when mike started brainstorming ideas for my 30th birthday with me in the fall, i could. not. decide. on a theme. i knew i wanted to have a theme that was easy for our guests (and us!) to execute but for weeks i just couldn't think of anything that seemed to fit.

but then, one day in december, i saw a picture of a lumberjack themed kid's birthday party and it just clicked--lumberjacks are fun for all ages and i'm obsessed with...

​we didn't find out the gender of our baby during our pregnancy so we knew we'd be designing a gender neutral nursery. it wasn't hard for us to pick the feel we wanted--we decided to theme the room directly from our wedding colors of gray, green and copper. we opted for gray walls, white and oak furniture, oak floors, green plant accents and copper errrrrrwhere. we hopped on the copper/rose gold train before it was hot so we e...

**this post is dedicated to charlie's uncle john, because i always keep my word**

i was never really into dolls or dress up growing up. my mom's convinced my new obsession with charlie's clothes and hair bows and headbands is somehow related to filling this childhood void. *whatevs*

that being said, my addiction to girly stuff for charlie reached an explosive level this week when her outrageous headband collection exploded...