]

Howdy! I’m really into the idea of setting goals for 2015 in the “one thing a week” format.  Hence – my big resolution to read one book a week. But I decided to take the concept one step further and challenge myself to clean one new thing a week in 2015.  Most of these weekly [...]

First run back!  This is how I felt about it: (That is me doing a jig.  Hah.)   Just like I did post-Henry, when I received the doctor’s okay to start exercising, I drove home and immediately went on a run.  Too pumped to wait long!  WAHOO.  I was so excited to get back out [...]

By popular demand, I’ve created that motivational private Facebook group mentioned in this post – here’s the link to Get Fit Blog Friends.  The idea was originally to have a place for everyone trying for a 5K to track their progress, but I think it would be more fun to open it up to EVERYONE, [...]

Guess who is one month old today?  Miss Claire! And that means I’m that much closer to my post-partum check-up, where my midwife will hopefully give me the thumbs up to start exercising again.  I’ve got no doubt that I’ll be cleared to run, but I always think it’s wise to wait for the official [...]

Good morning!   I had so much fun tallying up the votes for the Sweet Santa and Scary Santa 2014.  Here are the winners!   Natalie won the Sweet Santa category. And Ashton won the Scary Santa category.  Hah! Thanks to everyone who entered and voted.  As always – it was super fun!  Can’t wait [...]

On Christmas morning, we woke up bright and early and headed into Disney! The decision to spend the holiday at Disney was completely spontaneous – and totally fun.  We decided to go down, packed the car that night, and left the next day!  We “planned” the trip from our phones in the car.      Henry [...]

Happy Christmas!  Let me tell you what we did over the weekend.   We went to the Bank of America headquarters to see the Leonard Bearstein Symphony Orchestra.  Apparently this is a Charlotte “thing” - Leonard and his animatronic orchestra give free daily performances of Christmas songs throughout the holidays. I thought Henry would enjoy [...]

I really loved putting together the Sweet Santa Photo Contest post.  Now more than ever, I so appreciated seeing all the sweet babes with their wonderful holiday smiles.  That being said… there is something really, really funny about Scary Santa photos.  I’m sure Scary Santa pics aren’t everyone’s cup of tea, but it’s kind of [...]

This post is sponsored by siggi's. If I were stuck on a deserted island and could only eat three foods for the rest of my life, they would be: peaches, chocolate, and Greek yogurt. I love yogurt - especially when it's paired with raw oatmeal (try it - I swear it's delicious) or crunchy granola. [...]

Drum roll, please!  It’s time for Sweet Santa 2014.  Thanks to everyone who sent in their pictures.  It was so hard to choose finalists – every kiddo was so sweet.  <3  But I whittled it down to FIVE FINALISTS (which are at the end of the post), and I need your help choosing the winner.  [...]