life

This weekend, we ALL FINALLY were back to health! PRAISE GOD, the sickness that would not end, finally, finallyyyyy- well- ended! ;) And that called for lots of celebrating, of course. As you do.

Friday night Zack and I had a little mini date to take some blog pictures, and then stopped by IKEA (because I mean, we have a new house and IKEA is basically our second home right now lol) and then grabbed some late dinner at In N Out, because I can’t pass up those fries and a chocolate shake! Can anyone, really??

Saturday night was spent assembling our new IKEA pieces (hi, one million little nuts and bolts and the worst instructions in the world) and of course cheers-ing to our new place! Finally, we were both feeling well enough to celebrate! YAY. Plus, you can’t really build something from IKEA without a liiiittle libation of some sort, can you? ;) Our closet organization is coming together… Can’t wait to share the Before and After!! We grabbed a couple of the Bissa shoe racks for Zack’s shoes, and the Hemnes shoe organizer for some of mine. Still need a few more pieces and then our closet will be looking really good! It already feels so nice to just have some sort of order. I do not work well in complete chaos and disorder, which is how our first week here was, pretty much, mixed in with some toddler sickness and complete exhaustion. Good times, good times.

Sunday we all went to church together, which was so nice! Love being able to get back into a routine. We all crave it so much. Praying we all stay well for a very long time. I can’t handle more illness for a while now.

And now it’s a new week! We’ve got more organizing to do, and some exciting shipments coming this week, including new pendant lights for the kitchen and new dining chairs, from Industry West! Eeeek, I’m so excited to share! :) Happy Monday, friends!

xo

First off, this entire look is ON SALE! See all my picks from the sale HERE. :)

We’ve been in our new home for one week, and honestly haven’t really been able to enjoy it to the fullest yet, simply because we’ve all been battling the stomach flu in one stage or another for the same duration of time. I mean, seriously, what timing, right?! I know we’ll laugh about this one day. It’ll be a great story to tell. One day. For now, I’m just over it and honestly SO sad. There is absolutely NOTHING worse than sick babies. It’s so lame. And Sam’s birthday was on Wednesday, and we still haven’t been able to really celebrate with him yet, because he’s just been so miserable. SO. Not much to update on other than that. We are surviving. And I am staying positive that we are at the END of this nasty sickness!!! Believing in that!

Last weekend, Zack was the real MVP while Sam and I were sick, and took Sophie to a little friend’s 3rd birthday party AND to church. These two. Love them!

So, if you’re nosey like me (dear God, I hope you are… And I’m not alone in this… haha), then you LOVE seeing what other people buy on Amazon. It’s like Costco or Trader Joe’s- it’s just something that unites us all. Only better, because it’s Amazon, and Prime is LIFE. I can order basically anything I could ever dream of, from home, on my computer, and have it delivered to my house in 2 days or less? SIGN ME UP.

But seriously, if you haven’t signed up yet, you can do that here. :) #worthit

SO. I wanted to share our recent Amazon purchases here today! Let’s go…

1. I showed Sophie’s bed on Instagram Stories the other day and got an influx of messages asking about her bumper. It is THIS BUMPER and it is the best thing ever. It just goes right under the fitted sheet, and is super soft (she uses it as a pillow sometimes, even), and it fits her crib and also fits on Sam’s twin bed (he has one too). AND! It’s under $25. One of the best kids purchases!

2. Picked up some footed jammies for Sam, because he was in need of footies that weren’t fleece. These ones are super cute, great price, and fit tall and thin toddler boys perfectly! :)

3. Got these Dot pens for the kids. They both love drawing with them. And no, we don’t play Bingo lol.

4. These lace bralettes are super cute and remind me of the Free People ones, but actually come with padding! YASSSSS girl. Such a cute layered look, will be perfect under tanks during the summer too! And they’re really comfy for everyday wear. Never wearing a real bra again, kthx.

And there you have it! Praying for HEALTH this weekend, as we have Sam’s birthday party planned for tomorrow and I reallyyyy don’t want to have to cancel that! Plus, I just want to have some FUN as a whole family and enjoy our amazing new home!

Have a great weekend, friends!

xo

Drowning in boxes. No clue where half of our things are. Figuring out our new space (SO much space! It’s a culture shock going from 1000 square feet to 2500!) But it’s already feeling right. And it already is filled with so much love.

The start was rough, though. Guys, Thursday was “Moving Day,” and Wednesday at 8pm I came down with a very quick and sudden bout of STOMACH FLU. Not even joking. I could not keep ANYTHING down all night and into the next morning. It was awful. And so Thursday, I lay on the couch all day as my sweet husband and his brothers and parents came in and out of the house, moving all of our belongings from this house to the next. I felt so hopeless. Helpless. Miserable. And totally useless. It sucked. So much. BUT. They got it done. And Thursday night, we spent the first night in our new home. And Friday and Saturday were both also pretty bad, but each day I slowly felt better, and FINALLY on Sunday night, I was able to actually ENJOY our new home. Take it all in. Start organizing and making it feel like “home.” What a feeling!!!

I’m so grateful to our family for helping us out so much, selflessly. I’m so grateful to my husband for completely taking the reigns and doing it ALL with not much help from me. For taking Sophie to her little friend’s 3rd birthday party (yes, he’s the real MVP for that one) and to church on Sunday.

And of course, Sam has what I had now, and has been out all weekend as well, sweet boy. :( Praying Sophie and Zack are safe from this awful stomach bug!!

But still feeling really in awe of everything we have. This is OURS. It’s kind of a disaster right now, it’s a mess, life is chaotic…

But it’s our mess. It’s our chaos. It’s OUR disaster.

And we. Are. Home.

xo

Hey guys! Happy Monday! I feel like our lives right now are just in limbo. We’ve got lots of big important LIFE things happening, and so many of those things are just… waiting… to happen… right now. And it’s so hard to be patient and it’s so hard to not worry, but we just keep reminding ourselves to breathe deep and KNOW that God has it all under control. We may be “IN ESCROW”! (as TJ from Gilmore Girls would say, ha!) but we’re trusting the process and praying to be on the other side soon… This weekend could have been filled with worry and it certainly had lots of uncertainty, but we made the most of it and enjoyed ourselves, and ultimately smiled through it all.

Because if ya can’t laugh, ya cry, amiright? ;)

No but seriously. We’ve been laughing a LOT these past few days. And here’s some pictures from our weekend…

Who doesn’t love a good bird sighting?! Sophie was CRACKING up for so long, saying “Birdy!” in between her belly laughs, and Sam was amused too. It was the cutest thing!

Date night-in’ with my boo. Started with coffee and work (always!) and ended with dinner, drinks, dessert…. and more coffee and work. ;) Wouldn’t have it any other way. I love our moments away together, and I love working with my best friend. He makes it all fun!

We took the little miss to Target and let her get out of the cart for the first time… She was LIVING LIFE, pushing the cart all over the store and putting all of the toys into it (and Zack promptly removing them behind her back haha!)… She was in heaven, that is, until we had to LEAVE. Then we got a pretty epic meltdown and were “those people” carrying their screaming and crying toddler out of Target. And holding back laughter. ;) I mean. It was hilarious. She was literally crying through tears, “More Target!!!” I can’t even be upset. I was mostly just proud.

Sophie got to come with me to pick Sam up from preschool last week, and it made her DAY. She looooves picking Bubba up from school, and this particular time, we came into his classroom and he saw me and gave me a HUGE hug (heart melted) and THEN walked over to Sophie and gave her a kiss on the head, with NO prompting at all!!! I MEAN. I died, right then and there. The BEST.

Last week we had a few rainy days and so what do you do when you’re stuck inside all day with a toddler? YOU GET MESSY! Duh! So we painted. And she loved every minute. (So did I).

…Also, this was the beginning of the painting sesh. By the end, she was painting her legs and feet and hands. It was awesome.

Now it’s MONDAY! And this week is full of big LIFE things, mainly our two walk-throughs at our new house!!! Praying it all goes smoothly… Believing it will!

xo

Love this wild little crew of mine. We had the best morning at church yesterday! Nothing but smiles, no meltdowns, and French fries after in celebration, because some things just call for French fries, know what I’m saying? Then naps for all, and dinner at Nana and Papa’s house. Starting this week off with a full heart. I hope you are too!!

Exploring Nana’s garden… Magical.

Saturday morning I worked out and we hung out at the playground with the kids, and then Zack and I got a 3 hour window (bless Zack’s parents hearts for always being so willing to watch our kiddos!!) to get some work done. Seriously, they are the biggest blessing to us! We took pictures for the blog and got some posts written and emails answered, and I just really love being able to work with my hubby as my business partner. It’s incredible and big things are coming to this blog, and I’m just so so excited for it all! :)

Also, it was 50 degrees, and I had to take some Spring look pictures, and in case you’re wondering, YES I WAS FREEZING here! ;)

Just love this girl oodles and oodles. Two is a fun and wild ride with her- she’s sweet and sassy and headstrong and hilarious and oh so very loved!!!

xo