Happy Veterans Day:

Today, we want to honor those who have stood the watch, pay respect to those who have given the ultimate sacrifice, and we say thank you to those who are still currently in uniform.

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I am so proud and lucky to have so many people in my life who have served or are still serving our Country. So here is to a few of our family's very own Veterans: 

My Papa:

 My Grandpa: 

(we love and miss you every day)

Steven's Grandfather:

Steven's Brother:

And to my Mother-in-law who served in the Army, to my Uncles, to my cousins... 

We Thank You! 

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But more than anything, a Happy Veterans day to mine and Charli's very own hero and Veteran.

We love you Steven and we Thank You for all that you do! 

To all the men and women who have served or are currently serving...

Happy Veterans Day!

Our Thankful Home:

Our home here in Charleston is Thankful too...

Thankful to house our crazy, loving, loud little family

Thankful for the memories and moments we have already shared and are going to share inside these walls

Thankful to have protective puppies puppy (I don't think Bailey counts) to keep it safe;)

And Thankful to have so many visitors come and stay! 

We are so lucky to have been stationed so close to family for these next couple of years and have enjoyed having so many friends and family come see us, and for us to be able to go down and see them as well! With that being said, my Brother in law, his girlfriend,  and my Sister in law and her Fiance will be arriving today and we are so excited to see them all and spend a long weekend with them! 

And since we will be driving down and spending Thanksgiving with my parents and family, and Steven's brother and sister will be traveling and we won't get to spend the holiday with them, we will be having our own small little Thanksgiving with them this weekend! 

So with that... You know I have the house all decorated! ;) 

You saw a glimpse into our first bits of Fall here and here

And a look into what our home looked like for Halloween...

So here is a glimpse into Our Thankful Home...

My "give thanks" mantel that I made

Both guest bedrooms are ready for visitors again! 

Breakfast nook table runner that I made

The awesome planters box that my wonderful hubby made for me for the dining room! 

(you will be seeing a lot of this as it changes through the seasons I am sure) ;)

Hope everyone has an awesome Friday and a wonderful Veterans Day Weekend! 

Thankful:

It's the beginning of November and Thanksgiving will be here before we know it, and while Yes, I am thankful 365 days out of the year for so many things in my life, Thanksgiving is always a good reminder for us all, I believe. 

While I sit here and write this and think about how many things I am truly thankful for this year, there are two very important things that I can think of that I will be the most thankful for with every year that passes and that is my role as a Wife and a Mother! 

God has blessed me beyond words with these two roles I play and I could not be any happier!

I truly am thankful

For Him

For making me a wife... His wife! I love you!

And for Her

For making me a mommy! I love you sweetheart!

For these eyes that sparkle...

These hands that play...

 These feet that run...

And those cheeks... That I get to kiss and squeeze with each new day!

For this, I am Thankful! 

   

My Style: Denim and Fall:

This denim wrap dress is a staple in my wardrobe, and it should be in every girl's closet!

I love how denim can go through the seasons with you, but I love even more when you can finally pair it with some boots! 

I feel this is such a simple, classic, basic go-to Fall outfit!

For this outfit, I took the wrap belt off and used a simple brown belt to finish off the look.  

Dress: J.Crew (old, but they come out with denim wrap dresses every year) | Belt: J.Crew | Scarf: Burberry | Boots: Aldo | Watch: Michael Kors | Link Bracelet: Stella & Dot

Thanks for stopping by!

xoxo Traci

Weekend Update: Welcoming November:

With... 

A Drill Weekend

FL/Ga

Crisp Cold Weather

A First Birthday Celebration with friends

Pumpkin muffins

Lots of PJ wearing

Relaxation

A little golf

And a lovely cold...

Our weekend started off with some errand running, grocery shopping, and a whole lot of nothing else on Friday afternoon. I did manage to get all of the Halloween decorations taken down and put away though! 

Steven ended up making some yummy Chicken Parm for dinner (since I refuse to cook on Friday's), and we ended the day curled up on the couch watching some TV.

That my friends was the extent to our lovely first Friday of November! 

Saturday, Steven was up bright and early for work as Charli and I slept in, lounged around, then headed off to a dear friend's little girls very First Birthday party!

I am very lucky to have a couple of dear friends who live in the Charleston area (we go back to Middle/High School) and they both happen to have little girls just months apart from Charli. 

Well little Janey will be turning one in a couple of days, and we were so excited to celebrate with her on Saturday!

 Charli Adele and Janey Adele

Janey's new ride!

'They see me rollin... They hatin..."

Happy First Birthday sweet girl!

After the Birthday celebration it was back to the house (as I sang on the top of my lunges the entire drive home to keep Charli awake... My how things have changed) to put Charli down for her nap and get ready for some football... And no, I don't want to talk about it!

But even though the Gators may have lost, we at least looked mighty fine in our FL/Ga attire ;)

And if you haven't already, please go check out my friend's boutique Hello Darling

She has some super cute stuff! 

Sunday morning Steven was back to work, and I am very happy that Charli got the memo that it was Daylight Savings! Thank you sweet child! 

After we woke up I made some yummy Pumpkin Muffins to start out our first Sunday of November

The rest of our Sunday looked like this...

laundry

cleaning

sneezing

coughing

napping for all

crafting

re-decorating for Thanksgiving

more laundry

and a little football

And since it was a Drill Weekend, that meant our weekend wasn't over just yet and we got to spend today with Daddy! 

This morning we woke up and Daddy and Charli built a fort and played then we headed out for a morning round of Golf.

Daddy's  little Caddy...

Such a big helper! And it was a tad windy out there! haha! (look at that hair)

After golf we headed into Park Circle to grab some burgers and beers for lunch 

Someone got her very own vanilla milkshake... Heaven I tell ya! ;)

Sesame is such a cute place that not only had many gluten free beers to choose from but also offered gluten free buns... SCORE! I can honestly say that this is the very first time I have eaten at a public restaurant and was able to eat a burger with a bun! Needless to say I was one happy camper! 

The rest of our Monday was spent napping off this cold and lounging with my beautiful little family!

It was a perfect November Monday! 

I hope everyone enjoyed their first weekend of November (wow, it's November...)

We are looking forward to a very busy next few weeks, with lots of family coming into town! 

Happy Monday!  

My Style: Game Day Ready:

In honor of it being FL/Ga day back home and the Big Game being tomorrow, I thought I would share our 'Tailgating Ansamble'! 

We were supposed to be down there this weekend for the festivities and game 

(but Steven has to work)

Oh well, there is always next year! 

Here is what we will be rocking on Saturday though... Go Gators! 

I love all that orange and blue and love keeping it simple yet classy! 

His: Pants: J.Crew | Shirt: Southern Tide | Shoes: Sperry Top Sider

Hers: Dress: Hello Darling Boutique (a good friend of mine from back home just opened her own boutique and I have already purchased several items from her. You should also check her out!!) | Shoes: Jack Rogers

Mini Me's: Dress: DIY by Me (will have instructions below) | Shoes: Team Squeakers

Thanks for stopping by!

xoxo Traci

DIY Pillow Case Dress

I started with fabric that I measured out length and width to fit Charli (I forgot to write it down so I honestly don't remember... oops)

I then made the bottom hem (just folding over to what I felt was a good width) and sew

Next (with fabric inside out), I folded it in half (length wise) and did a double stitch to sew the top and bottom together

(so now it looks like a pillow case with an open top and open bottom)

I then measured and cut for the arm holes.

I did 4 INCHES down and about 1 and 1/2 INCHES in

Next (with fabric inside out) I took pieces of the same fabric and sewed it to the arm holes

Then finished it off with a hem at the top and pushing blue ribbon through the top hem!

I am so happy with how it turned out and am looking forward to making Charli some more! 

Even better is I plan on taking the blue ribbon out and putting brown ribbon in for her to wear in the month of November! :)

Happy Friday!