life lessons for fern #7.

Dear Fern, Today I am going to share a life lesson that is one of my favorites and that is… Whenever you have a chance to dress up – take it! Whether the “dress-up” occasion requires a silly costume or is a black-tie affair, embrace it!  One of my favorite things in life is getting […]

my future teenage girl.

Over the weekend, I started thinking about future teenage Fern. I know this is obviously many years away, but I spent Saturday with my dad and while we were hanging out my own teenage years came up in the conversation and it got me thinking about the fact that my sweet, little baby girl will […]

life lessons for fern #6.

Dear Fern, My lesson for you today is this….Maintain a bit of mystery. In this world of play-by-play social media, it’s easy to become an over-sharer.  It’s human nature to want to connect with others and sharing is part of that, but there is a time and a place for everything and there is definitely […]

life lessons for fern #5.

Dear Fern, Today’s piece of advice comes to you from the wise Amy Poehler: “No one looks stupid when they’re having fun.” This is one of my favorite things about you right now.  You are a baby and you don’t care what you look like, you just enjoy the world around you, untainted by peer […]

life lessons for fern #4.

Dear Fern, As you go through life you will unfortunately be bombarded with messages about beauty.  Our media portrays a standard of beauty that has been photoshopped beyond recognition and is completely unattainable.  Websites and magazines and TV shows…they’ll all seek to convince you that you are inadequate.But I want you to know that…You are […]

life lessons for fern #3.

Dear Fern, This weekend you wore the cutest little rainbow romper.  It was absolutely adorable on you, because rompers are precious on babies, but it made me remember a time when I bought a romper as a grown-up. It was about two years ago and rompers were a trend at the time.  I promptly went […]