In nine short days, Charlie will be THREE. I really can’t believe it, but at the same time, it feels like so long ago since he was a baby. I recently went through some of the baby things at the top of his closet so I could start thinking through what we’ll need come February, […]

It is a huge month in the Kirk house! Along with the usual excitement of fall starting, a busy work month (can’t believe it’s been one year today since I joined the GMG team!), and some home projects on the horizon, Charlie started preschool yesterday, adding a whole new dimension to our lives. He loved […]

Since I spent so much of this summer in the haze of first trimester symptoms, I definitely let blogging (and even Instagramming) go for a while. When I recently found myself scrolling back through some old posts and reminiscing, though, I realized I wanted to have a little better of a record of this summer. […]

It dawned on me the other day that out of the eight months of this year so far, I’ve spent five in the first trimester of a pregnancy. That realization was humbling and made me realize I haven’t exactly been gentle with myself. I’ve felt guilty for the uptick in Charlie’s screen time when I […]

Before jumping into a first trimester recap and some last-minute summer posts, here’s one that’s been sitting half-finished in my drafts for, oh, about a month. Conveniently, the Beautycounter products I’m sharing are all 15% off right now, which only happens once or twice a year, so maybe my procrastination was meant to be ;) […]

Friends, I’m sorry I’ve been so MIA on the blog, and even on Instagram, lately. I promise I have a good excuse… ;) I’m thrilled and grateful to share that we are expecting a rainbow baby in February 2020!! After losing our precious Felicity Emilia to miscarriage back in March, Dave and I knew we […]

Writing this, I feel like I can finally take a deep breath. The last month has been crazy with three weddings in five weeks, three road trips to different parts of Virginia in a month, and Charlie’s first week of summer camp (he loved it so much!). We love traveling, but I have to admit […]

If you’ve been reading Something Pretty for longer than a year, you probably know that I have a soft spot in my heart for entertaining. The first party I ever blogged was this one–a Christmas card writing party I hosted in my college apartment. Since that day, I’ve shared recaps of many fun celebrations here…Charlie’s […]