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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  • Can’t get this unfinished attic off my mind. Sometimes I daydream about adding little things to our home if we end up staying here a long time. This would be the most perfect guest space. ✨
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  • After filling his happy choices sticker charts, Teddy gets to choose a special toy or activity and lately he’s been picking these wooden model kits and I am in love with them. We did the airplane one first, yesterday we put together the boat, and now I can hardly wait for him to fill out a sticker chart so we can put the train one together. ✈️⛵️🚂
  • He brought over a picture of Gid and I, sat by the window and said “maybe dada is coming home from the office in a few minutes.” 💔💔💔 #stillafewmorehours
  • I wanted to start the day off on the right foot, so I did laundry and tidied up each room one by one and when I looked at the clock it had only been 15 minutes. Bonus of a small home. (It’ll be a mess again by noon but hey! I’m counting it as a win.) 💛✨ PS- does anyone know where I can buy a replacement glass shade for this lamp that teddy broke a year ago?

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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