Stephanie Howell

23 weeks

* enjoying the look on people's faces when they ask how pregnant i am. when i say 23 weeks, i kind of like not mentioning the {twins} part. it's funny seeing people try to cover up the fact that they thought i was like..oh say....8 months pregnant. ha!

* craving chocolate milk and cheeseburgers(still)

* starting to panic a teensy bit when i think about j coming home+packing+moving+unpacking+having the babies and DOUBLING the amount of children we have! i haven't even thought about how to do it all, i have just been concentrating on staying healthy and *getting there*. breaaaaaaaathe stephanie.

* loving mixing maternity and non-maternity pieces. thank heavens for the empire waist trend! the gray top above is not maternity (ann taylor loft) but the coral dress is.

*already at the point where i can see my belly jump.

*was surprised that having twins in there feels TOTALLY different. one is always on my bladder or up in my ribs. not the delicate butterfly flutters/thumps i felt with my other pregnancies...already feels like there is a herd of elephants in there! 

*hating the indigestion (booooo).

*but loving the excuse to take naps. :)

happy sunday, sweet friends!xxo

happy sunday! (minus the scrappy)

hey y'all!

no scrappy sunday today...i have to devote all of my creative energy to some projects i'll be working on this coming week. but i promise i'll have lots to share soon!

plus my mama comes tomorrow for a week. so excited, but lots of preparation=no scrappy time.

i have a few (random) things to share today.

Liberty of London is at Target today. YAY!!! I was there at opening *nerd alert* and scooped up some dresses for the girl, a tankini for me, and these pillows for the couch:

 

i also found some CUTE new (and crazy affordable to boot) tops at Charlotte Russe. 

Yes, it's a juniors shop (hence the reason i did NOT try on anything for the bottom half of my body. HA!)

but these three tops were in the 10-15 dollar range!! so i don't care if they were made for someone half my age. heheheh.

 

 

 

not bad, huh?

harper had her first soccer game this weekend. bless her sweet little heart...i think it was a tad overwhelming.

at first she was super excited AND 'ashion- see those pink socks?? ;)
 

then when the game started she got a little concerned and bewildered:

 

and then she had a wee breakdown.

 

oh my. my heart? was hurting.

apparently i was the same way. my mom once came to pick me up from swim lessons to find me hiding under a towel asleep. she says i just didn't want to "get my face wet". hahahahhahah.

but after a pep talk from daddy:

 

she was ready to go. ROCK STAR!

 

here's to hoping that next week is a little less scary. :)

so proud of my girl for toughing it out!!

before i go, i want to remind you that the studio calico april sneaks are up.

 

go check them out! and while you are there, take a look at the pink slip stamps (the ones that are about to be discontinued):

 

and one LAST thing, there's a big giveaway on the SC blog:

 

okay. i know that's a lot to cram into a post, but i had a lot to share!

see you soon!

xoxo

happy.

her birthday was the happiest.

the tricycle we gave her was a huge hit

( i'll  give you one guess as to who is already teaching her to do wheelies?!?!?!)

the gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free, egg-free (what the HECK is in them anyway) cupcakes

with gluten,dairy,nut,egg free  icing and sprinkles were also a huge hit (to the party girl at least, the rest of us got HEB sheet cake!!)

but my favorite thing, my favorite photos from the day

(even though the pictures are taken with a flash and super blurry) 

was this look on her face as we sang "happy birthday" to her.

i half laughed/half cried/sang the song  b/c  i'm treasuring this look and know she won't have it forever.

one day it will disappear to be replaced by eye-rolling and embarrassment. but for now, this look is what we get. and it makes my heart happy.

we went to austin today.

can i please tell you that whoever decided that REI and Anthropologie  should occupy the same shopping center in austin is a GENIUS.

you see, rei to jimmy is as anthropologie is to stephanie.

we both got lost in neighboring stores for a good hour today,

jimmy with sadie, and harper with me.

i walked away with this:

and a beautiful, super soft violet colored jersey slip dress.

sigh.

and jimmy got some new shoes at rei. see? genius. both of us happy.

then we walked to whole foods and got picnic food and had a picnic at zilker park, followed by the botanical gardens.

here are a few of my favorite photos from today.

we have a pretty busy week, and we are off to DC on thursday.

i have the crafty itch big time, though, and i'm hoping that i get to do something this week. i have a guest design gig this month that i'm pretty excited about. =)

love you all!

xoxoxo

s

p.s. for those of you who want to say WHAT ARE YOU DOING WOMAN GET OFF THE COMPUTER AND HANG OUT WITH J!!!  i want to tell you that i'd love to if he could stay up past 8 p.m. heeee! poor thing. so i let him sleep and i blog. why oh why do i hate scrapping at night???