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Hi Friends, I’m so glad you’re here! I’m Heather, the Accidental Stay at Home Mom. You are probably wondering why I have dubbed myself and my blog with this name. The answer is I never thought in a million years that this would be my life. I went to college and got a degree in business (Sales and Marketing), fully expecting to work until retiring in … Continue reading From Working Woman to SAHM with My Tiny Human
Hi Friends, I totally fell off the regular posting wagon AGAIN, but here I am attempting to get back on it! If I’m being honest, this post has been sitting in the draft folder for over a year😬 Call us over cautious, but with the spread of the coronavirus (and nothing but more cases confirmed daily) we have cancelled all air travel until the situation … Continue reading Travel Tips: Research and Planning for Your Trip
Hi Friends, This is probably the thing friends and followers ask me about the most, so a post is long overdue. Not to mention, this post has been sitting in my drafts folder for close to a year! Flying with littles can be stressful and for some, the anxiety of even thinking about flying with your kid may prevent you from traveling at all. We … Continue reading Travel Tips: Flying With a Baby or Toddler
Hi Friends, I guess you could say I fell off the blogging wagon a bit these past few months. Truth is, we’ve been traveling so much for Cole’s work and a little vacation here and there and I haven’t made it much of a priority. Travel is pretty much the center of everything in this season of our life and oddly enough I have yet … Continue reading The Blog Has A New Focus and A New URL
Happy 2019 Friends! I hope you and your loved ones had a fab holiday season and that your New Year is off to a great start. December 28 marked the 6 month mark in my journey as a stay at home mom. It doesn’t feel like it’s been that long, but I also have a hard time remembering what life was like before this. I … Continue reading Lofty Goals and Unrealistic expectations – My 6 Month Review
Hi Friends, It’s December so you know what that means! ‘Tis the season for gift giving! I have always been a fan of small shops, shops that give back, the unique and the handmade. Many of these are women owned businesses as well, which I can certainly get behind. The Pearl Project – Kristy, my best friend since the 5th grade, is an inspiration who … Continue reading Favorite Things Friday – Small Shops & Shopping for a Cause
My grandmother passed away on September 17th. I am so thankful that we went and said what would be our final goodbyes a week prior. I had the wherewithal to take a million photos of us visiting with her that day and my favorite is below. It shows 4 generations of the women in my family if you include my mom and my hands. I … Continue reading Today would be 88 – A Farewell to My Grandma
Hi Friends! It’s was overcast in my hood for all of 24 hours and we got 10 whole minutes of rain!!! So I lit my Anthropologie pumpkin candle, threw on a sweater and made my favorite easy soup recipe! It’s currently 73 degrees and sunny and I’m wishing the rain lasted a lot longer. But I’m still enjoying my soup nonetheless. This recipe is adapted … Continue reading Favorite Things Friday – My go-to Chicken and Rice Soup Recipe
Hi Friends! October is my daughter Paige’s birth month, so it’s pretty serendipitous that my rainbow baby was born during pregnancy and infant loss month. It’s almost as if she did that on purpose to make me whole. It was really tough for me to write this post. Not because it makes me sad, but because all of the sadness from infertility and the pain … Continue reading October is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Month – Here’s Our Story
Hi Friends! If you’re in SoCal like me it still feels like Summer, but I’m willing sweater and boot weather to get here ASAP. Like most proud basic girls, I am excited for all things pumpkin and I bet you are too. When I first started blogging, I made a sweet blogger friend on Instagram. Despite her being a Washington State lover and I a … Continue reading Guest Post – It’s Fall Ya’ll! Gimme All the Pumpkin Treats
Hi Friends! I’m officially in my mid thirties and I’m not mad about it one bit. My angel of a husband is the master of planning surprises, grand gestures and spoiling me rotten. He truly outdid himself this weekend and managed to organize a group of many of my favorite peeps to join us for some portion of the festivities. We did it all: dinners, … Continue reading Oh Hi – My 35th Birthday Weekend at the Ojai Valley Inn
The Traveling Stay at Home Mom 