Family Pictures// L O V E

O B S E S S E D.

I am so in love with how our family pictures turned out!!! We havent had "real" family pics taken since Harper was born and I am swooning over my family. (OK obviously!)

I am so happy that my friend from high school (actually we go all the way back to middle school) took these photos of us that I will cherish forever. Sorry for the floooood of these pictures but I am just a proud Mama :)

Photos by Brett Brooner. Broonamite Photos

Bathing Beauty

Hello Dolls!

Another weekend has come and gone... bummer. We had a low key weekend. Daddy worked, Grandma was out of town, (that might not matter to others but since we live at home with them, when she leaves, a helping hand leaves) and we only had a few things going on. We went to our friends bachelorette party get together at a winery and I had a few glasses of wine and it was lovely! Then we went to a graduation party for a family friend. And today we went swimming at the gyms indoor pool because the outside pool isn't open until next weekend. We still have one more day left to our weekends. ( I actually like Monday's for the most part!) so we are going to hit up Old Navy and Gap for some sales! YAY.

I just have to share these pictures of Harper I took the other day while we were playing outside in her cute little baby pool. It was about a hundred degrees this day so I ran to Walmart and picked up this pool for like five dollars!!! I then couldn't resist this tutu swimsuit for like nine dollars and matching hat for about four bucks. SCORE. I am so glad I got this hat because she usually HATES wearing them but since this one had the strap she couldn't take it off! Loves it! She tried many times but no such luck princess. ;)

I hope everyone has a fantastic week!!!

Daddy's Birthday + Mommy's First Mother's Day!

We had a lot of celebrating this weekend!

It was Nick's birthday on Saturday but unfortunately he had to work all day so Harper and I took a little photo shoot for him with some sidewalk chalk and we made him a little goody bucket with gum, chap stick, candy, beer bottle ice cube tray, and energy drinks. All of his favorite things and of course all from Target! Harper, Grandma, and I did a little shopping in honor of his bday.. hehe!

She loves her Daddy!

My glamour girl.

It was also my first official Mother's Day. Nick had to work again so it kind of sucked not being with him but Harper and I hung out all day together. We took naps together, we went to the park with Grandma and Grandpa and we pretty much just had a great day together (which is everyday). My Mother's Day present is finally getting some family pictures taken of the three of us! It might not seem like much, but to Me, gifts are irrelevant. Yes they are nice and they make you feel special for five minutes but when I really think about it, (this might sound cheesy and cliche but its exactly how I feel) I am so incredibly blessed to have Harper as my daughter. She is healthy, beautiful, smart, sweet, and just pretty much the most perfect gift Nick could have ever given Me. I love her so  much it hurts and I love being her Mommy. I have wanted to be a Mommy literally my whole life. As a child I was into baby dolls like no ones business!  I had every baby doll,  clothes, strollers, I even saved my money and bought a real infant car seat at Target when I was like 8. (It was like 20$ dollars at the time. I cant believe they are now like $200.) I have just always had this feeling in me that I was just meant to be a Mom. I truly feel like I have found my calling and my life purpose. Being a Mommy is a million times better than I could have ever imagined, and not to mention a million times harder than I could have ever imagined but it is so worth it!! I hope all my Mommy friends had a fabulous Mother's Day! You are all amazing Momma's and I am so grateful to have you as my friends!

bathtime

Harper and her babies.She loves dolls already and I'm melting!

Giving her baby a kiss.

It's not a perfect day for me until my girl is in a tutu ;)

The puppies got tired on our walk so they had to hitch a ride with little miss!

Happy Birthday Glamma + {Beauty} Pretty Lips!

In honor of my beautiful Mom's birthday I decided to do my beauty Wednesday post on my favorite lippies's.

My Mom loves a lipcolor! Especially reds and she rocks it! She has been wearing a red lip for my whole life, not just because it is "in". She's just cool like that though ;) I always remember her buying me lip gloss all the time on our weekend shopping spree's when I was growing up. (Mom, can we bring those back...?) She would always need her favorite color, Lancome Raisin about once a month so of course I always needed a Juicy Tube or whatever the newest gloss that had out. Lets just say, my lip gloss was poppin. ;)

(HA. I know cheesy but how can you not say that line in a post about lip colors.) Funny story. One time, My  Mom and I were traveling and her purse needed to be searched by TSA at the airport. They dug out, I'm not even kidding, EIGHT different lip sticks, lip glosses, lip whatevers in the same damn color!! Literally, every single one of them was of a wine, Merlot looking color. It was so embarrassing!! Oh, they eventually found a pair of nail clippers or something that she couldn't take, HA. Good thing it wasn't one of her EIGHT damn lippie's... (eye roll.) Actually I just remembered that this last weekend she was wearing a jacket she hasn't worn in awhile and she reached in the pocket and goes, "what's this?" She pulls out a red lip gloss that my sister had bought her on a little shopping trip when we were in Texas live nine months ago. She's cray I tell ya. I love her so much though and I am so happy that she is my Momma. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MOM AND GRANDMA INSIDE AND OUT!! Now go put on some lipstick! 

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 Maybelline Baby Lips is one of the most amazing lip products ever! So soft and smooth with a hint of color.

 Lancome Juicy Tubes are a really great lip gloss. They have super glossy and super sparkly shades of every color to choose from. The perfect everyday gloss.

Revlon Lustrous Lipstick is a super cheap great lipstick! It stays on for more than 5 minutes even with eating and drinking. Score!

Liplicious Lip gloss smells like heaven. Of course it does, it's from Bath and BodyWork's. These smell good enough to eat and have a slight color to them so choose your flavor/color wisely! 

 Lancome Color Fever Gloss. My ultimate lip gloss obsession. A million colors to choose from, super silky not sticky at all, and so so pretty! They have every color from super sparkly to just glossy smooth colors. (I would  recommend purchasing this gloss at your local Lancome counter so you can see all the beautiful colors. The Internet does not do it justice.) LOVE!

Harper loves her Glamma :)

Grandma starting H young on the yoga!

Love these two.

Weekend.

Oh weekend you come and go a little too fast for my liking...
 I use to not even think twice about weekends because I was home 24/7 anyways so it was just another day for me but now that I'm "working" the weekends have a new meaning to me. I now have Saturday, Sunday, and Monday to get stuff done, hangout, be lazy, go on endless target trips, and just have a weekend! I feel like Nick and I haven't seen each other though because our schedules are totally opposite but I guess that's what growing up is about... Wah. This weekend we went to Target like three times. Go figure! We went out to dinner with Grandma and Grandpa. Go figure, and watched the Kentucky Derby. (On my bucket list one day to attend.) Sunday, did nothing but Tar jay. Today I finally folded three loads of laundry, cleaned the kitchen, and showered! It's a miracle! We also went outside and had a mini photo shoot with Harper's new chair that I am absolutely obsessed with! It was so beautiful out today (finally) that we even took the dogs for a walk to the park with Grandma and then had a photo op with her on the deck. Tomorrow starts another busy week but I will be looking forward to it and another weekend to come! I hope you had a great weekend!!

I think she loves her chair!

Toy shopping at Toys R Us with Grandpa.

Target trip.

Big girl bath. No more baby tub!

Beautiful day to sit in my chair outside! ;)

Trying to avoid the grass. lol. Too funny.

My baby is so grown up :(

Harper and Grandma. Too sweet.

My baby is almost one... {First Birthday Party Planning}

All images via Pinterest

Harper's first birthday is 52 days away and I am stressed!! Who knew planning a first birthday would be more work than actually birthing the little babe ;) Don't worry though, her whole party is planned on Pinterest just not in real life... As is my dream life but whatevs. Her party theme is pink ombré with gold, gold glitter and of course some crowns and tutus thrown in. Too much? Never for my Princess! Most of it will be DIY since I am definitely on a budget. (I'm pretty sure Nick thinks I'm absolutely crazy (even more crazy than I already am) for having this party planned in my head for months now.) I am also planning a cake smash photo shoot but I'm also going to be doing that myself to save some money for the good stuff, Presents!!!! :) 

I am still trying to decide where to have it. I'm not sure if we should just do it at my parents house or go to a party room. I really want to have it at a brewery close to or house (lol, don't judge, it's a restaurant too) because they have an upstairs with party rooms and I think it would be so much easier to be able to setup and decorate there and then just order some appetizers and people can order beer or whatever else because it will be mainly adults anyways. If we have it at the house we have to worry about preparing food, drinks, and not to mention my parents house is beautiful but doesn't really fit my vision for pink ombré cuteness ;) I need a blank slate for all my decorating plans. And let's be honest, this party is really for Me; Us; She won't even know what is going on! Bring on the beer and princess attire!

I can't believe this beauty is almost 1!

Momma got a new camera, oh JOY.

Hello Beauties!

Yep, I missed beauty Wednesday... 

It is exhausting taking care of two babies and my baby fever has suddenly disappeared, which is probably a very good thing. hehe. I absolutely love being with my Harper girl all day long AND watching a new sweet baby. It is so awesome and I am so happy that I am able to do this right now!

But... I did get a very nice present from my Daddy this week... drum roll please....

A big girl camera!!!!! You don't even know how excited I am about this! OK you might now but I am over the moon. Ever since having Harper and doing my little mini photo shoots with my iPhone, I have been obsessed with photography. I  would study about DSLR's before I even had one so that when I got one I would know what I was doing. My Dad is really into electronics and always sends me the most amazing gifts. Laptops, my iPad mini, and now my newest baby, my Canon Rebel T3. I have been going picture crazy the last few days trying to get my settings perfect and just playing with it. Harper loves it though so it works out perfectly! ;) Look out for crazy amounts of photo shoots now!!!

I hope everyone has had a great week! TGTF (thank god tomorrow's Friday)!!

I feel like an official blogger now ;)

Mom, no more posing me with the dogs in tutus and bows... LOL. She loves it!

My fur baby Bella is so cute!

My most favorite model, Harper J.