02/23/2017
Anyone else ever feel like a changing season brings about this need for newness or freshening up? I tackled our pantry organization this past weekend, but am scouring the calendar for time to take on my closet. Does this feel early to start talking about seasonal transitions? I’ve gone from almost no change of seasons (except the inevitable triple digit heat weekends in September in SoCal) to an 80 degree February in Austin! The weather has been so warm here that even the farmers at the farmers market say they’re going to … 
Today’s recipe is in honor of the “This is Us” TV binge that’s about to happen tonight since Aaron is out of town. Anyone want to come over for (healthier) boozy chocolate chip cookie milkshakes after Parker goes to bed?! February is always a busy travel month for Aaron, so I’ve been using the extra solo time after Parker goes to sleep to catch up on the stack of books on my nightstand and some of the shows that Aaron is less than a fan of. (Meanwhile, there is a very important marriage pact that says no one … 
It’s so hard to believe that Parker has been in her big girl bed for almost a year! Where does the time go?! While the move in date for our new home we are building is hardly just around the corner, as we begin to furnish our current rental, I’m trying to choose pieces that will work in both spaces, which means I’m already thinking ahead to the final furniture plan of the new place. Parker’s pink IKEA bed (that we have loved– it’s actually the bed in option two) was just taken apart and put back … 
Can we talk about childcare for a quick sec? I promise afterwards we can talk about that cat sweatshirt that I wish they made in my size or these clogs that I can’t stop wearing, but for just a moment, childcare. It is the. hardest. thing. to figure out, at least in my experience, which is likely made more challenging by the fact that neither wardrobe styling or blogging is a typical 9-5 job. Back when we were in Los Angeles, we had a nanny three days a week. That meant that I scheduled all of my work for those three days and all of my … 
