Wishlist: Fall style

Fall is around the corner and the stores are already selling fall clothing. And I start dreaming....

So here are the items I found all on Old Navy, Gap, and Piperlime (my favorites!) and put these little fall outfits together. I die for that little orange sweater for Liam! Who says dressing boys isn't fun?? :)

Boys - fall by jannira on Polyvore

 

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Hey guys!  Welcome back to another WWWW.  I have some good and bad news for you.  Bad news: YOU did not win the $50 Crewcuts gift card that A Life From Scratch was giving away for linking up to her blog in last week.  Good news: I DID!!!  See?  It pays (sometimes) to link up!  ;) I was so excited, because I truly never win anything.  The last thing I won a couple years ago was a gift certificate from my job for a restaurant that was almost expired and only good if you spent a certain amount first.  Umm.. that's not a prize.  So after you're done here, make sure and go to A Life From Scratch and also Toronto Mama to see their adorable families and what they wore. 

Well, anyway, we are back with some more outfits.  Mine is pretty much a repeat of a couple months ago, except for my shoes.  I got those recently at www.shoemint.com.  Side note: I was boasting their praises just a couple months ago when I got 3 pairs of shoes on sale for $50'ish.  I need to clarify that they are a shoe "club" and if you buy from them you are joining their club and agree to spend a certain amount per month or they charge your account.  I learned this the hard way.  You do have the first 5 days of the month to pass on them charging your account and you can do this every month.  I did not know that.  They say its in the fine print, but who reads the fine print on everything?!  I called and argued, but they refused to refund.  So anyway, they charge your account and it becomes your credit that you can use at anytime for a year.  I think they have great shoes and great deals, but need to be A LOT more up front about how it works.  Back to the outfit.  So I love these shoes and their color!  Great for when you want a pop of color.  I also love this shirt. Aztecs prints are in! 

On Christian is one of my favorite Old Navy shirts, Old Navy shorts, and Old Navy shoes, haha!  Do you think we like Old Navy??  They just have the cutest and durable stuff for boys.

And finally Liam has a cute little v-neck (my favorite part!) he got for his birthday.  I believe its from Target.  Its a greenish yellow, but looks just yellow here.  His pants are hand-me-down's from Christian.  I love them because they roll up and button to become shorts.  He just woke up before this picture so he has sleepy face and some slight bedhead. :)  And yes that's a PS3 remote he's holding.  Whatever makes him happy for my picture. 

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Hey peoples!  (Do I have peoples??)  I almost didn't do this WWWW post because I forgot last night to have the post ready to go, but my lovely husband sent me the pictures and I was able to do them here on my lunch break. :)

So these picturse are from this past Sunday.  It was HOT.  Lord have mercy!  And humid.  I have to give credit where credit is due and let you know that Christian took the picture of Liam and I!  A budding photographer??  Maybe...

So on me is one of my favorite tops because its my current favorite color (coral) and its light and best of all was $7.  At walmart y'all.  WALMART.  Ain't no shame in my game. I bought it back in February because we had couple's night we were going to be going to that night.  I said "let me stop into walmart and see what I can find.  You never know.."  And I found this on the clearance rack!  Its a soft rayon on top (1/3) and cotton on bottom (2/3).  I love the mixed materials. My skirt is from Old Navy bought around the same time.  They probably still have some.  And my shoes are from Target  I got those when I was pregnant because I knew I would be giving up my 5 inch heels and wedges are better than flats for pregnant backs. I still wear them all the time.  Very comfortable and cute.

On Christian is a cute plaid shirt from Target.  It was going to be his Easter shirt and then we found something else. The pants from who knows where.  Probably target.  No shoes because the boy takes his shoes off as soon as we get home.  He just got a fresh hair cut for back to school!  Looking all dapper and grown up!

And on Liam is a couple of new pieces he just for his birthday.  Some adorable green pants and a plaid shirt.  Its Chaps.  I love Chaps!  And his adorable sandals from Babies R Us (Truly Scrumptious brand from Heidi Klum's baby line).

Hope you enjoyed and make sure and link up with us down below!  "Us" being Toronto Mama and A Life From Scratch who I link with.  There's a bonus today!!  If you go to A Life From Scratch and link up with her, you get entered for a chance to win a $50 gift card from Crewcuts (JCrew)!!  Go now!  :) It doesn't necessarily have to be what you wore on Wednesday, but whatever day, whenever.  I know everyone's schedules are packed, especially with school starting up.  Just fun to share our cute finds and outfits. 

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Liam turns ONE!

If you haven't read my past blogs, then you might not know that Liam is our miracle baby. Of course every baby is a miracle, but God truly gave him to us as a sign of His promise. We tried for 3 years for him and after 2 years and 2 miscarriages later, I got a diagnoses of fertility issues (won't go into details, but its in a past blog) and I should not have gotten pregnant on my own. I was about to start fertility treatments and then in November 2011 prayed for healing and a month later God blessed us with Liam. So he is truly special in his own way and not a day goes by that I don't thank God for him. I am still amazed when I look at him and think of how long we waited for him and he's here. And now he's 1!!  I can't believe a year has come and gone.  My littlest man has turned one.  It has been such a FUN year with him.  Watching his little personality develop and, let me tell you, he has quite the personality!  He loves to laugh and make others laugh.  He literally will do something over and over if he sees you're laughing at him.  He has a bit of a temper too, but I'm trying hard to get that under control.  As much as you can with a 1 year old. "Be nice... don't hit... BE NICE!!" haha!  In one ear and out the other.  But its gotta be sinking in there somewhere!   He is also SO curious and busy!  And the thrill-seeker his older brother never was.  They said the first child is born into an adult world and second child is born into a child's world.  It is so true!  In short, he's making up for what Christian didn't do.  Haha!  We love it and we love him! 

So about a week ago we had his first birthday party.  We did a sock monkey theme because he truly is our little monkey!  Crazy and curious!  So I wanted to share my party pictures with you. 

But first!  A couple of things to note...

I made the bunting for his high chair myself.  It was super easy (thanks to a friend, Alanna (Toronto Mama) who pointed that out!)  Just bought some scrap book paper and ribbon at Michael's.  $2.50 folks!  Easy-peasy!  I don't think I need to do a DIY on that.  Right??  haha..

Also the Hershey bar wrappers I made myself as well.  What I did for that was look up the dimensions of a Hershey bar wrapper and I found this website: www.candywrapperstore.com and they had a template there for the 1.55 oz Hershey bar.  I printed it out, measured it and went to my favorite site PicMonkey and designed my own wrapper.  It took like 20 minutes and I printed them out, cut them out, and wrapped my candy bars.  Done! 

Our smash cake was done by my brother Josue and his wife Linda.  They're so awesome at making cakes and I knew they would come up with something cute and good!  So I gave them an idea of what I wanted and they ran with it.  I absolutely loved the finished product!

I made the cupcakes myself, but that was a live & learn experience.  They were just ok for me.  I should definitely do a trial run next time.  Especially for the piping of the icing.  I wanted the perfect moutain of icing and it looked like a wiggly worm, haha!  I needed a bigger tip for it.  So I just ended up spreading the icing on with a knife. Oh well.  Like I said live & learn!  The monkey cupcake sticks I also made myself.  I bought stickers and cut out each and every circle.  48 of them.  My advice, spend the money for the sticks.  That was no fun.  The money for that is worth it. 

Now this one you guys are going to think I'm crazy for doing...  My cupcake stand.  Its 3 cardboard cake circles.  I bought 3 different sizes for like $1.50 each or something like that.  And then I took 2 cans of food and wrapped them in papaer and hot glued them to the cake rounds.  Voila, cupcake stand!  It was super sturdy too!  haha!  Ghetto?  Maybe.  Smart?  Definitely! 

One last thing that everyone was raving about, my "chalkboard" of Liam facts!  I absolutely loved it.  I did not make it myself though.  My friend Kayla has her own etsy shop and she designed it for me!  Please go over to her site and check out her stuff.  Alabama Angle Designs.  Custom made invites, chalkboards, you name it!  I just emailed her all of Liam's info and she designed what you see.  I LOVED IT!!  You would think that I was getting paid to sponsor all these websites, haha!  Just wanted to point out that you can have a fabulous party for cheap. 

And now without further ado, here are the party pics! 

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Hey guys!  We're back after a hiatus of a few weeks.  There was sickness and then birthday party planning and then my laptop charger died because Liam is apparently a daredevil and likes to suck on things with an electric current...  Mom of the year right?   But in between the madness, I got these pics and I was never able to post them.  And I even got Fifo's out fit this time!  :)  So here is our What We Wore Wednesday!  (a few days later)

So on me is a brown skirt I got from a consignment shop called Plato's Closet.  I think they're nationwide.  Love that store.  My favorite and versatile beige sweater and white tank top are from Old navy.  My shoes.. oh my shoes..  :)  those are the shoes I share about a few weeks ago.  My favorite pair of shoes right now.  They're from Shoemint.  Go check them out!  I found out about them from my favorite fashion blog Kendi Everyday and so I trusted them.  And she didn't let me down.  They're semi comfortable, lol.. but beauty is pain right?!  haha!  Seriously though, they're not bad.  What I like is the color and I'm excited to mix them into my wardrobe come fall.

On Christian are my favorite skinny jeans on him.  He just has this model body that everything looks good on.  And a hand me down shirt from a friend.

On Liam is a hand me down overall from his brother from Osh Kosh.  His shirt is a onesie gift he recieved.  The shoes I got recently at Babies R Us.  They're Truly Scrumptious which I believe is Heidi Klum's kids fashion line.  They're perfect for his fat little feet and I got them on sale.  SCORE!  :)

And last, but not least, my husband Fifo.  He's wearing his favorite shirt from his favorite football team.   I have no idea where he got it from, but if you must know I can ask next time I see him, he's at work at the moment.  Cargo shorts from our favorite store, Old Navy.  And the shoes are Nike's from Sport Authority.  Nothing matches, but I mean, he's a man.  It is what it is.  ;)

**As I am editing this, I notice Liam's little toe sticking out of his sandal, LOL!!!  Ah well..  He wasn't crying!

Don't forget to head on over to Toronto Mama and A Life From Scratch to see what they're wearing!

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