| Nursery Decor |

When it comes to my personal style, I like plain and simple, nudes, neutrals and stark white with black being the perfect base color and it should come as no surprise that our house decor would end up the same way..... Typical fashion meeting decor!

The goal for just about every room in our home is for it to be BRIGHT and sunny and that weighed heavily when designing Penelope's room. We're going with whites, creams and having some pink thrown in here or there to make the room crisp, clean, relaxing and vibrant all while being girly but not too dramatic.
      When deciding where to start looking at decor and furniture for Penelope's nursery, it was either between Restoration Hardware or Pottery Barn and I ended up going with PB as their stuff isn’t as “modern” but more chic and definitely a perfect fit for a little girl!

The "Blythe" crib from Pottery Barn

Plush Play Mat from PB

Eyelet crib skirt

Bunny mobile is soooo adorable!

Bed quilt from the ruffles collection

The Sleep Sheep can be found at any store and P loves hers!!

                   

                   

19 weeks to go!!!

I'm so excited to share that our BIG 20 week checkup for our princess went PERFECTLY! Penelope is measuring right on mark and already weighs 12oz - That's just about 2oz more than the average, so she's definitely a healthy lil baby <3 It's beyond amazing seeing her transformation and beautiful little features. Seriously, growing a baby is the most rewarding and amazing experience I've ever had in my entire life!!!! There's no way for me to describe how amazing her little kicks feel or how my belly literally grows OVERNIGHT - But feeling her tumble around and getting woken up in the early mornings by her kicks is the absolute BEST feeling. We are already so in love with the smallest little human and we haven't even got to hold her yet - pregnancy can simply be summed up in one word: amazing. If any woman asked me how I felt about pregnancy, I wouldn't have a single bad thing to say. I was so blessed not to have any morning sickness and I actually lasted in my regular jeans up until last week when I had to give-in and buy some maternity jeans; which are better than yoga pants in case you're wondering - classy but still just like sweats.... Genius! Above all, I can't forget to thank my amazing husband for countless nights I've made him go out super later to buy me mozzarella sticks and unsweet tea, or the mornings he brought me coffee in bed with breakfast - thank you <3 You have made this the most memorable experience of my life and it's been nothing short of joy and bliss growing our daughter. iloveyou. Thank you for all of the decaf Caramel Brulee Lattes that I could dream of and thank you for putting up with my indecisiveness about which craving to indulge in when one minute I want pickles and the next minute I have to have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. 

But here's Penelope's first big-debut with her 20 week pictures from last Thursday - we are so proud of our perfect masterpiece! Xxo

Little arm & hand

Our perfect little girl <3

Sweet Girl with her hand in her mouth! Although slight,
this picture is different from the one above :)

Baby Foot! It's Loooooove!!!!!!

xo taylor 

Almost Halfway There!!!!!!

     I can't believe that I'll be 18 weeks pregnant this Thursday!!!!! Wow... These last 4 months have flown by and I can only imagine that the next 5 will feel the same way. I've started feeling this little life inside of me move and grow and there's nothing that compares to that amazing feeling! Hearing her heartbeat and feeling the flutters makes me have a permanent smile on my face <3 Our next big ultrasound is just 2 short weeks away and I cannot WAIT to see how much she's changed! Penelope is a little over 5in from head to butt and almost 1/2 a pound! Insane how all of this takes place and how everything knows exactly what to do and when to do it.... Agggggh, she's absolutely the definition of PERFECTION XxXx

xo taylor

We're Having A Baby!!

Penelope Elaine Pilkington <3

  

     The absolute biggest day of our lives, July 11th 2013, was when we found out our life would be changed forever because I found out I was pregnant with our first baby! I have never had so many emotions run through me all at once but the one thing I have been filled with every single day are the feelings of overwhelming excitement & joy!

     The second biggest day of our lives was on October 2nd 2013, we found out we would be having a precious baby girl! We had already had names picked out for both a boy and girl so when I heard "You're having a little Princess!" from the ultrasound tech, I knew we were looking at our beautiful Penelope Elaine! Penelope is a Greek name and I wanted to incorporate my heritage, which will now be her heritage as well, with the name we chose, and to me, Penelope was the perfect name for our princess, not only because of the Greek background but because it was so unique and feminine to us. Her middle name, Elaine, is a family name that we decided to use and it also starts with an "E" and because my middle name is Elizabeth, we felt it fit her well! 

     Ever since Devon and I got married a little over a year ago, we had wanted to start a family as soon as possible. It felt right to start a family young because we're both so close to our families, as well as being super close to each others families, so having a family of our own was beyond important. We are so blessed to be able to experience God's perfect creation and we couldn't imagine life any other way! 

     

     I'm writing this blog because for the most part, I'd like to share my journey, along with other things that I come across with current mama's, mamas2be or future mama's! FYI: I'm all about organic, natural, holistic etc so I figured with as much time as I put into research, I mind as well share it with whoever may be interested! I also plan to add pictures and updates on my Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, and I'm sorry in advanced if I go overboard but I promise you'll understand how easy it is to do when you have your own ;)

Thank you for reading <3 I'll still keep the original reason I started this blog (makeup etc) in mind, I just want to mix in baby stuff now.. As this blog revolves around my life, my new daughter will for sure be the absolute center of it and this blog may reflect that a little :) Xox