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Favorite Moments:

–Getting to hear baby girl’s heart beat on Tuesday at my 32 week appointment. EIGHT WEEKS LEFT YOU GUYS! The doctor said that she is measuring perfect and my blood pressure looked really good. Yay! That heartbeat sound. That is something I could listen to forever. Coolest thing ever!

–Lunch with Laura yesterday at Rowe’s in Avondale. I just love this spot for lunch. I got the cheese steak sandwich and fries and it was delicious!!! Getting out of the office felt good, as did girls lunch!

–My sister and BIL are seriously the best people ever. My BIL got me some gray paint samples and my sister met me with them last night so I could test them out and chose a color. Tomorrow she is going to bring me the paint and come help knock those blue walls away with some real gray. I know they have better things to do (I mean they have four kids!!!!) so I really appreciate this!!

–This guy…

Favorite Recipe: These Whole 30/Paleo friendly Loaded Chili Sweet Potato Fries look AMAZING!!!! It will be recipes like these that will get me through the hard months after pregnancy when I need to chill out on food but still want all the yummy flavors! And these look so dang good I might have to get started on some now too.

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Favorite Treat: I don’t like a lot of the pumpkin flavored things that come out in the fall. I am all about a good PSL or some pumpkin ice cream or whatever but most things sound gross to me. I was skeptical of the pumpkin spice oreos when I heard people talking about them but then I realized they were golden oreos. Um these are freaking delicious.

Favorite Beauty Find: I needed a new chapstick for my purse with the dryer days we are having. I happened upon Lipsmackers, something I haven’t used in quite awhile. How adorable are these little characters??? And in marshmallow? Yes, please! They had a blueberry character and a winnie the pooh honey pot one as well!

Favorite Lust:

This sweater from Loft

Also this one…

Favorite Links:

–Alyssa has an awesome blogging challenge going on for the next five weeks. Go check out her post here to see how it works. The prompts are seriously getting my wheels turning, some of them are deep!

–Lindsay just gets me sometimes. Ok, most of the time! Her post on doing what makes you happy seems obvious but I think we have all been there. When you were afraid to tell people you had a blog. Or maybe you are embarrassed that you have read 50 books already this year. Why you would be ashamed of either of those things I don’t know? But let your freak flags show! I will never waste a second of my life pretending I am something I am not.

Favorite Funnies:

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Linking up with Amanda. I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

October 7, 2016 by Nadine

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Friday Favorites

Favorite Song: When is the last time you heard this one?

Favorite Moments:

–On Tuesday night, my nieces cheerleading squad had a fundraising event at Chick Fila so I stopped by for a few minutes after work to support the cause and got to see all the kiddos, my sister, BIL and dad for a few minutes.

–Laura and I had a lot of fun at the sneak preview of the Southern Women’s Show on Wednesday.

–The same niece as above was nominated to the homecoming court this year! Annnnnd my oldest nephew was inducted to the BETA Club at school because he is a genius!!! Proud aunt over here.

Favorite Recipe: I love cranberries and this white cheddar cranberry dip looks bomb.

Favorite Pruchase: This is going to sound totally weird and random, but I ran out of my face wash and I wasn’t completely in love with the idea of purchasing the same one just because it isn’t really doing anything for me. It wasn’t making things worse, but it wasn’t make things better either. A long time ago…like we are talking college days…I used to use the White Beauty Bar from Dove on my face. I know it sounds crazy but it is cheap and really effective. I figured, what do I have to lose?! Ummm my skin hasn’t looked this good my entire pregnancy until this week after using it. And it was like $3 for two bars. And I forgot how incredible it smells! This bar bar paired with the Caudalie Grape Water and Moisturizing Sorbet I shared last week is a perfect combo.

Favorite Lust: I think I want a good poncho sweater or two. Something I can wear now, and then hide under after baby until I get back to normal. I am just afraid they are going to look dumb on me. I will have to try a few on. This one from Old Navy is a good deal.

Or this…

I love this look!

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Favorite Links:

–Shoes from the 90’s you forgot you were obsessed with. Yup, I am guilty of a lot of these!

–My sister was telling me that she is going to get Hey Arnold and some other old school Nick cartoons that we loved for her kids because she cant stand most of the ones on today. Then I saw this super fun quiz on which old school cartoon you should watch this weekend!

Favorite Funnies:

Tomorrow is October 1st!! What?!?! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!! Linking up with Amanda.

September 30, 2016 by Nadine

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Friday Favorites

Favorite Song: Kid Cudi Erase Me – I just love this song 🙂

Favorite Moments:

–Tuesday I got to hear baby girl’s heart beat just beating away at my doctor appointment. And I had my first appointment in a long time where I wasn’t drained of blood and pricked with needles, so that was exciting! She told me not to get too excited though because my next appointment in two weeks involves a flu shot. Ugh! I have never had one in my life but since I am having a baby in the middle of flu season who will have zero immunizes I will take one for the team. Needles are the least of my worries these days I suppose.

–Wednesday night Laura, Morgan and I met up at Skycastle for a girls night! We shared a delicious appetizer and I ordered a burger because….do you know me at all?? The food was wonderful and the company was even better. A girls night is good for the soul!

–This guy and his need to sit in a tray like a cat.

I said to him, “Mac you look ridiculous watching TV in the ottoman tray!!!” This is the look he turned around to give me….

Favorite Recipe:How delicious does this pineapple fried rice look??? Great for a meatless Monday and get your protein with the eggs and cashews.

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Favorite Beauty Purchases: This pregnancy skin business is a tricky one you guys. One moment my skin is oily AF and the next minute it is dry and no matter what it is always broken out everywhere. The only pregnancy glow I am getting is from all the sweating in this 90+ degree weather as I waddle around in my maternity dresses with an extra 20 pounds up front. Woof. I had to do something for my skin. My face literally hurt. Because I am trying to stay as natural as I can and avoid bad for baby chemicals and stuff…I decided to turn to Caudalie. Since I can’t drink wine, the least I can do is spread it around on my face right? (It’s not actual wine, ok.)

I picked up the Caudalie Vinosource Moisturizing Sorbet. I really like how soft this makes my skin feel! It gives me enough moisturizer, but it still sinks in to my skin and just leaves everything so soft! Plus, it smells wonderful! And who doesn’t love pretty pink packaging?

I also picked up the Caudalie Grape Water. For the price, you get a lot and I really like how it is working for my skin too! I am using it as a toner in between my face wash and moisturizer.

I have changed my skin care up a couple of times during this pregnancy and I am hope this is the last change until after she is here. I feel like these products are working together with my face wash and spot treatment for the better now though and I am happy. At least my face doesn’t hurt anymore and it feels soft again!

Favorite Gadget:Chris picked up a rose gold 128gb iPhone 7 Plus for me on Wednesday!!! How sweet is he??? He even brought it to my office for me and helped me get the phone set up going. He really is the best 🙂 I am loving the new phone!!! Everything seems so fast, I like the feel of the new home button, and I am excited to play with the new camera.

Favorite Links:

–Go ahead and add these to the TBR! New book releases for Fall 2016.

–The 67 coolest iOS features you didn’t know about. This was seriously a big update change!!!

–Lindsay always has inspiring posts at the right time. This one is a reminder to celebrate the every day things!

–And in a world where all the news is negative these days, Jenn managed to find some happy stories to share! If you only have time to read one, please make it the dog and the duck!!!

Favorite Funnies:

How I am going to feel when it is no longer seasonally appropriate to wear all these flowy dresses…

When guys don’t understand the pregnancy struggle…

Me trying to get up these days…

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!!!

Linking up with Amanda.

September 23, 2016 by Nadine

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Hey there, Friday!!! I am excited for some nursery painting and football this weekend! There are going to be a lot of good games on Saturday and Chris is bringing two extra TV’s in to our living room so we can catch them all. SEC is hardcore you guys. I suppose that is as long as he still isn’t inline for his iPhone 7. Time will tell. #techlife

Favorite Song: I am digging this new Calvin Harris song, My Way.

Favorite Moments:

–Last night I met up with a friend for an Edolyn’s Pie tasting for a new local company in Birmingham. Let’s be honest, I have never met a pie I didn’t like. These were no exception! I got to try the Lemon Chess, Pecan and Sweet Potato. I loved all three of them for different reasons, though I suppose the pecan was my favorite since I came home with it. Maybe I ate that pecan pie for breakfast this morning, what’s it to you?

Those of my friends in New Jersey, I believe you can get these pies as well. Last night we got to hear the story of how the company started as a southern soul food restaurant in Jersey in the 80’s and while the restaurant didn’t thrive, people kept coming just for the pies so they started selling pies out of their basement and now they have a huge commercial kitchen up there with the same recipe. The daughter of the owners came to Birmingham to spread the pie love here.

–For Treat Yo’Self Tuesday I switched up my Starbucks run with a Nordstrom Rack browsing and an Oreo Blizzard from Dairy Queen. No regrets! Look at this cute little dress I scored on clearance while I was there. Someone is going to be styling come spring!!!

Favorite Mac Scenes: This little guy knows we are getting closer to some changes around here. Normally he comes and lies on me at night while we are watching TV, but lately he has been laying with Chris’s pillow. Like he knows that he needs to make sure they are on good terms because I am going to be pre-occupied with baby soon. He has also been bopping his little nose in to my tummy a lot like he wants to say hi. The other day I asked him where she was and he went running to her room, so at least he knows where she will be staying.

Favorite Recipe: This Sesame Bourbon Chicken recipe looks so good!

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Favorite Lust: You guys!!! YOU GUYS!!!! Michael Kors has come out with a smartwatch!!! I know, I am totally excited too! Look at this beauty. LOOK AT IT! I am so glad I never got the Apple Watch because I want this!!! You can change it’s face to different colors and looks and the bands are swap-able. Clearly a need, right?

Favorite Links:

—10 pieces you should have in your closet by the time you are 35. Looks like I have lots of shopping to do after baby.

—Out of office messages you wish you could leave.

Favorite Funnies:

When you have an evil, genius thought…

When I find out there is a sale…

How I feel most days…

When someone eyes my lunch….

What I said to Laura yesterday on gchat after listening to a conference call on speaker phone from a cubicle near me for hours and hours. HOURS YOU GUYS. Like I don’t even like my company calls I have to be on, I sure as shit don’t want to listen to someone else.

I hope that you all have a fabulous weekend!!! Linking up with Amanda.

September 16, 2016 by Nadine

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Friday Favorites

Favorite Song: I am jamming to Mynga I’m Done. It’s sort of like a good angry song. I don’t know, it calmed me down at work this week.

Favorite Moments:

–On Tuesday, I met up with a friend for lunch at Shiki. It was so nice to just chit chat and not worry about the fact that it was Tuesday. Not to mention that their Masaman chicken is just the best!!! And coconut tofu soup. Always the soup.

–Yesterday, Chris’s company had a baby shower for him and he brought home so much stuff!!! I felt so overwhelmed and blessed going through it all last night. One of the things that they got was this book, Oh Baby! The Place You’ll Go. It is the sweetest book. I read it out loud this morning when I was sitting in her room surrounded by all the things and she started kicking around in there. I know she can hear me, it was seriously the coolest thing!!! This was the picture he sent me yesterday after the shower…

Favorite Recipe:Like seriously, how amazing does this look??? And caramel? Stop it!!!

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Favorite Snack: I have had the Terra chips before and they were good. I think I have had the mixed bag of like beets and carrots and the Mediterranean ones. For some reason, I picked up a bag of the sea salt sweet potato ones three weeks ago and I cant stop with these! They are soooooo good.

Favorite Lust:I really love these 574 Sneakers in the color Lush. Like how cute and cozy are these for fall/winter???

And I am thinking that this top would be great to hide under until I can get my body back in shape after baby. I really love the Lush brand from Nordstrom, they have some great and affordable pieces. It comes in some seriously gorgeous colors I am thinking the one below and Fig would be just right for me!

Favorite Links:

–Just be basic already. This is a list of basic fall things, and most of these things I must do each year!

–See what fall show you should watch based on your zodiac sign. Found this interesting….

–Have you seen the lists that BuzzFeed does of the 21 things to add to your Amazon wish list. This is the most recent one, but if you google it there are a ton of them and they have the coolest things!!! Great for gift ideas too.

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