OOTD: Wearing Maia's favorite color

It's been too long since my last post! In addition to spending lots of time with my baby girl, it's been a busy fall semester at school. I have been taking some OOTD pics though so I'll try to catch up next week and post them.

Here's today's outfit. Recently we discovered that Maia's favorite color is yellow. She loves the yellow duck and giraffe in her animal book, and her favorite toy is her golden-yellow musical lion we call Leo. So she definitely liked my outfit today with the bright yellow cardigan. This color makes her smile really big and giggle. It's SO cute!!


Green-Striped Dress (Shabby Apple)
Yellow Cardigan (Target)
Belt (Target)
Shoes (Target)

My little girl is almost 3 months old now and I can't believe how big she's getting! This is one of my favorite pictures of her lately. I love this flower dress from her Aunt. :-)

Beach Baby

This weekend we made a little trip to the beach and Maia got to dip her toes in the ocean for the first time. She didn't seem to mind the water at all! We had planned to sit with her on the edge of the water but couldn't find a bathing suit or swimmy diapers small enough so I just put her in a tank top and regular diaper and held her over the water, putting her feet in up to her ankles. I think she liked the squishy feel of the wet sand. Isn't she cute in her ridiculously large sun hat?! ;-) We went late in the afternoon and I had her covered in sunscreen just to make sure she didn't get too much sun.



Here we are standing by the water, enjoying the ocean breeze.



All three of us after lunch with the grandparents:



Have a great week everyone! I've got so much work to do this week that I'm glad we had a nice, relaxing weekend before the craziness begins. :-)

OOTD: Fall is right around the corner

In honor of the slightly cooler temperatures lately, I've been putting together outfits with more fall-like colors and fabrics.

Here's my outfit for class yesterday. I love getting to wear my beloved "deer & bird print" dress (a.k.a. the Southward Stop Dress from Anthro) again! I paired it with a short sleeve cardigan, purple belt, and wedges but I'm looking forward to adding purple tights and boots in the months to come.



I wore this sweater skirt from Ruche on Sunday when Sara and I went to the movies. We saw The Help and I was pleasantly surprised that it was as good as the book. I don't say that often!



And of course, here's a Maia picture! ;-) She's getting so big!



Maia and Jeffy on the couch. My spot is right between them. :-)



Is anyone else excited about Fall clothes? It's my favorite time of the year!!

OOTD: Peppered & Striped

Just a quick OOTD post!

Thursday's outfit for class:



Yellow Cardigan (Target)
Bits of Pearl Blouse (Anthropologie)
Lace Cami (Old Navy)
Silver necklace (Anthropologie)
Peppered & Striped Skirt (Anthropologie)
Black Sandals (Kohls)
Maia's striped outfit -- gift from Sara (Mommyland)





Have a great holiday weekend everyone!!

OOTD: Coral & Dots (and Maia too!)

Yesterday we started week 2 of classes. Besides enjoying being back in the classroom teaching my wonderful students, I also really love putting together outfits for class! ;-) It's fun to have a reason to dress up. For yesterday's outfit I pulled out this old skirt that I love because I can wear so many different colors with it. It's also a great summer-to-fall transition piece because the colors work for both seasons but the material is light-weight enough for the warm weather that we've been having. I paired it with this coral cardigan that I got on sale earlier this summer.



J Jill Skirt
brown shirt with beading (gift from MIL)
Coral cardigan from LOFT
Target wedges & belt

While I'm at school Maia gets to spend time with her daddy and they are developing their own little routine. It's funny how he's found things to entertain her and keep her happy that are different than the things I do with her. She loves to have some "tummy time" on the couch next to him while he works on the laptop (but doesn't really like to do this with me for some reason). He found a radio station on the TV that she loves listening to -- her favorite music used to be what we called "Lawrence Welk" songs but lately she's been into this "Groove" station that he found. heehee :-)

Here she is snoozing next to her brother Jeffy:



Showing off her cute little bum! We both happened to be wearing coral and dots that day. :-)



Mommy & Maia:

Book Club: The Help

I just finished The Help over the weekend for the book club that Carol at In Pursuit of Pretty Things is organizing. Has anyone else read it? I thought it was really good and I'm looking forward to discussing it with the other book club members. If you've read the book or plan to soon, go over and check out Carol's post and plan to join us for the discussion!

Back to School OOTD: Color-Blocked

It's been a busy few days here! My sister came for a visit over the weekend to see Maia and she really enjoyed getting to spend some time with her. Then Maia turned one month old on Monday! I can't believe she's already that old. The time is flying by.

Yesterday was my first day back at school teaching twice a week for a few hours. Luckily my husband gets to work from home on those two days so he was able to take care of Maia while I was gone. He said she did great! I missed her a lot though.

Here's my first day of school outfit:



Color-Blocked Sweater Skirt (Anthropologie)
White Blouse (Ann Taylor)
Necklace (Anthropologie)
Wedges (Target)

And a couple of cute Maia pictures ;-)

Happily gazing at her Aunt Gina:



Snoozing: