How is it that I’ve lived in California my whole life and never been to Catalina? My mom inspired a jaunt with my sister, baby Owen and me last weekend. Too fun! {The beginning of the video is my sister, the end is me} {click here to watch our Zip Line video on YouTube}

Okay, maybe not “seedy”… more like “very-public-part-fascinating-part-not-so-interesting” past. Here are some quick links to dig back to previous posts by some of my favorite categories:

After three weeks of doctor visits where I was apparently showing no signs of getting this baby out on my own, I was induced 8 days after my due date. This is certainly not how I planned on going into labor and I was a bit nervous of the consequences and knew that this increased my chances of having a c-section. But, after a LONG few weeks of waiting, my husband and I were excited to meet this baby we’d been trying to name for months. We had one final date night {Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse and Hot Tub Time Machine [...]

Click here to download FREE scratch ‘n sniff desktop wallpaper. Here’s my favorite: strawberry!

You’d think that this is something that I’m totally into… but I really don’t have the patience. We take pictures all year long, and I want to document them somehow without printing out a bunch of pictures or keeping them holed up on my hard drive. My latest tradition has been to print a quick digital scrapbook of the years’ pictures after each Christmas. It has very few words, just picture after picture of the things we did during the year. It only takes until December before I forget that we went to Hawaii, went camping, saw my grandma for [...]

Maternity clothes always look so cute when you’re not pregnant. But my experience tells me, that when it’s your turn to buy maternity clothes, it seems like there are very little options. Enter: Shabby Apple Maternity Line {Mama Apple}. Shabby Apple sent me this beautiful dress for my maternity pictures, and I am in love. When they asked me to choose a dress, my mom and I were on the phone for 45 minutes trying to pick one… because they were *all so cute*.  I would have been happy with any of them. This dress happens to be in their [...]

I’m not good with words. I always come up with the right thing to say 10 minutes after the opportunity presents itself. I don’t bake that well. Yes, I have chocolate chip cookies and chocolate crinkle cookies that I can deliver consistently. But anything more complicated than that will take me LOTS of practice to be successful. The yeast didn’t activate in the cinnamon rolls I made for my honey on Valentine’s Day {but he ate it anyway}. But, I can make things. I stole this adorable idea from transcraftinental {via Muddycakes Muse} and gave it to my husband on [...]

I received my bag from the infamous Green Bag Lady. I first heard of her movement from Whitney at Whisker Graphics. The Green Bag Lady makes beautiful reusable totes out of scrap fabric and gives them out for free in exchange for your promise to use it instead of plastic bags. She has created quite a buzz… appearing on CNN, and her local news. She numbers each bag and documents where the bags get sent. You can support the Green Bag Lady by sending her your unwanted fabric!

After sharing Houzz.com with you, I won a beautiful mirror from the Rowan’s Room Etsy shop via the Houzz site. Karma!

2 months to go! Sleep is not happening. It’s hitting number one on my list because I was thrown awake by a charlie horse in both my calf and shin at the same time this morning. I can only lay on my left side. If I spend more than three seconds on my right side or my back {even when propped up}, I get nauseous. I can’t even lean back in my chair. So in the middle of the night, when I’m ready for a new position, I get to move my ankles and wrists {while adjusting my three pillows}. [...]

Remember how we loved it and couldn’t find it? Well, I found it. Free. Online. Here. {Installation by Spain by Ingo Maurer, photograph by Jesús Manuel Nieto Bobadilla.} I originally wanted it HUGE, but the biggest I could get this free image was 11″x14″ without compromising the quality. You are free to download my edited version of the image here {or by clicking on the image below}. I have framed and matted it and will be hanging it in the baby room. I LOVE this picture.

From this {nubby friend of a sweater}: To This {comfy neck scarf & sleepy morning face}: Inspired by anything and everything that Lex makes… And on a sidenote: I’ve always thought it was my hair that sucked. I had an epiphany: it’s my flat iron! How have I gone my whole adult life with a $15 flat iron? When I told my friends that I had ordered a CHI flat iron to restore the world order, they all said, “Oh, yes. I LOVE mine.” Huh?!?!? They’ve ALL  had one this whole time and didn’t care to sit me down for [...]

This is officially the last amount of fabric I trucked back from Portland. On clearance, with an extra miracle 40% off coupon, I think this fabric was somewhere around $5/yard. I got *just enough* to make a curtain in the baby room, and to save on width, I used quilting tape to finish the edges. I love a 1 hour project. This geometric pattern mimics the gold pattern in the bumper. And I’m still debating on the awning…

NVM, don’t answer that… {10 weeks to go!} I finally decided on a stroller this weekend. That was about as painless as a good body waxing. I could never find any ONE stroller that did all the things that I wanted it to. And to clarify, I am only GUESSING as to what I’m going to want it to do on account of I HAVE NO IDEA. I needed to pick a stroller first, so I knew what kind of car seat was compatible with the stroller. If I had to guess, I’ve spent at LEAST 10 hours on the [...]

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