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Sweetie & Roo | Blog Feature

Recently, Weston's Nursery was chosen to be embellished with one of Sweetie & Roo's personalized
art pieces!

Now that our little guy is over a year old, the itch is happening for me to start changing out pieces in his adorable nursery!

When I first found out I was pregnant, we found one piece and centered the entire nursery around it.

Our theme is vintage travel (currently) + you can view and read all about the details of most of it here : Weston's Nursery | as seen on PINTEREST

Sweet & Roo makes customized art pieces in a variety of different themes and Lindsay could probably design up anything your heart and mind could imagine.

Our particular piece has W's name + birthdate flying off of a soaring plane.

If you're looking for art to display in your home or even searching for a personalized gift, Sweetie & Roo is the place to go :)

[I cannot be the only  mama who bribes her little monsters with suckers??]

For more information in Weston's Nursery/photos as well as marketing and rep photos please visit my Photography Blog | TheCapturedBlog.com

Feel free to follow me on instagram to find out where all his little trinkets originate | @jescatebrown

Home is JUST over that Mountain.

Well per the army way.. nothing ever goes as planned.. but it goes the way it was supposed to.

We intended to live on Post again, we like being close to everything & with any city there are rough areas -- that we weren't too sure about. 

But, unfortunately waiting months in an hotel - wasn't in the cards for us -- lol because we're not gluten for punishment.

So in two VERY STRESSFUL days of dealing with realtors we found a neighborhood we loved then a house in it that fit us perfectly.

We've spent the past 3 weeks trying to get everything together... and make it home again..

& the cats have entirely made themselves comfortable...

Seriously, how cute are they??

& as much as I would have been entirely content continuing to home school our Emmy, we happened to be zoned for the BEST school district/elementary in our area & she wanted to go..

The Bus driver/Principal ( I know how funny, right) picks up each kid at their house.. and then drops them off in the afternoon -- Did I mention it's a super small school?

She seems to be doing good in her new school.. aside from the early morning wake-up calls :)

& she LOVES getting dressed daily with a purpose. lol that's my girl!

I will soon share more photos of our new home.. as we get it just the way we like it.. 

stay tuned :)

The End of an Era

So it began, the packing.. it was very not endless however. it was quite quick & painless.

Considering movers came and took care of it all.

One day they packed (mostly)everything & then two days of living in a Box maze with one pot and pan the actual movers came and hustled to get everything out of our house before we had to be inspected.. talk about watching Josh be nervous & sweat it out.. lol

Our zoo were definitely fans of the empty house.. ours & Emmas ;)

They were not however, fans of being caged.. poor babies.

Our last look at our little home :)

We decided to make the best of our trek across the country & stopped along the way..

This was our Cabin-like room in Pigeon Forge!

We took Emma to the Dollyworld Waterpark too.. but decided to go unplugged for the day :)

Across from our hotel was an intense go-cart ride.. and emma tried her hand at driving.. needless to say the track race ended in tears and getting out early.. bahah

We checked out nearby cities & ran into more mitten friends.. that I somehow managed to not get photos with.. You'd think I'd be more on top of it.. but we were a little overwhelmed mid-move :)

another stop on our trip brought us to Nashville, where we had lunch with Miss Jennefer -  & then hurried on to Memphis.

You mean this isn't how ALL people travel across the country -- he loves this kitten. 

dont let him deny it.

it Seemingly took FOREVER..

And i'm sure the people behind us thought we were crazy people driving with animals everywhere..

It's pretty insane driving across the country, hoping your things will meet you there.. safely. and even more crazy doing it with a car full of kitty cats & a rat.. we apparently like crazy :D

Summer Lovin' - Gone so fast

A normal North Carolina Summer is miserably hot from sunup until sunrise..

This summer however, just wasn't that - it was unseasonable "cool" like 85 & 90 instead of 100 lol.

We spent afternoons by our little blow up pool

and most mornings at the community pool..

((See our future lifeguard))

Where we were often the ONLY people there...

We were able to introduce Emma to Rollerrink birthday parties - which were a norm for our generation... & we couldnt believe the kids today that had NO idea how to skate.. lol

Saying good bye is the way of life in the Army.. and between Texas, Pennsylvania & Oklahoma.. we all were sadly split up.

Before we left Fort Bragg, we were able to attend one final 82nd Airborne Ball :)

dressing up - prom style isn't something you'll think you'll ever do again after highschool.. well - welcome to the Military, where annual parties are a must..

I cant believe how quickly the entire summer flew by... It didnt help that every other weekend I was traveling to Michigan for Summer Weddings.. ahh the life ;)

Ocean Breeze

If there is one thing I will miss from Fort Bragg, it was our easy drive to the beach.

We took many trips, some as retreats, some for pleasure and some for cheer..

One of our early trips this year we were able to visit with Mitten friends who'd flew down as well :)

(always a cheer dad)

little fish here ;)

Such a handsome guy, right?

Missing the beach will be the hardest part.. there is no lake or pond or stream that can compete with the organic sound of the waves, the salty sticky skin and piles of sand in our car.. I'm sure we'll be back to NC one day.. :)