Discovering Birdie's personality has been akin to the act of peeling an onion, ever so slowly. As any parent for whom the euphoria of the newborn stage has worn off can tell you, most newborns and babies for that matter, are more or less the same - they sleep a lot, they ask for their basic needs to be met with crying and...

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sunnies - warby parker, top - anthro, jeans - target (maternity), shoes - target Happy Tuesday my lovelies! Just checking in from Florida to say hi and post this outfit I wore last week. We're on vacation for the next two weeks but I have a few posts queued up that I'll be sharing sporadically. I especially can't wait to share photos from...

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Making: blueberry pancakes in an effort to use up all our food before leaving for vacation Cooking: very little these days, unfortunately Drinking: coffee, hot in the mornings and iced in the afternoons Reading: house descriptions on realtor.com (fyi: charming = scary/dungeon-esque) Wanting: to be on vacation ALREADY!! Looking: to the future with giddiness and excitement and a dash of trepidation  Playing: with...

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The other day I came across this Oprah quote on my Starbucks cup "Live from the heart of yourself. Seek to be whole, not perfect." Cheesiest line you've probably read today, yes, but it just really stuck with me all day. The idea had been on my mind lately and unsurprisingly Oprah had put it into words beautifully. For as long as I...

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I may not know everything when it comes to pregnancy but the second time around I sure do know how to dress my changing body. With Birdie I was clueless, didn't want to spend a lot of money and kept reading all these posts about "I just wore regular jeans all through my pregnancy!!" posts and figured I can outsmart a 30 pound...

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^ las paletas - so very, very good ^ ^ union station hotel downtown ^ ^ lunch at pinewood social, papa bear & birdie split the fried chicken ^ ^ crema coffee at pinewood social ^ ^ the local taco, birdie had already hoovered up half her quesadilla ^ ^ best burger ever at burger up ^ I have been dying to share...

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dress - sonnet james, shoes - target // romper - gap, tee - gerber baby, boots - hunter You guys!!!! This dress is just... well what my dreams are made of. When it arrived laden with candy and little trinkets for Birdie to play with I only faintly remembered ordering it months and months ago but boy was I glad to see it!...

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^ at Rock City overlooking 7 states!! ^ ^ these tiny monkeys were Birdie's absolute favorite ^ ^ this little ham ate an entire cup of gelato by herself ^ While down south the other week we stayed with my cousin in Chattanooga. She is attending the same college I went to for a year and I was feeling all the feelings being...

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