Closet Transformation with Elfa

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Almost a year ago, Nathan gifted me with the most perfect gift to date. Being a super organization lover, he gifted me a closet transformation with Elfa at the Container Store. This is no way sponsored. We paid for this transformation ourselves. I’m sharing this product today because I love it. And when it comes to a beautiful organization for a closet at a reasonable cost, Elfa does an amazing job.

When we were re-doing Harrison’s room in preparation for him to join us, I knew we needed the best use of space for his tiny closet. I loved the way it turned out. It maximized space, and drawers, and we can move bars around over time to grow with him. So when Nathan gifted me a new closet, I was so excited! The Container Store helps you design your space just the way you want it. Long hanging space, short hanging space, drawers of different sizes. I got my dream closet at a bargain price. If you’re looking at doing an Elfa organized space, the Container Store has an Elfa sale the month after Christmas – so even better, we got the whole space for a discount. That means that the sale is just around the corner! So if you’ve had a space you’ve been wanting to organize, now is the time!

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Friday Favorites {12.13.19}

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It happens every year it seems. I await the holiday season with such great expectation and excitement for the wonderful things this time brings: time with friends, many coming into town for the season that we only get to see once a year, holiday parties, family events. But at some point in the season, maybe you feel it too, the expectation of being everywhere for everybody starts to catch up with me and starts getting me down. That I just simply cannot be everywhere, and attend every event, and make every important person in my life happy, AND be the kind of mom and wife I want to be to my family – not to mention just taking care of my own mental health. Ugh. And that’s where I’m at right now. At a crossroads of choice, knowing that I just simply can’t do it all right now, but I struggle internally with feeling so guilty that I can’t be there for everyone. Anyone else struggle with that in particular during the holiday season? Maybe this is why when January comes, it feels so good to just exhale and not have the go-go-go of the holidays.

I love having this little corner, though, to reflect on the little things that I loved in the past week. Things that made me smile and brought a little bit of joy and re-centered me over the past week. Wishing you, friends, a peaceful weekend.

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Let’s Look At…Your Gift Wrapping Station

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It’s “Let’s Look At” day with Shay and Erika, and I LOVE reading through these links getting a glimpse into your lives! Today we’re looking at our gift wrapping station.

My gift wrapping station has been taken over by a little boy’s playroom. I used to have a whole unused room upstairs that once a year turned into Santa’s workshop, but now, that room gets used much more by a little guy playing with his toys, dog, and soccer games.

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Favorite Children’s Christmas Books

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Harrison is in a stage where he’s really loving reading. He has favorite books, and ones that he doesn’t ever want to read. There are ones that he likes to read to himself. Just last week, his daycare sent us this picture from nap time…

I love switching out our bedtime books with the holidays coming up or a change in the seasons. There are so many Christmas books that I remember from my childhood that I adored, and wanted Harrison to grow up with, and there are also some new books that we’re loving this holiday season.

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New York City – Stay & Play

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Right before Thanksgiving, Nathan and I got away for a few days in NYC to celebrate our anniversary. We had so much fun getting to spend time talking, playing around the city, and eating so much! Earlier this week I shared all of the amazing food and drinks that we loved in NYC. Today I’m going to share some of our favorite activities from this visit to NYC! I’ve saved down to my Instagram Highlights all of my favorite clips from the trip too.

Nathan and I have been to NYC numerous times, both together and as kids with our families. So, the things that we chose to do this time around were mostly off the beaten path. If you’ve never been to NY before, you absolutely need to to the big touristy things – The Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, the World Trade Center Memorial. They are not to be missed things as an American city, or anyone visiting NYC.

Nathan had never done the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island before, and it had been 15 years since the last time I went, so we did hop over to Ellis Island for the afternoon one day.

Ellis Island

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New York City – Eat & Drink

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Nathan & I celebrated our fifth wedding anniversary by taking a long weekend getaway to one of our favorite cities: NYC. This was our third time to go to the city together, although, Nathan goes often for work. It was a wonderful four days getting to lay around in bed in the morning not watching Elmo, do some things in the city that we’ve never done before, and see some shows! I saved down my favorite clips from the vacation on my Instagram Highlights.

I’m breaking up our NYC trip into two parts: Eat & Drink, and Play & Stay tomorrow!

Joe’s Pizza in Greenwich Village

Joe’s Pizza (Greenwich) || Ya’ll. We have found our NY pizza. Kevin Bacon said that he wanted his last meal on Earth to be a slice from Joe’s, and after grabbing a slice…three separate times on our trip (YES! THREE!), we totally agree. It is the perfect, quintessential New York slice. Simple. Crisp, yet soft. Incredible. Nathan and I both agreed that this pizza was ‘go out of your way’ good.

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Friday Favorites {11.29.19}

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Oh my goodness, it feels like I’ve been gone from this little corner of the internet for so long, and it’s been less than a week. I hope that your Thanksgiving was wonderful – full of family or friends that are like family. With all the family time lately, and time away with Nathan, I’m sharing a little “Life Lately” in combination with my Friday Favorites.

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Friday Favorites from Amazon Lately {11.22.19}

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Nathan and I are on our way to the airport today for a little alone time in one of our favorite cities: NYC! I’m going to take a little break from blogging to enjoy time with my main guy and our family during the Thanksgiving holiday. But I’ll still be hanging out over on my Instagram Stories if you want to catch up there! I’ll be back for some Black Friday Favorites! I’ve rounded up some of my favorite Amazon purchases lately this Friday!

Harrison is in a phase where he wants to be held in the kitchen so that he can observe and “help” with all of the cooking. I love that he wants to see what’s happening and how our food gets made. But my left arm weight load just isn’t quite keeping up with how big he’s getting. Not to mention, cooking can prove pretty challenging when trying to keep a toddler away from a hot stove where he wants to lunge towards and touch the pans.

I’ve been eyeing this booster stool for a looooong time. Mostly because it was quite the investment for a baby item. However, after having Harrison fall off a chair once trying to help, I finally pulled the trigger.

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