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Happy Friday, friends! Nathan was out of town for work this week for the first time since September (which is nuts) and for the first time since we’ve had two kids! I was pretty anxious, especially about bed time, but we made it. Camden ate mac ‘n cheese for dinner both nights but hey, I certainly didn’t hear him complaining. I think he actually got a bath one night too. It’s all a blur. If you are reading this and you are or have ever been a single parent just know that you are an actual super hero in my eyes. I think I crashed in bed at 8:05 each night!
1. Will you all be watching the Oscars this weekend? I can not wait! Nathan and I love movies and, before we had kids, we would see many of the nominated ones before award show season began. Now we don’t see many (or any) before they come out on DVD but we still love to watch and see who wins. We also love a healthy bet so we use Sugar and Charm’s Oscar Ballot to make it a little more fun. Nathan usually wins because he actually does research and I just pick my favorites for everything or take a wild guess. Print the ballot here.
2. There were so many comments and questions about our Binxy Baby Shopping Cart Hammock when I shared it on my Instagram Story last week, that I wanted to share it here too! There aren’t many baby things I would classify as “lifesavers” with a second child but this has certainly been one of them. You can use it as pictured here (with baby laying in it) OR you can put your infant car seat in it and it basically holds them up so you can still fit things in your cart! I wish I would have had it when Camden was a baby but I seriously don’t know how I would manage them both in a cart now without it. It comes in a ton of different patterns. Highly recommend!
3. In case you missed it, yesterday afternoon I post a small Target try on focusing on transitional/Spring pieces. It has been SO cold here this week and while I am O-V-E-R this weather, the truth is it’s going to be cold here in Indiana for a while longer. There were a few pieces I found that I have a feeling are going to be staples around the blog/Instagram world this Spring. Check out the post here!
4. Our littlest love is three months old as of last week! Everything has so much harder with her than it was with Camden (for so many reasons) but I’m trying hard to enjoy the baby phase instead of wish it away. And she really is a sweet girl…until bed time. She fights sleep for hours sometimes when we are putting her to bed and it just breaks my heart! Once she goes to sleep for good she will stay asleep for about 7 hours so at least there’s that! We are working hard on establishing a bedtime routine so fingers crossed bed time eases up soon.
5. If you are the praying kind, will you say an extra prayer for our family today? Many of you know that we lost my little brother in September of last year and today would have been his 16th birthday. The pain and sadness still of everything still hits me out of no where and the last few weeks leading up to today have been especially hard. We will spend the majority of the weekend together as a family trying to celebrate his life but it’s still going to be so so so hard. We miss him so much.
Sorry to leave it on that note, but that’s where we’re at right now. Hope you all have a good weekend!
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