Life Lately

Ruffled Bolero Kimono | Espadrilles | Pants | Necklace | Top | Lipgloss

I’ll just jump right in!  Wearing my Anchor Beads necklace.  If you follow me on Instagram, then you might have seen my stories regarding this local North Carolina mommy.  She started this amazing business that gives back to childhood cancer research.  This sweet mama lost her daughter at the young age of 4 to cancer.  Shortly after her diagnosis she began making jewelry with her mama.  When Georgia was hospitalized and on life support, her amazing mama turned to her jewelry making as therapy and a portion of the proceeds go towards childhood cancer research.  Talk about amazing.  Brings tears to my eyes.

Not only are the pieces beautifully made, but the story behind this beautiful mama leaves me speechless.  These are the type of businesses that I want to support and give back to.  This mama longed for her daughter to come out of the state that she was in while on life support so that she could see how Anchor Beads has touched so many lives.  Hebrews 6:19

A fun braided updo that I did for a bridesmaid!

Last week we were in Hilton Head… the weather was unreal and this is how I spent Olive’s 8:30am nap time.  Cooper & Ella Dress and polish ‘Pre Show Gitters’

My sweet girl!  Y’all, she’s getting so big and so happy!  Step Stool

You guys!  Target’s pajama section is my favorite.  Here’s the exact pajamas that I ended up picking up!  They’re SO soft!  I got a size small.  Floral pajama bottom &  Striped pajama bottom 

I really do try to eat healthy and I did the 20 days where I cut back on a lot and lost about 5lbs.  Anyways, here’s how I dress my eggs… hot sauce is GAME CHANGER!  Also, I’ll sometimes add a green onion or black olive slice on top.

If it’s not obvious… I’m obsessed with Essie’s polish in color Pre-Show Gitters.  It’s the prettiest shade of white.

Here’s an image of one of my sweet brides.  I used my favorite shadow palette by LORAC on her and go-to lipstick in color ‘Sweetie’. It’s the perfect shade of pink.

This gorgeous bride of mine got married last weekend!  I used the same shadow palette and lipstick as I did on the above bride you can see that it looks great on both blondes and brunettes.

Speaking of lippies… Urban Decay Naked Lipgloss has quickly become my favorite gloss to date!  I use color ‘Naked’, it’s a great nude shade.

Soaking up summer with this kiddo who is so attached to his Daddy… it’s a little crazy!  Any mama’s been through this before?  He used to be obsessed with me until Olive came into the picture.  And now it’s Daddy, Daddy, Daddy… and Daddy.  Mommy who?

Sunday’s are dedicated to our family and our family only.  This is typically how we spend them!

If y’all follow me on Instagram then you already know Henry’s love for carrying his sister around.  We call it #ragdoll 😉

About to start updating this room!  Starting with a new rug and a new piece of art to replace the heart.

I can’t with these two!  They really do get along, love and adore each other… for now at least. 😉

Looking for a clear bag to take to football games?  I scored this one off Amazon for $14.  I mean… not the BEST quality, but it did the job.

She’s just the sweetest and lights up my world!  Can’t believe my baby is 7 months old!

Loves her little V-Tech push-toy-walker!  Henry did too.

She’s determined to keep up with her older brother… hashtag, send wine! 😉 Olive and I spend a lot of time together… just like Henry and I did during his first year of life.  We’re so lucky to have a very part-time nanny who comes over while I have clients a few days a week.  I use her around 10 hours or so and the rest of the time it’s just Olive and me!  Our part-time nanny has been so wonderful and also a doula, however, her last day with us is Friday.  She’s moving to Asheville.  I’m seriously so sad.  She’s been amazing!

My girlfriend, Katrina (wedding planner) invited my hubby and I to a Panther’s game last night!  We had the best time and she seriously has the best seats!

I can’t make this up… they love each other and it makes my heart burst!  I look at pictures like these and it seriously brings tears to my eyes.  To think that we ever had a doubt that we’d someday be parents.  To think that we once doubted God’s greater plan.  Okay… tears.  I’ll leave it at that.

Henry’s been in this big boy bed (from Overstock – super reasonable) since 18 months and I still haven’t shared his big boy room!  I’ve got too… anyways, yesterday on Instagram Stories I shared these adorable sheets that I purchased from Home Goods for $25!

Not posed… this was Henry the other night showing his bear the picture he drew.  This boy loves art so much… love watching him tape his proud pieces all over the house.  Ottoman on sale for $109.

Little lady is into EVERYTHING!  Love this little picture that I snapped of her.  Lemon dress.

I feel like a mom fail!  We’ve done swim lessons twice now.  Once right when Henry turned 2 on Saturday mornings for 6 weeks… except probably went to half.  This summer I signed him up and we’re on month two and have only been 3 times!  Ugh… cancelling and maybe we’ll pick it up again in the winter.

I’ll end on a high note… 😉 girlfriend loves her mum-mums!

Love you all!  Thanks for reading!  Xo!

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