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Baby Boy Shower

Dec 1

Dec 1 Baby Boy Shower

My best friend, Emily, recently had a baby boy! It is the first boy for both sides of their family and for the both of us. As you may have noticed throughout my blog, we spend a lot of time with Emily and her daughter Lydia. Lydia and Melody are just two weeks apart in age, and I suspect over time, her new boy will end up just like a little brother to Melody too! I hosted a baby shower for her back in October. I plan to go into more details of the crafts I did for the shower in the future, but follow along today to read all about her shower in general.

Nov 29

Nov 29 Magna-Tile Fun

Randomness, Kids

Melody received magnetic tiles for her birthday this year, and she has loved playing with them. She is always wanting to build crazy new things. So I wanted to share a few of the things we have come up with the last few months. Oh, and she has the most fun when she gets to knock it all down, ha!

Blue Mountain Ice Cream

Nov 28

Nov 28 Blue Mountain Ice Cream

While at the beach this summer, we stayed directly across the street from an ice cream shop. It was constantly packed and had a huge line. So one night we HAD to try it. We managed to go when it wasn’t too busy., and be sure and bring cash! There is an ATM machine if needed though. The flavors change daily. I ordered strawberry cheesecake and it was delicious. I recommend going, but bring cash and come early!

Disney October 2019

Nov 26

Nov 26 Disney October 2019

My mom had to take a work trip to Orlando back in October, and Melody and I tagged along. We flew Frontier for the first time, and we stayed at Buena Vista Palace at Disney Springs. Both of our annual passes had expired, so we just bought two day park hoppers for the weekend when my mom wasn’t working. However, we found plenty to do seeing that we were across from Disney Springs.

Flag Door Hanger

Nov 21

Nov 21 Flag Door Hanger

Household, Crafts

At our new house, we have one extra door than our previous home. So I was short a door hanger for the fall season. I have a few fall yard flags, so I decided to make a door hanger out of one of the flags.

Backlot Express

Nov 12

Nov 12 Backlot Express

While at Disney back in August, we visited Backlot Express for the first time in a long while. I am not a huge burger person, so I have typically avoided eating here. We don’t usually spend a lot of time at Hollywood Studios, and when we do, there are a lot of other places I would rather eat at (I am really selling this place to you, huh?).

Garlic Lemon Butter Tilapia

Nov 8

Nov 8 Garlic Lemon Butter Tilapia

This was one of these last minute made up recipes with me just trying to use up fish and other ingredients in the fridge. It is easy and you likely have all the ingredients in your fridge now!

Nov 7

Nov 7 Disney Happy

When we went to Disney back in August, I threw together a happy for her to take and keep her entertained during our car ride. Luckily with it being such a last minute trip I had a lot of these things stored away for a special occasion. I do that often.

Nov 5

Nov 5 Local Catch

One of the last places we ate while at the beach this summer was Local Catch. Brad and I actually tried to eat there earlier in our trip, but they had live music and it was really, really loud. So we opted to return later. It was fairly close to our hotel too which was really nice because we were able to ride the golf cart there.

Nov 3

Nov 3 Halloween 2019

Halloween is quite different this year. One we are in a new house and new neighborhood. Two our best friends are also in a new house and new neighborhood. So trick or treating was different. We also had more and different spaces we could decorate. Three Melody really understood things more and was super excited. She picked her own costume and asked to go trick or treating every day of the entire month of October, ha!

Brown Butter Chicken

Nov 1

Nov 1 Brown Butter Chicken

So I based this recipe on one that a fellow instagrammer (@xoashleyvictoria) posted in her stories a while back. It is fairly healthy, and it is really yummy!

Oct 31

Oct 31 Beach Cookies

Randomness, Recipes

I made cookies for one of Brad’s coworkers this summer for their beach trip, and I wanted to share. I used my cookie and icing recipe as usual. I found a cookie cutter set on Amazon. It had a palm tree, sunglasses, and flip flops. They were not my best work, but I still think they turned out cute.

Paw Patrol Birthday Banner

Oct 29

Oct 29 Paw Patrol Birthday Banner

Crafts, Parties

Emily did a Paw Patrol themed birthday party for Lydia’s third birthday. I helped her out by making a few items using my Silhouette Cameo machine. One of which was a Happy Birthday banner. I used the Paw Patrol font for “Happy Birthday”. Then I made shields with the number 3 on each side. It was simple yet super cute!

Oct 27

Oct 27 Melody's Room

Household, Kids

So now that we are all moved into our new house, we are currently “making it our own”. We have unpacked, but now we need to paint and decorate. We decided to do Melody’s room first. It was the easiest, and we already had everything to do it except the paint.

Homemade Ice Cream

Oct 25

Oct 25 Homemade Ice Cream

We love good homemade ice cream, and when we were given an electric automatic ice cream maker as a wedding present we were thrilled. This is so much easier than rock salt and all that other fuss. You simply freeze the insert overnight, then it’s ready to go. This recipe is also super easy and inexpensive. Even Melody loved it, and she is picky about homemade desserts!

Snow White Party Decor

Oct 24

Oct 24 Snow White Party Decor

For Melody’s third birthday, we had a Snow White themed party. As far as decor went, I played off the Snow White colors and apples. I also included lots of pictures of Melody dressed like Snow White. And I even added in some of her toys.

Urban Cookhouse

Oct 22

Oct 22 Urban Cookhouse

On a trip to Montgomery this summer with my mom, we tried Urban Cookhouse. It was literally next door and we were able to walk there after my mom got off of work. We actually have an Urban Cookhouse here in Huntsville too. We arrived around 6:30 pm or so. While not posted on the door, this location apparently recently starting closing at 7 pm. They were even turning people away not long after we ordered which was a total surprise. As a business, you don’t turn people away. Especially before you have officially closed.

Oct 20

Oct 20 Our Back Porch

One of my most favorite parts about our new house is the back porch. We now have a HUGE back porch that is COVERED!! Our previous house didn’t have any awning what so ever, and it was fairly small what porch we did have. So fixing up our back porch was one of the first things I wanted to do!

Grilled Potatoes

Oct 18

Oct 18 Grilled Potatoes

One of the side dishes that I LOVE at Baumhower's Wings is their grilled potatoes. They are great with butter and sour cream, but amazing with ranch. So we decided to recreate them at home. And honestly, it is now my absolute favorite way to cook potatoes!

Wharf Casual Seafood

Oct 17

Oct 17 Wharf Casual Seafood

On a trip to Montgomery this summer, we stopped by Wharf Casual Seafood for dinner. The menu looked great online, and the location was ideal to where our hotel was located. It was also next door to where my mom would be working that evening.