Proud Proof Wife

You may recall this post I did way back when about Proof sunglasses...

 

 

Well they are opening up a retail shop in downtown Boise...I am excited!

 

 

 

besitos, xo

Dress the Bump and Flashback Friday

I am over here at How Does She today giving some tips on Dressing a baby bump.

Well, hello little human baby... I love feeling your kicks every day.

Little Man always wants to help take the photos for my posts. Why is he so cute?

When we are done we have a dance party.

Life is good.

But despite the joy of reaching this milestone in my pregnancy, this week has been a mixed set of emotions for me. 

Flashback Friday...It was about this time last year when I was starting to feel the healing process of joy again from having a miscarriage. The birds were chirping and the trees were blossoming. Then what 6 months later and what seemed like an eternity we were blessed to be pregnant again. I look back on that period of time and am grateful for the growth that came from that experience but wow- I didn't know how much a heart could hurt.   

This week I have shed many tears with a loved one of mine has been waiting a very long time to receive her blessing of having a child and was blessed with the opportunity. But at her second doctor's appointment found out there wasn't a heartbeat.


My heart aches for the loss and I shed tears knowing the extreme unbearable pain that she is feeling- right about the same time of the year last year when I was experiencing such sorrow. Oh how it can be so difficult to not go to a place of bitterness and anger where you wonder why her. In my eyes she seems to be the most prepared and perfect person to become a mother. Knowing that the Lord places such adversity and trials in our lives for our own good... what else could she possibly learn.

Time will tell.

There is a fabulous talk by Elder Scott Titled: Trust in The Lord

"When you pass through trials for His purposes, as you trust Him, exercise faith in Him, He will help you. That support will generally come step by step, a portion at a time. While you are passing through each phase, the pain and difficulty that comes from being enlarged will continue. If all matters were immediately resolved at your first petition, you could not grow. Your Father in Heaven and His Beloved Son love you perfectly. They would not require you to experience a moment more of difficulty than is absolutely needed for your personal benefit or for that of those you love."

 

"I testify that when the Lord closes one important door in your life, He shows His continuing love and compassion by opening many other compensating doors through your exercise of faith. He will place in your path pockets of spiritual sunlight to brighten your way."
 

Sending you pockets of sunshine today.
besitos, xo

Living fashion fantasies through others...

When I was in junior high I thought it would be fun to be a fashion designer and perhaps even model some of my own clothing. I used to be tall... until I stopped growing at 14. I think in a health class in 7th grade I may have uttered that dream out loud to a class to only get snickers and joking comments from some of the class clowns in the class.

Needless to say, I never admitted that dream out-loud again...not to mention- sewing nor height ever entered into my life. But I still appreciate fashion. And I love taking photos of it wherever I can.

The artistic element of expressing something in 3D is exciting.

 Here are just a few photos like I promised from the Fashion Show but you can see more over here at TrulyModlyDeeply if you want some more.

Check out this hair!

xo

Flashback Friday: Bread and Butter in Berlin 2012

Flashback Friday...last July.  Seriously- I am just getting to the photos from last summer?? 

Well, I got to go with the Mister to Berlin to a trade show called Bread and Butter. 

I was like a little girl in a candy shop.

My favorite colors...

Interesting displays.

Shoes.

Shoes.

And more shoes.

And a lot of color!!

I had so much fun!

Today I am over at Howdoesshe.com sharing ideas on how to include color in your spring makeup- come see me!

Oh yah and there was a cool fashion show that I loved taking photos of that I am working on to share with you...maybe even later today but most likely tomorrow...stay tuned.

Besitos xo

This couch...some may see a weed- I see a wish.

I am over here today on How Does She revealing my office makeover using the Chip it program from Sherwin-Williams. If you don't know what that is- check out this post here.

This is the color scheme I decided to get inspiration from to make over my ugly boring office.

...And it all started with this guy.

This is was the first thing to enter into my new space. I adopted this fabulous piece from a local antique market for a great deal...well that is because it needed A LOT of work. 

I have to admit to you that when Mister saw this couch...he pretty much told me it was a lemon and to just scrap it. He didn't think that it was worth the hassle and money of repairing. Not really what I was hoping to hear...but I then reminded him of his love for old vintage cars- one in particular that is taking up space in our garage and only been driven a handful of times.

He never said another word about the couch again.

There as no way I was going to give up on this little couch... although I have to admit- he was right... it needed a lot of work... and possibly money. When we took a look at the inside frame- it was still in it's original padding... which looked to me like a nest of nasty hair pulled out of a drain. Sorry... gross... moving on.

Oh and the fabric was the hardest part...I searched and searched for a fabric that was actually in stock (I had only a week to find what I needed) and just as I was about to give up- I found this.  Little did I know that birds would be a huge theme in this room- I'll explain in another post.

Tada- Here is the couch finished thanks to Best Upholstery. I was happy to see the colors from my color pallet coming together.

I moved my desk and placed the couch in this corner close to the natural light. I envision myself curling up to read. 

Relief. It's done. And despite what the mister says...I love it.

xo besitos,

P.S. Don't forget about the giveaway going on right now until the 30th right here for the coolest Babbaco Box by Jessica Kim - You don't want to miss it!  

Renewal week take 2

Today I feel blessed.

 It was not only the warmest most beautiful day of the year yesterday but it was Easter. Such a special day with such deeper meaning. For such occasion, I decided to wear a special dress my grandma gave me that she used to wear when she was my age. ( More on the dress here)

Funny thing about last week was that it was supposed to be my "renewal week"- (aka: working out, cleaning house, catching up with work, taking Little Man to the zoo, eating less oreos and more veggies kind of a week) but life had different plans. The week instead  started off with a late night ER visit followed by sleepless nights and a cranky toddler and therefore a very sleep deprived and cranky mommy... again reminder that I am NOT in control. 

 Perhaps I am not ready to go back to "normal" quite yet. Maybe I needed an extra week of madness? 

This past week has once again brought me to my knees and given me an even more focused view of life and a another glimpse into the way I believe our Heavenly Father sees us.

This week as I held Little Man in my arms as he was burning with fever and crying out in pain- I felt the a small amount of pain and sorrow that our Heavenly Father must have felt when he watched his son suffer that day in Gethsemane. I know for me watching my little boy endure such pain was difficult to bare. I would have done anything to trade him places if I only could or to rid him of  that experience... and I can only imagine what that day may have been like for our Father in Heaven.

I am so grateful to have this perspective. I love being a mother even more.

(Above: Little Man sharing kisses and his coughing germs with me.)

It is amazing how the past few weeks things have seemed so foggy yet so clear at the same time. Things that were usually every day priorities really didn't matter all of a sudden and everything that did was so clearly presented in front of me that it was easy to set those other things aside.

 Listening to conference two weekends ago I loved what President Thomas S. Monson said in his talk "The Race of Life" where he states: 

"In this fast-paced life, do we ever pause for moments of meditation—even thoughts of timeless truths?

When compared to eternal verities, most of the questions and concerns of daily living are really rather trivial. What should we have for dinner? What color should we paint the living room? Should we sign Johnny up for soccer? These questions and countless others like them lose their significance when times of crisis arise, when loved ones are hurt or injured, when sickness enters the house of good health, when life’s candle dims and darkness threatens. Our thoughts become focused, and we are easily able to determine what is really important and what is merely trivial."

-President Thomas S. Monson

What is really important? what is merely trivial?

That is my renewal. Remembering these past few weeks and the clarity I had of what was really important.

Maybe this week can be my "Renewal Week" take 2?

besitos, xo

Gift# 5- Laugh out loud.

Warning: You are about to see an OVERLOAD of photos from a photo shoot that little man and I did. 

We did a photo shoot for How Does She  (over here) talking about  how to coordinate wardrobes for family photo shoots. My sister-in-law Dar and I have been swapping taking each other's photos for How Does She and then editing them ourselves...so thank you Dar for taking so many great ones!   I had a hard time narrowing down which ones to choose for my out-takes. 

Speaking of out-takes. I feel like each day is one huge out-take. Looking through these photos I am reminded by all the laughing I do on a daily basis with this little man. He surprises me every day. 

We started the shoot off right with some frozen yogurt from Goodies in Hyde Park.

 

However, little man for some reason wasn't into ice cream that day. Who isn't into ice cream?

But he sat long enough to get a few shots...

 

...well almost. 

Random moments caught on film:  Like when Little Man ran through my legs. Awkward. 

Or when he randomly semi kisses or more like semi licks my face. Awesome.

...and moments like these where he'll look everywhere BUT the camera. 

 

...Or when he hides behind you and points to everything he knows how to say. 

  

 ...Or when random people in the street want to pick up your kid and raise him over their head. No, I don't know this man.

Or when the ice cream idea failed and we had to put it down for a brief moment.

But within in the five minutes of leaving our ice cream, a stray dog came and ate it. I am not lying. A random street dog came out of nowhere and snatched our ice cream.  :( 

Or when you think that you are going to have a cute moment holding hearts for a Valentines photo and Little Man uses that opportunity to run away instead.  

Or when you let him have bubble gum (a no no when taking photos btw) and having him drop it and then pick it up from the sidewalk and eat it.

Having him give you spontaneous hugs and kisses. He may have said he "loved me." It may have melted my heart. 

It is moments like these that make buying this ridiculous balloon and having two ice cream cones go to waste all worth it.   

All in all it was a great day. 

 I got to love on this kid.

Who could ask for anything more?

Gift #5: Laugh. A lot.

besitos,