The Uglier the Better

 
sweater and shirt: old navy    jeggings: walmart   boots: target

One of my favorite things lately is graphic sweaters, like this heart one from Old Navy last year.  Although I have to admit that the other day I dressed Addilyn and realized we pretty much have the same sweatshirt.  Which made me question my outfit choices since I seemed to be right on par with the wardrobe of a four month old.  

Speaking of graphic sweaters I was surprised to see ugly Christmas sweaters at Target the other day.  It is a little funny to buy something with the intentions of having it look the"ugliest."  I have sadly only been to one ugly Christmas sweater party and I don't even have a picture to prove it.  Where was instagram four years ago? 

Thankfully I know that if I was invited to an Ugly Christmas sweater party this year I'd have a whole lot of choices thanks to Target.  Which is good because when I went in search for one at a thrift store a few years ago, I found nothing.  Here are a few other options: 

Do you have an annual Ugly Christmas sweater party?  Want to invite me? 


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Apple Picking

sweater: old navy   jeans: target  rainboots: amazon

This is the outfit I attempted to wear apple picking.  While it was the first day of Fall and seemed pretty cool, the hot sun forced me to change out of my rainboots and wear different shoes.  

It's so exciting to me that we know have a baby to do these fun things with.  While she won't remember any of them yet, I know we'll have pictures to show her and it's such a different experience doing these things as a family of three. 

Now our trip didn't quite go as planned.  It was so crowded that we ended up not doing any apple picking.  Addilyn wasn't too happy and quite hungry and we had a somewhat unsuccessful nursing experience while we were there. 
But thankfully we accomplished the most important thing, which is eating apple donuts and drinking apple cider.  

Now I'm not quite sure why I needed to put my head on top of the steering wheel and not in the huge space in front of it. 
Hoping going to the pumpkin farm in a few weeks is a little more successful. 

Advice from eight year olds

sweater: old navy $6    skirt: target $10 

(both are recent purchases)

I think it's no surprise that people like to give pregnancy advice and think that when you're talking to a pregnant woman there aren't many rules of what you can and can't say.  Thankfully I haven't had many strange or awkward conversations since being pregnant. 

 The majority of the advice and questions I've been asked have come from my third graders, with the best being this story about breastfeeding.  

My class threw me a little surprise baby shower at the end of the year and one of the moms had the students write down advice for me.  It was so cute and quite funny.  Here are a few of their wise words: 

Always wear a gas mask when you change her diaper. 

Don't let your baby eat big pieces of food.  

Let your baby sleep a lot during the day and night.  If they don't sleep enough then they baby won't grow and be strong and taller. 

Put a clothespin on your nose when you change her. 

Give her lots of love. 

Don't let your baby eat food off the ground or it may find a magnet to eat.  

Don't leave the baby alone with markers.  And make sure that if you let her color you watch her at all times.  

and this one is probably my favorite:

Buy some pretty lights.  Babies like shiny or colorful things that gleam or sparkle.  

P.S. I have two baby cousins and they are difficult. 

Some of them are pretty good, right? She put it in a little photo album/scrapbook and I can't wait to read it to my daughter someday! 

I shared this last week and apologize ahead of time because I will probably share it again next week! I've never entered a "fashion" contest before but feel like this one it right up my alley, as it's about finding a good deal.  I had a hard time choosing which outfit to enter and decided on this $5 dress I found from old navy.  

If you have a second please vote for me! It's really easy as all you have to do is click on the love it button here! Thank you so much!!!

High Five for Friday

sweater: DIY  chambray shirt: old navy ($15)  pants: target ($13)  boots: dsw (similar)

1.  I made this heart sweater last year and am still loving it. Loving that it cost me $8 too! Check out the tutorial here. 

2.  When I was training for a marathon I often made smoothies and added protein powder to it, but that was the only time I ever thought about doing it.  I want to do a better job taking supplements or vitamins, plus I think just doing it would automatically make me feel healthier, right?   I'm thinking adding something like Bio-K+ supplements to a smoothie recipe like this, which I've made before, would be a good idea.  

3. This picture on pinterest really made my laugh this week.  

Especially with the caption:  full body sweater for when you're having one of those days.

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4.  So happy and thankful for my birthday presents this year.  You would think I must have told my family somethings that I wanted or something?  Two favorites are these necklaces.  One from my parents and one from Chris. 

5. I think I have the funniest nephew in the world.  He recently started pooping on the toilet and today he said, "Mama, I know you are excited when I poop on the toilet.  But please don't clap and cheer anymore.  Just say, 'That's correct.'

So happy I get to see his sweet face one week from tonight.

Happy Friday friends! Hope you have a great weekend.  

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