What We Wore [4th of July weekend]

The first of many great red, white and blue outfits over this weekend!

{me: dress - T J Maxx

Scarlet: dress - thrifted, sunnies - Children's Place}

The Three of Us

We managed some outfit photos over the weekend that included our little E! Bribes were involved. :)

{me: necklace - Free People, sweater & skirt - Forever 21, boots - DSW

Elliot: shirt - Target, jeans - similar H&M

Scarlet: dress - Target, boots & jacket - Zara}

Mom and Babe {oceanside}

{mom: shirt - Azure (GB), pants - Target, sandals - Lady Savannah (GB)

babe: sweater - knit by great grandmother, harem pants - Zara Kids, flower sandals - Kellseys boutique}

As the sun begins to set in a kaleidoscope of color, we're sitting together snuggled warmly on the rocks, staring out into the ocean as waves roll up and break just a few feet ahead. 

Sunday Best {with the girls}

 {on me: blouse - T J Maxx, skirt - Zara, shoes - Aldo, necklace and bracelets - thrifted and heirloom

on Scarlet: all from Gap Kids except those "shoes" - Kellseys from Etsy}

Miss Scarlet was actually very, very sad for these photos though Monty thinks she's smiling in this one. But she was mad at her mama! Think I'll add a little girl update here ...

Dear Plum,

You're 6 weeks old now and daddy and I think you're all sorts of chubby. But when we're at church everyone still calls you a peanut, so your delicious chubs is limited to the eye of the beholder. But you're growing those lovely chipmunk cheeks that feel soft as marshmallows when they're kissed. We're off on a trip to Tennessee this week, to visit your tinier cousin Aletta! So that means your first airplane and all sorts of flexibility required. I think you'll do very well as you're happy as long as there's milk, warm snuggles, and a scratchy daddy beard nearby. Plus you love to sleep in your car seat still (even at night!), so we don't have to worry about lugging around a pack n play, thank goodness. Parker was the same. He too loved the comfy confines of his car seat for those first 6 weeks. You're 2 peas in a pod at the moment.

You're sleeping well at night and last night we had an uninterrupted 7 and a half hours. It's divine! You tend to average a 6 hour stretch most nights. We put you to bed around 9pm, after the big brothers are tucked in. The lights go out a little later in the summertime, no battles with bed time and early nights which are nice, and then everyone gets to sleep in in the morns. I kind of love this laid back routine.

A couple of evenings ago I had to wake you from a nap at 7pm (you like to take looooong late afternoon naps). Anyway, you would not wake up! Not when I nursed you or after, when I laid you down and took off your clothes for a bath. Barely as you sat in the water with me and then back to your goofy half an eye open, smile on your face sleeping that you do, as you lay there once again wrapped in your towel. And as soon as your jammies were on and you were snuggled against my shoulder again, you went back to sleep, not to be woken again. So I put you down for the night. It was so crazy to me!

We love you sweet girl. We love holding you and loving you everyday. We can't wait for the thousands of days to come. We still can't believe that you're ours.

xoxo Mommy

Sunday Best {with the girls}

{on me: blazer - H&M, top, skirt & heels - Target

on S: romper - borrowed from her cousin Adorlee, purchased from Sweetpeas (GB)}

It's just the best thing ever when you get to not only nibble on the most delicious baby cheeks in the world but also dress those little baby bottom cheeks in rompers covered in sweet pink cupcakes. If only they made it in my size too. (Yes, I love cupcakes enough to wear them and often do, just not like this, though a pair of cupcake printed pants are surely the next big thing to come from J Crew. I just know it!).

This little lady has settled into a wonderful rhythm of life, typically taking a long morning and late afternoon nap (maybe 1-2 hours long) with loads of shorter naps inbetween. She's even going a consistent 4-5 hours in a row at night which allows for me to wake up to nurse only once after I get to bed. She seems happy to sleep and sleep, without the struggle that her biggest brother (and to a similar point her other 2) gave me whenever it was time to go down. She loves her car seat and her bassinet and I can put her down awake but super drowsy. She doesn't get quite as ferocious about her tummy troubles anymore but instead gives us a good kicking and squawking when the bubbles bother her. Seems she's worked through the worst of that though. But as any lady should, she does not like a dirty diaper very much at all and so I must come running to the rescue whenever it is full. Her cheeks are getting delightfully round and buoyant and her wrist is showing the beginning signs of a red ring accompanied by a bracelet of fat. She has longer awake times now and enjoys laying on the floor staring out of the window, daydreaming of course. She's thinking about milk, ballerina bunny, tomorrow's outfit, and daddy's kisses.