I'm Loving...

Hello! Things have been busy around our nest as of late but I wanted to share some things I've been loving recently...

These cute vintage Little People that I'm currently planning a certain someone's 3rd birthday party around. That certain someone LOVES vintage LP right now, as do I. Their colors are so fun and everything Fisher Price made to go with the LP sets is just plain adorable. I've definitely been adding pieces to our collection lately thanks to aweseome Ebay and my beloved Etsy.


This gorgeous vintage afghan I scored off Etsy from CaptainCat! Zelda, the seller, was so wonderful and even worked with me a bit on the price. It had been in my favorites section for quite awhile and I still can't believe I was able to get it! The rainbow colors are just SO beautiful.


These butterfly hair clips I made Lovebug for a local butterfly festival...and yes, by "made" I mean I attached hair clips to pretty store-bought butterflies. They looked so pretty landing in her hair.


Anyway, just some things I've been enjoying lately. What about you, what have you been loving?

Some Weekend Loves

Some things I am loving from this last weekend...

This creamy outfit her Daddy dressed Lovebug in yesterday! I'm adoring Baby Legs right now because they keep her legs warm without having to wear pants. Skirts and dresses are much preferable on Lovebug because pants are annoying (and bulky with CD's) and she doesn't love getting her dipes changed right now, so they make the whole process much quicker. They have some organic ones (their wool ones as modeled by Lovebug are so soft!) and they're cute!


My wonderful Gramma and family gathered to celebrate 80 years of her life!

The new album from Ray...this guy is good. No, he's great! He's one of my all-time favorites and this new album is beautiful. Same gorgeous music but some new sounds and instruments in there. I love me some banjo and steel guitar.

These pumpkin spice cookies from Rachel that I vegan-ed up along with a maple syrup icing inspired by Jessica. They don't look nearly as delicious as they are!


The cold front that came in last night. It felt absolutely beautiful out on my long evening run, and paired with Ray's new album playing in my ears, it was downright fun!

This cool website where those of us with no TV can watch the occasional show FREE as a special treat. Aren't Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin just genius together in this show? And gosh, why did Arrested Development ever get canceled? And aren't Holly and Michael perfect for each other?

These two. They are so sweet and funny together, and I love them more than anything.


Lentils, kale, and veggies together in a delicious winter soup my Love made.

The new deodorant, lotion, and soaps made yesterday. For the deodorant, I took the Angry Chicken's recipe and made it my own with lavender and peppermint EO's. The lotion is delicious which I posted about awhile back, but this time I added just peppermint EO and it smells divine - I could almost eat it!

Hope each of you have lots you are loving as well (please share!). Mondays are tough because I miss the weekend, but they're also a fresh start to another week which I also really enjoy. Lots to do - have a good one!

Lavender & Da-Da Day

I love lavender...SO much! Love boiling it on the stove fresh from outside or filling our diffuser with some of its oil and letting the beautiful aroma fill the house...Filling sachet bags with its dried purple flowers and putting them in drawers, closets, and pillows...Making room sprays with its oil...Dabbing a little oil on me as perfume...Spraying freshly laundered sheets with a homemade lavender linen spray...and SOOOOO many other wonderfully delightful uses for its absolutely delicious and relaxing scent! It's one of my top (5) for sure...let's see...the others would be the ocean, babies (especially mine:), rain, and my man of course who has an incredibe natural smell...What are your favorite scents?


Speaking of my man, yesterday was his first official Father's Day...Lovebug got him a ceramic coffee mug that he's been wanting for a long time with two of her pics on it - he loves it! We "made" him go fishing early in the morning so we could bake some doughnuts...but my dough never rose :( (dead yeast) so they became yummy cookies instead...


I knew that Jonathan would be the best Daddy, but he has exceeded all expectations...Really - there isn't a better one out there!! Lovebug ADORES her "Da-da", is noticeably sad when he is gone, sounds like a puppy when he leaves the room wanting him to come back, and has big blue eyes only for him when he's around...but who can blame her?! I do too, but only all the time!! Thank you sweetheart for being such an incredible man of character, the best friend anyone could hope for, and the bestest da-da who is always present in the moment with our daughter! Hope your first Father's Day was memorable - despite the unsuccessful doughnuts :)...

OH and P.S...Lil' love said her first word yesterday...but it wasn't "da-da", it was "ma-ma"....She's been working on the "mmmm" for awhile but finally clearly said it (many times over and over:) and was VERY aware of what she was saying at me - kept smiling and laughing! It should have been "da-da" since it was Daddy's day, but he didn't care - he's the one that's been working so hard with her to say "ma-ma'...see, he's the bestest!!

Spring Day Highs and Lows

Yesterday was a wonderful spring Monday full of many highs but it had a couple lows too...


The rain and thunder were beautiful to listen to and watch, and the rays of sun that followed were gorgeous - High!...


But I realized that the bamboo floor was dirtier than usual (see above) because pollen from the tree's catkins was coming in through the open windows - Low!...


One of my favorite workout videos (yes a video!) got messed up in the vhs player - it was a sad sad day as I've been working out to it for 10 years :( - Low! - so it's off to Recycle for Breast Cancer for it!...


But then a new spring/summer hat I ordered off of Etsy (LOVE LOVE Etsy!!!!) arrived for Lovebug - it's adorable with beautiful colors and she looks so pretty in it - Big High!!...


We went on a wonderful family run last night enjoying the weather and my Love made delicious black bean burgers and sweet potato baked fries for dinner - Big BIG High!!...


It definitely had more highs than lows...and now I'm ready to see what today holds!