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Welcome Baby Zoe

02 Monday Feb 2015

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Baby, daughter, happiness, Life, love, mom, mommy of 2

Well folks, as you may have noticed I haven’t posted a blog update in a few days… and for good reason.

I’m happy to say that we welcomed our second daughter Zoe Rose Grahan on 1/28/15.  We’re so happy to have this wonderful, healthy, beautiful addition to our family.

Zoe Rose Grahan

I’ll be taking a little hiatus from the blog to get settled into my new role as a mommy of 2.  If you want to know what I’m up to in the meantime, follow me on Instagram.

Ciao for Now,

♥♥ Vicky

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Inspirational Words for your Friday // 2

16 Friday Jan 2015

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funny, happiness, inspiration, inspirational quotes, Inspirational Words, positivity, TGIF

Some of you might remember when I did an ‘Inspirational Words for your Friday” post a while back.  I’ve decided to do another one to put us all in a good mood for the weekend.  Here are 12 of my current faves.  Enjoy!

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Source: My Ain’t That the Truth Pinterest Board

Are there any words that are inspiring you these days… or just making you laugh?

Ciao for Now

♥♥ Vicky

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Christmas in July

11 Friday Jul 2014

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Christmas Card, Christmas in July, family portrait, happiness, photoshoot

I’m not sure when Christmas in July became a thing, but I’m cool with it.  Christmas is my FAVORITE holiday so I see no issues getting into the spirit in the middle of summer.

On that note, I realized that I never shared our first official family photo-shoot we did for our Christmas cards this past year.  So here you go… enjoy!

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Last but not least… the outtake

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Ciao for Now,

♥♥ Vicky

 

 

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♥ Happy Birthday Keira ♥

16 Wednesday Apr 2014

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1st birthday, daughter, happiness, happy birthday, letter, love

A letter to Keira on her first birthday.

Dearest Keira –

A year ago today at exactly 4pm, you came into the world a healthy 9lb, 1oz beautiful baby girl. The doctor placed you in my arms and you laid on my chest.  We spent the next hour staring into one another’s eyes.  I remember being exhausted, and yet I couldn’t look away.  I studied every feature of your face, trying to wrap my head around what the future would hold for you, for us, for our family.  I was captivated by your beautiful big blue eyes, and instantly my heart was filled with joy, love and awe.

Today you turn 1, and today I thank you for giving me the most wonderful year of my life.  I’ve enjoyed every moment of watching you grow.  You’re so young yet you’re already becoming a beautiful little lady. I’m so in love with you…it is beyond words.

Happy Birthday with all my ♥♥♥,

Mom

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Ciao for Now,

♥♥ Vicky

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Happy 2014: I’m Back

02 Thursday Jan 2014

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2014, Family, Goals, happiness, Happy New Year, Life, New Year's Resolutions

Happy 2014 Everyone… I’m back!

What better excuse to start blogging again than the start of a new year, right?!?

2013 has been the most wonderful and life-changing year of my life with the birth of my daughter.  Life is definitely harder as a working mom, but I’m filled with joy and gratitude every day.  Of course I’m no different than the rest of you overly ambitious individuals, so I begin 2014 by thinking of all of the changes I will make this year.

As I thought about my resolutions this year, the list began like this:

Stop Being Lazy

  • Cook more
  • Blog more
  • Work out at least 3 days/week
  • Keep my house more tidy (in particular to stop throwing mail and clothes into their respective piles on the front table/bedroom floor)
  • Make more time for friends
  • Entertain more

Then I moved on to my more personal goals:

Be a Better Person

  • Be more… thoughtful, kind, humble, friendly, happy, gracious, affectionate, etc.
  • Be the best mom I can be
  • Carve out quality time for my husband
  • Spend more time with my grandmother

Then, realizing that I’m just a mere mortal, I moved on to…

Stop Being So Hard on Myself

  • Be proud of my everyday accomplishments as a working mother
  • Find balance
  • Stop worrying about what others will think of me/my actions

Finally, I realized that what I really need to do in 2014 is to…

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Let’s face it, I’m not Martha Stewart or Sheryl Sandberg or Mother Teresa or Wonder Woman. I’m Me, and all I can do is try my best everyday to be the best Me I can be.

So this year, my hope for all of my readers is that you make every effort to be the best version of yourself and…

Be Happy Being You!

♥♥ Vicky

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Welcome Baby Keira

17 Wednesday Apr 2013

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So excited to share the news that my beautiful daughter, Keira Ruth Grahan, was born yesterday!

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I’ll be taking a little hiatus from the blog, but I anticipate lots of Instagram action so feel free to check me out there.

I’ll be back soon. See ya later for now.
xoxo
Vicky

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