04/06/2018
Can we all agree that the definition of adulting is when the amount of skincare products you pack on vacation exceeds the amount of makeup in your bag? Most days now, my makeup routine is an eyebrow pencil, mascara, and subtle lipstick. My skincare routine, on the other hand is much more involved and I couldn’t say in truth that I haven’t spent countless hours considering and researching it! I’ve had a couple people text me and DM me on IG recently, so I figured I would put it all here. Now for the disclaimers: The … 
Not everything is quantifiable. In fact, the best things aren’t at all. There are no analytics for joy and no unit of measure for overwhelming content or happiness. You can’t rationalize or objectify a gut feeling. There’s an episode of Sex and the City titled Twenty-Something Girls vs. Thirty-Something Women. I wasn’t even able to drive when the episode first aired, but by the time I caught it in syndication on TBS I qualified as the former. In my twenties, I said yes to everything. I went after every … 
(This post was sponsored by Amazon and Culturelle®. All thoughts and opinions are my own.) Having a second child is like experiencing new motherhood all over again. Naturally, you feel like you’re going into it as pro. Those second babies, though, with their own personalities and characteristics, still manage to keep you on your toes! One of the things I really worried about for Ever was that she was going to get sick much younger and more frequently than Parker had since she has a big sister who is in preschool. While … 
I’m convinced that spring in Austin is the absolute best of all of the seasons. The snow this past winter was magical, saying that summer is hot is an understatement, and fall definitely has it’s moments, but Austin right now feels like a dream. It’s breezy and cool in the mornings, sunny and warm in the afternoons with endless big white cumulous clouds that drift across the clear blue sky until dusk… which keeps inching later and later. Aaron has been off of work this week. We’ve been taking advantage and … 
