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How has it been 8️⃣ weeks ago today that our little GIRL, Elle Rose arrived?! 💕 What somehow seems crazier, is that 8️⃣ years ago this month dada & i went on our first date! ❤️ We were freshman in college sitting outside @dairyqueen - & I asked Griff what his biggest fear was. He said “not being a good enough father.” (A freshman football player in college already thinking about parenthood?!) I should’ve married him right then and there! 😍 All those years of worrying must have served you well daddy! madeforthis . . 👉🏻 All of my hospital bag must haves are linked on this photo with the @liketoknow.it app! Download the app, screenshot this pic & load up with all my fave jammies & essentials. http://liketk.it/2wlhI liketkit themidwestskinny

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Kids Zara and target finds for spring! Love these blue jackets, boys quarter zip & shorts. And my favorite sandals and cardigan I wear almost daily!

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Loving the new #vuori BlissBlend Form leggings. They come in longs, hug all the right places, feel like butter but don’t show everything 😆. Also love this versatile down white puffer jacket for year round warmth!

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Free People colorful athletic shorts + tees, all under $40! Perfect for Spring/Summer.

Sizing: Wearing a Medium in everything (6'2"). True to Size.

*Carpe Diem Shorts: fit more snug around waist

*Get Your Flirt On Shorts: Looser fit - could size down.

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Spring summer kids clothes! Comfortable enough for the backyard but elevated enough for outings. One of our favorite affordable children’s brands

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Target kids girls activewear! 25% off sale!
Spanx like material skirts, crew necks, quarter zips and sweat pants!
Skirts tend to run big for my girls.
Cropped tanks are ribbed lululemon like material and quality! But run very small since they’re meant to show stomach. We sized up. My 4T daughter wore 6/7.

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Easter at home

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My go to comfortable effortless outfit for errands! Love a monochromatic moment: cashmere sweater, lululemon leggings, new balance tennis shoes and my new favorite mini neck scarf!

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Toddler kid cooking set so children can safely help us mamas in the kitchen!

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Paper party supplies for Elle’s birthday floral arrangement party! Napkins, table runners, candles!

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🎉This is 29! 🎉 I can’t even believe I’m entering the last year of my twenties, with two babies and a third on the way. (In my mind I’m still 25 🤣).
Spent my day soaking in quality time with these babes, and the hunk behind the camera— and reading @legitsadierob new book “Live”.
👉🏻This excerpt about birthdays was too fruitful not to share:
✨“Your birthday is a reminder that God gave you life. It gives you a fresh start every year. It symbolizes the fact that there was something about God’s image that he wanted to create in you and share with the world. If you do not believe you are worthy of celebration, I want to remind you that your birthday is the ultimate affirmation of who you are and why your life matters.” ✨
• Through the growth, the joy and the trials that Year 28 brought, I can look back now and see how good and purposeful God was in all of it. God withholds, God takes away, and God gives and gives and gives - all to bring Him glory. And I know full well I don’t deserve a single ounce of it. 🤍
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Annual Nashville bridge pic with mama ✅
Annual pair of @naotfootwear on my feet ✅
#Naot, #Naotic, #sponsored
•• Y’all, listen up about these shoes. I’ve gone through SIX pairs of these exact shoes over the past 6 years because I wear 👏🏻them 👏🏻to 👏🏻death!! 💃🏼 You can wear them with jeans, pencil skirts, dresses & lululemon! So versatile and heaven on your arches. I will be buying them until the day i die! My mom & grandma also rock Nagoya daily.
••at @cma music fest, we walk m i l e s 🙃, dance in the pouring rain, and jump up and down screaming for @carrieunderwood. We used to rock cowboy boots, cutoffs & skimpy sundresses (well me, not mom 😂)- but after 12 years we’ve learned how to do it righhttt.
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•• The first time I stepped foot in this kitchen, I was in 7th grade. I grew up playing with friends in this exact house.
✨ Flash-forward more than a DECADE - When I got a phone call from my childhood friends’ mother, that was about to change our lives in more ways than we realized.

24 hours later, and 9 months pregnant — we signed the dotted line & started packing 📦 for our new house. Any doubt we had about moving, the Lord squashed when He sold our house at the 9am showing on listing day. #Heaintwastingtime!

•• We were NOT looking to move! ✨ which is the best part because it illustrates the beauty of our Savior: • even when we aren’t looking for Him, He is P U R S U I N G us. ✨

We didn’t realize that with the house, came lots of neighbors with teenage children, and teenage friends. ✨One by one they came into our lives & and we felt the Lord’s nudge to •pursue them• like He pursued us. ✨Today, 10 teenage girls and 10 teenage boys gather around this kitchen island every week to make themselves at home with our pantry & • pursue Jesus• together. Griff and I agree that these kids do more for our faith than I’m sure we do for theirs.♥️

•• I read Jeremiah 29:11 and just laugh. God says, “For I know the plans I have for you. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future.” ✨The things I talked about in this kitchen 10 years ago with my friends, are the things we talk about with these kids. The temptations of high school, the mean girls, science, pressure of athletics, parent struggles, popularity, plans on prom night.
God started writing this •story of pursuit• when I was 13 years old, knowing full well what would be taking place in this house 15 years later.

Sure, it’s fun to do house projects & pick out pretty counter tops and dishes. But I remind myself daily, that we’re just playing house in a temporary home that isn’t ours.
Ev-er-y-thing we have is because of Gods grace & everything we do with it, I pray brings Him glory. #glorytoglory
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Let the days of matching begin 👯 💕•• I have SO many memories of matching my mama - from matching dresses she sewed us, to matching toe rings on vacation (remember toe rings?! 😂), to now having the exact same wardrobe and matching whether we plan to or not!! 🙌🏼
••• the BEST part of this picture? My fly is totally unzipped, letting it all hangout Bc #FRIDAY! 👙☀️
• double-tap if you’re feeling allllll the Friday feels today?! 🙋🏼‍♀️ #mommyanddaughter #mommyandmefashion #seersucker
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That feeling when you finally make it to the beach ☀️ 💕 #familygetaway
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✨r e s t ✨ after a hectic weekend — with daddy away on a boys trip & my usual over-filled schedule of activities, play dates, friend catch-ups & church (I’ve told you before, I loathe boredom) — I said “no” to any plans on Sunday and took the good Lord’s advice to simply rest.
•• Man did He know that by the seventh day of the week R E S T is exactly what our hearts & souls would long for. •• Elle Rose went down for her nap & Spencer William scooted his stool over to the Kitchen Aid all by himself and said “mommy, we should make cookies for da Bible study grills!!” ♥️😭 (the Holy Spirit even speaks through our children, y’all! 🙌🏼) #mykindofrest
•• My spirit was worn out from the hustle of the 6 days leading up to Sunday. But when SWD wanted to do something •together• for the precious high school “grills” who come over every week, i felt my spirit instantly renewing. ♥️ “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me... and you will find R E S T for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” [matt 11:28-30]
✨this kitchen is full of dirty dishes and random baby bottle parts (always 🙃), but what you can’t see is that it’s also full of the Holy Spirit restoring my energy & breathing Love into my baby. ✨ We whipped out the butter, cranked up some @laurendaigle tunes and had ourselves the sweetest Sunday afternoon. 🍪
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Lots of extra cuddles going on over here today! ♥️ big brother said that’s just what “baby elle” needs to feel allllll better! She’s almost back to her normal happy self- and babbling so much, like she can hear for the first time! It’s crazy!! •• extra cuddles for mama too, as I prepare to leave Monday for a work trip. 😫
• do enjoy little mini-vacays away from your fam to reset?! I’m trying to channel into that mindset 😉 but missing my babies & man already! Happy Saturday fam!
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Spencer William got a new roommate until Christmas 😉 🎅🏼 meet Rudy (as Spencer says!), the red-nosed reindeer. •• Christmas season has been such a joyful experience with a toddler. I never want it to end! (And I’m loving the whole bribe your kid with the #naughtylist idea 🤫). 8 more sleeps until Santa!
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When baby brother sees me taking photos of elle rose... “I wanna sit with baby Elle. Take our picture mommy!” 😂 •• on the this thanksgiving eve, I’m praising Jesus for the constant JOY that these babies bring. And praying this closeness lasts forever 💙💕. #happythanksgiving
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Time stands still on long beach days like this- worries & makeup free. We had an hour long dance party in the pouring rain last night. Babies running naked, adults sippin on margs, and the thought of maternity leave ending Monday pushed to the very back of my mind! http://liketk.it/2xB1Q #liketkit @liketoknow.it

Headed out for a date night with my man, and realized I was wearing the exact same thing I wore to our date last Friday night! 😂 I think I’m a little too used to wearing (and buying) Lululemon every day... it’s my #uniform. 🤷🏼‍♀️ #changedatthelastminute
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I bring the milk, she brings the honey 😉💕 on our way back down to #Nashville for a little family weekend getaway (& to shake it off to some @taylorswift 🎉). •• this was an adorable brunch spot in the Gulch from our last trip!! •• #themidwestskinny #nashvilleeats
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•• these are my go-to shoes for traveling when I know I’ll be shopping ‘til I drop! These + everything else here is linked on my @liketoknow.it & here: http://liketk.it/2x5js #liketkit

Monday has me missing Sunday with my fam ❤️
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•• @jcrew is having a sale on Griffs fave shirt tagged here! 😉

• 3️⃣ months old • and already posing for mama with sass. Elle Rose, it feels like my heart has known you all it’s beating life. I’ve been waiting for you girl. #bff #mygirl 💕🌿
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•IKEA• if you know, you know. Problem was, i did NOT know 😂. As a first timer, I went in thinking I was going to grab a shelf for Spencer Williams room and be out of there. #WRONG. •after going through a maze for hours, to find my shelf was out of stock by midday, at least I got some actually dang good coffee, food and $200 worth of stuff I didn’t know I needed 😉🤷🏼‍♀️. ••Linked my sweater on my @liketoknow.it with everything else you see here. Or copy + paste this link in your browser: http://liketk.it/2wOtT #liketkit

Summer + Maternity Leave = Long stroller rides and coffee dates with my babies at our favorite local coffee shop. ☕️ 👶🏼 🍼
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People message me daily asking “is the @dockatot worth it?!” My answer is always heck to the yes!! #sleepispriceless. 🙌🏼 I forgot it when traveling to Nashville this week, and she had to sleep in our @uppababy stroller bassinet on the floor. When i woke up each morning, after a solid 10-12 hours of sleep, i realized while we’ve been snoozing the past two months, the Dock A Tot has been doing sleep training for us! (We’re still using it, because it’s the coziest little thing!!) but I’d say having a newborn that’s already trained to sleep through the night is SO freaking worth it! #wortheverypenny 👉🏻 they now sell them at Target! You can copy and paste this link to get the best price on a Dock A Tot! { http://liketk.it/2wEWL }
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Monday has me missing the weekend! And missing my matching outfits with the kiddos 👶🏼💕💙.
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Hope you’re having a BOW-utiful start to the 4th week! 🎉🇺🇸 Elle Rose sure is 😉.
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Elle Rose is everything... AND the kitchen sink! 😉🛁 || I’m not the only one who is loving our new sink & faucet.•Download the LIKEtoKNOW.it app, screenshot this photo, & shop our kitchen updates! Or visit this link 👉🏻http://liketk.it/2wgP6 @liketoknow.it #liketkit #LTKhome #LTKfamily #LTKbaby #LTKbump #LTKstyletip