Just recently, I joined a team of talented writers (and parents) that blog all about the community where I live. It’s called Little Lake County. It’s an online resource for parents in Lake County, Illinois, located between Chicago and Milwaukee. Kind of like a digital magazine written by parents, for parents about everything Lake County. So excited to be a contributor and share my love of where I live! This site has such a great wealth of information for anything and everything relating to Read More
Finding Out You are Pregnant and Fun Ways to Announce It
I participated in a Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for First Response. I received product samples as well as a promotional item to thank me for my participation. Some days it seems so surreal that I am actually a mom. Just last summer, Bryce was a distant dream. But after being married for five years, establishing ourselves in our careers and buying (and DIY’ing) our first home, Tyler and I knew we wanted to start a family. And for anyone that knows us, we are serious Read More
Peasant Top and Survey About Me…
*Photos taken at 20ish weeks. Peasant top: Loft Maternity (looks so much better belted!) Pants: Destination Maternity Belt: The Limited And now for your reading pleasure, a little survey about me: 1. Four names that people call me, other than my real name: ValPal Valeria (when people mis-type it- ugh!) Charlie Brown (my maiden name was Brown) VP, after my initials (sounds pretty important too, right?!) 2. Four jobs I have had: Campus tour guide Media buyer/planner Read More