First trip to the zoo

yesterday was so gorgeous here, a perfect day to take sadie to the zoo for the first time! i love her expression in this picture ;) a huge tortoise

a classic sadie face

this was the cutest little squirrel monkey! i could have taken him home! sadie was fascinated by the huge aquarium...she stared for the longest time at all the pretty fish

my favorite animal of the day! is it a jaguar or a cheetah? whatever it is, it's beautiful

a couple of bison

here we are in front of the elephants...

who put on a really good show for us!

sleeping lions. he looked like he had hilights in his hair!

sadie and daddy at the end of the day

for our size city, we have a fantastic zoo! we'll be going again soon!

show us your life-dining rooms

it's show us your life day at kelly's korner...this week dining rooms. and since our dining room and kitchen is all one big room, i've included pictures of everything! this stove is such a piece of me...i love to cook and have so many good memories of cooking yummy dishes here! (it's a ge monogram in case you were wondering)


this is our eat-in dining room. i got the table and chairs at a place called spice here in waco. check out their website, they have great stuff.


the is our coffee bar and my wine rack. mike's wine rack is in his office. so needless to say, this wine rack has lots of pinot grigio and sauvignon blanc in it!

and here's a view from the other direction

my island houses my sink (whitehaus farmhouse) and our dishwasher

and i love the buffet...it seperates the kitchen and living room, and i use it when we have company. i just put all the food on the buffet and let everybody make their own plates.

thanks for looking!

one year ago...

last september

-i looked like this

-we had just found out we were having a girl, so i was in full 'girly mode' getting stuff ready for her

-i was counting down the days until she arrived

-i thought my belly was so big

-i was blissfully happy

this september

-what was in my belly looks like this ;)

-i have an 8 month old who is so fun and spunky

-i'm looking back at the days when she was a newborn and can't believe she'll be a year old soon

-i still think my belly is too big. ha!

-i am so very very happy with our life and my sweet girl

and tommorrow begins october, my favorite month of the year!

what i wore wednesday

so this lovely wednesday morning finds me home in bed with strep throat. i feel terrible, but still wanted to share with you a few of my outfits over the last couple of weeks. the pics are all out of order (just in case you were getting confused with blond to brown to blond hair changes! i change my hair a lot but not daily. ha!)

check out what other people wore at the pleated poppy...

out to lunch and running errands

navy tank: target

orange blouse: loft

jeans: guess at marshall's

gold sandals: payless to the grocery store

grey tank: target

sweater: jcrew

pants: dillard's

flips: target

and on miss sadie belle

outfit and socks: baby gap

flower: made my mimi and zia

to wednesday night meeting

on me:

dress: dressbarn

shoes: kohl's

on sadie:

onesie: old navy

tutu skirt: from her mimi

flower headband: gift

to lunch and running errands

shirt: old navy

skinny jeans: target

shoes: steve madden at macy's

on sadie

top: baby gap

jeans and shoes: target

wednesday night meeting

on me:

top: loft

sweater: new york & co

skirt: loft found at resale shop

shoes: dillards

on sadie:

dress: gift (carter's)

flower headband: made by mama

thanks for looking! and have a great wednesday! (i'll be staying in my pjs all day long and drinking lots of juice ;)

monday again

why is it the weekends always fly by and monday comes so quickly? we had a relaxing weekend and didn't do a lot...but i did go see You Again-it is hilarious!! i haven't laughed so hard at a movie in a long time!

and here are a couple of pics of daddy and sadie hanging out and watching baby einstein!

love how her hand is resting on his arm snuggle time

and last night, mike built a fire in our outdoor fireplace for the first time...we watched amazing race and ate cheese dip and drank wine with my mom and les. it was perfect!

show us your life-master bedroom

it's show us your life again at kelly's korner...this week is master bedrooms!

our master bedroom is super calm and serene, just perfect for sleeping! the color on the walls is comfort gray from sherwin williams but it reminds me of the restoration hardware color in all their stores. the bed is from pottery barn as is the duvet. the aqua pillows are bella notte. the bedside tables are from a local furniture store and the lamps are from target (my happy place!)

i got the starburst mirror at target too.

oh and the rug is jute chenille from pottery barn this is facing the bed and looking left which goes into our bathroom...i love to have a little reading chair in the bedroom and my sweet sadie's pic when she was 3 months old.

chair is from world market...pic was taken by me, thankya very much


and this is the wall opposite our bed...i know i know it looks too cluttered but we've had to do some rearranging and babyproofing lately and this was the only spot for the big ikea mirror. a local boutique handmade the armoire for me. it's aqua paint underneath with cream on top and has old glass door knobs on it. it has little cubbies inside for all of my pjs, undies, swimsuits, socks, etc. i love it! the black and white pics are from some of the trips we've taken since we've been married...keep thinking i need to put a pic up when we went to naples last year, but haven't done that yet.



thanks for looking and happy friday!

wordless wednesday