One of the hardest things about being a parent of a child with Tourette Syndrome is explaining what neurological and involuntary means repeatedly… I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t surprised how many grown adults still struggle with understanding what that actually means even when we break it down in the the most simple terms…
Our Kid’s Room Clutter-Free HACK | Clutter Free
TODAY we launched a course put together by our family with all of our hearts called CLUTTER-FREE GAME PLAN 🙂 We know that life is just easier with less STUFF. For years, Mike and I were on a trajectory of more, bigger, better, fancier… we thought that was it. We thought that’s the way to move…
Ellie + Coprolalia | Tourette Syndrome
Hi there 🙂 If you’re reading this.. you intentionally came to my blog through whatever site OR.. I DMed you the link because you asked me the question.. “where did Ellie learn to cuss?” So, let’s start here. Ellie has Tourette Syndrome. You can read more about that here in a previous post OR go…
Ellie’s Diagnosis | Tourette Syndrome
When Ellie was between 1 and 2 years old.. we noticed some things she did that were a little different and a little awkward. She would blink excessively, she would throw her head back a lot and also tuck her chin to her chest. But gosh – she was the CUTEST little honey butter biscuit…
Workcation Literally Down The Road | Salt Air Entrepreneur
This past Sunday on the very last day of February 2021, I checked into the most quaint, peaceful and charming little hotel just a couple of minutes from our home called The Breakwater Inn and spent 2:30pm – 9pm working my butt off on emails, course development, answering DMs and more. Checking into a hotel…
LITTLE HATTERAS BEACH BOX TOUR | Life By The Sea
YAY YOU’RE HERE!!!!! THE LITTLE HOME TOUR finally made it to the blog!!! We are so happy to virtually welcome you into our happy little Hatteras cottage down the road from the sea. Whew, what a journey it took to get here. Amanda 15 years ago in Virginia Beach would have envisioned happiness and success…
Polkadot Sweater & Red Heels Project | Elle Marie 7 Years!
Ellie is still the queen of kindness and the queen of biscuits. For her birthday this year, Gdog (my dad) drove down from Norfolk and picked up HENRY’s biscuits in Kitty Hawk on the long haul down to Hatteras… we are NOW LIVING IN FRISCO! Ellie loves life, she loves love, she loves being fancy…
Teal Heels & Gold Sweater Project | 5 Years | Autumn Jean
Oh this little weirdo, where do I even begin? Autumn is the baddie of the group – better known as Naughty Autie – she is always saying something off the wall, left field and including a shock factor in every delivery.. and we couldn’t love her more! You know that you can get away with…
White Sweater & Glittery Heels Project | 9 Years | Cammy Mae
Almost a decade in. Are some of you reading this who were around for the first one at 2 months old BELIEVING this? I am NOT! I am not. This year, in November of 2021… I will have a 10 year old. And not just any 10 year old… an incredibly sweet, smart and clever…
Why We Went SMALL, Instead Of BIGGER | Life By The Sea
Before we show our new home in an upcoming blog post, we wanted to share WHY we seem to be going backwards compared to the masses. It would seem, for most, you have more kids.. you get a bigger house. More rooms, more bathrooms. More SPACE. Some people are completely adamant on their kids having…
$68,193.31 | Dave Ramsey + Budgeting
We have been waiting 3 1/2 years to say this… !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE ARE DEBT FREEÂ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shortly after our car accident in 2017, I kept asking myself.. “what do we NEED to do with our life? what is IMPORTANT?” We were in a season of really deep reflection after what we experienced and we just…
We’re Moving to HATTERAS! | Life By The Sea
Last week on Instagram, we announced something we had been holding on to for weeks, but we had been hoping for far longer. We let our community know we were moving an hour plus south to live on Hatteras Island, which is truly a dream for our family! We have been head over heels in love with…