July 2017

Post Partum Style

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

For me once the baby comes I'm all about comfortable clothes. Trying to dress a post partum body is tough. I will pretty much be in maternity clothes for 6-8 weeks after the baby comes and I have no shame in it. Your body just grew a baby for 9 months and it takes some time to get back to what you were before. And even then, I don't know if I'll ever be back to what I was "before". Oh well. I have 3 beautiful children to show for it.

Anyways, once baby is here I need clothes and under garments that will help keep me looking put together and not the hot mess that I really am. Know what I'm saying? #3under3 #Godhelpme

I pretty much don't leave the house for the first month or so so I'm not looking for adorable, trendy clothes. Just something I can wear around the house that is presentable and can be worn in front of visitors. Just in case someone unexpectedly stops by.

So here is my round up of the brands I love the most! Also, these outfits will be coming to the hospital with me and one of them I'll be wearing home from the hospital too.

First up Cake Maternity. Can I just say how adorable is this packaging?! Makes any mama feel glamorous when she opens it.

As soon as the baby is here nursing bras are worn on the regular. And guess what?! Nursing bras don't have to be ugly! You heard me right.

Just look at that beautiful detail! No way you can feel frumpy in this. I know for me once my milk comes in, holy hannah, my boobs pretty much double in size. This Mousse Contour Wireless bra gives support (no underwire) and keeps them under control. I hate feeling like I'm sagging or sloppy when I'm nursing.

Next up is this adorable pajama set. That I'm already wearing. Hey, why not take advantage of it now and after baby comes? This pajama set is perfect for the hospital and when I have visitors I can just slap on a Pinkblush robe (see mine from Hudson's birth) and voila, covered, and ready for visitors to fawn over my sweet new babe. The top even has the nursing friends snaps to make nursing easy. I'm not too sure if I'd wear this around the house with visitors without a robe on just because there isn't a lot of support in the bra, but I'm definitely covered when I wear it.

Another new found love of mine is Kindred Bravely.

With this being my third pregnancy and third time to pump/breastfeed I thought I had seen it all and found the best there was. That was until I put this nursing bra on. Oh my goodness, it is so comfortable and can be worn during pregnancy and after. I'm planning on getting more in different colors.

The sleeper bra is so soft and these post partum panties are to die for!

They sit above your c-section incision and are breathable. Yes please!

Now that the undergarments are taken care of, that brings me to my next favorite maternity and post maternity clothing line. Pinkblush Maternity.

This outfit is totally visitor ready and paired with my Bravado Designs nursing tank, you can't go wrong. And the length on the sweater is perfect for nursing. It's very thin and I don't get hot in it so it can be worn during summer time. With the ease of the snaps on the nursing tank and the extra coverage of the sweater, I'm all set to nurse on the go. Because we all know, that's all newborns do for the first few weeks anyways.

The pants are amazing as well because they are thin and have and adjustable waist. You can keep it lose right after having the baby and tighten it as needed as your belly goes down.

Welcome to my FAVORITE new dress. This is for sure coming to the hospital with me and I'll probably wear it home. I know for me I'm not a huge fan of clingy material after birth. Especially a c-section birth so this dress is perfect. Oh and it has pockets. Yep. You heard me right. This can be worn in the house, out of the house, pretty much anywhere! I want it in every color. Unfortunately it's not very nursing friendly, but still a great piece.

I can't believe sweet Landon will be here in 5 weeks or less. Please be less. Oh please be less. This heat is just killing me!

This post was in collaboration with Kindred Bravely, Pinkblush and Cake Maternity, but all thoughts and opinions are 100% my own.

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Pregnancy Normalcy

Friday, July 7, 2017

I know I know. I'm sure you laughed as you read the blog post title.

Being pregnant is tough. For me I feel like I'm not in my own body. I look in the mirror and have to take a second glance because everything just doesn't look like me. We have this photo hanging in our bedroom from 6 months after we got married. Oh pre-pregnancy body. How much I miss you.

Of course I love the reason my body doesn't look that way anymore. It has housed 5 babies, 2, almost 3 of which I have brought earth side. Having grace is important during and after pregnancy. It takes time to get back to normal, but until then, I just do what I can to feel as normal as possible.

With Raegan I didn't have much swelling. I wore my rings to the hospital to have her. Same with Hudson. It really wasn't that bad. I think they got a little tight at the end, but not bad. Well with Landon, I have blown up like a balloon. My fingers are a solid size bigger than normal. I can't wear any of my rings, which I hate. I feel naked without them.

I went on the hunt to find a ring I could wear while pregnant in place of my wedding set. When I found Tiger Gems I feel in love. It was exactly what I was looking for. The ring is gorgeous and makes me feel some what normal again. I can get dressed in the morning, do my make up, put on my rings, and tackle the day.

The set I have is the 2.25ct square halo wedding set. You would never know these diamonds are not real by just looking at it. They are no conflict diamonds which means that they were man made and not mined. Allowing our earth to not be disturbed.

For me my swelling always get worse right after the baby is born and takes a few weeks to go down. I'm so thankful to have a wedding set to wear as my body returns to post pregnancy normal.

Check out my video review on this amazing ring. The company Tiger Gems and Tabitha (the owner) are hell bent on making sure that you are happy with your purchase and if you aren't, they will make it right.

Want to try out a set for yourself? Use code themrsandco at check out. I promise you will love yours.

This post is in collaboration with Tiger Gems, but all opinions are 100% my own.

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Landon's Nursery Reveal

Thursday, July 6, 2017

When I found out I was pregnant with Landon it took me some time to really accept that this baby was actually happening. I was too scared to even think about how I'd decorate his nursery at the beginning. So the decorating part didn't really start until my 3rd trimester. Even then I didn't have a solid "theme" that I wanted to go with.

So one day after dropping Raegan off at school Hudson and I headed to Hobby Lobby. The Mecca of decor ideas. I thought for sure I could find a theme while walking around. Well of course, like any 1 year old, Hudson wasn't interested. So I literally started just throwing things into my cart that I liked and prayed that once I got home it would all go together in some way.

After getting the babies down for the night I pulled out all my treasures, laid them out, and the theme of Landon's room was born. It has more of a woodsy, industrial, modern feel to it. I'm loving the grey, white, and blacks right now which definitely came out when I started piecing his room together.

Fortunately his room came together pretty easily! Everything I envisioned I easily found at either Target, Wayfair, or Etsy.

Once we transitioned Raegan out of her crib and into her big girl bed, we just moved it into Landon's room. Took her a few weeks to be "ok" that her crib was no longer "her" crib. Now we are good! She talks about how the baby is going to go in her old bed. You got it girlfriend!

Pretty much the only way I convinced Kyle to let me buy this crib (it's from Restoration Hardware) when I was pregnant with Rae was saying that I'd use it with all my babies and fortunately it's totally gender neutral. We have it in brown for Hudson's room too. No way in heck was I was taking Raegan out of a crib at 19 months when he was born. No sir! It wasn't until after I had Hudson that I found pretty much the exact crib on Wayfair for WAY less. So you're welcome. I linked the crib below.

The chair that we had in Raegan's room we moved to Hudson's room when he was born. I really didn't miss having it in Raegan's room, but for some reason this time around, I still use it a lot in Hudson's room. So I knew I wanted to get another for Landon's room. I found this perfect rocker from Wayfair that I absolutely love! The best part is that once we are done using it in his room, it can be repurposed for somewhere else! The perfect neutral chair. The lamp also came from Wayfair and the side table is from Target.

Right when you walk into the room to the left there was this blank space between the bedroom door and the closet. This little area wasn't really planned, but I knew I wanted something there. I found this adorable cubby bookshelf at Target as well as the crates. It'll be a great place to store toys and books later on when he's older.

Picking out a dresser was easy. I loved the one we got for Hudson's nursery, so I got the exact same one in grey.

Right now there's not much on top of the dresser, but we all know that'll change once he's here.

I found this adorable bookshelf at Hobby Lobby and knew I had to make it work. It was too good to put back. It's the perfect place for little knick knacks.