Welcome to my newest adventure, All Day Beautie. Here you will find a little bit of farm and a whole lot of fashion!

Why am I here?

Let me start by introducing myself. My name is Amanda Gittlein, and I am a busy farm wife with 3 kids — 2 boys and (finally!) a little girl. I work full time, and I'm very involved in our local community.

You may be wondering, why is she starting a blog? I catch myself wondering the same thing, HA!

I have a lot of interests. Fashion, fitness, family, farm, food (phew, that's a lot of F’s) and beautie are a few of my favorite things! And like any busy mom, I want to do everything. I've heard women say to each other, "You can have everything you want... you just can't have everything at once."

And you know what? I don't buy it!

So I created my brand, All Day Beautie, to share everything I love with women like you! With that said, let’s be friends. Join me in my new adventure and subscribe to All Day Beautie.

How did I get here?

I grew up in an average-sized town in Kansas. I was definitely not a city girl, but I never thought of myself as a country girl either — no cowboy boots in my closet.

My dream was to become a clothing buyer for a large retail store, so I attended college for fashion merchandising and marketing. (Did I mention I love to shop? I love to shop!)

Then, my senior year of college, on New Year's Eve, I met this amazing guy, Garrett.

When I was a little girl, I remember dreaming of what my “grown-up" life would be like.

I would meet the man of my dreams, fall in love and get married.
I would wear a huge princess dress at our wedding.
Everything would be beautiful and perfect.
We would have two kids, a boy and a girl with blonde hair and blue eyes — like I could special order them or something. (Hey, I was four. I had no clue where babies came from!)
We would live in the city, have great jobs, travel the world, and our kids would be perfect little angels.

While I did meet the man of dreams, have a big wedding and a gorgeous princess dress, the rest was not exactly what I had always dreamed of. It was even better!

Just a year and a half after meeting, Garrett and I married. I became the proud mom to seven cows, and Gittlein Farms was officially born. I definitely NEVER thought I would be living in the country, raising cows, and riding tractors.

Fast forward 5 years: Our herd had expanded to 200 cows, and a baby boy named Mason! 3 years later brought another 100 cows and another baby boy named Colson.

Life was crazy, messy and absolutely beautiful.

As the years flew by, there was one thing missing! I couldn’t really explain it, other than BABY FEVER and me hitting the big 3-0! Garrett and I had both grown up with one sibling, and two kids had always seemed like the magic number. So let’s just say he was not on board when I mentioned trying for a girl.

I think — wait, let me rephrase that — I KNOW he thought we would have another boy and I would say, let's go for round four! Lo and behold, the third time's the charm, and in August of 2017 we welcomed Madison into our lives.

The moment I saw her and watched her daddy and brothers hold her, was the moment of clarity I had been waiting for. I was complete. My life (so far) had surpassed what I ever could have imagined as a four year old girl!

What now?

So here we are, a family of five cherishing each and every day like it’s our last. Is my life perfect? Heavens no! If you’re looking for a perfect mother raising perfect children (Can you say stubborn and hard-headed as all get out?), you’ll have to look somewhere else.

Our home is often messy — I am talking, every John Deere farm toy you can imagine is in the middle of the living room floor.

Loud — seriously, why does it have to be so loud?

And there are times when this mom needs a TIME OUT or a closet to hide in!

But how boring is perfect? I live for the crazy and silly moments that I have with our kids.

All in all, I hope this blog is a great resource for you and that through the chaos and craziness that life is made of, you'll join me in focusing on the beautie that hides within.

XO