Aunt is My Fav Title

My youngest niece is hanging out with me tomorrow. I thought this onesie would be appropriate for the visit.

Source: cafepress.com via Danielle on Pinterest

Throw on a Jacket It's Fall

Fall is hands-down my FAVORITE time of the year. 

I love wearing jeans and a long-sleeved t-shirt then throwing on a jacket and heading out.

I recently got a comfy track jacket from the women's line at Carhartt...

and I've been wearing it every where, including the Fountain Square Art Fair with my very cute niece (above).

I think it will work great with a warm winter vest as the weather turns colder but for now I've been layering it over t-shirts to go out to breakfast with my pal Jane and her kiddos...

and dinner with a great group of gal pals (thanks Cris for the photo and Leontien for the meal).

I even wear it to the farm to hang out with my other cute niece - JJ. (Side note: Her shirt says "My Auntie is Awesome" - wonder who bought her that?)

Stubby, the barn cat, came out to see us.

And look who we found at the grain bins? My uncle Sam wearing in his Carhartt overalls!

Carhartt jackets, overalls and coveralls are part of the "uniform" for my dad and uncle on the farm, especially when they are working outside in the winter. There was definitely a nip in the air while we were visiting with Uncle Sam so we didn't stay out long.

Just long enough for JJ to bat her eyes and get a taste of Uncle Sam's apple...well maybe more like 3 or 4 bites!

To win a Carhartt of your own please visit the Real Farmwives of America blog to sign up for their giveaway.


Carhartt did provide me with this product to review but the thoughts and opinions expressed here are my own, of course.

Thankful Thursday: Sweet Baby Niece

I was able to spend some quality one-on-one time with my youngest niece this week.

I saw several Thankful Thursday posts up already and thought that title was appropriate for these two photos.

I think I've said it on here before but I'll say it again. I have always been a sucker for matching/coordinating shirts for my nephews and now I have two nieces just six months apart so the trend continues.

I got the girls matching butterfly costumes for Halloween and I put the little one in hers to see how it fit.

Adorable, right? Just imagine another little girl with the same outfit sitting on the couch next to her...double adorable!

I'm thankful that I have six happy, healthy nephews and nieces AND that they all live within 5 minutes of me.

What I'm Loving Wednesday

This is my first time doing a "What I'm Loving Wednesday" post and I'm so excited. 

So here we go...

I'm loving the concept of "What I'm Loving Wednesday" - it's reminds me of my random postings but with a theme!

I'm loving that my baby sis and her family are moving back to the family farm this weekend! Now she'll be just 5 minutes away from me instead of 2 hours. Add to that, my other two sisters now practically live next door (in separate homes) to my baby sister and you have pure sisterhood bliss! I'm looking forward to a lot of sister bonding times over the next 40 years or so.

I'm loving that ALL of my nephews and nieces will be within 5 minutes of their Aunt MeeMee now, including my niece who through a scheduled C-section should be arriving tomorrow! There is no other role I enjoy more than my role as Aunt MeeMee...who would blame me with kids this cute...check out the huge flower and the jeggings on that girl!

I'm loving my coworkers who when I'm having a bad day supply me with this...

no more words needed!

I'm loving that I can reach out to other bloggers with questions about "how they do that" on their blogs and they are willing to help me. Thank you!

I'm loving my community of blogging pals who in some cases are wonderful friends outside of cyberspace. I grew up on a farm, studied agriculture in college and continue to be involved in this great industry that feeds our community, country and world...and these women are wonderful representations of who and what agriculture is! The Real Farmwives of America and Friends are ALL actually either farmwives or somehow tied to farming...unlike those other "wives" out there some of whom are not wives...I don't get that.

I'm loving that after what seems like MONTHS of frigid temperatures, ice, snow and gloom, it's supposed to hit 40 degrees by Sunday. Bring on the sun!

What are you loving today? Visit this kind of love and join the fun!

An Aunt's Obsession...Matching Outfits

I've been an aunt for just over nine years. It's probably my FAVORITE role EVER!

For the first nine years of aunthood (If there can be motherhood and fatherhood, I think there can be aunthood!), I was blessed with four nephews.

I wouldn't trade them for the world. Growing up in a house of girls (I'm the second of four) in NO way prepared me to be an aunt to four very active, very funny, very unique little boys. But it's been a fun ride and I cannot wait to see who they become as they grow older.

As an aunt, I've felt that it's my duty to provide, if not matching, then at least coordinating shirts at every opportunity.

Here they are on our Disney vacation last summer....

These next shirts were actually provided by another sister...

Notice something (or someone) different in the above picture? Very observant!

My niece, Jocelyn Jane (JJ), joined the family last October. She's adorable...

She will be joined by yet another NIECE in just a couple of weeks. Yes, that's TWO nieces in less than six months!!

When I learned that I would have two nieces so close in age, I'm afraid I went a little crazy with my "matching obsession." My sisters have already received matching onesies proclaiming each of the girls as "Papaw's Favorite."

Then I found THESE in the clearance section of Old Navy after Halloween...

How perfect...I love butterflies and I love my nieces. In these outfits I've combined both of my loves!

On that same shopping trip, I found these coordinating sun hats! How perfect for those summer afternoons by the pool with Aunt MeeMee!

Here are my latest purchases...perfect for next Christmas!

I might need therapy...probably for more than just this though!