10 Months

I can not believe in two short months my baby boy is going to be a year old. I know I sound like such a broken record always talking about how fast this first year has gone by, but its true! My sweet baby is slowly turing into a toddler. He likes to hold his own bottle now, he likes to hold the books when I read them, he wants to feed himself, and he so desperately wants to walk. My little man is becoming so independent. Good thing is he still likes to cuddle and give me hugs. These have been the best 10 months of my life. Each day is like Christmas morning when I walk in his room to get him up. He always gets so excited and greets me with the biggest smile ever. Best part of my day Happy 10 months to my beautiful son. I love you so much!

Haute Mommies

I am very proud to be a mom and I really pride myself on taking good care of myself. I try to put together stylish outfits, wash my hair a few times a week, workout and eat right. Just because I am a mom doesn't mean I need to be frumpy and unkempt. I gather alot of inspiration from other moms. I just got my January Glamour and Instyle issues in the mail and I was super excited to see Reese Witherspoon and Gwyneth Paltrow on the covers! They are two of my favorite mommies, that I really admire for staying stylish and making family a priority. I have already mentioned my girl crush on Gwennie several times, but I also love me some Reese. I love that she is a southerner, takes her kids to church, likes to cook, dresses stylish and not to mention dates hot guys (poor Jake, he has so downgraded with Taylor Swift). How fabulous does Reese look in her Glamour magazine spread? She makes me kind of want to cut bangs, a bad idea for someone with wavy hair like me but they look so great on her!




Instyle has always been my numero uno magazine of choice. They just went up another notch in my book by featuring my girl, Gwyneth this month. I recently read an article in which Leighton Meester said Gwyneth would show up to film their movie Country Strong with no make-up on and still looked gorgeous. Of course she did, she always looks flawless. I on the other hand would have dark circles, splotchy skin and bad roots! I could only find this one picture from her Instyle shoot, so if you don't already subscribe go pick this issue up! There are many gorgeous pictures of Gwyneth inside and tons of great fashions! What moms inspire you?

It's My Lucky Day

It must be my lucky day. Two of my favorite men have separated from their long time ladies. Now, I never wish for a divorce or break-up for anyone but I never really got these couples in the first place. I will admit Scarlett Johansson was a definite step up from Alanis Morrisette but I always thought Ryan could do better. Don't get me wrong Scarlett is pretty but seemed kind of weird. Zac and Vanessa were just too young, he needs to get out and date around. Now if only I lived in Hollywood, wasn't married and could snag these two hotties up! I wonder who their next conquests will be??

Get Your Soup On

With all this frigid weather, all I want to do is eat soup. Last week we had French Onion soup (Paula Deen's recipe- delicious!) Monday, leftovers Tuesday and Roasted Carrot and Ginger soup Wednesday. My poor husband both nights asked me what our main dish was and I replied "umm, its just the soup." I sometimes forget that men like to eat way more than women. It is unbearably cold here today, they said we could even get a snow flurry (crazy for Charleston), so all I want is soup for dinner again. I decided to make a more manly soup in hopes that it would keep my husband full and serve as a real main dish! This is a recipe I have adapted from my mom. It is super easy and can just simmer until you are ready to eat! I like to serve with toasted Parmesan Bread.

The cooked sausage and onions

The chicken stock and veggies simmering

Tortellini added


The finished product!

TORTELLINI AND SAUSAGE SOUP
-1 PACKAGE CHEESE FILLED TORTELLINI (IN THE REFRIGERATOR SECTION)
-1 POUND ITALIAN SAUSAGE (WE USE HOT)
-1 BAG BABY SPINACH
-2 ZUCCHINIS SLICED
-2 CARROTS DICED
-1 ONION SLICED
-1 CAN DICED TOMATOES
-1 PACKAGE HIDDEN VALLEY POWDERED RANCH DRESSING
-8/10 CUPS CHICKEN BROTH
-PARMESAN CHEESE

COOK THE SAUSAGE AND ONION TOGETHER UNTIL SAUSAGE IS COOKED THROUGH AND BROWN. MEANWHILE IN A LARGE POT OR CROCK POT POUR THE CHICKEN BROTH IN AND SIMMER ON MEDIUM HEAT. ADD ZUCCHINI, CARROTS, SPINACH, TOMATOES AND RANCH DRESSING PACKET. ADD IN THE SAUSAGE AND ONION. RIGHT BEFORE SERVING ADD IN THE TORTELLINI AND COOK ABOUT 5 MINUTES. SERVE SPRINKLED WITH FRESH PARMESAN CHEESE.

Let the Festivities Begin

We traveled to Charlotte this weekend for an engagement party for my brother Logan and his sweet fiancee Katie. My in-laws kept Sterling over night so we had a baby free evening and morning. It was super weird to sleep in and not wake up to a baby crying, and by sleep in I mean 7:30. I swear my body is so used to waking up early that I physically can't sleep late anymore.
I decided since it was the Holidays I would glam it up in sequined dress I had bought but had no where to wear it to until now!


The party was filled with delicious food, like this amazing sushi! I swear I gained like 5 lbs this weekend between all the booze and food!

And these super cute "K" and "L" Cookies for Logan and Katie.

Matt and my brother ended up wearing pretty much the exact same outfit, it was pretty hilarious

The boys of the family: Brian, Matt, Joey and Logan

All us girls: Kelly, Me, Katie and my sister Taylor

Our moms decided to join us in this picture

The fabulous koozies we had made for the party because what wedding party doesn't have monogrammed koozies!

Hope you all had as great a weekend as we did! I am so excited this is just the start of all the fun wedding parties and not to mention holiday parties! I am hoping my sparkle dress gets worn again this season:)

Lounge Wear

I will be the first to admit when I found out I was having a boy my first thought was, what in the world am I going to dress him in? It has been my mission ever since to find the cutest boy clothes I can and let me tell you it is not easy. Stores are most certainly biased towards girls clothing. Normally they have like 8 racks of girl stuff and two racks of boy stuff, so not fair! I love to dress my little man in all things smocked, but I am starting to realize he needs some practical, as I like to call them "lounge wear". Outfits he can crawl in and just wear around the house. Enter Baby Gap. For some reason I have never bought Sterling anything from here. I think because everytime I have gone in the store here the selection was poor. Online I found much cuter things. Has anyone bought stuff from baby Gap? Is the quality good? Here are a few precious things I found that I am eyeing for my sweet boy. The best part they are all under $40! Any other suggestions of places to shop for cute boy clothes?





All outfits online at Baby Gap

My Next Diaper Bag

Hold your horses, I am not pregnant! I just like to browse online at purses. You see they are my weakness. As soon as I found out I was pregnant with Sterling I set out on the search for the ultimate diaper bag, enter my gorgeous Gucci Tote. Now I am no where near pregnant again (at least not to my knowledge) but I thought I might do some research on my next diaper bag and this is it. The elusive Goyard Tote. They hardly sell them anywhere and they are way out of my price range. They have no online store so you have to find a store that carries them. Looks like the only flagship store in the US is in San Fransisco. Makes me want one even more. I love the monogram, I would totally do my next baby's initials on the bag, fabulousness! Added plus they are made out of a material that is easy to wipe and clean. All pieces are covered in a signature hand-painted patented Chevron canvas made of cotton, linen, and hemp in various colors. Perfect for a diaper bag! Hopefully I will own one of these totes one day!





Apparently red and black were the first colors Goyard used to create their totes and small accessories. Now they have branched out to other colors and do special orders. How gorgeous are all these bags? I am thinking I would choose the brown or black just so it would go with everything and then do the monogram in a fun color. The third bag is my favorite color combo with the brown and ivory.