In high school, someone once told me I'd "look a lot better if I put on make-up once in a while and learned to fix my hair."  True story.  At the time I thought I looked fine.  The truth is, I didn't wear a lot of make-up.  I did fix my hair.  That comment has stuck with me for years.  I still remember...

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I haven't done a "What I'm Loving" post in a looooong time.  Now that Spring is finally here (sort of), my Winter Blahs are finally gone and I'm feeling so much more productive. **I'm loving the springish weather.  I say that as the snow that fell this week is melting.  Lately we've had a day of beautiful warm weather, followed by several days...

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We're all still recovering from Katherine's first birthday party this weekend.  It was such a great party and I'm so thankful to everyone who came.  Katherine scored so many awesome birthday gifts!  She's such a blessed little girl. I've been planning her party since right after Christmas.  I had everything planned, down to every last detail.  The color theme was gold, white, and...

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My sweet baby girl turned one yesterday.  She had a great day and I couldn't have asked for a more perfect day. We started the birthday celebration early in the week, by meeting Daddy for a dinner date at McAlister's Deli (our favorite place in the whole wide world).  It was Family Night so Katherine scored an awesome monkey balloon animal, which she...

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When I found out I was pregnant, I documented my pregnancy with this chalkboard. On March 8, 2013 I took what would end up being my last belly photo.  Katherine was born four days later and I never changed the chalkboard.  Every once in a while, I would look at it and think I should really change that chalkboard, but I never did....

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