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Hi there. All good here. The baby count down has officially begun with only 3 weeks, 2 days left. Considering I already have 2 little guys, you would think this should be a piece of cake for me. Nope. Not. At. All. The panic is starting to set in because I feel like I haven't been in baby mode in so long. Will I be fine? I'm sure I will be, but stiiiiiiiilllll. Time to get my game face on. So, while I am still walking around (barely) and not in the midst of sleep deprivation and diapers, I shall post a few updates that I have neglectfully forgotten to share. So a while ago, I was dealing with a conundrum. I was trying to recreate the lounge/sun room off our kitchen area, but with a more contemporary feel. Read { here } to refresh your memory. The sun room while the previous owners lived in our house: When we first moved in it looked like this (omg Hayden looks so little here): Then we graduated to this: and for a ...

Hi there lovies. I guess I'm going into nesting mode early because I've been set to cray cray mode for getting the house in order. We moved the boys into a different room and got them bunk beds, so I'm working on the decor of that room {pictures coming soon}. I also wanted to get the patio around the pool set up, so that we could enjoy the area with friends and family ALL summer long. Before buying the furniture, I decided on a color palette (slightly backwards, but picking colors is a lot less difficult than figuring out a furniture configuration that works best for your space). I had to choose something because we were ordering umbrellas and I had to pick the colors. I was deciding between this gorgeous color:   and the classic color of navy: The navy ended up winning out because I couldn't find chaise lounge cushions in the turquoisey-teal color. After measuring the space where we wanted to put the sitting area and measuring...

This past weekend we decided to have a few friends over for a little pool party. The boys got into their swimsuits as soon as they woke up. All the food was prepped and I got out all of my outdoor dining gear. Assortment of melamine tableware from Home Goods, Target, One Kings Lane and the sadly defunct Fortunoff I put the sunscreen into this cute little bucket I got from One Kings Lane .  I still hadn't gotten around to planting the annuals in their usual spot around the driveway.  I couldn't have people over to the house without finishing that up. Let's just say this big belly of mine is making it hard to do a lot of gardening this summer. So, I enlisted some help: While Tristan was helping with the planting, Hayden helped by taking over my phone to document the process: More importantly, he had to take a TON of selfies while we were toiling away . ...

Date night. Black tie firm function at the Museum of Natural History. It was a priceless experience. It was so cool having cocktails by these dinosaurs and having dinner under this amazing blue whale . Epic. A little spring time action. One of the blooming cherry trees in our backyard. The pool is open.  It is still too cold to go swimming and the water is a swamp. We opened it a little early to make sure that it was good and ready for Memorial Day weekend. Good weather gods please shine down upon us. Don't you remember how our pool was finished just in time for the end of the summer last year? No? Take a look { here }.  Of course, all of this talk of pools and summer had me going ga-ga this week making sure that I was well prepared for the many, many guests I am planning on having this summer. Yes, please invite yourself over. We will be poolside all summer. I am making up for last summe...