03/21/2016
It’s safe to say, I’m feeling all of the feels as I write this one. This June we are packing up our little southern Calofornia home and heading east to begin a brand new adventure in Austin. I can’t recall ever feeling so much sadness and excitement at the same time. It’s such a bizarre feeling and so, so surreal. It’s been nearly 10 years since I packed up my little Mazda with whatever it could hold and headed west for Los Angeles. Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined what would ensue, or that … 
Happy Friday, friends! I’m back today and joined by everyone’s favorite blogging mamas (or at least MY favorite blogging mamas!) in our Real Moms series. Today’s topic is self-care– body image, exercise, and just generally making time for yourself. It was by far the hardest for me to write. My motherhood experience would be that self-care and motherhood together would be a bit of an oxymoron. I could sit here and tell you how important self-care is and that we should all prioritize it without feeling guilty … 
When I started this blog over four years ago, it was mostly to document the inspiration I was finding for different styling jobs. Pinterest was new and unfamiliar and this little corner of the internet seemed like a safe enough place for my amateur attempts at mood boards. I wasn’t quite sure what I was doing here or why I was doing it, but I knew I enjoyed it. When I started our Cocktail Hour series, it was the first thing that I felt really proud of. Even so, looking back, some of them are still just downright bad, but it felt … 
When Parker was born, my mom started a shared Pinterest board for her first birthday party somewhere around her second week of life. I’m not exaggerating. And yet, here we are with less than a month until her second birthday and I have literally just begun to plan! She has made it somewhat easy since she has a totally unchanging love and obsession with Anna and Frozen. The only challenge will be comforting my own heartbreak over not being able to throw her the super hippie Kidchella birthday party of my own dreams that would … 
