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Friday Faves!

Hey y’all! 
 Most of y’all are super happy it’s Friday and I’m a little sad since it’s my first day back to work.  I whined about that yesterday so I won’t do it again today ha!  I got a lot of remarks about the fact that my school district starts back to school so early, but we do get out of school much earlier than those who don’t start until late August or September.  It has it’s trade offs!

It’s Friday so it’s time for a few FAVORITES!

Yesterday morning Harrison woke up about 15 minutes before his bottle, so we hung out for a bit.  I know I sound like a broken record, but I just can’t get over how wonderful he is!


British Vogue goes on newsstands today and Meghan Markle acted as guest editor for the September issue!  YEAH YEAH YEAH!!!  I’ve read that it probably won’t be on shelves in the US until next week, so next weekend I’ll be headed to Barnes and Noble to find it!!!!



Want to listen to a great podcast episode?  This podcast is great in general, but I highly enjoyed this conversation with Ligon Duncan!  I felt like I was getting to sit in on an intelligent, theological conversation (with a little bit of humor added in).  It’s a longer episode but so worth it!!



Lately, Harrison has fallen asleep on me a few times before his bedtime bottle.  I (not so) secretly love it!


My friend Emily and I are doing our Fall Favorites link up again this year!!!  We’ve been doing this since 2016 and I have enjoyed it every year.  Some of our topics are repeats from each year–like home tours–but this year we’re adding in a new one and I can’t wait to dream up my perfect fall day.


FAVORITE Blogger Spotlight
I can’t believe this is my third blogger spotlight and I haven’t mentioned Shay Shull yet.  She really is, hands down, my favorite blogger.  She’s a mom of 4 kids–2 of whom they adopted–and is also a cookbook author.  She sent me a copy of her cookbook, Eats, before it was available to buy and I use this cookbook all the time!  It has really good but simple recipes.  Her life is so fascinating and that’s another reason why I love reading her blog!

And if you’ve made it this far (yay!!), I just got in a new pair of white jeans that I LOVE!!!  I’ve got a fashion post coming for y’all on Wednesday featuring these pants because they are too good not to share!  See y’all Monday!

August Goals and Thoughts on Going Back to Work

Is it just me or did July fly by?!  I feel like the 4th of July was literally just the other day!  I have learned more and more how true the phrase “The days are long but the years are short” really is.  

Because it’s August 1st, today is my official last day of summer and I start back to school tomorrow.  So I’ve got a few goals for this month since it’s the first time I’m starting a new school year as a mom!

August Goals:

1. Find a good morning routine.
I have spent the last two weeks thinking about how my routine is going to go during the school year.  I’m a very routine-based person.  I put Harrison on a nap schedule and both he and I have just thrived over the summer.  But I’m not sure how well this schedule is going to go for him during the school year.  Here’s my quandrum: I normally wake him up at 8am and he eats right away.  Well, during the school year we will need to be leaving our house at 7am which means I’ll have to wake him up a little before to change him and get him in the carseat.  He’s so used to eating right when he gets up that I think I’m going to wake him up at 5:30 to feed him a bottle, change his clothes, and let him go back to sleep.  OR I’ve thought a lot about moving him up 30 minutes–waking him up at 5am to eat and then that way he can have a bottle at 7:30 once he gets situated in his class.  I DON’T KNOW 🙈  I’ve thought a lot about it (as evident by my rambling) and I think I’m just going to test out both ways to see how he does.

2. Pack my lunch the night before.
This is going to have to be a non-negotiable for me.  I usually start out the first week of school doing great and then I don’t anymore, but now with Harrison in the morning–and the fact that he can be unpredictable some mornings and wake up early–I will have to do it the night before.  And it’s going to be healthy!!

3. Figure out a way to exercise more.
I’m really going to have to take advantage of Dustin’s off days when he will have Harrison and I won’t have to pick him up, and go right after school to exercise.

4. Go to bed earlier.
I am NOT a night person.  Let me repeat, I am NOT a night person.  But since Harrison’s bedtime bottle is at 8pm and then after we let him sit up for a while (for his reflux) and get him all ready for bed, it’s usually about 9pm by the time he’s down and that’s when Dustin and I get to hang out or watch tv.  Back in the day, I liked going to bed between 9 and 9:30pm…..not closer to 11 like it is now!  This is why I’m thinking moving Harrison’s bottles up by 30 minutes will be helpful.

I still can’t believe tomorrow is my first day back to school.  Harrison starts Monday so he’s got one more day at home haha!  I’m usually so ready to start school by now, but obviously, this summer has been way different.  I know I’ll eventually get into a groove, but I am most likely going to cry for the first few days dropping Harrison off in the mornings.  I have SO enjoyed being a Momma.  I feel like I’ve transitioned well into that role.  I love spending all of my days with Harrison, so it’s really going to be sad that he will be spending the majority of his days with someone else and not me.  I’ve cried over thinking he will forget who I am and I know that’s ridiculous because he won’t–but you see where I”m going here.  Just pray for me and I go back to work and love on other children 😊