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Peace Amidst Chaos

March 24, 2020 by Annie Chesson Leave a Comment

Starting off with a peaceful picture of a cuddling little boy to enforce the "Peace" in the title 😌! I've been off the blog for a few weeks while one of our sons had a horrible case of hand, foot, and mouth - he was taking every single little speck of my attention, so I had to take a little breaksie on this end! It has felt weird to be disconnected from the blog with everything going on in the ...

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Filed Under: Extras, Parenting Tagged With: anxiety, coronavirus, covid-19, life, stress

November, December, January Chats (whoops)

February 10, 2020 by Annie Chesson 4 Comments

Woaaaahhhhh there, what happened November, December, January, and now about half of February?! The time flew by in a swirl of chaos that made my head spin just a leeeele bit. WHEW. Y'all - these holiday months be cray, right? I know January and February aren't holiday months, but they were also PACKED full of things for our us. Specifically the past four weeks - we have had crazy crazy craziness. ...

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Filed Under: Extras, Parenting, Random Tagged With: life, life updates, real life

October Chats

October 31, 2019 by Annie Chesson 3 Comments

October Chats! What's been going on this month - it's been full and busy and amazing. October is the best! TheGarlicDiaries.com

On a scale of 1-10, how pumped do the kids look in this picture? Trick question, the answer is 11. Y'all, it is giving me LIFE that I am getting my October Chats out on the actual last day of October. When am I ever that organized and on time like that anymore? LOL - never, but you're sweet if you gave me any positive mental credit there. October has been CRAZY! Honestly probably the ...

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Filed Under: Extras, Random Tagged With: chats, extras, halloween, life, life updates, real talk, The Garlic Diaries, updates

September Chats

September 30, 2019 by Annie Chesson Leave a Comment

Excuse me, but how am I already doing this again? I feel like I JUST wrote August Chats like 4 minutes ago, and here we are at the end of September. Confused, please explain ASAP. This has actually been a BIG month for us - hence my lack of presence on the blog...whoops, my plan to plan ahead did not go as planned. Nahmean? Hopefully I can get back on track with that...starting with this post. ...

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Filed Under: Extras, Random Tagged With: babies, chiropractor, Fall, fall food, life, mom, momming, parenting, pediatric chiropractor

August Chats

September 3, 2019 by Annie Chesson 2 Comments

August chats...but in the beginning of September? What day is it even? Life is cray and August went by faster than a shower with my 2 year old banging on the door. But a lot has happened this month! August has been big. Let's chat about it! What I've Loved Tailwind Pre-publishing: (precursor, this isn't even an affiliate link, I just love Tailwind enough to SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS.) ...

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Filed Under: Extras, Random Tagged With: babies, extras, life, life chats, life updates, random, sleep schedules, sleep training, toddlers

July Chats

July 30, 2019 by Annie Chesson Leave a Comment

Chats? Let's chat about that. Hello, friends! I want to start doing something new on the blog. One thing I've had to realllllly work hard to find balance in is parenting while having a career in blogging. Because it's a work from home job and I'm also a stay at home mom, the two get muddled sometimes, and it can be really challenging to figure out how to do both well and not sacrifice one or ...

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Filed Under: Extras, Random Tagged With: alaskan cruise, alaskan cruise experience, babies, chats, house hunting, life, life blog posts, life chats, life updates, moving, non toxic, parenting, random, toddlers, two year olds, whats new

Top 15 of 2018

January 2, 2019 by Annie Chesson Leave a Comment

Woah...I cannot believe we are here again doing a "top fifteen of the year" post! It feels like I just made one of these only a few months ago for 2017...it's crazy how fast time flies! But here we are again, welcoming in a new year! I am very excited to see what this year brings for our family - it's going to be a big one! A brand new baby, brand new job for Seth, cross country move...there's a ...

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Filed Under: Extras Tagged With: 2018, best of 2018, extras, favorite recipes, life, recipes, top recipes

My 6 Favorite Apps for New Moms (for pregnancy and after)

December 26, 2018 by Annie Chesson 7 Comments

Ah, modern technology. Isn't it just the best sometimes? I know it's a hot button topic that our society is WAY too technology and social media centered, and I totally can get on board with those arguments in certain situations. BUT - when you are breastfeeding a new baby and learning your routine, an app that tracks which side you started feeding on so you don't have to remember when the next ...

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Filed Under: Extras, Parenting Tagged With: best apps, best apps for moms, best pregnancy apps, life, motherhood, new mom, parenting, parenting apps, pregnancy

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

Pause Instant Pot – Go Whole 30!

February 27, 2018 by Annie Chesson Leave a Comment

^^Oh boy. This is happening. BUT wait. Before I start talking about all of this, quick life updates. YES I have been the worst blogger in the history of bloggers for baaasically the entire last month (#whathappened), but we have had a ton, ton, TON going on over here. I was out of town/had company staying at my house for basically a month, and theennnn my husband came home from his deployment ...

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Filed Under: Extras, Whole 30 Tagged With: extras, life, whole 30

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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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