• a book review: bringing up bebe

    excerpt from the back of the book:  “marvelous… like julia child, who translated the secrets of french cuisine, druckerman has investigated and distilled the essentials of french child-rearing.” —npr when american journalist pamela druckerman had a baby in paris, she didn’t aspire to become a “french parent.” then she noticed that french children sleep through the night at two or three months old. they eat braised leeks. their parents sip…

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  • oh baby | twenty-nine weeks

    how far along? | 29 weeks  due date: january 14, 2016 baby’s size | baby is the size of an acorn squash — 2.5-3.8 pounds and 15.2-16.7 inches long  gender | a baby boy!  feeling | feeling pretty awesome lately! i love being pregnant at this point- it’s been such a special…

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  • halloween decor + blogger love

    halloween decor by nellemonaco if i were to host a halloween gathering this year… these are some inspirations i adore for decorating! i am actually not a huge holiday decorator {usually just for christmas} *unless we are having people over … then i decorate an area…

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  • a southern backyard wedding

    on october 10, mr. monaco and i attended the most beautiful outdoor wedding in fort mill, south carolina {very close to charlotte}. it took place in their backyard and was so lovely; so well thought out. despite an abundant amount of rain {nothing some tents/straw…

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  • pumpkin love

    good morning! wishing you a lovely saturday  yesterday i shared our trip to the farm | pumpkin patch …so today i thought i would share some of my favorite pumpkin decorating ideas for fall… ♥ everything about this.  the table, brick wall, chairs, the colors…

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  • oh baby | twenty-eight weeks

    how far along? | 28 weeks {now hello, third trimester! i learned last friday that it’s actually week 28!} due date: january 14, 2016 baby’s size | baby is the size of an eggplant — 13.6-14.8 inches long and 1.5-2.5 pounds  gender |  baby boy!  feeling |  overall, great! i had a rough…

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