02/21/2017
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 … 
I’m so excited for this round of Weeknight Meal Plan, mostly because of all of the great recipe suggestions you guys left last week! I feel like this is going to be a great way to break out of my usual rotation of meals and try some new things. There is a strong quinoa theme this week which I’m not at all mad about. We’ve also been doing a lot of kale caesar salads as a side since this post, so I’m sure that will pop up at least once. In other news, we spent the week brainstorming ideas for the rest of our spring … 
As Al Roker might say, how are things in your neck of the woods this week? We are praying for sunny, dry weather so that we can finally get our foundation poured this week. We haven’t been experiencing rain like the west coast, but it’s been just enough to slow things down. We’ve also been having unseasonably warm weather here in Austin the past couple of weeks, which, by the way, is totally fine by me! It has me feeling like I’m back in southern California, minus the traffic and proximity to the beach. … 
