Weekending

We had a wonderful weekend that was super productive which is great since we will be at my in-laws for Easter next weekend and then working on the house and nursery the month of April. During work on Friday, a few of my co-workers and I threw a "diapers and desserts" party for one of our co-workers due in April. It turned out really well and Chelsea left with lots of diapers :)

My friend made these adorable elephant cookies and they were delicious!

And our other co-worker is basically a gourmet baker and made these amazing lemon trifles

Later that evening, Stephen and I decided to watch What to Expect When You're Expecting and it was so precious. We saw it when it first came out but man, it definitely hit home now that we're pregnant. 

Saturday, we had a leisurely morning before meeting our friends for brunch. We loved getting to catch up with everyone over a delicious meal and I totally failed getting a picture... Once we got home, Stephen got to work on the taxes and I worked on finishing up a big bridal robe order. I didn't have anything planned for dinner so we decided to finally try one of the nearby Mexican restaurants. Unfortunately, it wasn't as good as we were hoping and I'm thinking it was more traditional food whereas we wanted Tex Mex. After dinner, Stephen watched Dr. Strange (it was very strange) while I fell asleep and slept through most of the movie. 

Sunday, we went to church and since it was Palm Sunday, they had some mini horses there (the 2 horses were cheaper than a donkey ;)). We had to grab a picture with them before heading in since the service had already started so no one was outside. The rest of the day was spent on chores, laundry, more PPE orders and starting to purge my office for the nursery. 

It was a wonderful, restful weekend and I hope everyone else had a great weekend as well!

Weekending

We had such a fun weekend at home which was nice for a change, especially since the next few weeks are going to be busy. Friday, we just hung out - went for a walk, ate dinner and watched the Olympics before calling it an early night.

Saturday, I of course can't sleep in anymore so I was up and worked on a few things around the house and pulled out all my winter clothes to put away before our friends came over for a photoshoot. Our good friends got a sweet puppy a few months ago and wanted some pictures taken before she wasn't a puppy anymore. We had so much fun trying to get Daisy to look at the camera and I have to say, she did a great job! They were so sweet and brought over cinnamon rolls so after the pictures, we enjoyed our brunch on the back porch.

After our friends left, we got ready and headed to Target to start our registry! It was so much fun getting our little baby swag bag and walking around with the scanning gun. I was equally excited because they had the glider I was eyeing online in store so we were able to sit in it and confirm it was the one we wanted! After we finished our scanning and running actual errands in the store, we headed over to First Watch for a later lunch. We had so much fun and the food was amazing.

Once we were done with lunch, we ran to Lowes to look at closet organizers and kitchen faucets because ours is broken. We're definitely excited for some house projects coming up - we just need more than a few days to get them all done. One project that is in the works is painting our room, the nursery and possibly the room that Stephen and I will share since we need my office for the nursery. We bought the paint and can't wait to paint our room in a few weeks!

After all the errands, I was pooped and laid on the couch for a few hours before girls night. A few months ago, my friend and I saw Ashley Brooke hosted a DIY shoes girls night and we decided that had to be our next girls night once the holidays were over. We were all finally able to get together Saturday night and were so ready to get our shoe crafting on! I snagged these shoes for $12 and as soon as I walked into Jo Ann's, I knew I had to put beaded pineapples on them. We all had so much fun and everyone's shoes were so creative! I can't wait to wear mine but I'm nervous that all the beads will fall off lol

To make the pineapples, I drew a pineapple on each shoe with a pencil then added clear tacky glue and put the beads on top. I ended up going back and doing a 2nd layer of beads when I got home

Sunday was our day to really get things done around the house which felt really nice to be productive since I come home and don't do anything after work lol

I hope everyone else had a nice and relaxing weekend! Linking up with Biana

Life Lately

This week has been filled with so much fun so instead of doing just a weekend recap, I'll share some fun bits of our week. Monday, our nephew was born so Tuesday we took a half day and went to meet him at the hospital. He was so precious and little - we loved getting some one on one time with my BIL & SIL and new baby Luke.

Luke with the things I made him

He's crying because his Aunt has crazy eyes lol

Later that evening, we attended our newlywed ugly Christmas sweater party. Stephen and I finally got to break out our sweaters we bought at Wal-Mart. It was so much fun seeing everyone's sweaters and showing off how ridiculous ours were. 

Wednesday during lunch, one of the ladies who is retiring had the whole group over to her house for a traditional Caribbean meal which was quite delicious! I tried ox tail and goat for the first time but I definitely won't be ordering it at a restaurant ;)

Friday was national ugly Christmas sweater day so all the girls (and our boss) wore our sweaters to work. Everyone got the biggest kick out of the reindeer sticking out of mine lol! Definitely a fun way to end the week and spend my last day in the office for the year.

Saturday, we wrapped presents while starting "The Christmas Prince", which ended up being quite cute - Stephen even liked it! After lunch, we headed over to my BIL & SIL's house to spend time with Luke and Siena and while we were there, we also did Christmas gifts. 

We got Siena a swimsuit cover up that I added a little "S" to and she was excited to put the shoes on that we got her which are 2 sizes too big lol!!

Stephen's parents got her a toy iPhone and she was loving taking pictures of everyone

After presents, Stephen and I headed to a co-worker's house for a lovely dinner party! It was great company and amazing food - we stayed up way past our bedtime. 

Sunday, we relaxed for once, finished up the Christmas Prince movie and I did some embroidery orders. It was a great weekend and I'm ready for this week!! Thursday, Stephen and I will be celebrating our Christmas at home before heading up to Chattanooga to spend time with my family. We're so excited to get up there and see everyone so with that being said, I'm going to take a break from the blog for a little bit and hopefully be back in the New Year!

I hope everyone has an amazing Christmas and New Year surrounded by friends and family :)

Five on Friday

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Thank you to everyone who entered into the phone case giveaway last week from CaseApp! Our winner was Shelby McCully - Shelby, I've emailed you to provide you your gift.

If you'd still like to get your own custom phone case (great Christmas gift ;)), you can use code ASHLEYY20 at checkout for 20% off your purchase at CaseApp.

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So how about Thanksgiving is next week!? I seriously can't believe it - I'm compiling all of my recipes, grocery lists and working on a timeline for cooking the day of. One of the things I started thinking about this week was what I was going to wear. It's difficult in Florida because it's so warm around Thanksgiving and with lots of people in the house, rushing around to get things together and being in a hot kitchen, I didn't want to be sweating all day. 

I've decided on this shirt and this skirt - I think it still looks Thanksgiving-y while being cool and not restricted. If it's cool outside, I'll wear boots but if not, I'll stick to booties. 

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Yesterday, we got to do a super fun all employee meeting at work.. at Sea World! We had a meeting the first half of the day and then after lunch, we were split into teams and had to do a scavenger hunt around the park before getting to spend a few hours in the park on our own. We had so much fun and the scavenger hunt was a blast! The park wasn't crowded at all so it was nice being able to walk on rides.

We had to run around the park and take pictures in front of certain things for points and then post the pictures in a "passport"

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Last weekend, Old Navy had 50% off their outerwear so I snagged this jacket I've had my eye on for Christmas. This jacket is super warm and flattering and for only $30 (when on sale for 50% off), it's a great deal! I wanted to share this because next Friday, the whole store will be 50% off ;)

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We are so looking forward to a weekend at home after spending the past few weekends in Orlando. Tonight we have a work party for Stephen, tomorrow one of my friend's is having a fall party and then Sunday we're prepping for Thanksgiving and Black Friday sales! I hope everyone else has a wonderful weekend!

Weekending

We had the best weekend and let me just say, thank goodness we got that extra hour on Sunday ;)

Friday, some of our friends came over after work for a make-your-own pizza, make-your-own ice cream sundae and game night! We had such a fun time that they ended up staying till 1 am.

Saturday was so much fun! The whole family got together at Disney to celebrate our niece's 2nd birthday with a character breakfast. We loved watching Siena see the characters - even if she hated Goofy and got the biggest kick watching her tear into her gifts!

After Disney, the girls headed to the outlets while Siena took a nap then we went to see the new house my BIL & SIL are building and head to dinner at Red Robin. It was such a fun day but we were definitely ready to go to sleep. 

Sunday, we went to church where my friend, Logan, and I wore the exact same dress lol Naturally, we had to get a picture. After church, we had a nice, relaxing day and I got a lot of embroidery done.

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! Linking up with Biana