• Fashion,  Outfits

    Maternity Photos in Red

    It’s been a long 9 months, and I can’t believe I’ve finally come out the other side. There were times when I thought pregnancy would last forever, times when I hoped it would, and times when I found myself praying to God that I’d just go into labor already. There’s something so precious and magical about waiting…but when waiting is so darn uncomfortable, it becomes anguish. And yet, there’s something strangely precious about that anguish as well. Brian and I had maternity photos done by our photographer friend Manny Avila (check out his photography website here) when I was well into my ninth and final month. To be honest, I…

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    A Yellow Sundress and Summer Tomatoes

    We’ve finally moved into a house and started unpacking all of our boxes. It’s a long process (who knew we had so much stuff?), but it’s been really nice to have a place to call our own. The house is a little far away from Brian’s work, but aside from that, it has everything we need — three bedrooms, a garage, and a nice big backyard for Flash to play in. I can’t even begin to describe how lovely it is to finally live in a house with a dishwasher — I’ve been doing all our dishes by hand for the last few years — and to not have to…

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    A Walk in the Park

    About a month ago, I got a new lens for my camera, and boy has it been a game changer. I’ve been able to control the lighting in my pictures a lot better, and it also lets me get that nice, dreamy background blur. That being said, there is definitely a learning curve with using this thing and some of my pictures are out of focus in all the wrong places! I kept a few of the blurry ones because in some cases the blur added a nice effect — even when I was the thing that got blurry. Let’s just agree to pretend I did it on purpose! Most…

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    Sweater Weather and a Lace Kimono

    Sweater weather? I wish. It is most definitely not sweater weather right now, but I can still keep up with the cozy wearing this brown, knitted t-shirt! Though this shirt looks like a sweater, it’s wonderfully breezy and cool. People are always looking at me askance when I wear it on 100+ degree days, but I like how it reminds me that fall is just around the corner — or a few months away at the very least. Something about this shirt makes me think of summer nights spent around a campfire in the woods and makes me yearn for plaid blankets and cozy hats. Today, I paired the shirt with a pale pink…

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    Cranberry and Stripes

    Now that school is over and I have more free time on my hands, I’ve been doing a lot of planning for an eventual reworking of this blog. To start with, I’m hoping to implement three weekly series that will be posted on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The first of these, posted at on Mondays, will be my outfit posts (the name of which I am changing to “Worn:”) — nothing too different there. The second will be a series I’m calling “Elevenses” (posted on Wednesdays at 11 a.m.), and the third will be a series I’m calling “Catholicism Unwrapped” (posted on Fridays). I’ve been dressing a little simpler recently…

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    Cozy in Spring

    The weather has been so back and forth here recently. One day it will be in the 90s, the next it will be pouring down rain! For those cooler days, I’ve been layering my sundresses. That way, I can stay cozy, but still feel like it’s spring. Rain is my favorite type of weather, and I’m not huge on the heat, so honestly, I don’t mind. Get the Look: Sandals (size 7): Madden Girl Bryceee Flat Sandal in cognac Dress (L): Brand is SO from Kohl’s. Similar here, here and here Sweater (XL): Thrifted. Similar here

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    Cranberry Florals

    I’m not gonna lie, I’m having a love/hate moment with my growing stomach. On one hand, I’ve always thought that baby bumps were adorable. On the other hand, I’m starting to feel a bit whale-ish. Also, while I was prepared for the loss of my waist, for some reason it never occurred to me that I would gain weight everywhere else as well. I’ve definitely been struggling with this a bit (a fact my husband can attest to), but I’m trying not to let it bother me too much. Being healthy and gaining weight to support the baby is so much more important! Mostly, I’m sharing this because I want…