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Coffee Talk Wednesday!

I’m doing another Coffee Talk Wednesday with y’all because let’s face it, I’m doing good just to get a blog post up at this point haha!  Hopefully the beautifully styled shoots return soon….but it has to be sunny for that to happen ha!

So, let’s pretend we’re sitting in a comfortable coffee shop and I’m drinking a skinny vanilla latte ๐Ÿ™‚
-Yesterday started what feels like our 40 days and nights of rain.  Not really that long, but I think into the weekend?  Some areas are even expected to get 10 inches of rain, though, in that time, so I’ve been paying attention to the reported flooded areas.  Let’s also hope the ceiling in my classroom didn’t leak overnight because it rained so hard last night…yuck!


-The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills started up again and I really have decided it’s my favorite franchise.  Teddi is probably my favorite cast member and then maybe Dorit after that because of her random accent haha!  I’m not liking her look this season–80s??  Please don’t bring back the 80s fashion, Dorit.


-Some of my students have been so excited about the baby coming soon that they ask me every day.  Yesterday, I had a sweet little girl bring me a present and it was such a kind, sweet thing for her to do–although she is such a sweet little girl naturally!


-Have you heard about the Faster Way to Fat Loss program?  Sometimes referred to as FWTFL?  I’ve been researching it a lot lately–especially after lots of bloggers have posted–and I’ve decided I’m going to start it in April after things are most likely calmed down.  I could write a whole post on how fertility medicine messed up my metabolism, and I just need a jump start to get back to where I used to be pre-meds.  This is one of the blogger reviews that sold me.


-When Calls the Heart is about to begin a new season and I am excited!  That is one of my favorite tv shows!!  It’s based on a series of novels, so I bought those on my iPad and have been slowly making my way through them.  I’m currently in book 3 and the books are WAY different than the tv show.


-I’ve started doing yoga at home a couple of days a week.  I finally found a channel where the yoga is challenging and mostly doable for me.  I love feeling stronger and also a little more flexible.  I sleep really good on days I do yoga!


That’s enough of my ramblings for today–I hope y’all have a good Wednesday!

My Favorite Children’s Books (So Far!)

I posted on IG stories this weekend about sorting through all of the children’s books I’ve either bought or received as gifts just trying to get things organized.  And while I was trying to organize those books, I started flipping through some of them and instantly started crying as I was reading them!  I don’t know how I’ll ever make it through reading these books at bedtime ๐Ÿ˜‚

**One that I didn’t take a picture of because it’s actually in our bedroom is The Jesus Storybook Bible.  This is a MUST and I cannot wait to read this every single night!  And I highly recommend this for any age….whether you are 6 months or 60 years old!

**When we first began discussing adoption, I was very contentious about buying books that featured characters of all races.  I’ve noticed lots of children’s books have all white characters, and regardless of the race of the child we adopt, I wanted to make sure that our children’s books feature a wide variety of races being represented.  Even if you have biological children, I challenge you to look at the characters in your children’s books and see which races are dominant.


I ordered this book from Amazon and when it came in one day, I read it out loud to Dustin while he was fixing himself food in the kitchen.  I had to stop midway to hold back tears.  This book is so beautifully written (if you’ve never listened to Shai Linne’s music, you need to!!) and encourages the celebration of diversity because God made us that way!  You shouldn’t say you are “colorblind” because you aren’t and that discounts the fact that God made us different colors–and we should see that a celebration of who God is!



I bought this book when I realized that getting pregnant was going to be much harder than I expected it would be.  As I flipped through this book while organizing, I came across the page that talked about the first time holding your baby and that’s when I lost it.



My mom bought this book for me in 2007 and wrote me a really sweet note on the title page.  This book is similar to I’ll Love You Forever so a really sweet book!



This book is another one with the message of celebrating the different colors God made us. But this one also talks about how God loves color because of all the different colors in nature–it’s a great book, too!!



When we announced our adoption, we did so with a newborn gown with a lamb on it.  So lambs became a semi-theme of the nursery.  My mom bought me this book one day after we got matched with our baby, and it goes along with the Jellycat lambs we have!



My mom got Dustin a bunch of children’s books for his last birthday with the theme of being a daddy and this was one of them.  I love this one because it’s about the love a daddy has for his children and how he protects them.



My bff Janie surprised me with this book (the author of this is the same author of The Jesus Storybook Bible)!  This one made me cry because it’s all about how your family is your family and your house is your home–something that’s I’ve really thought a lot about with adoption since I will not physically birth our child.  And this book really reiterates that message without really doing so–if that makes sense haha!



Another Sally Lloyd-Jones books (can you tell I love her), this one is about the celebration of the gifts that God has given us and how He has given us all different gifts.  So what one person has isn’t the same as yours–beautiful illustrations, too!



This is a board book that focuses on counting to 10 all while thanking God for making every part of you!  This book really helps point out that God is your creator and you were made wonderfully!


These aren’t all of the books I have, nor will these be the last books I own!  If you have a favorite, please leave me a comment so I can add it to my list on Amazon!

Friday FAVES!

Hey, Hey, it’s Friday!!!!!  I’m so excited because we’ve got a three day weekend ahead since Monday is a weather day for my school system!!  Woohoo!!

I’ve got a few FAVES to share with y’all today!!

 Last weekend Dustin was off work, so we left Saturday morning for a day trip to Nashville since we don’t live too far away.  We had the best time and found a new FAVORITE restaurant–Edley’s BBQ in the 12th South neighborhood.  Dustin’s even talking about the next time we go back haha!


 I tried my hand at making an acai bowl, but mine didn’t turn out thick enough.  I didn’t like it, but Dustin did!  I took a few bites/sips since it was liquidy, and he ate the rest and loved it!  I’ve got to give it another try and use a frozen banana instead of a regular one.  I think that will help.



 This picture popped up on my Facebook memories from Monday and it has me wishing we had snow like this again!!  This was the year both my sister and I got married, so it was a fun last good snow living at home.  We put on our warmest clothes and played outside all morning with our mom.



 Wednesday was our first sunny day in a while, so I went over to my dad’s after school to run in his neighborhood.  He ended up riding his bike while I ran and that was so nice!  Afterward, Dustin wanted to go try out the new burger place in town, so we went early since I knew they would be packed.  It was a fun, impromptu date night!

 All I wanted for Valentine’s Day was for Dustin to cook dinner so we didn’t have to go out to eat.  I requested the exact same meal he made last year, so he did just that!  He plated the meal so well, that I had to take a picture!  And now I’ve got half of a filet mignon to eat today at school for lunch!



For dessert, he made chocolate covered strawberries!  I ate about 5-6 haha!!  (You can see in the top where he tried to drizzle white chocolate over it, but he burned it in the microwave)



I don’t think I’ve ever shared about my FAVORITE sheets here on the blog, but my FAVE sheets are made locally–which makes it even better!!  Last February, Dustin surprised me with this sheet set since I had been talking about wanting some.  The only thing keeping me from getting a set was the price–they were more than I really wanted to spend on sheets.  But after getting a pair, I have realized how they are worth every single penny!  The cotton is grown locally by a family we personally know, and then they’ve matched the creation of the sheets to heirloom sheets they own from generations past–because we all know that things made a long time ago are better quality.  These sheets get better with each wash, and we will probably never sleep on anything but these sheets!  Go read the reviews on these sheets–they are amazing.  And then order yourself a set and tell me how you love them!
**We have the Bankhead Basics fitted and flat sheet.
**We have the Heirloom Classic pillowcases.



I wrote Wednesday about my all time FAVORITE reads, so you need to check it out if you are a big reader!


I am LOVING this song!

I hope y’all have a wonderful weekend–I know I will!