Gift Guide : For a one year old boy...

My little love bug is almost one. I cannot even believe it! As any new mom knows the first year is so special in so many ways, his little life has already proven to bring loads of joy to so many...

Birthmother's day.

This past Sunday was both my birthday and Mother's day. Double whammy. Stone really went above and beyond... the entire day I felt so special and enjoyed every second of hanging with my little fam....

Enjoy this...

Husband does this thing where he falls in love with a song and then it plays on repeat in our house for days and days. Well currently, this is the song. Good thing we share similar taste in music...

Three things...

If you know me, or have even read this blog for a while, you know that I love my birthday :) In fact, if I had it my way we would be celebrating all month long... which means, today we need to...

This weekend...

... was absolutely wild. I had the joy of being a bridesmaid in one of my best friends' weddings in Dallas this past weekend. It is so fun to get to know the men that your friends marry and the...

Food to love...

One of my 'go to' recipes lately has been veggies (broccoli, carrot, cauliflower, squash, zucchini, etc) over rice with either grilled chicken or tofu. Then add a happy helping of peanut sauce and...

This weekend...

Whoops! Monday got away from me and I did not make it around to blogging. This weekend was a mixture of awesome and not so awesome... Awesome because we were able to celebrate our good friends...

Losing the baby weight!

First thing is first... I don't work out... false advertising :) But, I would like to (need to) get with the program! The game changer actually just happened yesterday. I am in a wedding next...

Our home : Backyard

^^ Before Our little family has officially lived in our home for a year now. It is crazy how fast that time went! When we purchased this home it was one of 4 that we could afford in Encinitas, so...

Becoming a butterfly.

May grey just might have decided to come a bit early this year, as our weekend was quite cold and gloomy. We spent most of it hunkered down indoors watching movies, baking banana bread, and...

Camp Crandall

Last week we were so lucky to have Stone's parents come and visit us! I cannot imagine how amazing it would be to have grandparents that live close, that is one of the saddest things to me about...

Food to love : Breakfast sweets!

I posted a photo of these homemade doughnuts a while back to my Instagram and I got a few comments like 'super mom!' and 'where do you find the time to do that?'... while I will let you believe all...

Tuesday tunes : Stella Sisters

First thing is first... do you watch Nashville? If you don't, do yourself a favor and get hooked! Love it so much. But then again, husband and I are both huge country music fans. Either way there...

Look of the week : A mom's kind of shoe.

Lately I have been taking my cues from Jessica Alba... girl knows how to dress comfy without sacrificing style! It is Spring so I have been dreaming of new items for my closet (as I do every year...

Easter.

Easter Sunday was full of good things. Stone's parents arrived late the night before from Colorado, just in time to make it to sunrise service with our church on the beach. It is one of my favorite...

Simple Spring

I am confident that since becoming a mother my needs have become way more simple. Perhaps it is because all of the sudden you are not so selfish anymore, I don't mean to sound harsh, but before...

A bit from the weekend...

Our weekend was a pretty lazy one... the best kind! Lately, in order to go on dates and not have to pay for a nanny we have been doing date swaps with friends! It is pretty great, we dropped Knox...

.

A little T Swift for your friday... only the best to start the weekend off ;) xo

Lets try this again...

So my grand plans of continuing blogging post-baby have crashed and burned... until now... hopefully :) The truth is that I love blogging. I love having a place where I can share thoughts, be...

All I want for Christmas...

Love Jimmy Fallon always... This was just too good not to share! It is just beginning to feel a lot like Christmas! The temperature in our little town will not be above 62 this week, which is so...

Holiday Gift Guide no.1

Target does it again. This time teaming with various designers from Neiman Marcus like Thom Browne, Alice + Olivia, and Tracy Reece. Just in time for Christmas shopping too :) All of these goodies...

Another season complete...

(Photo shot from Ston'e iPhone) This weekend marked the end of our wedding season! Oofta. Stone and I drove to Santa Barbara for the final hoorah and it was the perfect wedding to wrap this season...

Halloween.

I think this year may top my favorite Halloween of my adult life. Adult meaning post-college ;) Our little neighborhood is just a dream... for real! Sometimes I have to pinch myself because I...

Tuesday tunes.

A few weeks ago Stone snagged us last minute concert tickets to see Ben Howard at a venue right by our house! If you have followed my blog for any amount of time I am sure you have seen the...

It's the most wonderful time of the year...

Okay, so I may be jumping the gun with this one... but, I have to say the mornings and nights here are pretty chilly, even if our forecast says that next week we are going to be back up in the 90s...

Tuesday tunes : higher love

Loving this tune today and I hope you do too. Happy Tuesday y'all! xo.

Hello.

I cannot tell you how much I have longed for this day to be here. I have missed blogging so much. It is strange, I never really realized how much this little blog has meant for me to have until I...

Loving lately...

Hope you all have had a wonderful week! Okay, so since we last talked (over a month ago) I have discovered some new favorites that I thought I would share with you. First of all, if you find...

Knox :: One month

It has officially been one month since our little guy was born! I am already getting teary thinking of how fast it is all going to go. We are just totally in love. I never thought I would be the...

Our little guy has arrived...