about me

 

hey guys! its been a while since I have done am about me. Probably since the blog first launched. So this is for all you new readers!

 

My name is Ryann. Yes, like a boy name Ryan. Just has two n's. I am a 24 year old wife and mother. I'm married to Barrett and i have to say it's never boring. He still makes me laugh just like he did the first time we met.

 

We have three beautiful babies. One I gained when I met Barrett and he is just about as perfect as you can be. I met him at the sweet age of three. I couldn't have asked for a better big brother for our other two littles!

 

 

 

Addie Rivers is the definition of a three year old girl. SASSY SASSY SASSY. Daddy tells her on a daily basis that shes his favorite.

The best way to describe her is drama queen. The only girl in between two boys and she defenitly reminds us of that. While she might be dramamtic I know her strong willed tendencies will serve her well!

 

 

Our sweet "baby Hayes"

When people say there is something about a boy and his mama they arent kidding. This boy has his mamas heart! There isn't much that he gets upset about. He sleeps 12 hours at night and two great naps every day like its nobodies business.

 

My husband Barrett is a football coach and newly headmaster. We are excited about this new journey in our lives. We live in a small town in northern MS,about 40 miles from Memphis, TN  

 

and lastly about me! I am a stay at home mom right now and I am SO thankful for that. I love getting to watch every second of my children grow. I started this blog when Addie Rivers was a baby. we were in a new town, i had a newborn, and a busy husband. I basically did it to keep my sanity! I didnt post very much at first but eventually I realized all of the passions I have can be put to good use through the blog. I have always loved fashion. In high school I wanted to be Lauren Conrad. (credit goes to the Hills!)

With the blog im able to pursue a form of my love for fashion along with all of the other things I love. Family, mama stuff, baby stuff, recipes etc.  My main goal is to just be real. I want to be able to show other mamas out there that we are all the same. Because at the end of the day we are in this together right?

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

xoxo, Ryann

 

 





Weekend Vibes

Good Morning! 

Our family has spent most of this morning being completely LAZY. 

Two babes are napping(whoop whoop)and the other three of us are getting ready to go spend this gorgeous saturday outside! 

Last weekend my parents were in town so my mom and I went out for a while and left the men and baby at home. We had a little fun with my camera and all of the awesome brick buildings downtown. It's totally normal for your mom to give you a photoshoot when she's in town right? Always will be my biggest fan! 

The weather was amazing and I couldn't have loved this outfit more. 

and how adorable is my little sidekick? 

As a mom I have found such a love my wide chunky heels. They are the perfect cross between comfort and cuteness for this mama. 

you can find a similar pair here 

guess what!? they are on sale for $25.00! 

It's saturday! you deserve to be lazy and online shop :)

Keeping our family healthy

Happy Wednesday! 

We have been so busy the past few weeks. We are getting ready for our BIG move in just a couple of weeks. We are in the process of buying our new house, picking out paint colors(eek!) all while taking care of two babes. 

One of my main mama goals is keeping my family as healthy as possible. We have been able to eliminate all of the junk from our house using DoTERRA's on guard line. 

With on guard's cleaner we have been able to replace ALL of our daily cleaning products. Usually while I'm (trying) to clean I have a baby on my hip. I no longer have to shield myself or the baby from all of those crazy toxins in cleaners! 

Best decision we have made was starting with DoTERRA. If you have ever been insteresred in trying essential oils please give me a shout! 

diaperlaundryandlipgloss@gmail.com 

Our Big News

Four- The number of years Barrett and I have been married.

Three- The number of Children we have.

Four- The number of years we have lived in Columbus. 

Six- The number of houses we have lived in. 

Seriously y'all. SIX DIFFERENT HOUSES. It's insane. We moved into our current house the beginning of November and I swore I was never moving again but guess what I was so wrong. 

Long story short. We are moving. Barrett has taken a headmaster position. We are thrilled! To go from being an assistant football/history teacher to the head football coach/athletic director/ high school principal to headmaster is such a huge accomplishment! 

I knew from day 1 that this is always a possibility. We have been in Columbus four years and it is very much home. Addie Rivers loves her preschool and friends. I have found the best group of friends. Our days are busy with school and play dates. Barrett is often busy with games and whatnot and I'm so thankful to have best friends that come over late afternoons to keep us company so we aren't alone until 11pm. 

I love Columbus. But I love my husband more. The thought of starting over scares me to death but Barrett keeps reassuring me that, "as long as we are all together we will be happy." and he is exactly right. 

We are excited and nervous. We are ready to fill our time with making new friends, making memories in a new house, and spending 60% of our time in Oxford. ha!

Here we come 

HOLLY SPRINGS!

Cloth Diapers

Happy Sunday!

So yeah I lied. I totally intended to write this post yesterday but I'm dealing with a sick toddler. We are diffusing TONS of on guard right now. Praying the sickies will decide to leave our house by morning. 

I wanted to write this post to explain a little about why we use our cloth diapers. When Hayes was born almost nine months ago I hadn't even given cloth diapers a thought. It wasn't until he was having bad diapers rashes that we couldn't keep away. He would get a rash, I would load him up with diaper rash cream and it would go away. A couple of days later he would have another one. 

I started doing research and started buying the earths best or simple truth organic diapers and that really did help. Somehow i stumbled across cloth diapers. They kind of started to draw me in. I mean seriously have you looked at how cute they are!? After convincing my husband that 25.00 dollars for a diaper was worth it we started our cloth diaper journey!

At first I was overwhelmed. I was scared I was going to wash them wrong and ruin them. It only took a few days and we had the hang of it! 

Cloth diapers are so much easier than most people think and in long run save SO much money. We average about 8 diapers a day and was every other day. We have roughly 30 diapers. 

Now for all you EO mamas! This diaper spray is good for cloth or disposable diapers (which I might add we usually wear disposable to bed. H sleeps 12 hours and will leak right through cloth at night)

Essential Oil Diaper Spray Recipe-

(be sure to put this in a glass sprayer bottle. Can't use plastic with your oils!)

-15 Drops doTERRA Lavender Essential Oil

-15 Drop doTERRA Melaleuca Essential Oil

-about 15 drops doTERRA fractionated coconut oil 

-Distilled water

I don't usually measure the coconut oils and water. Just enough to fill your bottle.

If you would like more info on cloth diapers OR doTERRA please contact me! 

xoxo--

Blog Revamp

Happy Friday!

We are currently inside the house probably for the entire weekend. This mama is not a fan of the cold! Barrett got home from work early so him and Hayes are snoozing. AR is refusing to nap, or even "take a rest" for that matter. I've got dishes in the sink and about three loads of laundry that need to be done but this weather is making is impossible to get motivated to do anything but lay in bed. 

I created this blog a few years ago as just a fun little hobby. It really has turned into something I LOVE doing! The blog started off as Pj's and Pancakes. When I started blogging for Pregnancy and Newborn magazine is when I realized what a stress reliever writing was. It's like I get a solid 30 minutes to escape from the mess of the house and right now the 36 degree weather outside. 

I was trying to figure out which direction I wanted the blog to go in. I love blogging about my family. I mean honestly what mom doesn't love posting a million pictures of her babes? But I also wanted it to be about something I love (after my babies!) and that brings me to Diaper Laundry and Lipgloss. The revamped Fashion/Lifestyle blog. 

I have always loved fashion. Like most girls do!

It makes me so excited to follow fellow mama bloggers doing the same thing they are passionate about. I'm so excited to start(restart) my blogging journey and to blog about ALL of the things I'm obsessed with. babies.hubby.clothes.food 

Now back to the name Diaper Laundry and Lipgloss. I'm sure some people read it and say? UM she left out the S in diapers! but the truth is there is no S. Yep Diaper Laundry. Some people might be trying to figure out what in the world Diaper Laundry is. Any of you other cloth diaper mamas will know. If you would have told me a year ago i would try cloth diapering I would have laughed in your face. I LOVE our cloth. super cuter prints and much easier than most people thing. 

Tomorrow I will be writing a post about our cloth diaper journey, how often we use them and an EO diaper spray recipe! 

xoxo--

New Year- New Blog

It's already been a wild year for the Donahoe crew. AR is loving 3K, Hayes is crawling all over the place and Barrett is as always busy busy busy! 

Y'all i have truly missed writing. Which brings me to the "New Year-New Blog" This year I am so excited to blog!! I will be writing about everything from family updates, the kiddos, fun outfits and even food! 

So stay tuned guys, I'm hoping to write as often as my little heart desires. (which is ALL of the time I wish) 

Fun thing to come in the new year!!