Happy New Year! Whether you’re a resolutions person or not, I feel like many of us have a goal to cook at home more, wouldn’t you say? I’ve always loved cooking but sometimes I struggle coming up with what to make for dinner each night and I’ve talked to lots of friends who feel the same.

I’m a recipe gal. I love to follow a recipe (although it’s always a goal of mine to be more creative and be OK with straying from a recipe lol). But I do not like following a recipe on my phone or computer. I need it to either be in a cookbook or printed out. So years ago I started a recipe binder— inspired by my mom.

Barrett’s room is my favorite room in the house— it’s warm, cozy, peaceful and everything I envisioned for our baby boy’s room. I’ve been dreaming about this space for years and getting to finally put it all together was so fun and special for me. Seeing him sleeping in his crib and rocking him in our cozy corner is still surreal to me.

I really love this time of year. In the garden, things are lush and full of color and life slowly starts slipping into summer mode but the heat hasn’t quite taken over yet… Here are some of my goals/things I’m excited about/my focus for May—

We are overjoyed to be expecting a tiny little one and we cannot wait to welcome him into our home and our world this summer! I’m a little over halfway through pregnancy at this point and it’s just starting to feel like reality and ahh we can’t wait.

This summer has been flying by in spite of our attempts at an intentionally slow summer. Each July and August, we try to either pause or take a light wedding schedule to allow for much-needed time to recover and rejuvenate for the coming fall season.