Adeline arrived three weeks early in a very determined fashion. Since her arrival, she’s thrown our world upside down… in the best possible way. If she’s as dramatic as her arrival, we are sure to have our hands full! An Early Arrival Due to a few medical issues, I opted to have Adeline via a…
St. Patrick’s Day is next week, and we’ve been reading about the Irish and Leprechauns since the start of the month. Reading has always been one of my favorite hobbies, and it’s one I hope to pass down to Adeline. Her book collection started before she even arrived with a request for children’s books in…
My baby just turned five months old, and that makes me a bonafide expert on all things baby. Just Kidding! I’m far from an expert but I’m happy to share my list of 5 must-have baby items that will make life with an infant a little easier. Uppababy Vista V2 And Mesa Travel System I’m…
Is it too soon to get excited about 2021? Maybe. Like everyone else, 2020 was the year I couldn’t have planned or imagined. The year changed everything about my life and fundamentally changed the direction the rest of my life will take. This time last year, I was excited to celebrate a new decade. The…
It is almost matching family Christmas pajama season! We don’t always follow this tradition, every year. A girl can only follow so many Christmas traditions. This year is special, as it’s Adeline’s first Christmas we are going full matching pajamas for Christmas morning. It’s going to be epic. As I started to online shopping, I…
Some of the links below contain affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. The chill is in the air, and Halloween is less than two weeks away! Do you have your costume ready? Adeline and I are ready! Halloween is…
Taking Adeline to a pumpkin patch was high on my priority list this fall. There are tons of pumpkin patches in our area but I wanted to make sure we went to a small patch that followed coronavirus guidelines. Luckily for us, Boulevard Flowers had just the patch for our family. We were able to…
It’s no secret that I love all the holidays and holiday attire. I’m already planning Mommy & Me Halloween inspired outfits, for me and Adeline. Unique Vintage dropped their Creepy Collection line this week, and man do I wish my wallet could buy one of EVERYTHING! The collection is more cute than creepy. The line…
Hi! I’m Amanda and welcome to River City Belle. The site name comes from several things I love: a character on Dr. Who, homage to my ancestral roots at the banks of the Williams River, in honor of my home base of Richmond, otherwise known as the River City, my love of fairy tales, and…
Once upon a time, I was the girl who convinced her friend we should finish cooking our brownies for a church bake sale in the microwave. Fearless as I was, I took the hard brownies to the bake sale and named them Extra Rocky Road… and they sold. Okay, one sold… to my friend’s dad.…