sometimes...

{kate spade agenda + madewell heart pjs}

sometimes...all you want to do during nap time is lounge around in your heart pajamas, plan the future and pin things.

sometimes...sprinkles cupcakes opens right next to your work and you have had a bad week and you eat three cupcakes in one day. (can we please talk about the amazingness of sprinkles - holy. moly.)

sometimes...you really do sound just like your mother.

sometimes...you imagine your dream house if you won the lottery to help you get to sleep at night. (it's amazing, btw. i have a library...with a fireplace in it)

sometimes...you spend way too much time filled with regret over only ordering two boxes of samoas rather than two hundred.

sometimes...you dance to elmo's song with your toddler five times before breakfast.

sometimes...you are awake at midnight and while everyone else is sleeping and totally creep around your house to stare at your little family and realize you really do have it all.

xx

create a life you love.

i love this time of year, the cleanse, the start of something new. there is something just really special about the chance to change it all. as we wrap up 2013, there is a central theme i have spent a lot of time thinking about: i waste time...i don't spend enough of my time creating a life that i love. i am not doing things i am passionate about, that move me. so in adding to the existing list of resolutions remaining from years past, here's to changing the course of the path, making promises and keeping them and champagne, lots of champagne. 

p.s. in keeping with this theme, i'll try my best to ensure this isn't my yearly, hey it's new years post. xx

i didn't get the flu shot and now i have the flu.

{my view}

to be honest, i thought that seeing as i had bronchitis for A MONTH followed by two colds and constant anxiety that it would be very cruel for life to give me the flu. but okay world, lesson learned. and can i just say, that being bedridden for three days makes you do crazy things....like have full blown breakdowns over super bowl commercials about horses and farmers, and google things like "beyonce post-baby diet" and "fifty shades of grey casting news." 

help.

because it's mine.

is anyone else obsessed with this photo? i am. no shame. 

i just feel like this is me and my best friend in 40 (gulp) years. 

and i kind of love us.

week.

sunday. skylar and i surprised dad with homemade lasagna and the tv on the golf channel when he got home from work. it's the little things.

monday. i managed to put on a pair of black pants that hadn't fit me in over a year. i did my celebration dance (you know the one) and then looked out the window to see neighbors walking their dog and staring right at me. awesome/mortifying moment.

tuesday. kristen stewart cheats on robert pattinson. all down time at work is now spend reading about this situation and reporting to my girlfriends any updates which I am sure they are THRILLED to be receiving every five minutes.

wednesday.  heartwarming conversations with two of our best friends asking them to by skylar's godparents. beautiful moments.

thursday.  my nana showed up at my house with my fifteen year old cousin. they both had just gotten their ears double pierced and nana had purchased herself a hello kitty sweater. gotta keep em young, y'all.

friday. it's 7am and i am alone in the house for what feels like the first time ever. tonight husband is cooking his really yummy chicken dish and our plan...to snuggle up on the couch and watch the opening ceremonies of the olympics. have a great weekend!

i think it's okay if on tuesdays...

all you do is stare at your office wall and be completely unproductive.

sidenote: tuesday is also known as "textual tuesday" by my friend rebes.

(which i am fully embracing and i suggest you do as well)

..and yes, that is a bottle of hand sanitizer. complete germaphobe.

things i never did until you came along...

{skylar, two months}

cared about traditions

needed a night light to sleep

knew what a binky was

{still am a little unclear}

ate so many meals standing up  

realized how awesome sound machines are

thought so much about my boobs

thought so much about doing a situp

{really need to get on that}

cried out of concern

sanitized um, everything

and for the record...i love every crazy moment of it.



with love from sunday

sometimes i have moments like these. when my hair has been stuck in a towel for two hours, when the tv is on the golf channel and i can't reach the remote, when i am a combination of starving and sleep deprived. but...its sunday afternoon and the two loves of my life are here. one snoring away to my right and the other cozied up on my chest.
and i am the happiest i have ever been.

lately...

i hope you all had a wonderful weekend and enjoyed the super bowl festivities. 

we went over to a friends house and i ate everything in sight. 

here are a few snapshots from my world lately. xx.

the j.crew bubble necklace just makes me so happy.

i am so grateful for friends and family that love and support us through all these huge milestones in our life. so excited to spend time with all of them at our baby showers. feeling very blessed 

and beyond excited to see everyone in the next few weeks.

cooking with the pioneer woman! man, i love ree drummond. i made her layer dip for the superbowl. The best part - I finally found the perfect guacamole recipe. I want to swim in it. the recipe is here. 

odds and ends for baby girl. shoes from baby gap, books and frame from anthropologie. here's to hoping my obsessions with shoes and london carry on to my daughter. 

a glimpse.

{max wanger image via}

ugh, i can't believe it's sunday again and this is the only time i have to post something. it's been busy busy at that little hotel i work at and i have been pulling weekends and longer hours...which in pregnancy speak means all i do when i come home is rest up for the next day. boring! tomorrow husband and i are off to daycare land to try and figure out the best home away from home for baby girl. oh, and doing taxes too. i know...try to contain your jealousy.

in the meantime, here are some things i am obsessing over lately...

the 'keep calm' themed baby shower my friend bee threw

these new blog finds: 

laybabylay: for the best nursery inspiration

mrs. lilien styling house: hilarious. creative. kate spade addict.

atlantic-pacific: style!

this tory burch bag for spring

nursery wall decor...recent purchases including this, this and this. yay!

porn for pregnant ladies

have a great week friends! xx

lately...

i've been wearing these shoes an awful lot,

living off of white cheddar popcorn, pb&j and pizza,

reading books on how to get your baby to sleep through the night,

lighting lavender incense, (to help with the panic attacks i have thinking about never sleeping again)

picking out paint colors and fabric swatches,

thinking about summertime, 

'pinning' everything in sight,

watching baby girl wiggle around like crazy,

falling more and more in love.  

hey guess what,

have a great week!! xx

notes.

{fat girl breakfast}

dear cafe 640,
my thighs hate you. two weekends in a row of your chicken biscuits with mushroom gravy. you are so bad, but just so good.

dear baby girl,
that yesterday, that was called exercise. awful, right? let's never do it again.

dear spring trends,
sea foam green, metallic colors, and ponytails....i adore you.

dear husband,
coming home to dinner made and the table set on friday was just, so nice. thank you for the little things.

dear cuties,
i used to mock you for your size, but now, it's official. best friends.

dear contagion,
6. the number of times i have washed my hands since watching you last night.

dear steelers,
let's do this!

reverse psychology

{via kate spade tumblr}

i'm not at home sick today with the worst cold of my life.

nope, no sir.

i am shopping in new york city.

(doesn't that just sound so much better, i'm gonna go with it)

have a great tuesday. stay away from the sick people. (they are everywhere) xx.

truth.

{via pearls and peonies}

hope you are having a great week.

i for one, am suffering the post-holiday blahs.

the rain doesn't help.

but do you know what does?

peppermint bark.

turkey

{thanksgiving 2010}

here is a little pic from this time last year.

we cooked our first thanksgiving dinner at home.

i am never doing that again.

i am also never wearing my hair that way again.

and, in no particular order, a list of things i am thankful for...

warm apple cider, pumpkin bread

nightly chats with my mom

my little family you saw that one coming

my j. crew sweats and comfy cabin socks

jack johnson's christmas album downloaded and ready for me to press play on nov. 26

sweet texts from friends i will miss seeing at home this week

the excuse "eating for two"

macy's thanksgiving day parade

breaking dawn has anyone seen? thoughts?

dogs that love to snuggle

xx

sundays

so...happy sunday. oh and guess what? we are in the atlanta paper today. what we thought was going to be an article on our homebuilders has turned out to be a full page spread on how we found our house on craigslist. so embarrassing...oh and don't worry, they managed to capture me at my most unflattering angle ever. so there is that. we did go out for yummy brunch this morning at sweet melissas and are now back in bed snuggled up. well, we were...husband is now back turned and snoring away. oh the life of a celebrity. xx

p.s. i will be back to regular blogging this week. i have a good excuse. no really...i do :)

p.p.s is anyone else completely obsessed with pinterest? ob-sessed i tell you. here is mine.

its sunday.

apple cider + campfire + s'mores + great friends + dogs galore + ugg boots = perfect weekend.

S T A Y C R E A T I V E

i love everything about this list.

well almost...#20 hurts a little.

lovely little sunday.

today was perfect. it's still 85 here. amazing.

started the day off with apple cider.

then we went to a little fall festival.

listened to music, drank beer, and ate festival food.

i know...the hot dog...its kind of disgusting and i didn't even share.

xx