Days and days worth

Ok, so I'm several days behind on posting about my February challenge for a photo of the day. I've been instagraming them, but here ya go :) 

 

day 12:

bad habit

...was my pile of laundry resting on the sofa. We have 5 people in our house and somehow everyone wears an insane amount of clothes. Once you get behind, you're up a creek. A couple of weeks ago, our dryer broke, so I had to hang up every piece of clothing to dry. You could only do as much laundry as you had hangers and space to hang. It was crazy. Thankfully, my honey watched a YouTube video and fixed it. Yay! Oh how I appreciate having a dryer again!

 

 

day 13:

the color red...

my hair :)

 

 

day 14:

my one true love...

A picture of my husband, with scruff. 

I picked one from 2004, when we were dating. I love looking back at those pictures of us- when we, so quickly, fell head over heels in love. Nothing else mattered but each other. It was like we had blinders on, with our eyes wide shut to anything else. It was a beautiful time when our love was just starting out. I didn't understand, back then, how a love that felt so deep at the time, wasn't anything compared to the depth of our love now. We were so young. I wish I could have whispered in our ears back then.

 

 

day 15:

the first thing I see in the morning...

Pictures of my babies :) I roll over to turn off my alarm, put on my glasses, and these little beauties come into focus. These pictures are of me and them when we first came home from the hospital. They're raw love.

 

 

day 16:

what's in my bag...

My purse is just a glorified diaper bag. I stopped exclusively carrying my diaper bag pretty recently. I found this purse on sale at H&M, just before my trip to FL and I fell in love with it. It's a dark plum color, which happens to act as a neutral and go with just about anything. My daughter doesn't need much, so I can easily stick her things in my purse. Not lugging around a diaper bag is so nice. I feel like I graduated.

 

 

day 17:

something sweet....

I took a picture of my son eating milk and cereal for dinner...He begged for it. He's also a lefty, which makes it even cuter. The spoon is still quite big for him and to see how careful and intentional he is, not to drop any milk, just makes me want to squeeze him.

 

 

Day 18 is soon to come. The topic is "nature" and it's just too cold to enjoy nature right now :)

Day 11

 

day 11:

your sky

 

To be honest, I completely forgot about my February photo of the day challenge. The honey took off work Friday and yesterday for a little staycation, so my mind was elsewhere. So, a day late, but posted :)

 

With breakfast on the table- cinnamon toast- as healthy as I could get and coffee in hand, this was my morning sky.

Day 9 & 10

day 9:

furry friend

 

We don't have animals, so I had a hard time thinking of what to take a picture of. I ended up taking a picture of my son in his Curious George costume. He wears it nearly every day. It's about 2 sizes too small, so he looks extra cute in it. We're not dog/cat people. I'm sorry every one. I think we thought we were at one time, and maybe we were, but for where we live and what our lifestyle is now, having an animal just doesn't fit in. Now, if we ever live on a farm and our kids want to take on that responsibility, we may revisit this topic. But, for now, I have enough on my plate :)



 

day 10:

what I wore

 

Goodness! We went to church this morning and I had no idea how cold it would be. This flowy top ended up being the wrong choice on this cold February day. I do love it though. If you've never been to the store, Charming Charlies, you should check it out. They have a ton of stuff~ jewelery, belts, shoes, clothes, perfume...every thing! And, best of all, it's totally affordable. All of their clothes seem to work well for any body type. Especially us moms who may be hanging on to some of that baby weight. Is it baby weight if your baby will be 2 next month? Yes.

 

Instead of going the "fitted" route, like I did pre-kids :) Dressing myself in more flowy, feminine clothes seem to make me feel more confident about my new body. To be honest, even though having three kids has changed my body in every way possible...I feel the most confident and secure in myself than I ever have. Kids have a way of changing us in so many ways, don't they? What blessings they are!

 

Whenever I became a stay at home mom, just over five years ago, I could see myself getting into that pajama pant/t-shirt kind of slump and I didn't want to do that, so I got all of my t-shirts and pajama pants and took them to Goodwill. Well, maybe not all of them- you know- save some for a rainy day :) I just didn't want to feel blah. Some days I feel blah and I dress in my yoga pants and I go with it and I make no apologies to myself. Some days call for just that kind dress code. But most days, getting myself completely ready, in something that I feel good in- whatever that might be, just makes me feel better all around.

 

What about you? What are you rockin' these days?

 

 

 

Top: Charming Charlies (my new favorite store!)

Gold chain necklace: Charming Charlies

Earings: pearls- an anniversary gift from my honey. I wear these every day. Pearls are a southern girl's staple.

Black "editor" pants: Express (I'm pretty sure I've had these since college.)

 

Day 7

Day 7:

something I look forward to...

 

 

7pm!

 

Goodnight, my children.

 

Until the morning!

 

...or the middle of the night ;)

 

 

Day 6

day 6:

My guilty pleasure.

 

 

 

It's the church, yo.

 

 

 

 

Day 2

day 2

the color pink.

I love the way my feet feel on this rug in my daughter's nursery. I found it at Target. It was right after I found out that we were having a girl and even though I hadn't picked out her bedding yet, I just couldn't pass up this loveliness. It really softens up her room. I just adore it.

She's now drawn to the color yellow, so we'll see how long I'll actually be able to keep it in her room. She's still in a crib, but I know the big girl room is just around the corner. You see, she'll be two very soon. I can hardly believe it!

I'm already getting ideas for her big girl room...I love the idea of doing big yellow and white checks on a euro pillow sham, with her monogram  on it, or big yellow and white checked curtains. Maybe I could do pink accents...

I'm crazy about this room from Bringing Up Three. The accessories and butterfly pillow aren't the route I want to go, but the bedding is so sweet, especially the fancy bedskirt. I think this look in a mustard yellow would be perfect! Oh the things to look forward to :) 

Day 1

 

day 1

I thought it would be super fun to take up a challenge this month and do a photo of the day.

Day 1 is a self-portrait. This right before naptime. ..he naptime that didn't end up happening :) It's Friday, though, right?

Here's what to expect, in case you'd like to follow along and do the same!

February

photo a day

challenge:

 

1.self-portrait

2.the color pink

3.something that made you laugh

4.an inside joke

5.family

6.guilty pleasure

7.something you look forward to

8.smiles

9.a furry friend

10.what you wore

11.your shy

12.a bad habit

13.the color red

14.your one true love

15.something you see every morning

16.what's in your bag

17.something sweet

18.nature

19.a gift

20.something you bought

21.best part of your day

22.what you're reading

23.anything sweet

24.holding hands

25.your geeky side

26.something you made

27.a picture in your room

28.breakfast

29.self-portrait

 

See ya tomorrow! :)