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Easter Style

I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Easter with your families yesterday. My kids seemed to be on overdrive from 6:50am on and my husband and I continue to find candy wrappers laying randomly around the house! We started off the day with a wonderful sermon at church, followed by a trip to the Arboretum […]

High Five for Friday

Happy Friday! Well, we have made it into April, I managed to avoid being the brunt of any April Fool’s jokes, and spring is fighting to get here! I’m battling a sore throat at the moment but am banking on it dissipating by this weekend so that I can enjoy Easter weekend with our family. […]

Long Cardigan

I’m slowly quickly running out of cloths that will fit over my ever-growing bump. Here I turned to a tunic I typically wear as a swimsuit coverup and a long cardigan to help elongate the body. Illusions work whether you’re pregnant or not! I’ve had this cardigan for a while now, but I link to […]

Packing the Hospital Bag

I haven’t officially started packing my bag for the hospital yet, but I figured I would put this post together as a resource I can turn to as soon as I get my act together! When it came to having my first child, I think I spent more time researching what to take to the […]

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Carrot Cake Cookies

On every major holiday I’m fortunate to not be the one in charge of the family meals. Talk about pressure! I’m thankful for my mother, grandmother and mother in law who always graciously take the reigns and prepare delicious meals for our family. My role typically comes into play for dessert which I’m always more […]

Check

So this post started out as your basic ‘white tee, jeans and sneaks’ type of outfit which I was inspired to wear thanks to Pink Peonies, who also just so happens to be pregnant. But it turns out our weather decided to hover around 30 degrees again and I therefore had to add the necessary […]

High Five for Friday

After being out of town for four days last week, I spent most of this week playing catch-up on life. Catch-up in slow motion that is, because my body doesn’t seem to be moving as quickly as I’d like it to these days. That’s expected, I realize, but it doesn’t make the rest of the […]

Loving Lately: Spring Tops

Just a little inspiration for your Thursday as I share some of my favorite tops that are all too perfect for spring as they make great use of flowers, ruffles and pastels. Soft, sweet and feminine which can always be enhanced with some white denim or toned down with good old boyfriend jeans. Take your […]

Prego Peplum

One style I was sad to step away from during pregnancy was peplum. I love the femininity it adds to a top and how flattering it is to most any shape. You can see how I styled the look previously here, here and here. Then I ran into this tank from Gap and it was […]

Quick Chicken and Broccoli

Quick, chicken and broccoli are three words that my family can relate to. I do my best to prepare healthy, well-balanced meals most every night of the week. Although I am a full-time mom, that doesn’t not mean that I have all the time in the world to sit and prep meals. So when I […]

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