Friday Favorites

Happy first Friday of summer, friends! I have thoroughly enjoyed this week, and today, I’m sharing a few FAVORITES with y’all!

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This was Harrison’s second summer for swim lessons. Today he is finishing up his last lesson of 4 and he has done awesome! The maturity difference in him from last summer to this summer has made swim lessons a million times more enjoyable for me haha! Water makes me very. nervous and Harrison is incredibly fearless, so swim lessons are a must–especially with a teacher who has been teaching swim lessons for a very long time.

Dustin and I keep going back and forth over putting in a pool. Since this isn’t our forever home, right now we’re saying no pool in this house. We’d sell this house tomorrow if we found the perfect place to build again, but who knows–if we’re still here in three years, you may see us putting in a pool haha!

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I talked about this on IG on Sunday, but we finally bought new bedding. After our water leak in December and having to redo carpet and paint, we (or really me) decided to redo our bedding since it had been many years of using the same bedding and it was just time. Then Banks’s birth surprised us and all of that was put on the back burner. Since every business was running big sales over Memorial Day weekend, I ended up getting 20% off of this bedding! I washed the sheets late last night and will get the bed put together today and update y’all on the quality. Yes, it’s pricey but I’d much rather invest in my sleep because good sleep is the most important foundation to a good day! (And trust me, I’m getting very little sleep these days since Banks still doesn’t sleep through the night….). Along with that starter bundle, I also ordered these shams and this insert after I read lots of reviews and everyone said it was the best insert they’ve ever used!

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I finished this book last week and I’m going to give it a 4/5. I enjoyed the story but I felt like she could have given more. The ending did make me a little teary because it was sweet and what I wanted to happen. If this is your first Carley Fortune book, then you’d probably love it BUT I still don’t know how she will ever top Every Summer After–which is a book that I try to get everyone to read!

I stayed up way too late trying to finish this book (I didn’t, I’m 81% of the way through) because I AM OBSESSED WITH THIS STORYLINE AND HAVE TO KNOW THE ENDING. I looooove Emily Henry books and I am really REALLY loving this book! If you’re reading one book this summer, read this. It took me maybe 3 chapters to actually get interested in the story, but after that, I was hooked.

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If you haven’t picked up on it, I really love summer. I love summer for so many reasons, and one of them is that our after supper routine can be a little more relaxed and not so structured because everyone has school the next morning. Now we’ve got the freedom to take after supper walks. Last night, Harrison wanted to ride his bicycle and so I put Banks in the stroller and…

He is the most handsome baby ever!!!!!

Have a great weekend, y’all!! See you back on Monday!!

Wow, how can this be the end of March?! Today is my last Friday of maternity leave and I start back to school on Monday. I have lots of emotions about going back to work–I am going to miss staying home and taking care of Banks (and Harrison when it wasn’t his day to go to school), but I’ve heard from lots of people that my students miss me so that will make it much easier going back to work!

Today I’m sharing some FAVORITES with y’all!!!

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My sister took Easter pictures and she had us come so Harrison could get some pictures made–doesn’t he look like a little model?! He smiled so good for these pictures! He’s wearing this shirt and these shorts, and he’s worn this same style of shorts for the past 2 summers! And I’m a huge fan of Keds shoes for kids :). Such a classic shoe!

And little brother even got in for a picture!!

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We love eating meatballs in this house!! Last night I made the Mix and Match Mama Cheeseburger meatballs and roasted broccoli for our supper. I subbed out almond flour instead of using panko crumbs and it was still really good!

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I’ve never been much of a ball cap wearing type of girl, but I’ve decided that I’m going to be! At the beach, I always wear a sun visor so I could pull my. hair up on top of my head and still lay out, but I’m now transitioning into wearing ball caps. I needed pink to be my first one. I sent this picture to my friend Hailey to show her since she wears them and always looks cute. Side note: the dresser in the back ground is because we were getting new carpet in our bedroom that day and had to have all furniture out of our room–our house was looking INTERESTING LOL

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I had posted about using the last of my Christmas money to buy another pair of these shorts since I have them in black and am obsessed! Well, I accidentally ordered low rise instead of high rise–oops! I guess I thought the ones I had were low rise since they come right below my belly button, but when the ones I ordered came in and I put them on, I felt like I was in junior high or high school all over again wearing low rise jeans ha! I went to our local Lululemon store to exchange and the blue color was sold out, so they ordered me the sonic pink! They come in Monday and I’ll post about them then!

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I shared last week about the books I’ve read so far this year and what I want to read next. I’ve already started one of the ones I posted about wanting to read and so far I am liking it! I can’t wait to see how the two characters’ lives intersect.

Happy Friday and Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Today, Dustin is off work and this is a day that Harrison stays home, so I’m making green pancakes for breakfast! I bought my food dye from Kroger, but it’s very similar to this dye which is much much better than conventional food dye.

Today I’m sharing a few FAVORITES with y’al!

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Wednesday I linked up with Shay to share my All Time Favorite Amazon finds! I shared about the Bible highlighters in my post, but I had someone ask me about my Bible. I use The Gospel Transformation Bible and I love it because all of the commentary points to the Gospel–from the Old Testament to the New.

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One of my besties started reading this book, so I downloaded it on my Kindle so I could read it with her! So far I’m liking the premise of the book…even though I’m not too far in the book. I’ve heard a lot of people like Tessa Bailey as an author, so I’m excited to read more! Piper is the protagonist and she’s a rich girl who relies on her stepfather’s money. She gets broken up with in chapter 1 and so she does something illegal to get attention and gets arrested–that’s where I’m at so far in this book.

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Banks still sleeps in the bassinet on my side of the bed, but he’s quickly outgrowing it! He is amazing me at how quickly he’s growing. This bassinet comes with the stroller we have. Then we have the bassinet stand that it clips into, and once he outgrows is, the bassinet stand converts to a laundry hamper! I love Uppababy products!

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I love this picture of Harrison! Dustin and I took Banks to Vanderbilt on Wednesday for a minor procedure, so my mom picked up Harrison from school to stay with her. When he’s at her house, he knows that he can play in her kitchen sink. I love how genuinely happy he is in this picture!!

I’m off to the grocery store and then I’m making supper tonight for a friend who just had a baby girl! Have a great weekend!!