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Friday Favorites

It has been quite a week. I left work early Monday morning to pick up Zoe because daycare said she wasn’t herself. Her doctor was all booked up, so I saw another in the practice. I didn’t feel right about his diagnosis and Zoe started deteriorating pretty quickly. Tuesday morning I called the second her doctor office opened and demanded to see her doctor ASAP. I am SO thankful I did! She was misdiagnosed Monday and it was pretty serious by Tuesday. Her doctor took his time with her, even called in two other doctors for a second and third opinion. We got her on a treatment plan and on the road to recovery. I tell you all this to say, you are your only advocate. And if you are a parent, you are your child’s only advocate. Speak up if you feel something isn’t right or you want someone to take another look. There is a reason you have that feeling in your gut and you go with it!

So with all that being said, I am behind on life this week. The back end of my blog is messed up somewhere and all the comments from the last week and a half haven’t been coming to my email and that is why you haven’t had a response. I am so sorry. I have read each and every one of them though and I do appreciate them! I am going to respond back to those of you who asked questions today and will try to get to the rest when they come back through my email. Technology has not been my friend this week in many areas of life.

Let’s move on to my favorites before I write a novel.

Favorite Moments: I have the best mother in law ever. She came with me Tuesday morning when I took Zoe back to the doctor and checked in numerous times. She worked her day around yesterday so that she could keep Zoe and I could make an appearance at the office.

I also have the best sister ever. Tracy used some sick hours Wednesday to come see Zoe because she just had to see for herself that Zoe was ok. She hung around my house most of the day and snuggled Zoe and played with her and let me get some work done.

Yesterday when I went to the office, a coworker and I grabbed salads from Newks. It was nice to catch up and get out of the house for a little while. And actually eat an entire meal uninterrupted.

Favorite Recipe: Some days, I am all about the one pan meals. How delicious does this Mexican skillet look?

An easy dinner all made in one skillet- Mexican Chicken, Sweet Potato and Black Bean Skillet. Top this healthy dinner with shredded cheese and cilantro for a fast and delicious Mexican inspired meal!

Favorite Lust: I am starting to put my Christmas wish list together, I think this is going to the top.

Favorite Funnies:

Seriously you guys, this is my life struggle…

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Me: I am going to set aside time today to look good. Me arriving at work…

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When you get an email from corporate saying the office can close early…

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

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Friday Favorites – Five Years

Favorite Moments: Five years ago today, I made the easiest decision of my life saying I do to Chris. Sometimes I can’t believe it has already been five years, and other times I can’t believe it has only been five years. The year we got married; we purchased a house, each got new cars, both changed jobs and were married. Talk about all the life changes. In our fifth year of marriage, we are still in the same house but driving different cars, both have different jobs, and most importantly, we have Zoe. This fifth year of marriage has been my favorite. Seeing Chris as a dad moves my heart in ways that I can’t even describe. I am seriously so lucky to get to do life with this guy.

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We have plans to grab lunch together today, just the two of us. It will be our first outing together alone since becoming parents.

Speaking of lunches, Laura and I grabbed lunch together yesterday at CommonHouse. It is a weekly must for us!

And I met up with two of my old Friday lunch club girls on Wednesday. Salads were my jam this week.

Favorite Recipe: How amazing does this Thai bowl look?

Thai Cashew Coconut Rice with Ginger Peanut Dressing. This rice salad is seriously addictive and always a huge hit at potlucks!

Favorite Lust: I love tops from the Loft and majorly crushing on this pretty pink

I love the bar back on this lacy one

Favorite Funnies:

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Crossing my fingers

Naptime woes. #momlife #drivesmecrazy #butiloveit (via @WendyWisner)

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

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Friday Favorites

Favorite Moments: Laura and I hit up Babalu on Tuesday for lunch. Usually I am lured by their enchilada of the day or their Taco Truesday deals, but I decided that I would go back to an old favorite…the Satay Chicken. It did not disappoint! And of course we had guac. That should be a given! Lunch with Laura is pretty much the highlight of every work week.

Zoe snuggles!!!! My little angel hasn’t been feeling 100% this week. In fact, she caught a virus on top of the one that she was already trying to fight. Dirty daycare baby strikes again!!! I decided to keep her home Wednesday and took her to the doctor to make sure she didn’t have an ear infection or anything. She was all kinds of snuggly that day and preferred sleeping on me. Here I am with my “you jealous bro” face and our movie during nap time. So glad to see Rugrats on Netflix!

Zoe’s school had Iron Bowl themed pictures on Tuesday. We dressed Zoe in her Alabama best, but she decided she didn’t want to partake in the pictures and threw a fit. The photographer gave  up on  her and returned my check. I have a  happy baby, don’t know what the girl did to upset her but it must have been bad! So I had to at least get one picture with her outfit/// Zoe loves her yogurt melts during snack time///apparently this is how we watch TV now, with things on our head

And here are Zoe’s thoughts on real food right now. She eats her baby purees like a champ, but isn’t feeling anything else.

Favorite Recipe: How amazing does this Mexican Street Corn Soup look?? Tis the season!

Mexican Street Corn Soup

Favorite Purchase: I was running low on foundation, so I placed an order with Sephora. I decided to try the new Too Faced Peach Perfect Comfort Matte Foundation after watching about 20 reviews on YouTube. I am only on my second day of it, but I have to say…I am impressed so far!! I chose the shade “Snow” and it is a perfect match for my pale skin, without having any weird yellow undertones. My skin is very neutral and most stuff oxidizes yellow on me. The coverage is medium to full and it looked so pretty after applying it with my Real Techniques beauty blender.

I also cashed in some Shopkicks for a gift card so I could try out Elizabeth and James Nirvana Bourbon perfume. I ordered the roller ball before committing to the full size bottle. I am LOVING it!!! I smelled it several weeks ago and was impressed, and then Steph recommended it recently and that sealed the deal.

Favorite Funnies:

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Pretty much going to be my life. Zoe’s favorite song right now is Uptown Funk, but she is no stranger to Lil Wayne…

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Me yesterday….

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Linking up with Amanda. Hope you all have a great weekend! Last one of October!!!

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Friday Favorites

Oh, hey there fall weather!!! Nice to finally see you! That’s right folks. We had a few mornings here in Alabama where it dipped down to the 40’s and I was in absolute heaven. There is nothing better than a crisp fall morning. I could even smell fall in the air just a little! I think Zoe is going to be a fall girl too, as every  morning this week when we go down in the garage to get in the car…she points outside and makes me take her out there for a minute. She looks all around and takes everything in and has the biggest smile on her face. So do I!

Favorite Moments: When I picked Zoe up on Monday, I noticed something sitting in her cubby at school. When I got closer, I realized it was a pumpkin that she painted!!! A few weeks ago there was a picture of her waiting for me in there when I picked her up with her hand prints, and now this pumpkin. These things are so precious to me! I love that her teachers work on this stuff with her and I guess I need to start a box for school keepsakes already!

Seeing the sun rising over the mountains and the way the fog rises over the water every morning on my way in has been so wonderful.

Zoe loves to play ball with us now, and I love it too! It is so cute watching her throw and roll it to us. Sometimes she even rolls it around for herself to go get. She always holds it up like…wanna play??? Yes!!! Mommy always wants to play!

Favorite Link: I found this article on Astrology for Careers to be interesting. Do you find yourself relating to your sign?

Favorite Recipe: How amazing does this easy crockpot peanut butter chicken recipe sound?? I added all the ingredients to my shopping list for next week.

Slow Cooker Peanut Butter Chicken- You had me at "peanut butter"! But it looks very, very easy, and tasty. I definitely want to make this soon.

Favorite Lust:I was shopping at Target for some work pants yesterday. Their sweaters are buy one get one 50% off right now!!! I scooped up two to replace some very old ones that I have that have seen better days and are a little misshaped and literally falling apart. I tried on this bomber jacket, but didn’t end up getting it. I haven’t stopped thinking about it since and will probably go back to pick it up. For the price point, I was surprised by the quality.

I picked this sweater up in light gray and blush pink.

I also wanted to grab these mules in black and maybe silver…but they didn’t have my size in stores. I am giving in and jumping on the backless mule train. I think they would be perfect here because we all know that warm weather will creep in and out of the next two or three months, and these say fall without being too warm and restrictive.

And how cute are these???

Favorite Funnies:

She said, 'That's a lot of money to spend on a purse!' It was then that I knew we could never be friends.

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Lol nothing could be more true

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

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Friday Favorites

Favorite Moments: Had a wonderful lunch at Tazikis with a good friend. I am truly blessed with the amazing people in my life. We laugh together and cry together and it is always so good for my soul.

I have been making the best salads at home this week! Last night’s was mixed greens with apples, blue cheese, almonds and balsamic vinegarette dressing. It was sooooo delicious!!!

Someone has learned how to point this week. It is seriously so cute.

Favorite Recipe: Found this Whole 30 Pumpkin Chili recipe. Pretty sure you can’t get more fall festive than that!!! Can’t wait to try it out. Zoe loves pumpkin and has it a lot for lunches, I think she may have to test this out too.

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Favorite Lust: Next time Loft runs a good sale, I need to scoop up this dress! It is buttery soft and so cozy and comfy. Perfect for fall/winter!

Favorite Funnies:

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Me on a Tuesday when technology isn’t being my friend…

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When the conversation turns serious…

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Carrying bags while leaving Nordstrom Rack…

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Me at 5pm…

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