Inspiration Monday - Progress

Hey friends!  Happy Monday!  Did you all have a good weekend?  We got a lot done at our house, the baby's room is coming along nicely - we even got the crib set up!  No decorations yet, but we'll get there! And well the rest of the house looks like the spare bedroom threw up all over it, but we have some organized chaos and plans on where we'll be storing a lot of items now.  One step at a time right?

So it's Inspiration Monday and for whatever reason I couldn't get the photo from two birds to load and save on my computer at all, so I don't have the model picture - it's Julianne Hough and well, my outfit is a "if you blink" inspired look anyway.  Check out two birds and you'll see what I mean.  Oh well, I'm pregnant darn it and that's just going to be my excuse today.  I must say, I do like Julianne Hough even if I only just got into Dancing with the Stars this year and she isn't on it anymore.  

Shirt - Ann Taylor, from cousin

Blazer - F21

Pants - Motherhood, consignment

Necklace - Camy Couture

So anyway, I thought I'd share a little bit of what we've got so far for the baby's room - like I said, we still need to decorate, put stuff away more neatly, etc, but you'll get the general idea!

We still have a couple more showers, so I'm hoping to get some of the decor stuff we want and can work on it after that.  But hey, at the very least, yay we have a crib!

31 and a little fun

Friday again?  Wow!  You certainly won't hear me complaining, but man did another week go by fast!  I like when work flies by, but I need time to slow just a bit, we have so much to do at home to get ready for little man.  I think this weekend will be a bit on the busy side as we attack some more of that stuff!  Tonight though we're treating ourselves to a date night.  It might be the last nice warm day here so we're going to attempt to maybe eat outside, though I hear it could be windy, so I guess we'll see what the end of the day brings!

I had to laugh this morning.  The Pants Monkey was telling me all about the vivid dreams he had last night. And they were very weird!  I keep teasing him that he is getting sympathy pregnancy symptoms, as pregnant women can have very strange and vivid dreams.  I have had a few, but not quite in the detail he could remember this morning!

Shirt - MixIt, thrifted

Jeans - Indigo Blue Maternity via Gordmans

Sweater - Mossimo, Target

Shoes - Sonoma, Kohls

Necklace - unknown, old

And speaking of pregnancy, we're 31 weeks today - hey, he's as old as me!  Kind of.  I remember when I turned 31 this year I deemed it the year of 30-fun.  Well, I've managed to have as much fun as a pregnant lady can, considering I'll have been withchild for half of my 31st year of life.  Next month I'll be 32 and I kind of hope the year of 32 is a little less eventful, as exciting as this all has been!

Hope you all have wonderful weekends!

Pinned it and Did it - Baby shower style

Hey everyone!  So I had some requests for pictures from my baby shower - we didn't get a lot, but I have some of my outfit because I was purposely saving it for today's "Pinned it and Did It" with Heather from Style Journey.  I pinned this outfit a little while back because I recently purchased a very similar sweater dress from a consignment shop.

My outfit is a little different toned, instead of brown, I paired mine with purple leggings and a gray scarf.  It was kind of chilly on Sunday, so it was kind of needed!  The next time I wear this I want to try it with some brown.

I was warm and cozy and had a lot of compliments!  And best of all - this was a very comfy outfit too!  I was also color coordinated with the decorations - totally not on purpose!

Sweater - Motherhood, consignment

Leggings - Simply Vera, Kohls

Scarf - World Market

Boots - Target

My outfit photos were courtesy of the Pants Monkey and in the last one above here he was doing something to make me laugh or talk or something. Gotta love him.

Here are a few photos from the actual shower courtesy of my aunt.  My mom has 12 brothers and sisters, so her family is quite large!  This is only a small representation.

This picture makes me laugh because I'm sitting between two aunts who both happened to be named Pat.  I joked that I was a "Patty sandwich."

I still have two more showers coming later on, so hopefully I'll have other pictures to share at some point! Our little man sure will be spoiled!

Head on over to Heather's blog and see other Pinspired outfits!

For the love of Orange

So due to technical difficulties with my lousy camera, this is the only picture I got of my outfit today.  Sad panda.  Oh well. I wanted to share it because I learned that today is "Wear orange for bully awareness" and while I didn't originally choose this outfit for that reason, it's definitely a cause I can get on board with.

Shirt - Zulily

Dress as skirt - Merona, Target

Necklace - S&D

Shoes - Xhilaration, from Lori

I'm actually reading a fascinating YA book right now about the topic of bullying - it's called Eleanor and Park and it's very good and thought provoking.  I became interested in it when I learned that a school district in our county chose it as the summer read for teens,  but then parents got a hold of it and demanded it be banned because of language used in the book. The controversy went so far that a talk to be held with the author at one of our county libraries was actually cancelled.  I think it's a shame - it's a very good book so far even though I am only about halfway through it.  I think it's an important read and yes, there is some tough language, but it fits with the tone of the book.  I'll have more thoughts on this when I finish it I think.

And the other thing about orange?  I am still crazy in love with Orange is the New Black and we only have a few episodes left.  I am going to be in withdrawal when we finish that show!!  Have any of you watched it?

Hair today, gone tomorrow

Mama got a haircut.  I feel so much better.  I'm happy to have stretched it out to five weeks again, but man, it was getting shaggy towards the end here.  I'm hoping to be able to get two more trims before baby comes, that's kind of crazy to think of.  For now I'm just enjoying short spiky hair again!

We're into that tricky part of Fall that the days warm up pretty nice but it's still a bit chilly when you leave for work in the morning.  A jean jacket seemed like the perfect option to keep me warm but not too warm!  And I managed to squeeze into my pink pencil skirt yet another time.  Each time I wear I think, this will be the last time I will wear this until after the baby - and then I surprise myself!

Jacket - White House, Black Market, consignment

Shirt - QT Maternity, consignment

Skirt - two birds vintage via b (a resale shop)

Necklace - Charming Charlie

Shoes - DSW 

And now I get to go spend an hour learning about a new phone system my work is getting.  Apparently the new phones will have the ability to see the caller on the other end - at least for the internal calls.  That concept kind of scares me a little bit!  Oh technology!

I swear I am awake

Good morning friends!  Back at it on a Monday.  I look sleepier in these pictures than I am - I blame allergies.  I actually was quite rested this weekend even if it was a hair on the busy side!  It's been nice and cool at night and that really aids in sleeping I've found!

Saturday I went to the baby/kid/maternity/etc consignment sale with my mom.  We got to the sale right about the time it opened.  I tell you - I got a few more items for myself to get through the rest of the pregnancy into winter - but I also got a bunch of outfits for baby boy and the stuff was SO cheap!  There will be another one of these sales in my area about three weeks before my due date and I think if I'm up to it I might have to go back!

Pink shirt - Ruff Hewn from friend

Gray shirt - Liz Lange, consignment

Skirt - Old Navy

Shoes - Rampage, DSW

Necklace - Maurices 

Sunday I had my first baby shower with my mom's family - it was really nice.  It was a rainy cool day so there was no better way to spend the time honestly!  And we got some really nice stuff for our little man, including the stroller we wanted and lots of clothes - in varying sizes which is awesome.  I was worried we get all newborn things, but we have stuff that may take us up through the first year.  One of my cousins was also sweet enough to get a couple of things for me - some nice pajamas for after.  She worked in OB for years though, so I guess she gets it!  Overall it was a nice weekend!  How was your weekend?

30 but not so flirty

Happy Friday!!  Did this week go by fast for anyone else?  I feel like it did over here!  No complaints about that though.  The weekend is here and even though it's going to be a rainy one, I have fun things to look forward to.  Tomorrow there is a baby/maternity consignment sale I'm going to check out with my mom.  And then Sunday I have my first baby shower with my mom's side of the family.  There's been some tough times in her family as of late so we all need an excuse to have fun and celebrate something exciting for a change!

I have another story to share.  Last night the Pants Monkey and I went to another birthing type class as we're trying to be armed with as much knowledge and tools at our disposal as possible.  It was a fairly small class, maybe seven or so couples.  The beginning of class was kind of some talking and discussing activities with our partners and then we took a break.  This one couple that was sitting in front of us seemed just totally odd.  The dad kept making kind of off the wall remarks and the mom seemed kind of controlling.  Anyway, after the break I kind of stopped paying attention to them because then we got up to try some different positions/relaxation things.  Sometime later we ended up taking another break before doing some more of these activities and I guess at that second break - the couple completely left the class!  I was so zoned on what we were doing I didn't even notice, but the Pants Monkey said that they were definitely having a heated discussion that ended in the mom walking out and the dad kind of saying "I guess she's just not feeling it."  I realized later that there was an empty floor mat and birth ball, but I just didn't think anything of it.  Kudos to the class instructor too, she just kept on going without really calling attention to it at all.  It was just the craziest thing ever!

We're on day number two of dreary, rainy weather.  We have definitely been needing this rain, but man, it makes it hard to want to get up in the morning!  I decided to wear my cute new vintage moccasins from Tandem Vintage today - they're more leathery than regular mocs and these have grips on the bottom, so I figured they'd handle the rain much better than my other suede mocs would!

Shirt - Motherhood via ThredUp

Jeans - Indigo Blue, thrifted

Sweater - Old Navy

Necklace - Bead for Life

Shoes - Vintage Minnetonka Moccasins via Tandem Vintage

And here's our weekly bump shot - 30 weeks today!  Home stretch people!  I'm feeling his weight more and more and find at the end of the day sometimes I need to get my feet up.  But overall I'm blessed to still be feeling relatively good.  I said it last week and I'll say it again, lots to get done in the next 10 or so weeks!  It's my favorite time of year though - Fall into early Winter - I love the upcoming holidays and having a new cuddly baby for Christmas is going to be just the most wonderful thing.  I get chills just thinking of it all!