& Baby G Makes Three: 2016

Friday, August 5, 2016

Friday Five

Another week has come and gone - craziness. Life is busy right now. So so busy, but we are trying to savor all the moments as we are speeding along.

Mu favorite things from this week:

1. Sweet Sarah Lucia made her debut to the world. Our 9th Supper Club baby is here! And I am itching to see that sweet girl! Only one more sleep until I get to hold her and see her beautiful face!

2. Hayes is Wild One. We got to finally celebrate Hayes' birthday after his party being postponed a few weeks back. Jojo did such an amazing job - and the birthday boy was ready to party!

3. Arm Candy.

I received this fabulous JORD watch in the mail this week. I knew I loved it online, but I love it even more than I thought! J has complimented me on it several times already and even asked if they have "dude watches". ::Spoiler Alert!:: I foresee these watches becoming a go to gift in the upcoming holiday season. I have my eye on this one, this one and this one for myself. And maybe others if I feel like being generous. What about this one for J? It would look great with a suit, don't you think? Or this one? So many options. I'll take one of each, please. All the heart eyes in the world!

4. Kara's Party Ideas. G's party got picked up this week on Kara's blog. I am not going to lie, Once I got going with party planning, I secretly hoped that Kara would feature his party on her blog. Fangirl much.. maybe just a little bit - ha! Amber's 30th Movie Party I threw also had been featured on her blog a few years ago. The things that make me happy. Insert eye roll here.

5. We've got a walker. I stopped in at G's school in the afternoon on Tuesday just to say hi. After being gone the week before I love seeing him any extra minute I can .. Anyway, when I opened the door to his classroom and he was walking with a little walker, he saw me, and turned to the door walking.. more like running to see me. I about cried. No lie. And the craziest part was that I had dreamt this exact thing the week before while I was in Arizona. Cray. Every day he is navigating better and better.

please excuse the mama voice in the video!

Happy weekend to you, friends!

Best Wooden Watch

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Summer Family Session

Literally, every single time we do a photo session with Stephanie Rose, I cannot wait to see the images. She is so good. Like so, so, so good. Even if I feel like the session was awful, she captures the sweetest moments. I love her... shall I go on???

Its hard to choose just a few to share, but I did my best to choose.

Friday, July 22, 2016

High Five For Friday!

Once upon a long, looooong time ago, I used to post my high five for Friday when Lauren hosted the link up. Amber has somewhat resurrected it, so Ive decided to play along this week.

1. Parenthood.

This show. OMG. I binge watched this in like 2 weeks start to finish and loved every second of it. If you are skeptical, just try it. You might cry every episode, but its worth it. I just wish it didn't end. I would love for updates on all their lives.

2. Carmel Valley

I am lucky enough to be doing a program in this beautiful setting in September. Not only is it in one of the most beautiful parts of the country, but its also blogger related, and very much right up my alley personally. I hate that I cant share who for or exactly what it is for confidentiality reasons, but lets just say this could be my most favorite project yet.

3. Baker Bree's Berry Sweet Birthday

We loved celebrating this sweet girl over this weekend. G still has remnants of his strawberry tattoo on his arm that I cant scrub hard enough to come off. Everything was perfect - the décor the food the bevies! We love you sweet girl - to the moon and back!

4. Ready, Set, Party! Tired of G's birthday party yet?! I hope not, because I received an email this week from Project Nursery letting me know that G's Party was selected as a finalist for the Party of the Month. So if you are so inclined, please vote for G's Party HERE!

5. No more bottles! Last weekend we just never offered G a bottle. I finally found a sippy cup that he would drink his milk from and only offered that to him over the weekend. (I have since bought 6 more ha!) My brother makes fun of me for Brand Repping for Nuby on Instagram, but if nothing else, from doing so, I found this cup and it made weaning from the bottle a non-issue. Works for me. Even at school he hasn't used a bottle - one week down, I would say we are golden!

I travel this next week for the first time all summer pretty much - I'm sad, happy and excited all at the same time. I know I will miss my little buddy more than normal since I haven't been away for a while, but also looking forward to get back to my normal work routine and being with my friends. Such a catch-22!

Have a great weekend yall! XOXO

Friday, July 15, 2016

Ready, Set, Party! Big G Turns One!

I still cannot believe that my sweet bud is already one. Celebrating this day was super important to me. Not only to celebrate him, but to celebrate our victory of all staying alive for an entire year.

We love football season at our house, so what better way to celebrate our little linebacker than with a Football Themed Party?!

Although I don't know how to keep things simple, nor do I know where the line between "so fun!" and "overboard" is, I truly did try to not overthink the process.

For décor, I kept things pretty simple, a few banners, some DIY projects, pictures of G, and football paraphernalia that we already had at home.

Food and Beverages are always the main focus of a party, regardless of what time it is.

Menu:

Pigs in a Blanket served with mustards & ketchup

Buffalo Wing Pretzel Sticks, Veggies & Ranch Dip

Spinach Dip Cups

Mini 7 Layered Dip Cups served with Fritos

Wedge Salad Kabobs

Fruit

BBQ Chicken Sliders

Kettle Chips

Jalapeno Poppers (Market Street)

Beverages:

Beer, Water, Gatorade & Sangria

Sangria Recipe:

3 bottles of rose

1 cup blueberries

2 white peaches sliced or diced

1 cup Cointreau

1 cup Chambord

2 cans sparkling lime water

Desserts - Cupcakes, Cake, & Cookies!

No Dunaway party is complete without a photobooth. Although I really wanted to have a custom background made, I found out it was EXPENSIVE, then I wanted to make my own, but truly who has time for that?! So I settled on a good old party city backdrop... that I now have endless rolls of - Super Bowl Party anyone???

Amber & Jordan let us borrow their bounce house for the backyard, we had bags outside and my parents have a pool table. We got some rain, but it cleared up after not too long giving us some relief from the heat!

We had a ball for everyone to sign for the birthday boy