Fourth of July Recap + Birthday Wishes

We ended up spending the entire week + some at the beach house last week. We knew we would be over there a lot with most of my family in town and we just ended up staying all week! It's hard to turn down a week on the water with lots of additional babysitters, right? It's much more than that though. I appreciate the family breakfasts, lounging on the porch in your pj's, happy hour, sandy flip flops and beach towels, quilts to curl up in for the evenings, the collaboration to cook dinner, the sea breeze especially at sunset, and the love of everyone with you. Here's a few snapshots of our Fourth...

hydrangeas + chardonnay

I swear he has already changed so much in a week! His hair is so much longer this week! Craziness.

Cupcakes + Cool Whip Cookie Cake 

And, last but not least, a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my dear sweet hubs. You are my rock, my best friend, a wonderful father to my baby boy, and I'm so lucky to call you mine. I can't wait to enjoy the {several} days of birthday celebrations to come. All my love honey! xoxo.

Where You Can Find Me

You're looking at the very first photo of yours truly, with her now husband {pictured on the far right}. That's him with his arm around my best friend- the night she introduced us! The story of how we met is pretty funny to me. It was Halloween and a couple friends and I dressed up and went to our very favorite bar. Once my girl friend Seldon {pictured above} and I got there, we began taking as many fun pictures as possible with everyone in costumes at the bar. These two Nascar guys were the very first ones. I thought I had grabbed simply the best dressed guys in the bar, but it turns out they were actual friends of Seldon! The next day, that guy on the right added me as a friend on facebook. I commented to Seldon that the "random Nascar guy" had added me as a friend and she told me that she in fact, knew him really well and that he was a great friend- one that I had always heard about. How I missed that, I do not know. Must have been my cat ear headband. After that we began to hang out all the time. The rest they say, is history.

I know you love our cat woman-Nascar-britney spears photo! Seriously, what was I thinking with that face? I mean, seriously. haha. This was absolutely shown at our rehearsal dinner slideshow and our friend Alan {also pictured above next to me} notoriously signed our guest book 8  > 24, as seen on his t-shirt.

For more details on our l-o-v-e, head on over to my guest post at A. Liz Adventures! Thanks for having me be a part of your series in honor of your anniversary April! 

14 Days of Things I Love: My Valentine & some Valentines Images

I saved the best for last in this series. This was the easiest post to put together and the first one that came to my mind. To my sweet, handsome husband who I love dearly, Happy Valentine's Day!

And since I didn't do much posting on Valentine's Day, here are a few of my favorite images for celebrations like today....

{all images via my pinterest page}

If you are celebrating Valentine's Day or not, I hope you all have a fun day with your sweetheart, family or friends! I would love to hear your plans :) Thanks for reading along for 14 Days of Things I Love! xo.

PS-My sweet friend Seldon emailed me to let me know Piperlime is having a 15% off sale that ends today- enter code XOXO. Pretty sweet Valentine's Day treat!!