Back to school

Last week was Ri's first day of school. Yes I bawled my eyes out day of and night before of course! My little baby started kindergarten and left me to be alone all day. They sure do grow up so fast. It felt like she was going off to college not sure if that's my pregnancy hormones or just being a mom. But those first couple days were torture I must say! How do moms do it all the time. 

She of course was so excited. No issues at all. She's been waiting weeks for the first day. With her frozen backpack and her new school shoes. We even did a back to school fashion show that she totally loved. 

Fashion Friday

Wow two outfits in one week I'm on a rolls. This yet another purchase that was well worth it. High waisted elastic shorts for no more than $10 was my favorite and most comfortable thing this summer. I just went up a size and I hope to transition them into fall too!  Have a Happy Weekend everyone!

Shop my outfit

 Shorts: Forever21{similar}

Boots: Windsor {similar}

Top: Forever21 { exact}

Hat: Forever21

Necklace: Loveculture {exact}

Constant Craving ....

Well we've hit the halfway mark. That kinda went by fast! I'm at 21 weeks now and not that much has changed. Besides the baby's size I guess. He should be about 3/4 of a pound now and 10 1/2 inches long {about the length of a carrot}.

I've been finding myself getting hungrier too. Craving things like chili cheese fries, fruit, chips mostly. I love chips so don't leave a bag of chips in front of me because I have no self control at this point. Then of course sweets I love any sweets!

I've been doing really well with staying away from all foods that I'm not supposed to eat. 

I don't like to take any chances with my little munchkins. 

It's no secret I'm a high risk pregnancy. With the loss of our first son Elijah and my Thyroid cancer ....and well I guess my asthma too. All of that good stuff makes for an awesome pregnancy! {sarcasm}

Good thing it's all worth it in the end and you get a beautiful precious baby out of the deal.

I got a bunch of bodycon dresses for the summer and it was one of the best purchases. This dress was only $10 and they are really stretchy so I can easily transition them into Fall/Winter for the rest of my pregnancy.

Outfit from Gender reveal announcement

Shop my outfit

Dress: Forever21.com {similar}

Boots: Windsor {similar}

Vest: Wetseal.com {exact}

Passion

You may know by now that I am a wife, mom, blogger etc. 

If you have have explored my blog you may have even seen that I'm a photographer. This is a huge passion of mine and recently I had an awesome mentoring session with Kathleen clipper. She totally inspired me to focus more on the style of photography that I love the most. {Fashion Photography} I love being able to be in a more creative setting. 

This is one of my photo shoots that I did as a part of a series on true beauty. 

To see more check out my photography blog

Ashley Reed  

{Fashion Friday} Crops and Bodycons

Finally have a Maternity Fashion post up!

I am now 19 weeks and 3 days.

Let's be honest. This pregnancy has not been at all what I thought it would be. 

I knew it would be hard but not this hard. They weren't kidding when they said every pregnancy is different. There is absolutely nothing I could count on from my last two pregnancies. Everything has been amplified by 100 and brand new stuff too.

I'm getting through it though. I'm working around it. That's all a mama can do right.

I'm thankful that the hubs is being supportive and helpful when I can't do things. 

 

Cravings:

 Meat! I want meat at all meals. Bacon, cheeseburgers, steak, all that jazz! Baby loves it too. He kicks me so much when he gets meat. He's already a little hungry boy. 

 

 

 

 

Shop My Outfit

Crop top: Wetseal.com {similar}

Skirt: Forever21.com {similar}

shoes: amazon.com {similar}

{gender reveal} Drumroll please.....

I know a lot of you have been waiting super patiently and I appreciate it. 

Thanks to one of our many screening tests we were able to find the sex out of the baby a lot earlier than expected. So we've kinda known for awhile.......We are finally letting the cat out of the bag!

Kiss the Cook

I haven't tried any new recipes lately. But I thought I would share one of our favorites that are now a staple in our weekly meal plans.

We have consciously tried to switch out a lot of ingredients in our food to make them a bit healthier for us. They have turned out to be really awesome and we can't get enough!

Tacos

We switched ground beef for ground turkey and we can't even taste the difference.

As well as making our own taco seasoning. It's way better than buying the packaged seasoning. They end up having too much "extra" stuff that we don't want. 

1lb Ground Turkey

Corn taco shells

cheese {we shred block cheese ourselves. Supposedly the bagged stuff is more processed}

Tomatoes

Plain greek yogurt {instead of sour cream}

Avocados 

Taco Seasoning

1Tbl Chili Powder

1/2 tsp Garlic Powder

1/4 tsp onion powder

1/4 tsp crushed red pepper

1/2 tsp Dried Oregano

1/2 tsp Paprika

1 1/2 tsp Ground cumin

1 tsp salt

1 tsp black pepper

Brown meat, rinse

Add seasoning to meat. Add 1/3 cup water



Happy Fiesta!