About

hi. i’m so happy you’re here.

my name is alyssa. i’m a stay at home mother of two, married to my best friend and i live in a small creaky home by the mountains. here i write about the whirlwind of motherhood, different seasons of life, and about how i try hard to have more good days than bad days. i’m inspired by calmness, simplicity, and i aspire living an intentional life filled with beauty, joy and grace.

you’re always welcome here.
i hope you stay a while.
x

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  • someone discovered where a bunch of toys went missing this morning. 🙃 do you guys rotate through toys? teach me please. we’re gifted a lot and it feels ungrateful to just throw them out or donate them.
  • a few years ago i told gideon to please not worry about buying me flowers for holidays like mother’s day or valentine’s day or our anniversary because i felt guilty since i buy fresh flowers every few weeks for our home. he gave me a hug, said he totally understood and he wouldn’t buy them anymore. but on our anniversary, there it was-a beautiful, tasteful, fragrant bouquet. i thanked him and said something like, “remember? you didn’t need to do that!” and he responded with something like, “oh, i must’ve just forgotten. i’ll remember next time.” but the next holiday and the next came with bouquet after bouquet, and you know what? i’m giving up trying to ease him into being a less thoughtful person because i’m realizing that he just doesn’t have it in him to not be the nicest guy ever. ❤️
  • snowy winter light making everything feel cheerful this afternoon. ✨
  • sitting over here thinking about how much changes in a year. 💔
  • just set up our @owletcare camera and i’m just so happy, guys. we share a wall with vivi’s room, but i’m relieved to be able to check in on her during naps and throughout the night. looking forward to sharing how this works for our family later on the blog. ✨

About Ivywild

In Fall of 2016 we bought our first home and have spent our days since trying to make it into a cozy and loving space for our growing family.

One of the parks we’d frequent when Teddy was learning to walk is called Ivywild, and we decided to use the name for this small space of the internet dedicated to documenting this season of our family’s life. To us, it represents building a home and raising a family while trying to enjoy intentional and slow living.

This is our Ivywild.
We’re so happy to have you here.

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