Celebrate EVERYTHING: Baby Boys

We are so excited to know that we are going to be having a sweet baby boy in January!!

After all, a daughter grows up to be your friend, but a boy will always be your baby.

*You don't have to do boy's hair*
*Little Man outfits*
*Boys like to play rough and get dirty*
*Mama's boys - nuff said*
*Boys generally have a high self-esteem*
*Football*


I would like to point out that had we found out we were having a girl, we would be equally as excited and certainly celebrate that news as well.  I must admit there are a few things about raising a boy I'm nervous about including:
*worms*
*girlfriends*
*football*
And a multitude of others that I will have to figure out as we go!

What are you celebrating?
Link up below!

Celebrate EVERYTHING: First Link-Up!

It's here!  It's finally here!!
July is my Blogiversary month.
I've seen fabulous giveaways and wonderful collaborations done to celebrate blogiversaries on other blogs and I've always really enjoyed partaking in them and reading about how/why bloggers got started doing what they do, but I wanted to do something different.

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So, rather than doing a one-time giveaway, I came up with an idea to celebrate every single month of the year!  And I don't want to be the only one celebrating.  I want each of you to be able to celebrate as well.  Therefore, the CelebrateEVERYTHING link-up has been born.

I have fabulous co-hosts you will want to check out for this first month;
you can see their buttons on my sidebar and they are the first 7 links after mine.
The link-up will run once a month on the last Tuesday of the month so not to compete with any other link-ups (to my knowledge) and it is a place for you to celebrate anything and everything!
Babies, birthdays, craft projects, DIY successes, new friendships, weight loss, overcoming obstacles, fitness goals, work promotions, whatever you have to celebrate in your life, link it here!

The best thing I did this month (other than hearing my baby's heartbeat) is spending 3.5 weeks with my parents and family in the Adirondacks.  It started with 1 week in Myrtle Beach with my hubby and parents.  Then I hopped in the car with mom and dad and drove the 14+ hours from NC to upstate NY. It was a long ride, but it's always worth it.  Just look at this view.  Literally, out my front window.

While there, I got to see family and friends I haven't seen since Christmas.  I got to show off my growing baby bump.  I hiked mountains and ran along the lake which trumps any run I've done in NC #sorrynotsorry.  I celebrated my 10 year high school reunion.  I got to see friends that have been deployed for the last year.  I went camping and got to go to another NASCAR race I had never been to before (seeing the Global Rally Cross was pretty awesome.) 

It was one of those trips that you never want to end.  The only thing was, my hubby and dogs weren't with me.  So, in the end, I was ready to get on a plane and arrive back in Greensboro to be embraced and licked to death.  (Hubby didn't do the licking!)

The day after I got home, I got to hear the baby's heartbeat again and I felt it fluttering inside me for the first time!  I'm telling you, it's magic.  Pure magic.  I can't wait for my hubby to be able to feel the little one moving as well.  We celebrated by going to a new restaurant and hitting up The Comedy Zone.

To say July was great is an understatement.  I have a feeling it only gets better from here.

Have something to celebrate?!  Yay! Just follow my blog via Bloglovin' and/or GFC,
follow my wonderful cohosts, and play along!

Celebrate EVERYTHING!

Just a friendly reminder that July 30th will be our first

Celebrate EVERYTHING

link-up so be thinking of what you want to celebrate this month.

Babies, weddings, engagements, craft projects,

work accomplishments, workout goals, ANYTHING GOES!

If you need more information, click here to see the original post.  

You can grab the button from my sidebar and share it on your own, 

or just add it to the bottom of your post.

Don't forget to stop by and visit the wonderful women helping me to sponsor the link-up.

You can find their buttons on my side-bar!

New Residents

If you visit often, you may have noticed some new residents on my side bar.

These beautiful women are supporting me in my upcoming launch of a new monthly link-up.
Each of them has touched my life in some way in the past year and I have learned and grown so much from them.  Please, check them out - I'm sure they will inspire you as well.

You see, July is my blog's birth month so I've decided to launch a link-up in which we can

Celebrate EVERYTHING!!

You may have even noticed the button for the link-up on my sidebar.

Feel free to grab it and share it on your own sidebar if this is something you think you will want to participate in each month.

Here's the gist...

So many bloggers are incredible at so many different things.

And many of us have goals, aspirations, and resolutions that we are working toward on a daily/weekly/monthly basis, but we aren't sure how or where to share them with each other.

One of my favorite things about blogging has been the incredible overflow of love, support, encouragement, and cheering that so many of you have done for me over the past year.

From setting up at my first craft fair to completing Whole 30, you have been there for me every step of the way and your words have truly inspired and motivated me.

So, I decided to create a monthly link-up where we can celebrate anything and EVERYTHING while sharing words of encouragement and motivation.

The first link-up is scheduled for July 30.

I hope to see you there!