Him & Her

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Blog button design battle

Welcome to Round 3 of the Blog Button Design Battle with Peacoats & Plaid. Want to know who won Round 2? Drum roll please...

Congrats to Kalyn from Love, Laughter, Happily Ever After! Kalyn's winning button design:

The runner-up spot goes to Amberly from Life with Amberly & Joe.

This week's participants include:

Samantha from Designer in Teal
Jess from Plucky's Second Thought
Petro from The Seaman Mom
Diana from DD Kimball Road
Danysia from That L.A. it Girl
Bethany from Before, During, and After
JMc from Running on Empty
Ashley from Him & Her
Danavee from This Vintage Grove
Kristin from Hopelessly Ever After

Vote for your favorite and most eye-catching button by clicking on the thumbnail below. Make sure you're voting solely on eye appeal. You can only vote once, so make it count.

Check back next week for Round 4. If you're interested in participating in Season 2 of the Blog Button Design Battle, make sure you subscribe to Peacoats & Plaid for updates.

Friday, May 24, 2013

Phone pictures

Summer makes me happy for a lot of reasons. I look forward to it all winter long. Winter and I are not on the best of terms. Having Ty made summers even better... We played in the pool almost every day last year. He loved it so much. Plus I was in my last trimester with Ember so the cool water on hot days felt amazing.

This summer I have even another reason to love this time of year more. Baby girl swimsuits. I die. Ember looks so freaking cute in her ladybug suit....I need to get a better picture and from the front so you can see the cuteness....Ahhhh this summer will be great. We totally plan to be outside in the pool just as much! I got blessed with water lovin babies.

Embers hair didn't turn out light or curly like Tys. Ty definitely got my hair. Ty just looks like me all around. Ember on the other hand looks just like her daddy yet beautiful and girly. Her hair is now long enough for a little Pebbles ponytail. (Pebbles like on the Flinstones)... :)

O dear, I never thought I would say this but potty training is pretty easy. Ty is more interested than I am. He loves to go to the bathroom in the big boy potty. I know if I pushed it just a little I could have him fully potty trained in days..The only reason I super hesitate is because our big move is coming up way soon and I hear kids regress when a big change happens.

Painting has totally become a favorite in our house. Finger paint is the only way to go. This recipe is perfect for toddlers. Easy to clean up and non toxic.

Um do you see that stud up there driving the pink bike. Yes he took that to work. He is so so so so freaking cute.

When your 2 year old and 9 month old weigh the same I guess its ok for your toddler to play in the baby toys right? Ty probably sat in the jump-jump for a half hour before he wanted to get out. Silly guy. O and this obsession with wearing a hat has melted my heart.

I am so grateful for my healthy kids. For great friends and amazing family. Grateful for all the kindness that has been shown to us this last week. I can't express how much I have appreciated my in-laws, parents and my siblings.

Monday, May 20, 2013

Tell me Tuesday

Thank you all so much for understanding and being so kind about me skipping out on Tell me Tuesday last week. Sometimes life happens and things are way more important than your blog.

I did go back and look at your fun links.

Here are my favorite from last week.

The thinking closet

Domestic bliss squared

Creative dominican

Life on lakeshore drive

Domestic bliss squared

Want to meet our Guest host this week?!

Leslie from Violet Imperfection

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thank you

I have been thinking about writing this post for a few days. The truth is I have wrote many versions tonight. Some sharing everything and pouring out my heart. Some sharing very little and leaving many questions. The truth is I am feeling scared, paranoid and mad. I am the type of person that can start to feel at peace with an emotional situation but when someone brings it up breaks down all over again. So typing out a post explaining our situation is emotionally draining. However I have so many people asking what happened and truly concerned about us. I just want to let you know we are healthy. We are safe and we are trying to be happy. I have been feeling much better the last few days. We have made some major changes. No physical harm was done to us. I just feel a little shook up by the whole experience. I feel like I share a lot on my little blog. I open up about so much but sometimes somethings are best left to yourself and family. So that's how this will be today but thank you for all the emails and comments. Thank you for caring about my family. We have truly felt the love.

xoxo