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Mother’s Day Gift Ideas – The Gift Of Relaxation

admin — Mon, 08 May 2017 19:51:51 +0000

Mother’s Day Gift Ideas – The Gift Of Relaxation With Mother’s Day just around the corner, it’s time to start thinking of ways to spoil the leading lady in your life. Moms are generally selfless by nature, as soon as us kids arrive in the world, they no longer put themselves first. From that moment on, it’s all about us and I’m not sure if that ever actually ends. Even when we grow up go to college and start having families of our own. I know that rings true with our moms. Now, as we are in our thirties, our moms are still our rocks and the women we look up to most. As Michelle enters motherhood and as I approach it (at some point in the future, no mom I’m not pregnant), we have even more respect for what our moms have done and sacrificed for us. So this year we want to take the time to say thank you to our moms and to make sure we spoil them a little extra. Even though your mom will tell you to not get her a gift and that she only wants to spend time with you (which is totally true […]

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Style The Bump + GIVEAWAY

admin — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 11:07:44 +0000

How I style the bump plus a GIVEAWAY! The bump or what I like to call it, the uncomfortable basketball I swallowed, definitely doesn’t make “styling” any easy. In fact, I get so annoyed and frustrated getting dressed the further I get in this pregnancy, all I want to wear are knit dresses and sneakers. Perhaps my style has become a bit more simple and minimalist but I’m not at all complaining about it. On top of all that, maternity wear isn’t much fun to shop for. You won’t catch me trying clothes on in store. I need the comfort of surfing the internet in my pjs on the couch, trying on at home. I stumbled upon PinkBlush Maternity and have found some great pieces that have helped me get through these awkward dressing stages. My favorite piece so far is this printed A-line knit dress. Comfortable and roomy, making both mommy and baby happy. Since I’m so pale as of late because spray tans and lying in the sun are a big no no when pregnant, I just opt for tall over the knee boots for this look. Wearing – Dress (Pink Blush); Boots (Staurt Weitzman); Bag (Cuyana); Hat (Nordstrom); Sunglasses (J.Martasand) I’m excited […]

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Tickled Pink on Valentine’s Day

admin — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 12:00:50 +0000

I’m tickled pink because this Valentine’s Day I have more to celebrate. As our family grows so does my love and I have so much to be thankful for. As the nursery slowly comes together, I can’t help to just stand in her room and smile. Knowing in just a few months I will be holding my little love in my arms. In the meantime it will just be the three of us (counting the fur baby), making this February 14th a special one. It will be our last love day celebrating alone because next year daddy will have a new Valentine, and I’m actually more than ok with that. I know my hubby was a little hesitant when we found out the gender of our little bun in the oven. Not because he didn’t want a girl, but because he didn’t and still doesn’t know what to expect out of raising a little girl. But who really does! Of course it’s going to be hard but there will be sweet rewards out of it all and isn’t that what parenting is all about? I’m ready to take on life’s curve balls as intimidating as it all sounds. On another note, […]

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Hello Third Trimester!

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 16:47:27 +0000

Hello Third Trimester! I’m in the final stretch, the trimester that ends with meeting my baby girl! I can’t even begin to explain how excited I am to meet her, to hold her in my arms and kiss her tiny little nose. This journey has been an adventure to say the least. I have had plenty of highs and of course some lows which I wanted to share with you. Now of course my lows aren’t anything really to complain about because there is nothing I wouldn’t do for this little girl, but everyone has got them, right? I just recently had my baby shower back home in DC, and the question I was asked more than I could count was “How are you feeling?”. My reply to all was that I couldn’t complain. I don’t always feel great, that’s for sure but it’s hard to complain when you know what it’s worth. That and boy have I heard some terrible pregnancy stories. Friends that couldn’t keep a meal down their entire pregnancy or those dealing with preeclampsia, swollen ankles, diabetes, bleeding gums, the list goes on. This week I go in for my glucose screening to check for diabetes, but knock […]

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