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Ford’s Dino Birthday Bash

July 23, 2018 by Annie Chesson 17 Comments

Whew! First birthday: ✔ Looks like a dinosaur threw up all over our house: ✔ An awesome time had by all, including the birthday boy himself: ✔ Lots of yummy food and super cute decorations: ✔ We had a dino themed first birthday for our son, Ford, this weekend, and it was seriously so much fun! We had lots of family and friends celebrating with us, Ford had an awesome time and got lots of fun ...

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Filed Under: Extras, Parenting Tagged With: baby birthday, birthday, birthday party, boy birthday, dinosaur birthday, first birthday, first dinosaur birthday

To Our First Baby

July 13, 2018 by Annie Chesson 2 Comments

My sweet little boy, you will be one next week, yet it feels like you've filled our whole hearts for so much longer. I wish you could understand how you have changed your daddy and I's world. Before you, I was content, I was happy, I didn't feel like you were missing. Your daddy and I had a life full of love and laughter and joy, but I never could have fathomed how the fullness and joy could ...

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Filed Under: Extras, Parenting Tagged With: babies, baby, extras, family, first baby, kids, life, pregnancy

Our New Addition

May 29, 2018 by Annie Chesson 4 Comments

BIG NEWS! Our family of three is growing into a family of four 👫👶🏼👶🏼 There's a brand new little baby Chesson in ma belly. Due December 2nd! I am thirteen weeks along at this point, and we are super excited! The best (and cutest) deployment homecoming gift ever ❤. This new baby and Ford will only be a little over 16 months apart, so it'll be a crazy adventure for sure, but one we are so ready ...

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Filed Under: Extras, Marriage, Parenting Tagged With: announcement, babies, baby number 2, pregnancy, pregnancy announcement, pregnant

To the Tired Mommas

October 23, 2017 by Annie Chesson Leave a Comment

This past week was an exhausting one with my little man. Basically a combo of no sleep + lots and lots of fussing + needing to be bounced and swayed while walking around in order for calm to happen (aka I got a BOSS arm and leg workout 😉). We aren't totally sure what is going on yet, but his pediatrician thinks it sounds like acid reflux or a protein sensitivity - both potentially fixable, so ...

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Back in Business!

September 25, 2017 by Annie Chesson 6 Comments

OH MY GOSH. It's been years since we've chatted. Okay months, but it feels like years. This is the longest I've gone without blogging since I started! So let's sit down, grab a cup of coffee (preferably Pumpkin Spice since it is now September/Fall/the best time of year EVA), maybe a cookie or five, and catch up. The first and most glaringly important thing to update you on is our brand new, ...

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Filed Under: Extras, Parenting Tagged With: babies, extras, life, newborns

My 9 Pregnancy Essentials

May 11, 2017 by Annie Chesson 2 Comments

Okay all you women out there, let's get real for a quick minute. Pregnancy ain't no walk in the park. It might be for some of you lucky ladies out there (I'm glad you can't feel my resentment as I type... 😉), but for the majority of the female species, it's nine months of heartburn, mood swings, back pain, and the appetite of fifteen morbidly obese men. I definitely haven't had a bad pregnancy, ...

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Filed Under: Extras, Parenting Tagged With: baby essentials, baby must haves, pregnancy, pregnancy essentials, pregnancy must haves, pregnancy needs

Riley

May 4, 2017 by Annie Chesson 8 Comments

May 4th. This day was supposed to be very, very different for us. Rather than just another normal Thursday work day, Seth and I were supposed to be at the hospital, welcoming our first child into the world. Today was my due date for the baby that my husband and I lost this past September. I never realized how common miscarriages were until I had one, and people started coming out of the woodwork ...

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Filed Under: Extras, Parenting Tagged With: extras, life, loss, miscarriage, miscarry

Guess What?!

January 11, 2017 by Annie Chesson 12 Comments

OH my goodness, I cannot possibly explain how hard it has been to wait this long to share this news with you guys!! I. Have. Been. Dying. Every single post I've written since the very beginning of November, I've been one spastic keyboard motion away from typing "OH BY THE WAY I'M PREGNANT" and then frantically clicking publish. I overshare on this blog like every single day, and keeping this to ...

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Free Printable Father’s Day Cards

June 18, 2015 by Annie Chesson 16 Comments

Happy (almost) Father's Day to any awesome dads out there! When we were kids, I feel like we always did the same thing for my dad every year - bought him ties and made him a chocolate cake with a tie frosted on top. My mom would bake the cake and frost the outline of the tie and then my brothers and I would..."decorate" (aka cover the top of the cake in as much colored frosting as possible)...the ...

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Filed Under: Extras, Parenting, Random Tagged With: cards, father's day, free printable, holidays, printable

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Annie Chesson
I am a passionate Christian, wife, cooking addict, and mom to the two sweetest boys in the world! Join me in my journey to create delicious, flavorful food. More About Me...

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