but that’s ok. because there are sundays. sundays are the magic days. TGIS, i say. with all the craziness of the rest of the week, sundays are the only definite days that our little family of three will be attached at the hip on some sort of adventure. like finding a random apple orchard park because our original park pick had no parking (say that 3 times fast).

the hand! omg the hand.

the frustrations, the doubts, the high blood pressure, the nagging bills, the to-do lists, the laundry in the dryer that i’ve now restarted 6 times instead of just omgfolding it already – those silly things have no place in our sundays. sundays are for us. well us and trader joes, but mostly us.

but i guess that won’t do. what i mean is THANK YOU. thank you to all of you who donated to the very worthy cause of March of Dimes and supported my team this year. saturday morning was our 3.5 mile walk. we all put on some hot pink, gathered our kids in strollers and hit the pavement. the weather was amazing!

my incredible teammates: ashley & arlo, fiona & elle, tracy & abby, my mama, chelsea & lily (and emily!), melissa & zoe & rowan & stella (and tim!), jill, chelsey, emily and sky (and josh!), stephanie & hunter (and Jesse!), carolyn & addie & portia, and not pictured Lindsy.

these ladies  were more than amazing this year. every time i called on them to try and get more donations, they came through. to the last minute they were all using their powers to get more people to give. the end result was a total of $3902 raised for March of Dimes and i’m blown away. all of this money will go towards helping premature babies, educating pregnant mothers, and giving support and resources to families with babies born too soon or with birth defects. a very noble cause indeed.

in the world of blogging and social media it’s all very ME ME ME. i can’t tell you how much i appreciate those of you who gave of yourselves, both in time and money. i’d hug you all if i could:

lena, jacquelyn, clarisse, delia, karen, jenna, maryam, amy s, ashley s, ruthy,katie t, kristi v, irene, kristin t, carolyn, bob and sharon, katherine b, trina, jennifer b, alyssa, sara b, suzanne, gregg, kristi d, rachel d, brittany e, meghan e, rachelle, jamie f, jenn g, sarah g, michelle g, lisa, andrea, addie, aliya, melissa j, toni, tracy k, sarah k, angie, jen m, lena, gina, linsdey, erin, arell, laurie, amy n.

thank you. thank you thank you THANK YOU.

i can only hope even more of you locals will join us next year and that we can bust through our record yet again in 2013.

and without further adieu, here are the winners of the raffle!

the goodknits doily blanket goes to Angie!
the set of changing the universe coasters goes to Lena!
the custom print from addigail designs goes to Katherine!
the custom illustration from the paper mama goes to Kristi V!
the upcycled hat set from CITL goes to Irene!
the love megan clutch set goes to Karen!
the pickles bake shop gift set goes to Andrea!
the heart by kerry artwork goes to Amy S!
the Lilypie shop credit goes to Jennifer B!
the quarter life luck shop credit goes to Suzanne!
the life’s candy shop credit goes to Alyssa!
the Jewel cd goes to Rachelle!
and the bird mobile from criswell creations goes to Kristi D!

congrats! i will be emailing you each personally. and a HUGE thank you to all the kind people who donated their products for such a great cause. <3

until next year my friends!

via the paper mama

i had a reason to wear my recently thrifted polkadotted & pleated skirt last night – my best friend Bree’s birthday! we went out to Marrow for dinner to celebrate while the kiddo enjoyed the sunshine at the beach with my mom. it was a great evening and a much needed break.

the morning was crazy with our march of dimes walk! the weather was amazing, we all wore hot pink and as a team raised almost $4000 for babies. i can’t thank you all enough for helping us get there. i will be back shortly to share photos and announce the winners of the raffle!

sorry for the short (and late!) post but i was spending the day with a few of my favorite people celebrating mothers day. Scot and Harper made brunch for my mom and i (mimosas included) and we sat outside and enjoyed the 80 degree day planting flowers and hanging out. it was seriously wonderful and i am tired in the best way. i hope all of you mothers, soon to be mothers and some-day-really-soon mothers had a wonderful day and were treated as the amazing women you are.

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