*** This giveaway is now closed. Thank you to all who entered. *** If I could only shop one source for women’s dresses for the rest of my life, Shabby Apple would be my pick. ShabbyApple.com is an online boutique that sells vintage-inspired women’s apparel including dresses, skirts, accessories, and swimwear. They even offer maternity
I recently finished my first half marathon and am now sufficiently recovered (and back to being lazy with time on my hands) so now’s a good time to tell you all about it! For starters, my goal was to finish in two hours, and I did it in 1 hour and 56 minutes—woot! Race day
Kate (19 months) reading a book with Daddy. We’ve been working on manners with Kate, and I think she’s got them down! She says “please” when asking for something, “thank you” when she receives it, “help” when she needs assistance with something, and “sorry” if she thinks she’s harmed someone (usually one of her
It’s been a while since I first posted pictures of Kate’s bedroom (Kate’s Nursery: Part 1 and Kate’s Nursery: Part 2), so I thought it was time to share some updates! One of the biggest additions to the room has been incorporating some of my favorite decorations from Kate’s first birthday party. We had so much
You can blame my love of Justin Timberlake songs for this post’s title, and my hairdresser Jaclyn for its inspiration. Over the past year and a half I’ve enjoyed reliving my wedding planning days through Jaclyn as she planned her wedding to her fiance Larry. I’d spend my time in the hair chair excitedly asking
Kate: 20 Months I’ve been having fun introducing Kate to arts & crafts. First it was crayons, then came play dough–and now fingerpainting! Kate is very cautious by nature so I wasn’t quite sure how she’d like fingerpainting, but she loves smearing spilled milk all over the table so I had a feeling this
I grew my first zucchini plant in our backyard this summer (love growing my own food!) and these muffins are my favorite way to use them up. The applesauce and orange juice in this recipe gives it an added sweetness and flavor that prevents Kate from turning her nose up at the fact that it’s
Every year my office has a staff development day and this year we participated in a ropes course, which (according to Wiki) is a series of challenging outdoor personal development and team building activities consisting of high and/or low elements. Low elements are challenges/activities take place on the ground or only a few feet above
Kate: 18 Months I know eventually we’re going to rue the day she learned to form words—but that certainly isn’t happening anytime soon! We continue to be amazed, amazed, amazed by the things that come out of Kate’s mouth. I’ve stopped writing her words down because I don’t think there’s anything she can’t say at
1. A weekend of fun in the sun with some pretty damn fabulous women. Back Row (L to R): Steph, Kelly, Marcia, Allison, Aly, Beth, and KentFront Row: Emily and me In mid-September, some of my favorite girlfriends and I got together in Ft. Myers, Florida for a long weekend of talking, sunning, drinking, talking,
mother, maker, decorator, and drinker
of the wine here at All Things G&D.
Thank you so much for joining me!
