WHW: Fav Things

Hey ya'll and happy What's Hap-"Pinning" Wednesday! Today I'm sharing some of my favorite things lately that are Spring-y! The weather is FINALLY warming up (except hello...let's have SPRING not summer right away..geez VA) Wedding and event season is upon us as well so I love browsing new dresses and sites like Rent the Runway. So far we have two weddings this summer and also two this winter. Speaking of weddings, my bestie from college and also my bridesmaid just got engaged over the weekend and we are pumped! She is a former Miss Virginia and we'll be attending Miss VA come June together so let the wedding planning begin! She's thinking New Years Eve! How fun and glamorous will that be? Anyway, check out these cute favs and join in below to share what's hap-pinning in your life!

CONGRATS HK!!!

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Weekending

Hey ya'll and happy start to a new week! As usual, I don't mind Monday's. For one, my Kelly & Michael/Today Show schedule is back as well as Bravo's lineup of Southern Charm and RHOD (my first real housewives experience! haha) Wow, it really sounds like I live for reality TV huh? (and wine, let's not forget that) Anyway, Friday night we had so much fun at our friend's gender reveal party. They are our closest neighbors too from our house so when we found out it was a boy we immediately envisioned him sneaking over to see Andi "through the pines". Oh boy! They decided to shoot at a target that blew up the color blue to reveal the gender. The different ways to do gender announcements are seriously the coolest. I didn't have enough self control to leave the office without knowing when we went so more power to them!

Saturday, instead of heading to the bay, we attended the annual wine festival here with another couple and had SO much fun! The weather was absolutely perfect and we visited a ton of vendors/wineries that are all local! We grabbed Mexican afterwards and then unfortunately, Hubs got called to work and didn't get back until this morning. Since he was gone, Andi and I packed up and stayed the night with my parents. It was a fun change of scenery but Lord knows I should've stayed and cleaned this house before all the babes arrived this morning! Whew ya'll...the vacuum will be singing to me later on this evening I'm sure. Last night I had a few orders for bows come in and thankfully finished those while Andi was sleeping. They are ready to ship out so thank ya'll so much for your orders! Speaking of, don't forget to enter the bows and more giveaway I have running with a fellow blogger - visit this post for info on how to enter! (3 days left!) 

I hope ya'll had a fabulous weekend and if you're in the VA area, I hope you're ready for some warmer temps! Linking up with Biana & Meghan for Weekending

Friday 5 + Giveaway!

Hey ya'll and happy Friday! Today is exciting (not only bc it is Friday and I'll have 2 less kiddos all weekend, whew) but because I've teamed up with Melissa from Loving Life Moore to bring ya'll a fabulous giveaway for any special baby/kiddo in your life! She has the cutest Etsy shop, Black River Boutique, which you can check out by clicking here and of course I have my little side business Jessi's Design Bows. As work-at-home mamas, we pride ourselves in making products for the modern mama and the trendiest of littles.  I"m so happy to be partnering with a fellow Mama with a small business and cheers to girl boss status am I right? Thank ya'll so much for your continued support with Jessi's Design Bows! So, what can you win?

From Jessi’s Design Bows: Win a Spring Package of 4 (even if you have a boy – these are great shower gifts!)

From Black River Boutique: Your pick of ANY product currently live in the shop!

This giveaway will run from today April 15, 2016 through April 22, 2016 (ends midnight 12 AM EST) and is open to all US residents! We’ll pick one lucky winner via Rafflecopter and send your prize out!

What are you waiting for? Good luck!

Linking up with the usual gang of lovely ladies today: April from A. Liz Adventures, Amanda over at Meet @ the Barre , Karli with September Farm. and Andrea from Momfessionals for Friday 5 and Friday Favorites. Join in!

Cheers to the weekend ya'll & good luck! We're heading to a gender reveal party tonight where you are supposed to wear pink or blue to show your vote - with that said, I need to decide on a pink or blue outfit for Miss A and myself. If we do both, we'll be 50/50! (haha) That works right? Hubby can be the tie-breaker. Other than that, we're either heading to the bay or trying a new church around here on Sunday. I'm still asking for prayers that we soon find a great church family. See ya'll back here on Monday!

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WHW: Trendy

Hey ya'll and happy What's Hap-'Pinning' Wednesday! Now that the candles are blown out and the tears are all wiped away from the reality of my baby turning one, we can get back to normal right? Right. How's the in-home childcare going you ask? Well, I'm alive still and go to bed unusually early and wake up unusually early. Basically I'm a non-showered zombie but let's move on.

I'm LOVING that everywhere I go I'm seeing the trendy pineapple craze in full force. I've always loved vintage pineapples around my home and any that are gold especially - in the South, the pineapple is a symbol of welcome-ness and hospitality (I know, not a word, but they were used back then like a welcome mat now) Hobby-Lobby has been killing it with pineapple decor and accessories and I've recently picked up a little gold accent one and a pretty gold foil print for the kitchen. There are so many great pineapple finds on Pinterest and here are some of my favs lately. Link up with Jenn or myself below and let us know what's happening in your life! Enjoy your day and thank you all for the birthday shout outs for Miss A yesterday - ya'll seriously rock!

Happy Birthday Andi

Miss A is ONE... today, at 6:04pm, one year ago, our lives changed forever. (read her birth story here) I never knew in my wildest dreams how much I could love another soul. She is the light in my life and the reason I live to make the world a better place for her. Ob-sessed is probably an understatement (haha) As I sit here staring at the monitor with her little thumb in her mouth and her other hand playing with her own hair, I realize my baby is now a toddler. She's longer, funny, beautiful and so animated. She gives so much love and kisses and her heart is so full of wonder and kindness. Her attitude is definitely from me and she knows exactly what she wants. When she looks at me, I melt. When she smiles at me, I melt. I am in sheer awe of everything about her. God has blessed us so deeply and I will forever be grateful. Thank you Miss A for making our lives whole. We love you baby girl!

Happy 1st Birthday Anderson Greer! - ps her party was absolute ah-mazing! Thank ya'll so much for the calls, texts and gifts! The entire day was so special!

WHW: Hot Mess

Ya'lllllllllllllll .. today is day 3 of in-home childcare and the only silver lining in this is that I said day 3...meaning I've survived 2 previous days. Ok, maybe I'm being a tad dramatic but this has definitely been an adjustment. Day 1 I only had one extra 7 month old but yesterday I had the whole sh-bang. A 2 year old boy, a 3 month old girl and a 7 month old girl plus Miss A. Whew ya'll, I was ready to pour that wine which ya'll saw if you follow me on snapchat. I'll only have the 2 year old once a week, the rest of the time it's just us girls. My hubby even took a vacation day to stay with me, bless his heart, and he'll actually be home the rest of the week the way it worked out - thank heavens! Keep those prayers coming my way!

This week I'm excited that Southern Charm started back up on Bravo AND that Patricia, the Southern Belle of Charleston herself, favorited one of my tweets. Does that show make ya'll crave a Charleston trip as much as it does with me? Ah take me there tomorrow pa-lease! Also, the signs of Spring around here are really getting me excited (despite the random freezing temps we had last night...) My hostas are popping up everywhere and the wisteria in my backyard is beautiful and fragrant despite its terrible evasiveness. I just love it! Hubby just cut the grass too and everything looks so fabulous! We are about to pull the trigger on new siding and once that's done my outdoor furniture is coming out in full swing!

Anyway, other than major prepping for Miss A's big FIRST birthday celebration on Saturday, we've just been running around like crazy people with lots of coffee and lots of wine. Cheers to that am I right? Grab our button and link up below to let us know what's hap-pinning in your life!

ps - a friend of our family's daughter was competing in a local pageant and took the crown! We basically call them cousins, you know, the ones you grew up with and vacay with so basically they're family? Love them! She looks stunning and I loved being there to support her. I had no doubt that crown would be hers! This really got me pumped for Andi's first pageant and for the fact that I'm attending Miss Virginia for the first time since 2007 this year! Woot woot - bring it on!

Friday 5

Hey ya'll and happy Friday! This week has literally gone by in a flash! I'm literally so nervous to start my new venture on Monday (if everyone agrees to my contract. I'm still waiting actually) I'm going to still try and leave the house each day this weekend but also spend as much time one on one with Miss A that I can. There's a pageant this weekend we may attend and then I really need to squeeze in a Costco trip to stock up and snag some goodies for Miss A's birthday NEXT week. Where the heck has the time gone ya'll? Ahh! Anyway, here are some of my favorite things from this week. linking up today with April from A. Liz Adventures, Amanda over at Meet @ the Barre , Karli with September Farm. and Andrea from Momfessionals for Friday 5 and Friday Favorites. Join in!

                                          

1. Ok, ya'll know how much I love to live tweet my favorite shows (when I'm in the mood) and how Twitter is literally the easiest ways to interact with your fav celebs, etc. (remember Chris Harrison talking with me last year during the bachelor? Yea we're besties .... haha) Well I'm obsessed with The Chrisley's and their show Chrisley Knows Best on USA. He is my parenting spirit animal. He's favorited 2 of my tweets before but Tuesday night I got favorites and 2 retweets from Todd and Julie. I'm such a dork but it totally made my evening!

2. Favorite Funny

3. My new Squad Goals

4. Favorite score this week: My new pineapple indoor/outdoor tablecloth from Home Goods!

5. Jessi's Design Bows has lots of new Spring styles! Let me know if you'd like to purchase any of these sweet bows. They're all on line alligator clips and they are $5 each or 2 for $8!