Elizabeth Schmelling

I broke the cardinal rule of being a hunter's wife this year. Not only did I go out of town for a conference during opening weekend of bow season, I also planned a family trip...

Are you as excited as we are about NOMB's 90's prom coming up in a couple of months? We have been hard at work planning our fabulous 90's themed outfits and of course, making sure...

Way back in early summer of 2012, which honestly feels like a lifetime ago, Ashley and I only knew each other through our personal blogs. After reading each other's posts, we exchanged plenty of emails about our...

Today on the blog – in conjunction with Touro Infirmary – we are absolutely thrilled to be opening a dialog about sleep through our “Rest Assured: You Are Not Alone” series. As moms we...

When I was 14 weeks pregnant, I had preterm premature rupture of membrane. Without any amniotic fluid present, we were given less than a 1% chance of having a take home baby. After weeks...

One of the very first meals I ever cooked for Michael when we started dating was a shrimp scampi recipe I had stumbled upon one day. It was terrible! The very next day, I...

From the moment we started talking about expanding our family, I knew I wanted to breastfeed. I had listened to friends talk about their individual successes and struggles with nursing their babies, so I...

I woke up with the baby the last two nights. Well, I changed her dirty diaper this morning. I take care of paying the bills and making all the doctor appointments. But I take care of keeping the...

It was the end of week three of bed rest at Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge. The goal was to make it three more weeks, but like the rest of this pregnancy, nothing would go...

As the oldest of three children, there aren't very many memories from my childhood that don't include my brother and sister. As for my husband, the youngest of seven children, most of the stories from...

When we first brought Addison home from the hospital at the end of September 2011, the doctors and nurses preached to us about keeping her quarantined during cold and flu season to reduce the...

Once we had our tree up and decorated, I knew it was time to start incorporating some Christmas themed books into our nightly bedtime story routine. But have you seen the amount of Christmas...

Watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Putting up the Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving. Getting together at Grandma's house for "cookie day" the first weekend in December. Then all piling into my grandparents'...

Did you know that 15-20% of known pregnancies end in a miscarriage? That means that if you are in a group of five women, the chances of at least one of you having experienced pregnancy...