The Phone Diaries: Happy Friday

I have been totally missing blogging this week since our computer broke last Thursday but its fixed now and we will be picking it up tomorrow. Look out for a few new post's this weekend, and for now, an adorable picture of my sweet Chloe wearing a pretty pink flower barrette!

Happy Friday!

xoxo, Jennfer

The Phone Diaries: Weekend

Its always amazing to me just how quickly the weekend goes by! Each passing day brings us closer and closer to the day we leave for Chicago and as much as I am excited to move I am cherishing these last few weeks here in Seattle trying to soak up as many sweet memories as I can!

This weekend was fun and relaxing! On Thursday Chloe and I had a playdate with a good friend of ours and her 3 boys. We had a picnic at the park and Chloe swung on the swings for the first time! Then on Friday Chloe and I met up with my old boss and her adorable son at Starbucks and spent some time catching up. Friday evening the 3 of us went out for pizza with my sister in-law and her husband. Chloe had a small plate of cottage cheese, cucumber and pineapple which she loved! Then Saturday evening we had some friends over for dinner.

Sunday was relaxing and peaceful, we took naps, watched movies and ate tacos for dinner! We have a busy week ahead of us with packing, appointments, and catching up with good friends! Mike's Mom is coming into town to visit from North Carolina next Tuesday. We are so excited to be able to spend some time with her before we leave and for her to finally meet her new granddaughter for the first time!

I'm hoping we'll get our computer back sometime this week, I have so many blog posts I want to write like Chloe's 9 month update and photoshoot, an update on our experience with baby led weaning, fact Friday and music Monday posts, as well as my experience with being a vegetarian!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekened!!

xoxo, Jennifer

Windy City Here We Come: Part 1

Tomorrow we are buying 2 one way plane tickets to Chicago.... one way! The last time I purchased a one way ticket was when I moved to Seattle 5 years ago. I am so excited and nervous to move back home, so much has happened during these past few years, I am now married with a child of my own, I have grown and changed and matured and honestly I don't feel like the same person I was when I first arrived here in the beautiful northwest. 

We will be moving in with my parents temporally until we can get on our feet and find a place of our own. It will take some getting used to but I know its the right decision for us. Mike already has a few job interviews lined up and I will be looking for a part time nanny or babysitting job that will allow me to bring Chloe along. I cant wait for the day when Chicago feels like home again. It took about a year for Seattle to feel like my home so I wonder how long it will take us to feel like Chicago is now the place we call home. I love that we will be raising Chloe in the same City that we grew up in! 

This move is all about starting over and new beginnings so we wont be bringing a lot with us, only the things that means the most to us. We still have quite a bit of packing to do but this past week we have sold 3 big pieces of furniture and a few things Chloe is to big for now, like her infant car seat and bouncer. Craigslist is seriously amazing for selling things.

Be on the lookout for more updates on our big move!

Good Music: What I'm Listening To Now

Happy Monday! Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend. Here's what I've been listening to lately!

Dear Chloe

Dear little one,

Once upon a time you were so tiny in my arms, you loved spending your days nursing and cuddling and now my sweet Chloe you are turning into such an independent child. You have the most beautiful personality, so full of energy and curiosity, always wanting to explore and play. The way you smile and laugh is so completely infectious.

At only 4 days old!

I love watching you learn and grow, there is not a day that goes by that I am not amazed by you! There are certain things you do that get me every time, like the way you clap your hands together when you are excited or the way you wave to your Daddy and I as if to say hello. You are an expert stander, you stand on everything and anyone and lately we have noticed you moving from object to object while you stand. I think you are going to be walking in no time, wow I jut cant believe that!

I love the way you dance to music and recently you have added shaking your head from side to side to your routine, its the most adorable thing to watch! A few days ago I got a kiss on the lips from you for the very first time, it was the most sweetest thing. You sure know how to melt my heart little one!

Playing in the bath at almost 9 months old!

I love you forever and ever my sweet Chloe!

Mama

Fact Friday

:: Sometimes I just love a good cry.

:: The first time I left Chloe for more then a hour was about a month ago to get my hair done. I was in desperate need of some " me time", but when the day I made my appointment for finally came and I had to say goodbye to Chloe I got really sad and teary eyed and all I could think about while at the salon was Chloe's sweet smile and how much I missed having her in my arms. I knew I was going to miss her but I didn't know I was going to miss her that much.

:: I have naturally curly hair.

:: I was a vegetarian for 6 years.

:: I would love to go on the show What Not To Wear, $5000 in clothes and a makeover sounds perfect right now!

A New Name

As you can see I have made a few changes to my blog! While Chloe was napping I was busy designing a whole new title and header, and I am so happy and in love with it! I have wanted to change the title of my blog for the longest time but nothing really stuck out till now. When I started this blog I came up with the title My Family of Three simply because my little family of two was now becoming a family of three and at the time I just couldn't think of anything else I really liked. Fast forward to today, I was putting Chloe down for a nap and as she was drifting off to sleep I started thinking about different titles for my blog, that's when the words Forever Lovely popped into my head and I knew instantly that it was perfect for me! Forever lovely means to me that even through the thick of Motherhood, through the tears, and joy, and struggles, and stains, and love, and milestones I will always still be me, forever lovely.

Thank you all so much for taking the time to read my blog, it has been such a blessing to me to have made so many wonderful friends and I have loved getting to know each one of you!