Tip Toe Twins

Last week while we were out and about school shopping, we headed to the Premium Outlet Center in Houston.  When ever I shop there I always make a stop at the Tory Burch store to see if I can score some cute shoes on a discount.  This go around I found a beautiful pair of tan ballet flats with a black patent toe.  I snatched them up immediately and was on a shopping high when I left the store.

To make this purchase even better, the next day we were in Gap Kids and I spied a pair of black toe ballet flats for my 4 year old.  Of course I could not resist the purchase since they looked just like mine and like my daughter would say we were twinsies! 

First Day of School Style

Today was a big day in our house.  My daughter started PreK and did an awesome job at drop off.  She was very brave, not one bit scared and eager to learn.

She also put a lot of thought into her first of school outfit.  As you can see she was feeling sassy! 

A little Monday Runway pose for you.

Here is the sweet smile I saw all morning long.




Making our way to school.  The bag is as big as she is.




This is her "come on mom" look.  She was done with the photos and ready to head out.

Make a wish!

Yesterday was my husband's birthday and we had a casual dinner at home just the four of us.  It's a tradition with our family that we bake a cake for each other and this year we made a chocolate fudge cake with chocolate icing.  It was delicious. 

Check out the action pic below.  The baby's face cracks me up. 

Mom's One Line a Day: A Five-Year Memory Book

Found this precious memory book for mothers. I love the idea of writing a simple one line a day journal entry to archive precious moments between you and your children. I've never been one to keep a journal, but a simple one line entry I can do.

I am In The Mood for Fall

I am so ready for fall. I am over the severe drought situation we have in Houston. I want to enjoy the outdoors again, not just run from indoors to the car to avoid the 100+ plus temperatures.

To fuel my dreams for cooler days a JCrack (JCrew) catalogue showed up in my mail.  I think I need to add these to my fall wardrobe.

First up, the Cece Flat from JCrew.

 

 

 

To what do my wandering eyes appear...

but a beautiful Amanda Talley pillow. That's right friends, you heard me; made out of her beautiful printed fabric. The hubby watched the girls today so I could have a productive Sunday afternoon that included visiting a few of my favorite shopping spots.

I was leisurely perusing MAI in Houston when my eyes landed on a beautiful Amanda Talley lumbar pillow. I have read about her new fabric line, but never seen it in person and let's just say I was aw struck. The fabric is so beautiful in person no photo does it justice.

The screen printing is so beautiful and saturated with color it looks like a real painting. Had it not been for the $300 price tag it would have come home with me immediately. Sigh...oh well, it was worth the 5 minute rendezvous we shared in the aisle of MAI.

And Baby Makes Four

Hello friends! Well it was a rough road getting here but we are finally home and I'd like you all to meet our little Sloane Sidney she is the sweetest baby and we all feel so blessed to have her. Big sister is of course crazy excited and super inquisitive.

As I said above, it was a rough road getting to this point because I had to stay a week in the hospital due to C-section complications. Sloane was healthy and strong but I on the other hand had to have a second surgery and two blood transfusions. That's just the tip of iceberg too, but I won't bore you with hospital details.

In other updates, Sloane immediately slept through the night and we are very, very grateful. I am on the mend and love my belly bandit. It’s my new post surgery BFF. My personal review; it's a definite mommy-must-have for C-sections. It actually helps with the incision healing and my doctor recommended it too. As far as firmer tummy results, it has helped with the "jelly belly" feel which I don't have this time around. Don't expect over night results the product does recommend 6 weeks of wear for best results.

And Lastly the hubby really out did himself this time. For the birth of our daughter and our 10 year anniversary he surprised me with this.

Let's just say mommy was very happy ;)