Monday, February 8, 2016

Valentine's Day | love you more Printable

I don't normally decorate our house for Valentine's day or really any holiday other than Christmas and Thanksgiving. However, this year I have been kinda feeling the Valentine's day spirit (maybe because it's our last one alone) and thought I would create a simple printable that can be displayed for the holiday and long after Valentine's day. This simple little saying is something Anthony and I say to each other everyday and thought it was the perfect personalized quote for us to display in our room. I also thought it would be nice to share with you guys for free!

The size is 4x4 and can be used to display in a frame on a shelf or nightstand or can even be used as a gift tag by hole punching on top and putting a string through. I would suggest printing on cardstock for a more sturdy high quality look.

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I hope you enjoy this little printable and stay tuned for a few more Valentine's Day ideas I have coming up!

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Sunday, February 7, 2016

Pregnancy stormieariel style

Bump Date | 32 Weeks with Sophia

Posted by stormieariel

I decided to document our pregnancy as a way to get all my feelings and emotions out and to later look and remember this beautiful time in our lives. I hope you enjoy if you decide to follow along on this life changing journey.

I must admit, this week of pregnancy has been the hardest between the discomfort and the exhaustion although my blood work showed I am anemic so hopefully taking iron supplements will give me a little boost of energy again.

I remember once I felt comfortable in my pregnancy and it finally felt real that we had a baby growing inside of me, I would have anxiety attacks thinking about being 30 weeks or further along because of the fear of giving birth. However, when I think about birth day now I try to picture what this beautiful babygirl will look like and wonder what type of emotions I will go through and it feels like I am daydreaming. I don't have the fear I once had, I am actually looking forward to going into labor just so I can finally have my Little Love in my arms. I think one of the things I am looking most forward to after pregnancy is the ability to lay on my stomach again. I have been struggling for weeks, WEEKS, with sleeping comfortably and I know I obviously won't ever have a good night rest becoming a mother but I just want to at least get to rest my body comfortably. No matter which side I sleep on, Little Love scoots to that side and elbows and knees me and when I lay on my back (it's only to give my sides relief for a few moments) Little Love smooshes my lungs and makes it pretty hard to breath. I am definitely being prepared for the sleepless nights to come but I know it will be worth it once I get to stare down at my baby.

Maternity Dot Print Blouse (similar) |

Maternity Crop Jeans

I also struggled a lot with putting outfits together this week, I didn't have the energy or the inspiration plus my feet are hurting a lot more and coming up with cute outfits to coordinate with my tennis shoes instead of flats is kinda hard. I feel at this point its more about comfort but I hope I can find inspiration to make my outfits fashionable so I don't feel like I gave up on my life which is how I felt this week. Not a good feeling.

Maternity Shirt (similar) | Maternity Crop Jeans |

Printed Flats (similar) | Necklace (similar)

Maternity Cross-Front Shirt (similar) |

Maternity Crop Jeans | Sperry's

Striped Maternity Shirt | Maternity Jeans (similar) |

Nike shoes (similar)

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Babyshower Pregnancy Printable

Baby Shower Games + FREE Printable

Posted by stormieariel

This past weekend, our friends and family got together to shower our Little Love with love. We were surprised with how many people come out and felt so lucky to know so many others are just excited about our little girl as we are (I will be sharing more photos of the entire babyshower later on so be on the lookout). After we enjoyed refreshments, my sister led our guests through some fun baby shower games.

One of the first games we played was called Yummy Yummy. Guests tried to guess what type of baby food we had out either by tasting or smelling which only one person was brave enough to try tasting the food.

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We also played a game where guest have to remove clothespins off a hanger one at a time using only one hand without dropping any. The highest amount taken off was 17 I believe and the smallest was 1. It was kinda funny watching everyone attempt this.

And of course, it wouldn't be a proper babyshower without the guests trying to figure out how round mommy's belly is. I think my belly was 12 squares of toilet paper round, the highest guess was 21 (I must look like a cow to that person) and the lowest guess was around 8, (maybe?).

The last game we didn't have time to play as we were already 2 hours in the shower and still needed to do cake and presents however I thought I'd share it with you and include a FREE customizable printable for you guys!