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HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

This was a very short work week for me because yesterday I decided to take off today so that I could go to Harrison’s 6 month well check appointment with Dustin.  I have a few questions to ask the doctor and figured it would be much easier if I were there 😀

I’ve got lots of FAVORITES to share with you today!!!

The first one is the best one…

 OUR ADOPTION IS FINALIZED!!!
There was never a question of Harrison not feeling like he was always ours, but now that his adoption is finalized, we’re done with all of the paperwork and social work visits–we can just live life normally now!  His birth certificate will also be changed to have the name we gave him and our names will be put as his parents.  I have so many thoughts about this, so I’m going to be working on a blog post to share Monday–be on the look out!  If you’re interested in our adoption story, start reading here and then click around!


Cannot wait for the new IVL Collective line to launch September 12th because I want these navy leggings!!!  I also want to try the sports bra (because I still haven’t found one that is supportive but also comfortable).



 I love those cheeks and that focus he has!!  I also love the portrait mode on my iPhone because it makes my pictures look so much better haha!!


 This is literally a dream come true–my baby in holiday jammies!  If you know me, you know I love celebrating!  My mom picked these up from Carters, and while they are a little big on him, we’re going ahead and wearing them!


Emily and I just started our Fall Favorites Link Up!  Yesterday was our fall bucket list!  Join us next Thursday for Fall Fashion!!!


Yesterday was my school’s first home football game and we took Harrison.  I snapped this to show his concentration on the cheerleaders haha!  He was really into watching those girls ha!


I got this at Christmas (???can’t remember) and just now ran out, so I’m picking some up today.  I love using this over my concealer under my eyes and on my nose.  It’s just a really good setting powder and I like it better that the Laura Mercier translucent powder.

Fall Bucket List!

Woohoo!  So excited that today kicks off mine and Emily’s Fall Favorites Link Up!  If you’ve created a fall bucket list, link your post below and I’ll be reading them over the next couple of days!
I cannot wait to experience fall with Harrison and the holidays it entails.  I love celebrating anything, so I’m really looking forward to these new experiences with him…especially since he’s so alert now and really take things in!

  • Pumpkin Patch photos
  • Make our Christmas card photo  (I bought this for Harrison and now I’ve got to figure out what I’m going to wear….and Dustin, too LOL)
  • Visit a jack o’lantern walk in Nashville
  • Watch both the Halloween and Thanksgiving Charlie Brown movies
  • Dress Harrison up in a Halloween costume to hand out candy
  • Make homemade applesauce
  • Carve pumpkins one night
  • Make homemade chex mix for a football game
  • Take Harrison to his first hometown football game
  • Visit a new-to-us brewery
I know I am leaving something out ha!  Looking at all of y’all’s lists will help me remember what I should add to ours 🙂

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Fall Brings a Fresh Start

I’ve always loved this quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald (one of my favorite American authors), but it hasn’t really rang true until I started getting older.  Other than my birthday, fall was a season I didn’t look forward to because it meant school and colder weather, and this southern girl loved hot summers.

But this fall has felt different.  August really was just a terrible month for me.  I dealt with so many changes and transitions–being away from Harrison for the first time, Harrison going to preschool, and then when he contracted the stomach virus, it threw off all normalcy with him because my goal literally was for him to just hold down any sort of liquids.

Today I’m coming off of a long holiday weekend and starting a new month, and things feel like a fresh start.  The house is decorated for fall, I’m burning fall candles, and in my mind, I’ve left summer behind.  I know this is a ton of rambling, but is anyone else feeling this way too?


And don’t forget about linking up with me and Emily tomorrow!  I’m so excited to share my fall bucket list with Dustin and Harrison!