Saturday, July 5, 2014

Fourth of July

Hope everyone had a safe and fun Independence Day!
We loaded up the car (Do you know how much STUFF you have to bring once you have a child?!) last Sunday and headed to Kentucky. Despite it being pretty country I do love it here.
We had a wonderful fourth, full of pool swimming, hamburg eating and horse feeding.

Me: American Eagle Shirt{similar}Dalia Collection Skirt{similar}
Baby:hat{here} Shorts {here} Onesie{similar}





xo jess

Friday, June 27, 2014

Approaching near Sanity

Whoa, I feel like these last (almost) 7 weeks have been the longest of my life, yet the shortest. I'm not sure if they ever tell you how hard it is to have a newborn, but I believe I will enjoy these next few weeks,months, years much more.
I promise I'll be back with outfit post soon, but getting into the grove of spit-up, easy access shirts to nurse and fitting into my new body adjustments hasn't come easy.
Things I've learned thus far:
1) Babies are hard, like really really hard. Prop goes to all the mothers out there, why did no one ever tell me HOW hard it was.
2) You really do not need that much sleep.
3) You can sleep in the most ridiculous positions.
4) Pacifiers are your best friend.
5) Gray shirts are not.
6) Going anywhere is not simple.
7) Sometimes you miss meals.
8) When your baby smiles for the first time it has to be one of the best feelings in the world.

This was when he was two weeks old. I still wasn't feeling myself and I fell in love with these dresses. So comfy!
I literally bought all the colors. 

Merona Knit T-shirt Dress {here} Mossimo Tipper Sandal Target {here} ( I also got these in white)


xo jess


Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Maternity Photos

I was lucky to find a ex co-worker to do some of my maternity photos, she does this on the side so she was not to terribly expensive. We were happy with the shoot and the way they turned out!












And then a daily dose of cuteness
This little guy is 5 weeks old today!!

xo jess

Monday, June 9, 2014

One Week Before

So things are finally starting to settle down.
My baby will be 4 weeks old tomorrow! It has gone by so fast yet so very slow.
I do have to say the hardest part is not feeling yourself.
Luckily I have lost just about all the baby weight but for all those moms out there you know there is a little more skin in the mid-section now.
I'll blog more about that later!

These photos were from a week before giving birth. I think what I had the most fun with while being pregnant was the combinations of outfits I was coming up with.

American Eagle Top{old,similar} Anthropologie Dress {old,cheap similar,Costly Fun Similar} J Crew Belt {here}






xo jess

Friday, May 30, 2014

Pre and Post Pregnancy Dress

Target has been my saving grace as of late.
My home away from home.
I found this dress about a month ago and thought it would be perfect for the hot summer days of being pregnant and even after pregnancy.
Was I right!
Where did spring go? I mean it was never even here, so is spring dead. Its suppose to be in the 90s next week. It's always in the high 80s now a days.
It is super versatile and was cheap!

 Here
 Hey they are on sale right now! $14.99 {Here}


During Pregnancy:







After pregnancy:



I debating on getting the gray colored on as well! 

xo jess


Saturday, May 24, 2014

Cohen Malachi

Just a small update in between feedings and naps.
Cohen Malachi was born May 13th at 3:57.
Life changes, everything changes..







When life settles down a bit, I'll be back.


xo jess

Friday, May 16, 2014

Baby Shower Number Two

So Baby Shower Number Two was completely different from Baby Shower Number One.
This was held at my Godmothers house in St. Louis, she put a lot of energy into it and it turned out great! Her house and neighborhood is gorgeous!
Since we didn't really do any "set up" with my first one, we had fun putting things together for this one.

Take Home Candy Bar


Drink Station





Food Set-up

I love this galvanized 3-tier stand from Sam's club!! Will be put to good use later on in life!!


I think everyone had a good time, plus there was sangria involved so I'm pretty sure they did.


xo jess