A Few Fun Finds

....but that's OK because last night we felt her kick for the FIRST TIME and that alone makes it all worth it. Our lives have been so busy lately-- Cash is crawling everywhere and his new favorite game is ''I'm gonna get youuuuuuuu!" We've been trying to get our house in order before our very first holiday party with Brett's family.  And most of our furniture is finally coming in, which makes me tremendously happy.  PS. The holidays are the BEST time to order furniture. Sales are everywhere and we haven't paid full price yet for big items! For example, today I got baby girls rug for 70% off. (RUGS USA, do it) And high on my Christmas wishlist is this leetle animal print for her nursery: eleeeeeeephant  On a more serious note, Cashy has his surgery on Monday and I'm officially a mess about it :( I know he's in good hands but the thought of him going under anesthesia is making me a nervous wreck. I just want my little man to be ok! Please ...

with the months flying by until baby girl is born, i've had a lot of time before bed to think about cashy's birth story.  i find myself hoping and praying that this time it's different. that we have a good experience. a normal one. we didn't get to bring cashy home from the hospital after 1 or 2 days.  we had to go back to the NICU. we had to worry constantly.  i had no break between contractions, ever.  i caught a high fever during delivery. selfishly, i want baby girl's birth experience to be so different. so badly. first i'm thankful we're in houston. we'll be surrounded by family and friends. i trust our doctors and the hospital here a million times more. and if possible pleaaaase don't let me be induced. pitocin and i don't get along. ok emotional post over. and happy 8 months to the best, big boy in the whole world. xoxo, ryann

I'm not even sure I know what a papaya is. Earlier today I thought of like a million things to write (complain) about, but now that I have some free time everything escapes me.  I'm still exhausted all.the.time.-- where is that burst of energy you're supposed to get?! I think with Cash I felt like amazing from 19 weeks and beyond. With this baby, its like sucking the life out of me. Ok that was a little harsh, but y'all, pregnancy HATES me.  If you had a great/smooth/nausea free/loving life/glowing pregnancy, then you are the luckiest people on the face of the earth. And I also want to slap you juuuuuuuuust a little bit.  Nah, I'm beyond the jealous point because in like 17 weeks and 6 days I will never have to be pregnant again and that alone gives me the greatest joy (besides getting a beautiful baby girl of course). Ok ok enough with the complaining.....I think we've almost decided on a name. It's down to 2 and in my gut I know the one that's mea...

Hello friends, I've missed you.  Turns out being pregnant with a 7 month old means no blogging time for this mama.  This past Monday we reached the halfway mark until we meet our baby girl.  Which also means we 100% confirmed she is still a she. Blood tests work, y'all! We were skeptical because it's a new thing.  But now let the clothes shopping and decorating begin. Our Cash man is doing so good and growing so big.  He let me rock him to sleep for the first time last night in MONTHS, which made my week (and made me cry #hormones).  And his nursery is coming along perfectly thanks to Sam . Here are some sneak peeks: Biscuit Duvet Greek Key Rug Fabric for Glider Gray Malin Print (my fav!) Have a great week! xoxo

I just OD'ed on grapes and now feel like I may vomit. Anyways, I have some goals I really want to accomplish before 2013 is over and especially before baby girl gets here!  I thought I'd type them up here..you know to keep me somewhat accountable. Get Cash's nursery/big boy room together.  We are working with Sam of Peak of Tres Chic to make our vision a reality, and she is seriously amazing and so talented! I can't wait for everything to come together. Put Cash into a 1 or 2 day a week school program.  In Houston, wait lists are INSANE.  We're #8 on our first choice so hopefully that comes to fruition soon. Find a fun playgroup with normal, cool moms.  Trust me, there are some out there that I can't even take seriously. Find some good baby music/reading classes that work with our schedule.  The ones around here all seem to fall around his nap time so I might need to start crashing other neighborhood events.... Decide on a name for baby girl!!!...

BABY: 16 weeks today! 4 more to go before confirming girl status. Still sick in the early morning and late evening. #goaway Losing weight (not complaining) Currently craving: frozen yogurt with colored sprinkles. CASH: SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT #fornow Witching hours between 1 PM and bedtime. Torture. Sitting up!!!!! Eating all pureed foods. Not picky like his dad. Currently up from his nap and must go. Toodles.

Behold the cuteness. I MEAN HAVE YOU SEEN ANYTHING CUTER IN YOUR LIFE. Cash just turned SIX months old, and I'm exactly 15 weeks today!! I can't believe it. We go in for a gender ultrasound October 25th, just to extra confirm there's a girl hiding in there.  A lot of peeps have been asking us about names, but we want to 110% make sure it's a girl before we really settle on any.  I will say that we definitely want a boys name for a girl (like mine, duh). And are leaning towards ones that start with C to mesh with Cash.  Any and all suggestions welcome. This past weekend Brett had his 10 year high school reunion and we hosted a pre-party. SPX freeeends I've become really great friends with a lot of his HS friends (and lurv them), but I was so excited to meet some more I've heard such great things about.  Of course I decided to try my dress on about 10 minutes before the party started #typical and of course my bump had decided to go th...

I'm now almost 14 weeks and still have to pop nausea medicine on the reg.  I was so excited for the 1st trimester to be over because then I'd magically feel better, but who am I kidding? I was sick for 5 months with Cash so I shouldn't be surprised. But this time I have MEDICINE. Thank the lawd.  Medicine that really only works on and off throughout the day but it's better than nothin.  Anyways, I'm just really excited for the day I'll be 100%, alert, and not exhausted. Hurry it up. We've had a busy few weeks and even busier weekends coming up.  This weekend I'm going to Austin for our college family reunion.  Just a few highlights of these hooligans: I really am lucky to have these peeps in my life and can't wait to spend a whole weekend with them! Then the next weekend, the 10 year reunions start (WHAT?).  We're hosting the pre-party for Brett's so I need to start thinking of some yummy apps and treats to have.  I'm thin...

I'm so excited to have my love, Lori, contribute a guest post today.  Brett and I have a lot of events coming up and with my growing bump I sought some much needed fashion advice from her.  I keep telling her to start her own blog so maybe this is the push she needs! First of all, CONGRATULATIONS RYANN AND BRETT!  I am so happy for you guys and cannot wait for that little baby girl!!!  Her first leopard print (anything) will be from me...I will have to start researching leopard baby shoes ASAP. Since Ryann has gone and gotten pregnant again, she has come to me for advice for some cute clothes, specifically special occasion outfits in her pregnant state (THAT AREN'T UGLY MATERNITY CLOTHES).  There were many rules, so I am trying to follow as best as possible!  I know she is a big fan of printed dresses, but they must NOT be sleeveless and they must not be too short (baby mamas don't need to all be lookin' like Brit Brit).  Therefore, I have search...

You think you know but you have no idea. #seewhatIdidthere No but really. That's what I feel like. A never ending pregnant lady. It was just a mere SIX MONTHS ago that I was complaining about feeling like I'll never be un-pregnant.  And here I am 3 months preggo.  Just call me Jessica Simpson. First let's get this out of the way. We were not trying.  I was on medicine. Brett was in San Antonio.  You get the point. I think the chances were like .0000001.  But all that aside, I can't imagine life without Cash. So this baby is just as big of a blessing.  And we are actually really really excited and happy they will be so close in age (but yes it will be hard).  As one of my friends said, "God really wanted y'all to have a girl!." Yes, a GIRL.  I still can't believe it.  I was 100% convinced that we were going to have another boy and even had the name picked out already.  We did a gender blood test that is supposed to be 99% accurate, so...

...has been SUPER busy. We moved. Cash just turned FIVE months old. (Can't believe it).  Lots of doctor appointments. Lots of exciting things. Speaking of moving, we're still adjusting to our house. I mean neither of us have ever lived in anything together over 1500 sq ft.  Or with more than one bathroom. Or with a bathroom actually ATTACHED to our room. Progress, y'all.  Also Cash's room is upstairs and ours is down so I've had to get used to hauling a 21 pound baby up and down stairs all day. All I have to say is my butt better look DAMN good after this. No but really I'm in love with our house and can't wait to show you guys pictures as we start to get furniture in.  Also living in Houston is just flat out amazing. My mom comes over all the time to help out. We can go to Los Tios whenever we want. I can eat El Tiempo's lobster fajitas any day I want. It's just spectacular. See a trend here? On to Cash, I seriously can't believe he is 5...

As I'm typing this, I just spent 20 minutes trying to get Cash down for his morning nap.  We swaddled, we rocked, we shhh-ed, we did everything. I gently set him down in his rocker (we aren't to the crib yet) and fast forward 5 minutes later he is WIDE AWAKE LAUGHING AT THE FAN.  Ok and now he is crying. I have so many questions I don't even know where to begin. Let's go back. Around 6 weeks we started Cash on a bedtime routine-- this coupled with the miracle blanket and an elevated sleeper was our ticket to sleep.  He's been sleeping through the night ever since. (I know hate me all you want.)  But along with that comes having to rock him to sleep and perfect the "put down'' aka transferring him from our arms to the rocker (we aren't to the crib yet).  And that was totally fine in the newborn stage but now he needs to be rocked and shh-ed to sleep before bed and every nap.  I always said around 4 months I'm going to start sleep training per...

Like major. Behold: ZEEEEEEEEEEBRAS! Like...everything I would ever want in a fabric. I first saw it over on Peppermint Bliss (surprise, surprise) since she's using it for a new client.  Here's her vision for it: I wish I could copy every.single.element.  But that would be over a billion dollars. Then look at this table perfection: Equally obsessed with the pairing of staffordshire dogs all over the table.  You can find those here .  I'm snatching up some pairs immediately for the new house.  They'd be quite comfy up in there. Here's my take on the whole situation-- I'm thinking mrs. zebra (bc she's sophisticated) would be a perfect match for the dining room.  My mom is handing me down her dining room table that's mr. duncan phyfe's twin. (Look a like pictured--->) Then I snatched up two of these via Ballard because they are on major sale. And mrs. zebra would look MIGHTY fine on them. Don't you think? Tho...

Picking lights for a house is E-X-H-A-U-S-T-I-N-G.  And by far the hardest decisions we've had to make.  I couldn't even deal with ceiling fans and just told the builder to pick what they thought was best #fingerscrossed.  But choices have been made and details finalized SO I shall give you a sneak peek. ENTRYWAY: STAIRWAY SCONES: DINING ROOM: KITCHEN: BREAKFAST ROOM: GUEST BATHROOM: MASTER BATHROOM: CASH'S BATHROOM: Refresher---> to be paired with blue penny tile sailboat wallpaper Speaking of wallpaper, I have some in my POSSESSION. Here's a little snippet of the powder room walls. (Don't wanna give too much away you know, gotta make that it's own story) And the lights for dat room: IT'S ALL HAPPENING. xoxo, ryann