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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/atom10full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" gd:etag="W/&quot;A0IGR3w9eip7ImA9WhRaFUs.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745065412876984679</id><updated>2012-02-18T07:52:06.262-05:00</updated><category term="Back Room" /><category term="Child-proofing" /><category term="Friday Favorites" /><category term="Parties + Entertaining" /><category term="Family" /><category term="DIY" /><category term="Big Girl Room" /><category term="Inspiration Photos" /><category term="Nursery" /><category term="Motherhood + Parenting" /><category term="Freebies" /><category term="Diapering + Potty Training" /><category term="Art Projects" /><category term="Baby" /><category term="Toddlers + Kids" /><category term="Travel" /><category term="Books + Reading" /><category term="Food" /><category term="Kids' Products" /><category term="Outdoor Living" /><category term="Money" /><category term="Home" /><category term="Bottles Sippies + Pacifiers" /><category term="Style" /><category term="Featured Blogger" /><category term="Crawling + Walking" /><category term="Birth" /><category term="Idea Boards" /><category term="Pets" /><category term="Violet" /><category term="H-Haus" /><category term="Weddings" /><category term="Home Products" /><category term="Solids + Allergies" /><category term="Photography" /><category term="Little Style" /><category term="Breastfeeding" /><category term="Mini Meals" /><category term="Pregnancy + Maternity" /><category term="Art" /><category term="Marriage + Relationships" /><category term="Blogging" /><category term="Etsy" /><category term="Babysitting + Daycare" /><category term="Cleaning + Organizing" /><category term="Gift Guide" /><category term="Teething" /><category term="Before and After" /><category term="Sleeping + Napping" /><category term="Babywearing" /><category term="Dollhouse" /><category term="Holidays + Seasons" /><title>with two cats</title><subtitle type="html">Cozy home. Cuddly baby.</subtitle><link rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.withtwocats.com/feeds/posts/default" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.withtwocats.com/" /><link rel="next" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7745065412876984679/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false&amp;v=2" /><author><name>Lauren @ with two cats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03159211441073182387</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><generator version="7.00" uri="http://www.blogger.com">Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1115</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/withtwocatsblog" /><feedburner:info uri="withtwocatsblog" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><feedburner:emailServiceId>withtwocatsblog</feedburner:emailServiceId><feedburner:feedburnerHostname>http://feedburner.google.com</feedburner:feedburnerHostname><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEQHRXwzeip7ImA9WhRaFEQ.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745065412876984679.post-7898075598172499710</id><published>2012-02-17T10:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-17T10:25:34.282-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-17T10:25:34.282-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Friday Favorites" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Blogging" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Toddlers + Kids" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Style" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Home" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Inspiration Photos" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Weddings" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Motherhood + Parenting" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Cleaning + Organizing" /><title>Friday Favorites 2.17.12</title><content type="html">&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WW-ahSQCwZA/Tz5oWhnUZpI/AAAAAAAAEBM/TEtkQKFi09U/s1600/186547609534915844_kEby9VCk_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WW-ahSQCwZA/Tz5oWhnUZpI/AAAAAAAAEBM/TEtkQKFi09U/s1600/186547609534915844_kEby9VCk_c.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Love &lt;a href="http://www.katiespencilbox.com/2012/02/making-house-home.html" target="_blank"&gt;this home tour&lt;/a&gt; from Katie's Pencil Box.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.copyblogger.com/pinterest-marketing/" target="_blank"&gt;Fifty-six ways&lt;/a&gt; to market your business on Pinterest.&lt;br /&gt;
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Can't wait til my kid starts saying &lt;a href="http://www.harpershappenings.com/2012/02/15/harper-wears-harper-says/" target="_blank"&gt;funny stuff&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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Definitely creating &lt;a href="http://cornflowerbluestudio.blogspot.com/2012/02/diy-rotating-goal-list.html" target="_blank"&gt;one of these&lt;/a&gt; ASAP.&lt;br /&gt;
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What a &lt;a href="http://ohjoy.blogs.com/my_weblog/2012/02/fashioned-florals-a-corsage-pendant.html" target="_blank"&gt;fresh take on a traditional corsage&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--rUwHyxKk8E/Tz5ouDiU16I/AAAAAAAAEBU/pUnWwVHj_NU/s1600/21181060717369478_lsWalkSw_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--rUwHyxKk8E/Tz5ouDiU16I/AAAAAAAAEBU/pUnWwVHj_NU/s1600/21181060717369478_lsWalkSw_c.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The &lt;a href="http://bleubirdvintage.typepad.com/blog/2012/02/our-wedding.html" target="_blank"&gt;prettiest wedding&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.sfgirlbybay.com/2012/02/14/tuesdays-girl-dear-abbey/" target="_blank"&gt;Downton Abbey&lt;/a&gt; mania!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.mom-101.com/2012/02/working_mothers_amissed-opportunities.html#more-1836" target="_blank"&gt;On working mothers&lt;/a&gt; and missed opportunities. Liz is always spot on.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.justbyliving.com/2012/02/is-it-me-or-has-blogging-atmosphere.html" target="_blank"&gt;Well said&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="http://www.puglypixel.com/2012/02/15/sustainable-blogging/#more-47948" target="_blank"&gt;This too&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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And last but not least, have you seen &lt;a href="http://pacingthepanicroom.blogspot.com/search/label/the%20take%20home%20series" target="_blank"&gt;The Take Home Series&lt;/a&gt; over on Pacing the Panic Room? Pretty video hair tutorials for you to play with this weekend!&lt;br /&gt;
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Happy Friday! &lt;i&gt;xo, Lauren&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7745065412876984679-7898075598172499710?l=www.withtwocats.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/withtwocatsblog/~4/jvoHtP3_QpI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.withtwocats.com/feeds/7898075598172499710/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.withtwocats.com/2012/02/friday-favorites-21712.html#comment-form" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7745065412876984679/posts/default/7898075598172499710?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7745065412876984679/posts/default/7898075598172499710?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/withtwocatsblog/~3/jvoHtP3_QpI/friday-favorites-21712.html" title="Friday Favorites 2.17.12" /><author><name>Lauren @ with two cats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03159211441073182387</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WW-ahSQCwZA/Tz5oWhnUZpI/AAAAAAAAEBM/TEtkQKFi09U/s72-c/186547609534915844_kEby9VCk_c.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.withtwocats.com/2012/02/friday-favorites-21712.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CUEESXwzeCp7ImA9WhRaE0Q.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745065412876984679.post-6494439940155724757</id><published>2012-02-16T07:00:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-16T07:00:08.280-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-16T07:00:08.280-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Etsy" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Art" /><title>Featured Artist: Debbie Carlos</title><content type="html">&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-faCnZMB1Av8/TzxyFm0GKEI/AAAAAAAAD-8/gqo8s3LAsdE/s1600/il_570xN.178800766.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="425" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-faCnZMB1Av8/TzxyFm0GKEI/AAAAAAAAD-8/gqo8s3LAsdE/s640/il_570xN.178800766.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sbOVWTzF4Ng/TzxyFa2YurI/AAAAAAAAD-0/EJ0uktkC-Sg/s1600/il_570xN.163558458.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sbOVWTzF4Ng/TzxyFa2YurI/AAAAAAAAD-0/EJ0uktkC-Sg/s640/il_570xN.163558458.jpg" width="476" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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You don't know how much I've been dying to buy one of &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/debbiecarlos?section_id=7036810" target="_blank"&gt;these posters by Debbie Carlos&lt;/a&gt;. Two problems hold me back. One - I have no idea where I would put one (I love them for being so large, but they're so LARGE!) and two - I honestly don't know if I could choose just one. They're all so breathtaking. Sigh.&amp;nbsp; -&lt;i&gt;Lauren&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7745065412876984679-6494439940155724757?l=www.withtwocats.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/withtwocatsblog/~4/nrx1tRziqgE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.withtwocats.com/feeds/6494439940155724757/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.withtwocats.com/2012/02/featured-artist-debbie-carlos.html#comment-form" title="4 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7745065412876984679/posts/default/6494439940155724757?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7745065412876984679/posts/default/6494439940155724757?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/withtwocatsblog/~3/nrx1tRziqgE/featured-artist-debbie-carlos.html" title="Featured Artist: Debbie Carlos" /><author><name>Lauren @ with two cats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03159211441073182387</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-faCnZMB1Av8/TzxyFm0GKEI/AAAAAAAAD-8/gqo8s3LAsdE/s72-c/il_570xN.178800766.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>4</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.withtwocats.com/2012/02/featured-artist-debbie-carlos.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DEYNRnsycCp7ImA9WhRaE0k.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745065412876984679.post-6350845580841082418</id><published>2012-02-15T12:13:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-15T17:49:57.598-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-15T17:49:57.598-05:00</app:edited><title>Working on a new design</title><content type="html">Bear with me and I'll tell you all about it when I have the bugs worked out!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i style="font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;xo, Lauren&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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So I was thinking maybe we could help each other out? One parent to another? And we could link up to share what our kids are eating these days. I'm going to try to post this once per week on Wednesdays and we can each share one meal that we fed our toddler/kid.&lt;br /&gt;
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Just post the photo to your blog with a description of the meal and then link up to your post below (not your blog in general, but the actual url of the post that way no one has to hunt for your meal, please) and we'll see how it goes! I so hope some of you will participate - I'd love to get new ideas for Violet! Here's what Violet ate on Saturday for lunch:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5FYrtSZ0Itg/Tzav7fg6guI/AAAAAAAAD7g/ucO49T5jGdc/s1600/DSC00789.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="636" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5FYrtSZ0Itg/Tzav7fg6guI/AAAAAAAAD7g/ucO49T5jGdc/s640/DSC00789.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Saturday's lunch: &lt;a href="http://www.worldwidefred.com/foodface.htm" target="_blank"&gt;Fred Food Face&lt;/a&gt; plate, carrot and celery sticks, &lt;a href="http://eatwholly.com/?gclid=CP-f7YPElq4CFUFN4Aod8CGNKQ" target="_blank"&gt;Wholly Guacamole&lt;/a&gt;, Nature's Promise turkey burger&lt;br /&gt;
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Link up your mini meal here!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;This week's Supermom is Reichel Broussard of &lt;a href="http://www.copycatchic.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Copy Cat Chic&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;! After a career in the corporate design and marketing world Reichel now does freelance work in web, print, and interior design.&amp;nbsp;She's also a pro at finding high style items on a budget and graciously shares her finds with all of us via her blog &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.copycatchic.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Copy Cat Chic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Since starting her blog, Reichel has also become mama to sweet baby Arden, and I've been thrilled to see more baby-related posts over on &lt;i&gt;Copy Cat Chic&lt;/i&gt; (not to mention Arden's amazing nursery)! Read on to find out more about Reichel...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #524c40;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;I started blogging after my husband and I bought our home. We were house  rich and money poor ;) So I found myself searching for the best deals  on furniture and accessories for our home. I wanted to share my finds  with others and that's when I created the blog.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;I love that Arden is my sidekick now. She's always  by my side and when she's not, I feel strange....like something is  missing! And life is so much more exciting and fun with her in it :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;The hardest thing is not having "me" time. It's  hard to find the time to make phone calls and keep up with emails. And  everything around the house is in mid-flight ;) I get halfway though  projects and have to abandon them when baby calls!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eQ-BtEvK5S4/TzqYIXJUyNI/AAAAAAAAD9Y/K09F1i0Go0U/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-14+at+12.21.14+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="432" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eQ-BtEvK5S4/TzqYIXJUyNI/AAAAAAAAD9Y/K09F1i0Go0U/s640/Screen+shot+2012-02-14+at+12.21.14+PM.png" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;1.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://woonkids.com/?page_id=30" target="_blank"&gt;The Lulu Woon Doll&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;2.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Serena-Lily-Prague-Market-Organic/dp/B001V8U7EY" target="_blank"&gt;The Serena and Lily Prague Market Organic Sling&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- this was so easy to stuff in the diaper bag.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3.  Every newborn deserves a cashmere gown. Mine is from TSE, but I think  Ralph Lauren has a good selection of cashmere too! Or &lt;a href="http://www.stellinababy.com/products/Confetto_%20Cashmere_Sleeping_Bag-62-10.html" target="_blank"&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;a href="http://www.stellinababy.com/products/Confetto_Cashmere_Sleeping_Bag-62-10.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #524c40;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RpXbhLY8kLA/TzqkiEUqqiI/AAAAAAAAD9g/g_FoaD1D0YE/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-14+at+1.14.06+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="432" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RpXbhLY8kLA/TzqkiEUqqiI/AAAAAAAAD9g/g_FoaD1D0YE/s640/Screen+shot+2012-02-14+at+1.14.06+PM.png" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;1.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.driacover.com/Styles/" target="_blank"&gt;Dria Cover in Oslo&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;-  This comes in so handy for not only a pregnancy top, a breastfeeding  cover, a baby blanket, a stroller/carseat shade, a makeshift picnic  blanket, etc.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;2.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.petunia.com/collections/cake/cameoclutch/" target="_blank"&gt;A Petunia Pickle Bottom Cake Cameo Clutch&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;-  A stylish diaper clutch for when you don't need the whole diaper bag. I  actually have the Cake Cameo Clutch in French Gooseberry. LOVE!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/81160872/eye-sleep-mask-adjustable" target="_blank"&gt;A good sleep ma&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/81160872/eye-sleep-mask-adjustable" target="_blank"&gt;sk&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- This thing makes it possible for me to get a little more zzzz's in&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #524c40;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;I fake it ;) I'm not "doing" it all. I have to  prioritize what's important and the stuff at the bottom of the list gets  bumped until I can find the time...I like to pretend that I'm on the  ball though. That helps ;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;I think the biggest thing is to not feel guilty. There's always  something to feel guilty about...for not folding and putting away the  laundry or leaving dirty dishes in the sink, or for not mentally  stimulating your child during every waking hour. Just know that you're  doing the best you can and it's enough, believe me.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;I'd say any stay-at-home Mom, bonus points if they home-school...and add gold-star if they blog too ;)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #524c40;"&gt;Thanks to Reichel for sharing your advice and thoughts with us! Your advice to other moms especially struck a chord with me. I often feel that guilt creeping up on me and try to remember that you can't do it all - you can only do your best! :) See more of Reichel over on her blog, &lt;a href="http://www.copycatchic.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Copy Cat Chic&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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xo,&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Lauren &amp;amp; Violet&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7745065412876984679-1779949260428081554?l=www.withtwocats.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/withtwocatsblog/~4/wfIwkgApc7Y" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.withtwocats.com/feeds/1779949260428081554/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.withtwocats.com/2012/02/quick-easy-valentines.html#comment-form" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7745065412876984679/posts/default/1779949260428081554?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7745065412876984679/posts/default/1779949260428081554?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/withtwocatsblog/~3/wfIwkgApc7Y/quick-easy-valentines.html" title="Quick &amp; Easy Valentines" /><author><name>Lauren @ with two cats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03159211441073182387</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fd01r7J9V-M/TzmdBJTwVHI/AAAAAAAAD8w/e24LLJ_KASw/s72-c/450de204569211e180c9123138016265_7.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.withtwocats.com/2012/02/quick-easy-valentines.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEUBSHozcCp7ImA9WhRaEk4.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745065412876984679.post-7610566828075967468</id><published>2012-02-13T14:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-14T10:10:59.488-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-14T10:10:59.488-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mini Meals" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Toddlers + Kids" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Food" /><title>What do you feed your little one?</title><content type="html">&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Now that Violet is firmly in the world of 'real' food, I feel like we're getting stuck in a meal time rut. So to encourage myself to be more creative with Violet's meals I thought I'd share one of her meals each week with all of you!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;And to make it more fun I thought I'd make it a link-up! I'd so love to see what the rest of you are feeding your little ones. I need new ideas!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U2VPavC_JAk/TzldCleQ72I/AAAAAAAAD8Q/zSY8zjpiTp8/s1600/minimeals.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="258" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U2VPavC_JAk/TzldCleQ72I/AAAAAAAAD8Q/zSY8zjpiTp8/s640/minimeals.png" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here's how it's going to (hopefully) work:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;If you have a blog: Post a photo of one of your toddler/kid's meals from the week along with a description.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;No blog? Just post a photo of one of your toddler/kid's meals from the week along with a description onto a photo sharing site (like Flickr, Photobucket, or even Pinterest to name a few.) (Oh, and don't forget to make sure the photo is visible by the public.)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Link back to your original post/photo via my blog so that we can all view each other's ideas! The first 'Mini Meals' post will go up this Wednesday, so don't forget to snap a photo of your little one's meal and join in. Hopefully we'll get more participants each week :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;xo,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f66btyMRxBI/TnKyyqhZe9I/AAAAAAAAB64/zEroLFUNcjk/s1600/Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f66btyMRxBI/TnKyyqhZe9I/AAAAAAAAB64/zEroLFUNcjk/s1600/Signature.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;P.S. I also started a &lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/withtwocats/mini-meals/" target="_blank"&gt;'mini meals' board on Pinterest&lt;/a&gt; where I'll share some of my favorite products and ideas as well! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Sources:&lt;br /&gt;
plush . &lt;a href="http://lieschenmueller.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank"&gt;lieschen mueller&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
terrarium prints . quill &amp;amp; fox on &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/quillandfox" target="_blank"&gt;Etsy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
letter 'v' . &lt;a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?navAction=jump&amp;amp;id=77415&amp;amp;parentid=SEARCH_RESULTS&amp;amp;color=zin" target="_blank"&gt;anthropologie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
charlie harper memory game . &lt;a href="http://www.landofnod.com/games/toys-gifts/charley-harper-memory-game/f5145" target="_blank"&gt;land of nod&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
flash cards . &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Alphabet-Animals-Flash-Cards-DeJohn/dp/0811864650" target="_blank"&gt;anthropologie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
squirrel lamp . &lt;a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?subCategoryId=HOME-LIGHTING-TABLE&amp;amp;id=063170&amp;amp;catId=HOME-LIGHTING&amp;amp;pushId=HOME-LIGHTING&amp;amp;popId=HOME&amp;amp;sortProperties=&amp;amp;navCount=250&amp;amp;navAction=top&amp;amp;fromCategoryPage=true&amp;amp;selectedProductSize=&amp;amp;selectedProductSize1=&amp;amp;color=010&amp;amp;isProduct=true&amp;amp;isBigImage=&amp;amp;templateType=" target="_blank"&gt;anthropologie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
mirror . &lt;a href="http://www.potterybarn.com/products/eleanor-frameless-mirrors/?pkey=cmirrors" target="_blank"&gt;pottery barn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
map . vintage - &lt;a href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&amp;amp;_trksid=m570.l2736&amp;amp;_nkw=pull+down+map" target="_blank"&gt;ebay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
desk . thrifted - salvation army&lt;br /&gt;
floor lamp . &lt;a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/categories/departments/lighting/10731/" target="_blank"&gt;ikea&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
cat . aunt's farm&lt;br /&gt;
rug . &lt;a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/category/rugs/home-rugs.jsp" target="_blank"&gt;anthropologie&lt;/a&gt; (clearance)&lt;br /&gt;
quilt . &lt;a href="http://www.house8810.com/Product.aspx?StockNumber=2199.00102" target="_blank"&gt;house8810&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
sheets . &lt;a href="http://www.landofnod.com/kids-basic-bedding/kids-bedding/pink-dots-bedding/f4362" target="_blank"&gt;land of nod&lt;/a&gt; (Christmas gift card!)&lt;br /&gt;
pillow . &lt;a href="http://prettylittlethings.bigcartel.com/category/dress-your-bed" target="_blank"&gt;pretty little things by lori marie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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And if you'd like to see more updates and sneak peeks as they happen, &lt;a href="http://followgram.me/withtwocats" target="_blank"&gt;follow me&lt;/a&gt; over on &lt;a href="http://instaview.me/user/withtwocats/" target="_blank"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;!&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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xo,&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f66btyMRxBI/TnKyyqhZe9I/AAAAAAAAB64/zEroLFUNcjk/s1600/Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f66btyMRxBI/TnKyyqhZe9I/AAAAAAAAB64/zEroLFUNcjk/s1600/Signature.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7745065412876984679-4746391219534839330?l=www.withtwocats.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/withtwocatsblog/~4/POxz2e2-q94" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.withtwocats.com/feeds/4746391219534839330/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.withtwocats.com/2012/02/sneak-peek-violets-big-girl-room.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7745065412876984679/posts/default/4746391219534839330?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7745065412876984679/posts/default/4746391219534839330?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/withtwocatsblog/~3/POxz2e2-q94/sneak-peek-violets-big-girl-room.html" title="Sneak Peek: Violet's Big Girl Room" /><author><name>Lauren @ with two cats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03159211441073182387</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2GDhsmyM4aw/TzfgatFbjSI/AAAAAAAAD7o/u1WGX7hcWUE/s72-c/0a9a1e02535f11e180c9123138016265_7.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.withtwocats.com/2012/02/sneak-peek-violets-big-girl-room.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEcMQHY5eyp7ImA9WhRaEk4.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745065412876984679.post-2820566565285863157</id><published>2012-02-10T15:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-14T10:08:01.823-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-14T10:08:01.823-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Holidays + Seasons" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Freebies" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Art" /><title>Free Valentine Printable</title><content type="html">&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HPteDCeS_-A/TzV5lqzD6YI/AAAAAAAAD7Y/YZFS-j-zpdM/s1600/loveyouprintable.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HPteDCeS_-A/TzV5lqzD6YI/AAAAAAAAD7Y/YZFS-j-zpdM/s640/loveyouprintable.jpg" width="582" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Here's a free Valentine's printable for your sweetheart :) Click &lt;a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7187/6852959857_a0c3fa0d34_o.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to download the full version. Happy Friday!&lt;br /&gt;
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So not only did I successfully get my child to wear pigtails in her hair for longer than thirty seconds (which I am extremely proud of by the way), I can now officially state that she is well on her way to being potty trained. I was a little nervous to write about this on here, as I didn't want to jinx anything, but we've been gradually getting closer and closer to a diaper-less existence. So for those of you who are childless and uninterested in the details of potty training a two-and-a-half-foot person, feel free to skip this one. For the rest, you may read on at your own risk and I warn you that I will use words like 'pee' and 'number two' pretty frequently:&lt;br /&gt;
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Now I have to be honest and say that I have assumed more of a support role in the potty training process. Being a first time parent, I honestly had zero expectations of when  Violet would train on the potty. (Well, I did assume by age three as my  niece and nephew both were trained by then, but that seemed like a long  time away). The real bulk of the work has been done by Violet's sitter. She encouraged me to start the process (I really hadn't even considered it other than letting Violet sit on the potty and use toilet paper for fun - she likes to do what her mama does) But serious and actual down and dirty &lt;i&gt;training&lt;/i&gt;? The thought hadn't even crossed my mind.&lt;br /&gt;
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That all changed when Violet's sitter wrote a question in the journal  that she sends home each day - "So when were you thinking about starting  to potty train Violet?" Suddenly it was before me in all of its  toilet-glory, and I decided to go for it. She had shown interest in the  potty, enjoyed the potty for pretend play, and I figured it couldn't  hurt to harness that enthusiasm.&lt;br /&gt;
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Sooo here we are. Yesterday my daughter peed twice on the potty at the library (yes a public restroom!) and informed me not once, but twice at home yesterday that she had to pee. She can now pee within seconds of sitting, unlike at the beginning where we sat. And sat. And saaaaat. She is going to be 21 months old tomorrow and I'm amazed at her potty abilities.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Now I realize that every child is different (the sitter's boys trained &lt;i&gt;much&lt;/i&gt; later than her daughter who was trained by 20 months!) and the methods that have worked so far for me may not work for you. But for those of you who don't have an amazing babysitter who walks you through the joy of potty training, I thought this could potentially be helpful. So here's how we went about it (in all of its glorious detail): &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-awbxQ3j4eb8/TzQ1szP0cII/AAAAAAAAD7I/0ZF9o0lG2-w/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-09+at+4.06.16+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-awbxQ3j4eb8/TzQ1szP0cII/AAAAAAAAD7I/0ZF9o0lG2-w/s640/Screen+shot+2012-02-09+at+4.06.16+PM.png" width="492" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;1. Make sitting on the potty a part of your daily routine&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
We started out by sitting Violet on the training potty whenever we would normally change her diaper. We'd take her wet diaper off, place her on the potty for a few minutes, and finally wipe and put the new diaper on. That way we weren't wasting a ton of diapers and she just got used to sitting on it routinely. (I'll admit I was kind of annoyed by this extra step initially. Extra work is not a welcome phenomenon in my world). If she peed, great, if not - no biggie. The point was to get her used to sitting on the potty on a regular basis.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;2. Test out training underwear with scheduled potty visits&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
After about a month of this, we decided to go for it one day and put her in training underwear. We sat Violet on the training potty every 20-30 minutes, unless of course she asked or seemed to need to go sooner.&lt;br /&gt;
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One hiccup I ran into is that Violet's enthusiasm for the potty came to a sudden halt at home. At the sitter's there are two other potty trained children and I'm sure the potty was a fun group activity, but at home when I asked if she needed to sit on the potty I started to get a decided 'NO!' Thanks to my mom this issue got resolved in a really easy way. She babysat Violet over the weekend and simply put her on the potty without asking or telling her first. Problem solved (and why didn't I think of that!)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;3. Keep it positive &amp;amp; fun&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
There were some accidents during this time, but we never treated them negatively. Just cleaned up the mess and moved on. (Which is way easier when you have mostly wood floors and not carpet by the way!) Now the successes? Those we celebrate! We clap, sing silly songs, and of course tell Violet how much of a 'big girl' she is and how proud we are of her. She is always thrilled and claps right along with us - so cute.&lt;br /&gt;
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We also inform everyone and their mother of her potty-training successes ("Violet peed on the potty TWO times today!!!") Whenever we do this she gets such a happy and proud look on her face. It's pretty freaking adorable. (Oh and sorry to all our friends and relatives who have to hear about my daughter's bodily functions - and thanks for making it seem like the most exciting news you've ever heard!)&lt;br /&gt;
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As far as number two is concerned, that's still hit or miss. We've had two successes, but she often gets pretty upset about doing it on the potty, so I've let her use her diaper when she chooses. We're really trying to associate potty training with positive feelings and not negative ones, and I feel like she's on the younger side of things as far as potty-training is concerned. Maybe she's just not completely ready for that part yet - and that's okay.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;5. Encourage self-awareness&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Just recently, Violet took the next big step and started informing us when she has to go. Usually she comes up to me and says, "Mommy...pee pee!" and off we go! If she doesn't ask within half an hour, we usually will go and try anyway. Sometimes she gets so into what she's doing or playing with I worry that her mind is on other things than her bladder (I'll admit that her bladder isn't always the first thing on my mind either!) She's also woken up from most of her naps dry, which is pretty awesome, although at night she still goes in her diaper. (At least for now).&lt;br /&gt;
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Overall I'm pretty happy with how things are panning out, and if all goes well, maybe she'll even be fully trained by the time we go to Australia (it would be amaaaazing not to have to lug too many diapers along! I know this probably all sounds excruciatingly slow and everything, and I know that some people go cold turkey to underwear, or use pull-ups, or a billion different methods that I have no clue about, but this slow gradual process has worked really well for us. I'm going to admit that it's more work than just changing her diaper, and requires a lot of time and patience, but it will pay off in the end. Slow and steady wins the race, right?!&lt;br /&gt;
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And Violet's favorite part? FLUSHING of course! She even has a method - close the lid, flush, open the lid, watch, then re-close and clap. (You cannot flush while the lid is open apparently. Where do they come up with these ideas?)&amp;nbsp; So there you have it. And if you have survived this post I applaud you and wish you much luck and a babysitter-fairy who magically appear to help you with all of your anti-diaper endeavors.&lt;br /&gt;
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xo,&lt;br /&gt;
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*update: we used&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/BabyBj%C3%B6rn-055121US-BABYBJ%C3%96RN-Potty-Chair/dp/B0009OLSZ8" target="_blank"&gt; this potty&lt;/a&gt; in white - I liked the height of it, the fact that it had a backrest, and the simple design. It's working great!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7745065412876984679-436461832518335256?l=www.withtwocats.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/withtwocatsblog/~4/8vpeucE8Xf4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.withtwocats.com/feeds/436461832518335256/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.withtwocats.com/2012/02/potty-talk.html#comment-form" title="11 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7745065412876984679/posts/default/436461832518335256?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7745065412876984679/posts/default/436461832518335256?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/withtwocatsblog/~3/8vpeucE8Xf4/potty-talk.html" title="Potty Talk: 5 Tips to Potty Train your Toddler" /><author><name>Lauren @ with two cats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03159211441073182387</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--5hz5_utF_U/TzPWX-WobuI/AAAAAAAAD5o/mwqCUD2X0Z0/s72-c/bf2b9bde51de11e18bb812313804a181_7.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>11</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.withtwocats.com/2012/02/potty-talk.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;C0AHSXg5fSp7ImA9WhRaEk4.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745065412876984679.post-6246504644044804292</id><published>2012-02-09T13:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-14T10:02:18.625-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-14T10:02:18.625-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Violet" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Parties + Entertaining" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Inspiration Photos" /><title>Violet's Turns Two: Party Inspiration</title><content type="html">I can't believe it, I really can't, but in three short months my baby will be two. And when I realized this I naturally hopped on to &lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/withtwocats/violet-s-2nd-birthday/" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest and started pinning like a mad person&lt;/a&gt;. (What did moms do before Pinterest?!) Here are a few inspiration photos I've dug up for her birthday party:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nJsdwG_5m30/TzPqlSKfZcI/AAAAAAAAD5w/ohO0OZzcVlc/s1600/186547609534870974_h3kq2iHk_f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nJsdwG_5m30/TzPqlSKfZcI/AAAAAAAAD5w/ohO0OZzcVlc/s640/186547609534870974_h3kq2iHk_f.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;[favor bags]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_2tkeLKgOl0/TzPq_foUQFI/AAAAAAAAD6A/8KpB_TUiqoQ/s1600/186547609534871145_bNwazm1i_f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_2tkeLKgOl0/TzPq_foUQFI/AAAAAAAAD6A/8KpB_TUiqoQ/s640/186547609534871145_bNwazm1i_f.jpg" width="474" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;[invitations?]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QHodgWLRPaM/TzPr3qo3m3I/AAAAAAAAD6I/8TNmV-O7ju8/s1600/186547609534877168_Yw004vN0_f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QHodgWLRPaM/TzPr3qo3m3I/AAAAAAAAD6I/8TNmV-O7ju8/s640/186547609534877168_Yw004vN0_f.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;[candle holder]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-L8zSe8IVOlg/TzP7Kyh-nXI/AAAAAAAAD6g/68mRKsyg5OM/s1600/186547609534877291_TrfuV5ed_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-L8zSe8IVOlg/TzP7Kyh-nXI/AAAAAAAAD6g/68mRKsyg5OM/s640/186547609534877291_TrfuV5ed_c.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;[outdoor movie]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;I'm thinking a woodsy/campy type of theme with tents and s'mores and mountain pies and maybe an outdoor movie? Who knows what weather we'll end up with in mid-May, but a girl can dream, right?&lt;br /&gt;
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Check out all sources and more ideas over on &lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/withtwocats/violet-s-2nd-birthday/" target="_blank"&gt;my Pinterest board&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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xo,&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;If I didn't live with a man that is :)&lt;br /&gt;
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xo,&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f66btyMRxBI/TnKyyqhZe9I/AAAAAAAAB64/zEroLFUNcjk/s1600/Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f66btyMRxBI/TnKyyqhZe9I/AAAAAAAAB64/zEroLFUNcjk/s1600/Signature.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7745065412876984679-1706207396929268765?l=www.withtwocats.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/withtwocatsblog/~4/MrcB3_91Bjs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.withtwocats.com/feeds/1706207396929268765/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.withtwocats.com/2012/02/eye-candy.html#comment-form" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7745065412876984679/posts/default/1706207396929268765?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7745065412876984679/posts/default/1706207396929268765?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/withtwocatsblog/~3/MrcB3_91Bjs/eye-candy.html" title="Eye Candy" /><author><name>Lauren @ with two cats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03159211441073182387</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BrQ9hJiHbQE/TzKZKPZd4pI/AAAAAAAAD5I/1xVH1YhQIG4/s72-c/658779-1_lp.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.withtwocats.com/2012/02/eye-candy.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;C08AQnwyfyp7ImA9WhRaEk4.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745065412876984679.post-2788394698532257561</id><published>2012-02-08T07:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-14T10:04:03.297-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-14T10:04:03.297-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Books + Reading" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Cleaning + Organizing" /><title>Resolve!</title><content type="html">No, not talking about the carpet cleaner :) I'm happy to report that I've made progress on a few of &lt;a href="http://www.withtwocats.com/2012/01/at-least-one-of-which-i-know-i-will-be.html" target="_blank"&gt;my New Year's resolutions&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uKcQj_nboZs/TzFaVrGvAcI/AAAAAAAAD4Q/Dt0xsO3c0I4/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-07+at+12.06.08+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uKcQj_nboZs/TzFaVrGvAcI/AAAAAAAAD4Q/Dt0xsO3c0I4/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-07+at+12.06.08+PM.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;1. &lt;b&gt;Keep from looking like a hoarder by putting away clean laundry IMMEDIATELY.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
We finally got our mountains of laundry put away one day while my parents were graciously watching Violet. I know - just how I wanted to spend the few moments I get alone with my husband. But it had to be done. And you know what? Our room feels HUGE. Even with the lights off. And I sleep better at night too. Now we just have to keep at it!&lt;br /&gt;
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2.&lt;b&gt; Read more books for me.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I've always felt kind of guilty doing this. When I'm with Violet I feel like I should be devoting all of my attention to her. When she's napping or in bed for the night I feel like I should be cleaning or blogging or spending some quality time with my husband. But I really missed reading and I decided that a) it's good for Violet to learn to play independently some of the time, and b) it's good for her to see me reading for fun, and c) the dishes will keep (or the Hubster will do them *wink wink*)&lt;br /&gt;
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3. &lt;b&gt;Turn 30.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Well this will be happening in about a month and I've been waffling when the Hubster asked how we should celebrate. I didn't really want a big party and considered going away for the weekend, but in the end I think I'd just like a nice weekend stay-cation. Time to read, blog, clean the house, relax, spend time with my husband, and just be. You don't get much time to just be with a toddler around. I was thinking maybe one evening the Hubster and I could go out to a romantic dinner and another night maybe out with the girls? Or maybe just sleep. :) Either way, I think I'm going to ease into the big 3-0.&lt;br /&gt;
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As for the other resolutions? Still working on those...&lt;br /&gt;
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Yeah...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7745065412876984679-2788394698532257561?l=www.withtwocats.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/withtwocatsblog/~4/AChjeF9GYow" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.withtwocats.com/feeds/2788394698532257561/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.withtwocats.com/2012/02/resolve.html#comment-form" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7745065412876984679/posts/default/2788394698532257561?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7745065412876984679/posts/default/2788394698532257561?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/withtwocatsblog/~3/AChjeF9GYow/resolve.html" title="Resolve!" /><author><name>Lauren @ with two cats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03159211441073182387</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uKcQj_nboZs/TzFaVrGvAcI/AAAAAAAAD4Q/Dt0xsO3c0I4/s72-c/Screen+shot+2012-02-07+at+12.06.08+PM.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.withtwocats.com/2012/02/resolve.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DUEBR387cCp7ImA9WhRaEk8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745065412876984679.post-8431466993115049783</id><published>2012-02-07T13:00:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-14T08:54:16.108-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-14T08:54:16.108-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Violet" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Etsy" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Home" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Big Girl Room" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Art" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="H-Haus" /><title>Violet's Big Girl Room: Update</title><content type="html">I've updated the idea board for Violet's big girl room again to get a better picture of where I'm headed:&lt;br /&gt;
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Little changes and additions here and there. I can't wait to finish it! I'm still stuck on the bed. I really don't want a bedskirt, but I have to find a bed that's on the smaller side so that it fits properly in our teeny space. (And is the right price of course!)&lt;br /&gt;
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*Update: Most sources can be found on my Pinterest board &lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/withtwocats/violet-s-play-room-big-girl-room/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7745065412876984679-8431466993115049783?l=www.withtwocats.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/withtwocatsblog/~4/COEozjFnZy0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.withtwocats.com/feeds/8431466993115049783/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.withtwocats.com/2012/02/violets-big-girl-room-update.html#comment-form" title="6 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7745065412876984679/posts/default/8431466993115049783?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7745065412876984679/posts/default/8431466993115049783?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/withtwocatsblog/~3/COEozjFnZy0/violets-big-girl-room-update.html" title="Violet's Big Girl Room: Update" /><author><name>Lauren @ with two cats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03159211441073182387</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1sSc0f1SJGg/TzE6UaA01PI/AAAAAAAAD4I/-CmgyTJytYk/s72-c/Screen+shot+2012-02-07+at+9.47.25+AM.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>6</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.withtwocats.com/2012/02/violets-big-girl-room-update.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEUGQ3g_cCp7ImA9WhRaEk4.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745065412876984679.post-8018507321049804185</id><published>2012-02-07T07:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-14T10:10:22.648-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-14T10:10:22.648-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Violet" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Outdoor Living" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Family" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Toddlers + Kids" /><title>A Winter Walk</title><content type="html">&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rdAa5qS4Kq4/TzAtEAnWXzI/AAAAAAAAD3w/H46m4FCtZi0/s1600/DSC00543.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rdAa5qS4Kq4/TzAtEAnWXzI/AAAAAAAAD3w/H46m4FCtZi0/s640/DSC00543.jpg" width="502" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
We went on a walk to the park the other day. Winter decided to ease up for a day or two and we thought we'd venture out into the great wide world. No confining stroller - no heavy blankets. We each simply grabbed one of your chubby little hands and set off.&lt;br /&gt;
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We didn't get far. "Burrr!" you said in your little sing-songy voice. And sure enough, flying high in the sky above us was a bird. Then you looked down at the ground "Eeeee" you said with a look of disgust on your face.&lt;br /&gt;
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"No, sweety, that's not yucky - that's just some moss and dirt - it lives out here." we replied.&lt;br /&gt;
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A few steps more..."Leeeeeaf!" you screeched, pointing to a few dead leaves on the ground. Then, "Teeeeee!"&lt;br /&gt;
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"Yes,  there are lots of leaves and trees out here, aren't there?" we replied.  We found a caterpillar, an ant (which you may have stepped on - oops!), rocks, and sticks as well (each with their  own additional examination and discussion). You were so sad when we had to leave a  couple of "woof-woof's" behind as well, but we promised that there would  be more.&lt;br /&gt;
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It may have taken a bit longer than we expected, but we did finally find the park. And while it was thrilling, well, surprisingly so was the walk to get there. I guess sometimes it really is the journey and not just the destination. &lt;br /&gt;
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Seeing the world through the eyes of a child really is some kind of magic, isn't it?&lt;br /&gt;
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xo,&lt;br /&gt;
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It's &lt;a href="http://www.potterybarn.com/products/eleanor-frameless-mirrors/?pkey=cmirrors" target="_blank"&gt;the 'Eleanor' mirror&lt;/a&gt; on the top right of this group: &lt;br /&gt;
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Violet's is hung vertically, rather than horizontally like &lt;a href="http://makingitlovely.com/2011/05/26/eleanors-new-bedroom/" target="_blank"&gt;Nicole's,&lt;/a&gt; but I love the look (and it came with the ribbon)! The Hubster hung it for me and even tied the bow (and I have to admit he's got serious bow-tying skills)! It was also a great price - I got it on sale for $59. Hopefully I'll get to snap some pics to show you soon.&lt;br /&gt;
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On a related note my sister is currently in the world of nursery decorating for her little bundle-to-be, and she has been searching high and low for a modern crib (cot) at a reasonable price. She had almost given up on the look she wanted when she stumbled across this beauty (but in white):&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a58GHaTG23o/Ty_y1SZtp6I/AAAAAAAAD3g/SmqIqDEbKxY/s1600/378976.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a58GHaTG23o/Ty_y1SZtp6I/AAAAAAAAD3g/SmqIqDEbKxY/s320/378976.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Oeuf, you may think? Think again! It's actually by a company called Bruin and it was on clearance for around $200!!! It does look veeerrrry similar to &lt;a href="http://www.oeufnyc.com/sparrowcrib.aspx#section=details" target="_blank"&gt;Oeuf's Sparrow Crib&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z0gKIy2brvQ/Ty_0dmY2laI/AAAAAAAAD3o/I_IGayztCPg/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-06+at+10.39.57+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z0gKIy2brvQ/Ty_0dmY2laI/AAAAAAAAD3o/I_IGayztCPg/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-06+at+10.39.57+AM.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;But compared to &lt;a href="http://www.oeufnyc.com/sparrowcrib.aspx#section=details" target="_blank"&gt;Oeuf's&lt;/a&gt; price tag of $730 this one is a steal! It doesn't convert to a toddler bed, but she's okay with that. I couldn't find a link online (plus it's probably only available to those of you in the Land Down Under anyway), but she found it at her local Babies R Us (in Australia). Who would've thought?! If I lived in Oz I'd be running to snatch one up while I had the chance. I'm really excited about her nursery design - she has such a great eye! I'll be sure to share more details with you guys as they develop.&lt;br /&gt;
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That's all for now (like I said little by little)!&lt;br /&gt;
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xo,&lt;br /&gt;
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And this &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Carpe-Diem-Journal-Mary-McDevitt/dp/1452107009/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1326745717&amp;amp;sr=8-3" target="_blank"&gt;lovely journal&lt;/a&gt; is on pre-order!&lt;br /&gt;
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Have you seen the &lt;a href="http://makingitlovely.com/2012/01/30/minimal-vs-maximal/" target="_blank"&gt;new design over on Making it Lovely&lt;/a&gt;? Could it be more perfect???&lt;br /&gt;
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Definitely &lt;a href="http://www.creaturecomfortsblog.com/home/2012/2/1/the-business-cards-of-alt-summit-2012.html?SSScrollPosition=18" target="_blank"&gt;using this&lt;/a&gt; as inspiration for my next business card design.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://ohjoy.blogs.com/my_weblog/2012/01/a-happiness-inducer.html" target="_blank"&gt;Picture perfect wedding&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.dottirandsonur.com/products/origami-wallpaper" target="_blank"&gt;Origami wallpaper&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Already &lt;a href="http://www.harpershappenings.com/2012/01/25/acceptance-my-child-is-a-sour-patch-kid/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and my kid's not even two. I love my sour patch kid :)&lt;br /&gt;
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DIY &lt;a href="http://honestlywtf.com/diy/diy-elbow-patch/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;heart&lt;/i&gt; elbow patches&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;
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Sweet &lt;a href="http://www.serendipity.fr/Philomene-little-thing-hanger/26-2143/p" target="_blank"&gt;hangers&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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And on a more serious note - please consider &lt;a href="http://www.mom-101.com/2012/02/asking_for_help_for_florence.html" target="_blank"&gt;helping little Florence&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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xo,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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I think the only big things left to purchase for Violet's big girl room are the curtains and the bed! Even with my sister helping us out with our plane tickets, the trip to Australia still took quite a chunk out of our savings, so we're going to be pinching our pennies to save up for Violet's big girl bed. Must stay away from Etsy...and Pinterest! Wish me luck - I'm going to need it...&lt;br /&gt;
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I wanted to share a few little changes I've been working on in the main living area of the H-Haus today - new curtains and pillows! I've been wanted to change things up for a while now and was just waiting for the right pieces and prices:&lt;br /&gt;
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I've been coveting this pillow from &lt;a href="http://www.shop.finelittleday.com/textiles/" target="_blank"&gt;Fine Little Day&lt;/a&gt; for quite some time and finally found a place for it in my home! The new lighter &lt;a href="http://www.westelm.com/products/linen-cotton-narrow-frame-window-panel-b873/?pkey=cwindow-panels-curtains-shades" target="_blank"&gt;curtains from West Elm&lt;/a&gt; have really freed me up to use color in new ways in the space. They also make the whole room feel brighter and airier and I'm really happy about the choice! I also love the texture the &lt;a href="http://www.westelm.com/products/felt-origami-pillow-cover-b727/?pkey=call-pillows" target="_blank"&gt;origami pillow&lt;/a&gt; adds to the space. I'd like to eventually replace the end table. It was an old hand-me-down nightstand that we sanded and repainted, but it still isn't really our style. I'd love a more open lighter mid-century style table, but we do need the storage (we keep Violet's diapers and wipes in there!)&lt;br /&gt;
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You can't see the edge of the curtains very well in these photos, but it's a really pretty citrus yellow color and I love the subtlety of it. I'm also planning to create a painting to place below the television to help break up the orange and add another layer to the wall. &lt;br /&gt;
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I think this picture gives a really good idea of where I'm headed with the space as far as color is concerned. Pinks, oranges, blacks, whites on a backdrop of buttery yellow. I'd also like to add in a few splashes of citrine here and there:&lt;br /&gt;
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And if you look really closely you can see Moe hanging out in the background of this photo. It's one of his favorite perches (he can see all of the squirrels and birds in the bushes and trees that are right outside of the window!)&lt;br /&gt;
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It's feeling a lot more bright and fresh to me and that's exactly what I'm looking for lately - it certainly makes the cold short winter days a lot more bearable. &lt;br /&gt;
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So what do you think - is it an improvement?&lt;br /&gt;
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xo,&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f66btyMRxBI/TnKyyqhZe9I/AAAAAAAAB64/zEroLFUNcjk/s1600/Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f66btyMRxBI/TnKyyqhZe9I/AAAAAAAAB64/zEroLFUNcjk/s1600/Signature.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7745065412876984679-3439207870388503595?l=www.withtwocats.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/withtwocatsblog/~4/xY9eK6KdXZ0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.withtwocats.com/feeds/3439207870388503595/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.withtwocats.com/2012/01/little-changes.html#comment-form" title="2 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7745065412876984679/posts/default/3439207870388503595?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7745065412876984679/posts/default/3439207870388503595?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/withtwocatsblog/~3/xY9eK6KdXZ0/little-changes.html" title="Little Changes" /><author><name>Lauren @ with two cats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03159211441073182387</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ayd9ph1pDbM/TydS5VGMUyI/AAAAAAAAD0o/8RqyU133v1Q/s72-c/DSC00492.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.withtwocats.com/2012/01/little-changes.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEUGQ3g-fSp7ImA9WhRaEk4.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745065412876984679.post-5535440668197327420</id><published>2012-01-30T07:00:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-14T10:10:22.655-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-14T10:10:22.655-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Violet" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Pregnancy + Maternity" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Family" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Toddlers + Kids" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Baby" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Travel" /><title>Advice for a Crazy Person</title><content type="html">&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Roz21r2t1bQ/TyXsi44p24I/AAAAAAAAD0Y/WIdB7lJfsr8/s1600/8b454e56452111e19896123138142014_7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Roz21r2t1bQ/TyXsi44p24I/AAAAAAAAD0Y/WIdB7lJfsr8/s1600/8b454e56452111e19896123138142014_7.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
She's got the face of an angel and the spirit of an imp, this child of mine. :) I can't believe that in a few short months she'll be two years old...mind blowing really. Each time I lift her out of her crib she feels a little bigger, a little heavier. I measured her when we went to get her passport photo this weekend - she's two-and-a-half feet tall - nearly half her mama's height.&lt;br /&gt;
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We'll be leaving in July on an adventure. An adventure in which we'll be traveling halfway around the world to meet a new member of our family - an Aussie niece or nephew and cousin.&lt;br /&gt;
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I think I'm probably crazy to take a two-year-old on a fourteen hour flight. It's very (very) possible I may regret the decision. But I know for a certainty that I would regret not going - not meeting this new baby; not helping my sister enter into new motherhood. It feels so important. She's my only sister, and she's worked very hard for this baby.&lt;br /&gt;
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So the question is - how do you take a toddler with the stubbornness of a mule, the mischievousness of an imp, and the determination of a marathoner on a flight this long? I suppose you pray to God for mercy and hope that she sleeps like an angel.&lt;br /&gt;
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And you hope that people will give you advice - good advice - amazing advice. So lay it on me people...I'm all ears.&lt;br /&gt;
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xo,&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;a person who has surely lost her mind&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7745065412876984679-5535440668197327420?l=www.withtwocats.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/withtwocatsblog/~4/EU776E0ZgVA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.withtwocats.com/feeds/5535440668197327420/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.withtwocats.com/2012/01/advice-for-crazy-person.html#comment-form" title="15 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7745065412876984679/posts/default/5535440668197327420?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7745065412876984679/posts/default/5535440668197327420?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/withtwocatsblog/~3/EU776E0ZgVA/advice-for-crazy-person.html" title="Advice for a Crazy Person" /><author><name>Lauren @ with two cats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03159211441073182387</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Roz21r2t1bQ/TyXsi44p24I/AAAAAAAAD0Y/WIdB7lJfsr8/s72-c/8b454e56452111e19896123138142014_7.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>15</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.withtwocats.com/2012/01/advice-for-crazy-person.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;C0AHSXg4cCp7ImA9WhRaEk4.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745065412876984679.post-3805323813816073403</id><published>2012-01-27T15:04:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-14T10:02:18.638-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-14T10:02:18.638-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Pregnancy + Maternity" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Family" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Blogging" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Baby" /><title>Apologies + News</title><content type="html">Hi all! Long time no see. My apologies for being MIA for the past week - I suddenly felt an overwhelming urge for a &lt;b&gt;break&lt;/b&gt;. A break from all things technology - Twitter, Blogger, Instagram, Facebook, and yes - even Pinterest. I've barely checked my email and it felt, well, awesome. Does it ever all get to be too much for you? This crazy amount of information and connectedness that we're bombarded with each and every day?&lt;br /&gt;
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On a fun note - my sister is pregnant!!! I'm going to be an aunt (again). This is her first and she is my only sister so it does feel a little different this time around though.&lt;br /&gt;
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I'll be helping to plan her shower and with the design of her nursery so stay tuned for some fun baby nuggets here and there!&lt;br /&gt;
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See you next week!&lt;br /&gt;
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xo,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ixTg_E2Ctx4/TyMDGHPq5fI/AAAAAAAADyo/ecdsKCf0mp4/s1600/Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ixTg_E2Ctx4/TyMDGHPq5fI/AAAAAAAADyo/ecdsKCf0mp4/s1600/Signature.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7745065412876984679-3805323813816073403?l=www.withtwocats.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/withtwocatsblog/~4/A4yNNA_Dqaw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.withtwocats.com/feeds/3805323813816073403/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.withtwocats.com/2012/01/hi-all-long-time-no-see.html#comment-form" title="4 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7745065412876984679/posts/default/3805323813816073403?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7745065412876984679/posts/default/3805323813816073403?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/withtwocatsblog/~3/A4yNNA_Dqaw/hi-all-long-time-no-see.html" title="Apologies + News" /><author><name>Lauren @ with two cats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03159211441073182387</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7diFIKlCUiE/TyMCwRn6J5I/AAAAAAAADyg/__BFwRzp4xA/s72-c/photo-1.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>4</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.withtwocats.com/2012/01/hi-all-long-time-no-see.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEUGQ3g-cCp7ImA9WhRaEk4.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745065412876984679.post-8735163135459076075</id><published>2012-01-20T11:30:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-14T10:10:22.658-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-14T10:10:22.658-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Friday Favorites" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Toddlers + Kids" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Style" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Home" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Baby" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Inspiration Photos" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Motherhood + Parenting" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Little Style" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Art" /><title>Friday Favorites 1.19.12</title><content type="html">&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TK0k97Uq0oI/TxjTemxpVjI/AAAAAAAADtw/rkDWDWMxucM/s1600/joanna-goddard-a-cup-of-jo-bedroom-makeover-jenny-komenda-little-green-notebook.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="444" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TK0k97Uq0oI/TxjTemxpVjI/AAAAAAAADtw/rkDWDWMxucM/s640/joanna-goddard-a-cup-of-jo-bedroom-makeover-jenny-komenda-little-green-notebook.png" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Have you seen &lt;a href="http://joannagoddard.blogspot.com/2012/01/our-bedroom-makeover.html" target="_blank"&gt;Joanna Goddard's master bedroom makeover&lt;/a&gt;?! It was designed by none other than &lt;a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Jenny Komenda of Little Green Notebook&lt;/a&gt; and it takes my breath away. I would fall to sleep a happy woman every night in this space.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://makingitlovely.com/2012/01/18/pink-and-gold-business-cards/" target="_blank"&gt;Nicole's new business cards&lt;/a&gt; are simply perfect.&lt;br /&gt;
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Love all of Jessica's outfits but especially these neon numbers: &lt;a href="http://whatiwore.tumblr.com/post/15627291619/what-i-wore-day-glow" target="_blank"&gt;one&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://whatiwore.tumblr.com/post/16007693841/runway-to-reality-chartreuse" target="_blank"&gt;two&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://dearbabyblog.com/post/15729700223/to-the-outside-world-we-all-grow-old-but-not-to" target="_blank"&gt;Sweet siblings&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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The &lt;a href="http://frydogdesign.blogspot.com/2011/12/my-favorite-match.html" target="_blank"&gt;prettiest matchbooks&lt;/a&gt; (plus you can download the pattern and print it out for free!):&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8SQxDID2qEI/TxlrtoaITdI/AAAAAAAADt4/bgokQfSGO7E/s1600/FRYD%25252BMATCH1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8SQxDID2qEI/TxlrtoaITdI/AAAAAAAADt4/bgokQfSGO7E/s640/FRYD%25252BMATCH1.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
You "don't have to rely on a healthy body image or self-respect" with &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKz1WgyFAcw" target="_blank"&gt;this amazing new beauty product&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Love &lt;a href="http://www.thebabyblackbird.com/2012/01/styled-to-last-kids-skinny-jeans/" target="_blank"&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; on styling your children's clothing to make it last. Because they grow out of it so. darn. fast. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;strike&gt;Carper diem&lt;/strike&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/glennon-melton/dont-carpe-diem_b_1206346.html?ref=fb&amp;amp;src=sp&amp;amp;comm_ref=false&amp;amp;fb_source=message" target="_blank"&gt;Carpe a couple of Kairoses a day&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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And lastly, for all of the mothers out there I have to add an excerpt from &lt;a href="http://www.ncregister.com/blog/to-the-mother-with-only-one-child" target="_blank"&gt;this beautiful, beautiful letter&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Dear mother of only one child, don’t blame yourself for thinking that  your life is hard.&amp;nbsp; You’re suffering now because you’re turning into a  new woman, a woman who is never allowed to be alone.&amp;nbsp; For what?&amp;nbsp; Only so  that you can become strong enough to be a woman who will be left.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;  &lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;When I had only one child, she was so heavy.&amp;nbsp; Now I can see that  children are as light as air.&amp;nbsp; They float past you, nudging against you  like balloons as they ascend.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;  &lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;Dear mother, don’t worry about enjoying your life.&amp;nbsp; Your life is  hard; your life will be hard.&amp;nbsp; That doesn’t mean you’re doing something  wrong—it means you’re doing it right. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"&gt;xo,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7745065412876984679-8735163135459076075?l=www.withtwocats.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/withtwocatsblog/~4/JWsaJHz_Ca4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.withtwocats.com/feeds/8735163135459076075/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.withtwocats.com/2012/01/friday-favorites-11912.html#comment-form" title="2 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7745065412876984679/posts/default/8735163135459076075?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7745065412876984679/posts/default/8735163135459076075?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/withtwocatsblog/~3/JWsaJHz_Ca4/friday-favorites-11912.html" title="Friday Favorites 1.19.12" /><author><name>Lauren @ with two cats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03159211441073182387</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TK0k97Uq0oI/TxjTemxpVjI/AAAAAAAADtw/rkDWDWMxucM/s72-c/joanna-goddard-a-cup-of-jo-bedroom-makeover-jenny-komenda-little-green-notebook.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.withtwocats.com/2012/01/friday-favorites-11912.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;AkUHQXw_cCp7ImA9WhRaEk8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745065412876984679.post-711712659819570913</id><published>2012-01-20T07:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-14T09:03:50.248-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-14T09:03:50.248-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Back Room" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Home" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Art" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="H-Haus" /><title>Got Art?</title><content type="html">A few months ago I &lt;a href="http://www.withtwocats.com/2011/11/color-me-happy-lulie-wallace.html" target="_blank"&gt;featured one of my favorite artists, Lulie Wallace&lt;/a&gt; here on with two cats, and I'm happy to say that I now officially have one of her pieces hanging on my wall. If you suffer from the winter blues like me and need a way to brighten up your, art is the best way to do it! &lt;br /&gt;
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There's so much color and life and wow! packed into that tiny little rectangle. It's truly amazing what some people can do with paint. I'm still playing around with the gallery wall in the back room - limited space and not enough for all of my favorites. I painted the one in the center but I still want to hang my landscape by &lt;a href="http://www.eliandrus.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Elijah Andrus&lt;/a&gt; as well...sigh. Too much art, too little wall space. I guess it's not the worst problem to have, right?!&lt;br /&gt;
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Lulie is currently the featured artist over on &lt;a href="http://www.buysomedamnart.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Buy Some Damn Art&lt;/a&gt; and there's one painting left up for grabs! Or you can purchase directly from &lt;a href="http://luliewallace.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank"&gt;her website&lt;/a&gt; as well (which is what I did). &lt;br /&gt;
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