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Friday Faves, Miracle edition!!!

Hey Friends,

What are you up to this weekend? We have family pics this weekend. If you happen to be styling some little gents of your own check out my recent post about creative and cute ways to dress your sweet boys for family pics!

Well, the bad news is yesterday I lost a dear friend… my voice… the good news is everyone else in the fam has recovered! But fortunately I don’t need strong vocals to share with you some Friday Faves!!!

Love: This incredible testimony about a sweet boy who was healed from cancer miraculously! If you listen to one thing today- let it be this!!!!!

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5 ways to Dress Boys for Family Photos

This weekend we have family pictures as I was getting our outfits together today. I realized a few things.

1. I am a total nerd and really like planning out outfits for our annual family pics. This morning I realized why this was, as I bit my lip to restrain myself from saying, “you don’t match, go and change” to my 4 year old whose favorite shirt happens to be a threadbare neon tie dye tee-shirt which he emphatically explains to me DOES match his brightly colored plaid shorts because… “look mom they both have all the colors!!!” It’s in these moments when I glance down at my own glamorous ensemble of yoga pants & baggy tee-shirt covered in… whatever round of projectile bodily fluid roulette I lost that morning… READ MORE

Friday Faves… it actually feels like Fall!

Well… it has really started to feel like fall around here!!! 🍁🍃🍂And in the words of Caden yesterday morning…”it’s soooo cold, I think it’s going to ice”❄️❄️❄️. Caden then proceeded to put on sweats, a long sleeve shirt and tell me he needed a jacket… ya know… highs we’re going to be in the low 70’s… so maybe the jacket request was a bit extreme🤣. But he’s a #texaskid so he’s not acclimated to frigid temps like these💨😂. So the first of my Friday Faves is in honor of our tease of a fall….

LIKE: Cooler temps, Camo joggers and Coffee… ‘nuff said😘💨☕️

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Today you are 4….

A special shout out to one of my fave writers Melanie Shankle for this idea- if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery- than consider yourself sincerely flattered😘

My sweet Caden Bacon… today you are four. Your life from the very moment we knew about you has held a special joy. You were a baby long prayed for, believed for, after losing your 2 older siblings too soon. You’re our rainbow baby🌈. And like the brilliance of a rainbow after a storm, 🌦your life is a sign of the goodness and faithfulness of God to keep His promises even when life had threatened to toss us forever with a flood of tears and sorrows. 💦🌊

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4 Friday Faves… the mourning and rejoicing edition

It’s been a rough week here, our Bengal cat Jaxson, unexpectedly died…Jaxson was Rene’s cat before we even got married so he really was like part of the family. He was the most social and adventurous cat, ever. He was so patient with all the toddlers who would chase him and pull his tail… I think he secretly liked all the fanfare and adoration he received from the toddler paparazzi because he would always lay himself down in front of the kids. He was also the smartest cat – Rene had trained him to do tricks and he had even figured out how to open doors!

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5 Ways to give Your Toddler a Screen Free Quiet Time

Well… it happened, my first child gave up their nap… I went through all the stages of grief… denial, anger, sadness… the sting of what I’ve lost still feels painful everyday around 1 pm. Fortunately I have these amazing Mommas I know who are a few years ahead of me in their Momma roles that I frequently send SOS texts too… such as “my potty training isn’t going so well… because my “trainee” keeps throwing the Elmo potty at my head! HELP!!!!” READ MORE

Four Friday Faves… the rainy week edition

Hey Friends!

Is it really almost Friday? September so far has been crazy busy… anyone elses’? It’s always around this time of year… I start wondering if I am actually an introvert… because there are so many beginnings and meetings and new happinins’ …. so maybe that’s not a word…. but I start feeling like… this….

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Dear Momma, with Post Partum Depression & Anxiety, you are NOT ALONE!

Dear Momma,

Can I be honest, I didn’t really want to write this post… mostly because it is hard to remember something you would rather forget, like my struggle with Post partum Depression and Anxiety. But I am writing it because I read yesterday that another precious Momma has ended her life because of PPD. And it truly breaks my heart. I am writing, because my prayer is for one person to read this and know they are not alone, and find the courage and strength to tell someone they need help and to keep telling someone they need help until you get the help you need.

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4 Friday Fall Faves!!!!

Well, Fall is in full force around here- and by that I mean, I mentally tell myself to ignore the sweat bath that greets me if I step a toe outside and surround myself with all things pumpkin and live my best #falllife regardless of the thermometer… it’s amazing how good I am at ignoring reality sometimes…

In the spirit of ignoring reality… I am going to start my 4 Fall Friday Faves with the definite highlight of the week!!!

My Four Friday Faves always include: Something from the past week I LOVE, LIKE, am LINGERING over and made me LAUGH! I would love to hear a highlight from your week, in the comments below!

LINGER: we made our first batch of pumpkin chocolate chip cookies this week… and oh my fall heart and stomach exploded with joy…

I can’t explain it but these cookies have magical powers… every year I always choose to make these cookies when I am having a bad day and feeling snappy because we are entering our fifth month of 100 degree weather… and every time I make these cookies, the world becomes a wonderful, wonderful place… now this isn’t some secret family recipe because this isn’t and #sorrynotsorry will never be a cooking blog because I lack serious skills in that area… but I am really good at googling the top recipes for cookies and making them… we all have our strengths…😘

But here’s the link to the world’s best pumpkin chocolate chip cookies!!! Note: they refrigerate well and will last for several days that way…. not that you will probably need that tip, unless you have a much greater amount of self control than I do around the Best Fall Treat… ever!

LOVE: I loved getting away to Starbucks this weekend BY MYSELF🙌🏻🙌🏻. For the longest chunk of time I have had without any of my children since Zeke was born to work on my ROLES and GOALS for the fall semester… I won’t go into details here because you can just CHECK OUT the blog post about it where I offer a FREE PRINTABLE to help you prioritize and achieve your goals this Fall! I left feeling excited for what God has for this semester… and honestly a little nervous, because I feel like He is asking me to do more than I can accomplish in my own strength! But that’s a good place to be, because I know He will have to be the One who does it!

LIKE: One of my goals for this fall season is to work out 4 times a week. I went for a run this week and wow… let’s just say, I really liked it… when it was over😂. That first run post baby is always an interesting experience where I basically realize my organs have been re-arranged and I need to make myself run in a straight line.. oh and not pass out when it feels like 97 degrees… so hey… I did it… I may have had to stop and walk like 3 times… but Rome wasn’t built in a day… and neither will my stamina or my abs… speaking of abs, I found this great post partum abs work out on you tube, if you recently had a baby and your search for your abs feels like a very difficult Where’s Waldo book…this one might be for you.

LAUGH: ok these memes really have nothing to do with fall… except it’s fall and I have a newborn so there’s that really strong correlation there…

Alrighty friends, that wraps up this 4 Friday Faves welcome to Fall edition…even though it’s 90 degrees and to wear a scarf would be considered a death wish. I hope y’all are living your best fall life regardless of your weather! What are your favorite parts of Fall?

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