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Sunday Best

~ Etc.

So you know how I’ve had some professional images lately of some of my DIY’s and outfit posts? Well, would you believe it if I told you that all these pictures were done in ONE HOUR in one photoshoot? That is why I am wearing the same shoes, same necklace, no handbags, I didn’t even think to get different accessories until I got in the car, and I was like screw it! This is too much work!!! Haha. All my fashion blogger friends get photoshoots done where they shoot multiple outfits at one time like few times a week, and I seriously don’t know how they do it. Photoshoots are so stressful! But after it was done, it’s been very nice to have these nice images to use for weeks. I guess having photos for 3 weeks worth of posting is worth it for one photoshoot, right? 
Anyway, I am having a giveaway for this Shabby Apple dress on my Instagram, you should come enter! And I post sneak previews of my DIY projects and updates that I don’t post on here. 😉

Sunday Best

~ Etc.

Boho Maxi Dress | Heels: F21
Photos by: Emily Cooper Photography
It’s Fall break for my two girls which means I get to have all 3 of my kids with me all day long! We’ve been busy doing all the “fun” things(fun for the kids, chaos and stress for me haha) and we plan on roasting pumpkin seeds and carving pumpkins right after they’re done watching Hook(thus I get to blog for a second), remember that movie? We introduced it to the kids a few weeks ago and they wanted to watch it again today! I hope you have a great weekend, happy Friday to you all!

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Sunday Best

~ Etc.

I didn’t take these pictures on a Sunday but I wore this dress to church a couple Sundays ago, so that counts, right? I wanted to wear another necklace with this outfit and looked for it everywhere, but the price for having two little miss fashionistas is they want to wear my jewelry all the time and get into all my stuff and misplace them or break them or lose them. Fortunately, my clothes are too big for them(for now anyway) so they don’t get into my clothes! I always tell Jay whenever he chuckles when I find a broken earring or lost jewelry, “Oh, just wait ’till our son grows up and gets into YOUR stuff!” I don’t think he’ll be chuckling then. 😉

Chambray Maxi Dress | Hat: Nordstrom | Wedges: Target
Maxi dresses are a great item to have to transition into Fall. Wear a scarf, hat and ankle boots and for cooler temperatures you can even wear tights underneath the maxi, no one will even know! I love my maxi dress, I’ve been wearing it quiet a bit lately, I need to get a cute scarf to wear with it next time.
And these last pictures, I just can’t! He is totally copying me, even walking slowly down the sidewalk so that Jay could take pictures of him, while swinging his arms like that. I love all of my three little posers! 

Sunday Best & Sweetest Things My Son Has Said Lately

~ Etc.

Before I had my third child, several mothers(especially my mom) have told me that the third child is the golden child. They’re not your favorite child, you love your first two just as much, but starting with your third, you just find them so adorable and you are obsessed. They say it gets worse with 4th, and so on! I think a lot of it has to do with having more confidence as a mother since you’be done it twice already and you got the hang of it, and also, you learn to not fret over little things and relax a little and be okay in the chaotic, messy life. Another reason is you know exactly how fast time flies by, especially the infant & the toddler stage so you live in the moment and take it in full. When my son throws a tantrum, I sit back and not get as frustrated because I know this stage will be short and it’s honestly a little cute how the worst thing that’s happened to him is me saying no to juice. What a life our kids live in, right? What a life!

Here are some adorable things my son has said to me lately to drive me even more crazy:

  • “Mama? Eh-eee-dn loooobe mama.” (Aiden love mama.)
  • “Mama funnnn.”
  • It’s always a battle to get him in the car, as soon as I slide open the van door, he runs to the back and sits in his sister’s car seat and refuses to come sit in his car seat in the middle row. So last week I sighed and said, “Okay, fine then, we just won’t go.” and pretended to go inside the house and closed the door. I let 30 seconds pass by and when I went back to the car, he gave me the biggest smile with his head tilted to his shoulder(trying to be all cute, this sneaky one) and as he climbed willingly onto his car seat, he looked at me and said, “Sooooooory.” while flashing his big dimpled smile. I die!!!
  • We picked grapes in our backyard yesterday and we came inside and washed them and we were eating it together. Then all the sudden, he grabs the bowl and runs away while laughing and saying, “My grapes!” I chased him and wrestled to get the grapes back and he kept repeating this and one time instead of chasing him, I sat there and just pretended to cry with this dramatic sad face. He immediately put down the bowl and came to me with a frowned face and gave me a hug and kept whimpering, “No, mama, no mama.” Then he ran back to get the bowl and with his killer smile again, he handed it to me while saying, “Mama, grapes? Eh-eee-dn share.” 

See? How can I not be obsessed with him? And I just love men in suits and a little boy in suits? Oh my gosh. And MY boy in a suit? OH MY GOSH. My heart suffocates because I can’t take it.

Suit | Shirt | Shoes | Bow-tie
My son’s suit pants are low-rise and when he wore another brand of diapers, the pants would sag so low, I had to safety pin the back from falling down! And he looked like a little gangsta. Not the look I want, especially when he’s wearing a classy suit. The new Pampers Cruisers diapers are super thin and there’s no sag or the big butt action going on! I was very pleasantly surprised at how thin the diapers are, which means it won’t take as much room in my diaper bag which I am all about! I can fit 6 diapers in my diaper pouch instead of the 3 I used to squeeze in. Then of course I had to see how absorbent the diaper is, being super thin and all, and it passed with high ratings! It holds the wetness evenly and there was no leakage. I used another brand before but Pampers Cruisers thinness has sold me, I am switching to these now! And this is coming from someone who is a very brand-loyal customer, if I like one brand, I stick with that brand and don’t deviate, so I used the other brand for all 3 of my kids up until now.
If you purchase the Pampers Cruisers at Target, they’re having a $10 and $30 giftcard to their store with the purchase of 2. 

My coat is actually a jacket but I wear it as a dress.:) I’ve been wearing this as much as I can, I am in love with this dress/jacket so much!

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    Sunday Best

    ~ Etc.

    Dress: H & M | Heels: Choies | Mini Crossbody: Isaac Mizrahi c/o
    This dress is sleeveless but I paired it with a black top I had. Black is very forgiving so even up close, you can hardly tell I am wearing a shirt under the dress, it just looks like a short sleeve dress! I’ve been obsessed with mini handbags lately and this mini crossbody from Isaac Mizrahi is the perfect size. I have this in black also(I told you I’m obsessed!) and the only problem with these handbags is my girls think it’s the perfect size for them too so the handbags keep switching from room to room on where we should keep the bags at. They keep saying, “But mommy! All your handbags are too big for us. But this one is our size!!! So you have to let us keep it!” So currently, both of the bags are stored in their room. And I’ll probably have to ask them for permission to “borrow” it whenever I want to use it. This is the mom’s life, isn’t it? And I still can’t complain, it’s a small price to pay for being the mother to my wonderful, funny, opinionated little fashionistas.