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Making it Work, Splint Style

October 14, 2011 by Lisa

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It’s Thursday, which means Small Style at Mama Loves Papa. As you can see, bulky beige splints don’t quite make the best accessories, but we worked around them. I have some cute gray striped tights that would have been great with this outfit, but such is life. You take what you are given, and you work with it.

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Because we had to be careful not to shift the splints, the last few weeks have been mostly onesies and dresses. But I have been waiting to use these sweater shorts since Brooklyn was 6 months old, and they were a great “pants” solution. The shorts are actually bloomers that went under a sweater dress a family member gave Brooklyn last Christmas. For some reason, they were way too big for her at the time, but I knew I would find a good use for them. We will for sure be wearing these a lot these next few months, whether with splints, casts, or tights.

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By the way, our resident rock star is doing great these days. She got her full casts on Tuesday — can you say hot pink?! — and the whole thing never even phased her. I got a quick peek at her “new” feet, and although they were definitely a little…well, sore to say the least, they also looked amazing. Like real feet — long and flat and ready for some serious standing. God is so good, people.

And now that we have hot pink casts, who needs tights anyway? Trust me, girl is working them. We’ll be sure to show them off next week. Until then, have a great weekend!

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Making it Work:
Shirt:     Carter’s (1st bday gift)
Shorts:   No clue (and I’m way too lazy to track down the bin with the sweater dress)
Splints:  Children’s Memorial Hospital 😉

Small Style: Making It Work

September 23, 2011 by Lisa

Back in the day, I used to do a weekly blog post called Fashion Friday. It was fun way to make sure I was taking photos of Emma regularly. Then Kendall came along, and I had a hard time keeping it up.  Really, I was just happy if we made it out of our pajamas every day.

By the time Brooklyn entered our world, I did master the whole getting dressed every day thing, but fashion wasn’t much of a priority. I depended on bins of hand-me-downs and clothing gifts from friends and family. Needless to say, we are all about second-hand around here.

As much as I’d like to shop for my girls – I drool over Zulily and The Mini Social on a daily basis — I just can’t justify spending money if we already have bins full of perfectly fine threads. Emma is about the only one that gets anything truly new, and most of it is from her birthday and birthday money. Funds are tight and, really, how much do we need?

With all of that said, I do say that I’ve gotten sloppy. I’ve relied a little too much on predetermined “outfits” and just rewash the same old things over and over. A quick look at my Facebook pix will show you I’ve fallen into the same trend with my own wardrobe.

How did I get so boring? I love clothes. I know there are more important things in the world, but getting dressed should be fun and should make you feel good. I mean, I have THREE GIRLS!!! I should be having a blast. Just because I don’t have a huge wardrobe budget doesn’t mean we can’t get a little creative.

Sooooo… I’ve been inspired to get out of my fashion pity-party and make the most of what we have.

Here’s the plan: every Thursday I’m going to try and  link up with Small Style at  Mama Loves Papa. But I won’t be bragging about labels here. My goal is to try to update some great oldies. I’m not saying that I will be offering you any inspiration. Really, I’m using this as a way to get me inspired…and an excuse to take more photos of my girls.

So here is the first installment. We’ll title it, Bo-Ho Brooklyn.
Clothing stats at the bottom. Have a great weekend everyone!

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Pants:  Kee-Ka Organics, Kendall hand-me-down
Shirt: Sonoma, Ava (niece) hand-me-down
Hat: Old Navy, Ava (niece) hand-me-down
Amber teething necklace: gift from Aunt Jenni

We can’t decide…

February 2, 2011 by Lisa

What do we love most?

That smile…
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Or those eyes…
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Then there’s that adorable little nose.
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Oh, and her giggle. Hopefully I can share that with you all soon.

Yep, we are totally in love with this little love bug. Every inch of her!

Foto Friday: Jammies in 3D

December 3, 2010 by Lisa

I think it’s funny how much people say the girls look alike. Honestly, I only see the differences. BUT I do see a lot of Emma in Brooklyn…much more than I ever saw in Kendall.

Anyway, I thought I’d let you all be the judges. Here are all three of my little ladies in my all-time favorite jammies. Granted, Emma is only 6 weeks old, so it’s not quite a fair comparison, but you get the point.

Have a great weekend everyone! Hope you get to hang out in your favorite jammies!

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Brooklyn, 3.5 months old

kendall pink

Kendall, 3 months old

emma pink

Emma, 1.5 months old

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I am a great many things: a "mom in progress" to three beautiful girls; a wife to my favorite person; a daughter of Christ; a writer; a lover of good coffee; a recovering perfectionist; and a hopeful romantic learning to find peace and joy in God alone. This is my story and His story.

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