project 52: week twelve

March 26th, 2012 · Debbie · project 52 One comment

family is…celebrating milestones

well, I’m a little late on this post which was supposed to be posted on Friday but you’ll forgive me, right? Lots of things happened last week. My allergies kicked in, I had some blood drawn for a dr’s appointment, my lens was delivered to the wrong house, my son was on Spring Break and we had a broken dryer! All of this left me feeling pretty run down last week – and with no lens I wasn’t able to post a pic.

We decided to end the crazy week on a good note and invited one of Gracen’s little friends over for a sleepover. Well, actually chuck-e-cheese and a sleepover! This was exciting because this was both boys first little sleepover and they were so excited! We actually weren’t sure if they would succesfully fall asleep in the same room but we kept them up kind of late and after a story, they were out!

We have entered a new stage with Gracen almost turning 5, he’s growing so fast now and celebrating all these ‘firsts’ are quickly passing us by. I was joking with a friend today that it’s getting so hard to talk about him now because he catches on to everything we’re saying (and usually repeats it back to us at the most inopportune times!). I do have to say that celebrating the little things is definitely not my strong suit but as our kids grow I really want to get better at keeping track of all these little milestones.

*week one*week two*week three*week four*week five*week six*week seven*week eight*week nine
*week ten*week eleven*

//inspiration for project 52 came from styleberry blog//

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maternity jeans

March 21st, 2012 · Debbie · mama style, mama style, pregnancy One comment

I posted here and here about my lack of maternity wear. And I’ve got to admit it, around 28 weeks I started to feel really uncomfortable with still wearing regular jeans and a belly band. I got into a little bit of a style rut and was overall just not feeling good about myself. I’m not one of those women who sail their way through pregnancy glowing. I feel big and uncomfortable and my skin breaks out like a teenage boy – it’s just not pretty, so I tend to struggle with feeling that way while pregnant.

I posted about some maternity style options here and finally got to the point that I couldn’t take it anymore – I had to get something comfortable to wear! GAP maternity jeans came highly recommended but the price tag was not desirable, then I found a pair of maternity skinny jeans on sale and had a 40% off coupon for them – it was a no brainer! Because I’m so short {5’4″) I decided to get the ‘ankle’ length, and they fit perfectly! What was amazing about this purchase was how much of an impact it made on me – it’s amazing what a simple pair of jeans can do to your confidence! I immediately felt more comfortable and at ease, having to constantly pull up my regular jeans and fix my belly band was exhausting! I would highly recommend to any pregnant women out there to invest in a good pair of maternity jeans that you actually feel comfortable in – it will make the world of difference I promise!

maternity jeans – GAP//shirt and oxfords – target