Better late than never...

I feel like it's been far too long since I've sat down and wrote a blog post. And I can't believe it's Wednesday already! {I know - I say that way too often, but seriously... the weeks and days just fly by sometimes}.

So let's play catch up and chat about my weekend... we'll pretend it's Monday but it really won't be... that works, yea? ;)

I went home on Friday and it was nice to get to spend the whole day with my Mom and Harper...

She's doing SO good at tummy time already!

I seriously just die over her cuteness every time I'm around her. She's growing sooooo much and soooo quickly. And she's just so dang adorable. I had no idea what being an Aunt would really be like until now... and I love every second of it and there are few things in this world that can brighten any of our days like this little face. 

My Aunt had texted me the day Harper was born and said "Congrats, Aunt Jackie - I know you are as excited as I was when my first niece was born..." now, 3 months later, I totally get what she means. So thank you Bub and Hollie for bringing this ray of sunshine into our lives. 

We also went out Friday evening for our friends' Dad's birthday. Such a nice night... good beers, good friends, good times. Can't beat that. 

Saturday was my Momma's birthday and we just hung out for the day, watched Harper for a bit, then went and did a little shopping... of course she buys clothes for H and not herself. She's silly. 

Y'all, how gorgeous is my Mom? She's so cute. We had decided to go in together and get her a ring for her birthday... so after researching for awhile I found one on Etsy that was perfect. They were stack able birthstone rings {I'm a dummy and didn't get a picture of it on her} but we got 4 of them for her and she LOVED it! 

Here it is on my pinky bc I have such fat fingers. But it turned out beautifully! 

I ordered this from Intentional Stones and Simbelmyne was a doll to work with. We chatted back and forth for a week about what I wanting and how quickly I could get it since I was on a bit of a time crunch and once I finally placed the order it was in my mailbox 2 days later. That is some amazing service. And it was such a gorgeous ring and Mom loved it! 

We had made dinner for her that evening and the six of us just sat around the table eating, talking, drinking cocktails, and laughing. It was another great evening. There so much to be said for quiet evenings. 

And well, the Easter bunny arrived on Sunday and we ate lots of delicious food, flew kites while drinking watermelon vodka punch {amazing}, and spent more time with family. 

So that was my weekend... in a few snapshots. How was yours?? I can't believe it's Wednesday and I'm talking about my weekend...smh!? 

I'm linking up with Shanna! 

Happy hump day!

Friday Letters...

Dear Ohio - that little ice storm? Yea, not so cool. I think winter has overstayed it's welcome. So you can just bring spring anytime now. 

Dear Beautiful Creatures - You are just the book I've been looking for. I haven't been able to get into a book in so long. Thank you for that. I can't wait to read more... 

Dear Life - you've been real funny lately {and I don't mean funny in the "haha" sense}. Causing too much drama, making me question my strength and patience, however, I'm so glad that things are blowing over. That this all may be fixable. 

Dear Walmart - These coral/orange jeggings I bought yesterday... totally digging them. So comfy and bright! Who'd have thought they came from you!

Dear Harper - I am so glad I got to spend most of my weekend last weekend making you smile and being silly with you. I love seeing you grow and discover the world already. I can't wait to spend more precious moments with you. I didn't know I could love something that wasn't mine so much. 

Dear Nora & Jac supporters - You are amazing. I'm so grateful for the support and love I have gotten in the last two months. I'm working on some new stuff for spring and I'm hopeful that you'll love it just as much as you loved the cowls!

Dear Yoga - I'm so glad we finally got to spend some time together last night. I had been needing that for quite awhile and I feel so much better. I'm pretty sure we will meet again tonight! 

And dear new followers - thank you. It's tough building a blog again, but you all make it so worthwhile. 

I'm linking up with Ashley for Friday's Letters. 

Happy Friday, pumpkins! 

Weekend Shenanigans...via Instagram

My weekend wasn't too full of shenanigans actually... But I'm linking up with Sami's Shenanigans - basically so I have an even better excuse to post adorbs pictures of my niece.

I came home to see the fam and Miss Harper. And I did just that. A quiet, chill weekend at home is good for the soul. So is shamelessly goo-goo and ga-ga'ing at a 6 week old. We I determined that she thinks her Aunt Jac is very entertaining - I mean, who can blame her?! ;)

one// it was snowing something fierce on my way home. But then I got home and notta. #weird

two// i found this lovely jacket hanging in my closet and I love it. 

three// Saturday morning was spent cuddling this cutie pie.

four// when I'm home - Emmy is constantly with me. #cats

five// in love with this face. 

six// I had a styling session with Mom - revamped her closet, made new outfits, and gave her a couple things to spice up her wardrobe.

seven// sewing. Feels nice to get behind this machine again.

eight// homemade sausage and mushroom pizza on a whole wheat crust. Delicious.

nine// those little moments. 

p.s. if you don't follow me on Instagram - you should. {jacmaries}

Not pictured// I spent my Friday evening hanging out with my bro for some much needed catch up time. I went out for a couple of beers Saturday night. And didn't leave the house Sunday. It's nice to just chill out with no agenda for a couple of days. Love spending time with my parents. 

And on another note - I just saw previews for Fashion Star with Jess {Jessica Simpson to the rest of you - but I have a lifelong love for her, so we go by just Jess #dontjudge ;)} and I can't wait to watch it! Another guilty pleasure reality show.

How was your weekend, lovelies?

Currently.

Loving... Getting back to blogging. I've missed it - but it just wasn't going where I wanted. I'm also loving the love I've gotten with my cowls. I love the sweet tweets saying they love it or that they've worn it everyday. It seriously makes my day. Who knew that this little thing I knitted for myself would be such a hit with everyone else. I couldn't be more thankful and humbled by it. Oh, and morning cuddles with my kitten... okay, he's almost 4 but still...

Watching... All the winter premiere's of my favorite shows! Biggest loser was on Sunday night - which totally motivated me to get back to the gym even more. I was tweeting back and forth with Nikki about eating right and exercising. I watched The Bachelor on Monday night... did y'all see the Fifty Shades of Grey girl?! WHAT was she thinking?! #peoplebecrazy. AND tonight... NASHVILLE comes back... I'm obsessed. It's hands down my favorite show on right now. It made the absence of One Tree Hill not so hard to take this year. #imissyoubdavis

Wishing... That all the New Years Resolution people would get out of the gym. Selfish? Maybe... but c'mon... Saturday mornings used to be a very empty and peaceful time at the gym, now... it's jam packed. I get it, and more power to those of you... but I just want a treadmill. That's all.

Eating... Healthy. After all the junk from the holidays. And the booze... it's time for a detox! I made veggie pizza on Monday {I make a mean pizza!} and it absolutely hit the spot... I know pizza isn't the healthiest, but far be it for me to deny myself one of my favorite foods... I'll just add tons of veggies! Last night I took a stab at stuffed peppers filled with ground turkey, zucchini, and couscous. They were delicious!!!! And tonight is pork tacos... It's nice to get back in the kitchen and cooking. It's one of my happy places.

Reading... Nothing. I have a stack of books to read and even more on my Kindle app on my phone. But between knitting, Full House being on all night, and the holidays... I haven't even cracked open one of those books. Maybe soon... maybe.

Looking forward to... Going home this weekend to see my new niece. Guys, she's the most adorable thing... EVER! And I usually don't think newborns are cute... that's saying a lot. I also may be biased - but whatever. ;) One of our old friends is coming down to meet her too... it'll be a nice weekend. I'm also looking forward to Nashville/Atlanta next weekend/week with Amy. We are going to ATL for Imaging USA {a photography conference} but we thought we'd stop in Nashville on the way down Friday night... and y'all - my inner country girl and country music lovin' heart is BEYOND excited!

I was inspired to do this "Currently" post by Illy at Much Love, Illy - she's one of my favorites!!! What are you doing currently?! Leave a comment or link to your post!

I finally got my shop up and running - I'm working on getting better photos of the cowls - but for now, these will do. Go check it out! And I'm offering 15% off until January 16th. Enter code WELCOME at checkout!

ANDDDD I launched my FB page... make sure to go "like" it! {I'm still working on the html code for my social media buttons... grrrrrr!}

Happy Thursday, lovelies!