3 things people don't understand about bloggers.

Jacket: c/o Tailor & Stylist, Jeans: made by me (similar), Purse: R&J Handbags

1.) Just because we post a lot of selfies doesn't mean we're self-obsessed. Next week I will be posting a blog on why I am totally ok with selfies. But for now I will just say that the reason people read fashion/lifestyle blogs is to look at/learn about you. And let's be honest, all good blogs have great pictures. Readers want to feel connected to the blogger, and be able to picture who and where you are. Because of that, endless amounts of selfies are totally appropriate. 

2.) We make real friends on the internet. There are bloggers that have absolutely no personal connection to me or anyone I know other than blogging, and I would consider some of them my actual friends. Now I totally believe that you can meet your future spouse on the internet!  

3.) We don't claim to have a picture-perfect life. Even the girls that wear the cutest outfits, travel with the cutest husband, and birth the cutest babies still want more. Or less. Or different. I can't stand when people judge bloggers for pretending like everything is perfect all the time. I try to keep things real hear. And sometimes you get posts like this or this. I wouldn't consider them positive but that is just how I like to blog. But some girls just like to keep things positive all the time and that is ok. Don't hate them for that. And please don't call them "fake" just for keeping their private life private.

why we are selling our house.

Hi everybody, if you know me in real life or follow me on instagram you probably already know that as of Monday our house was listed for sale. We haven't even lived here for two years, yet we are already moving... Because  I'm sure that a lot of you are wondering why we are moving already, here it goes : ) 

After almost two years (on and off) of house hunting, we finally found our for-now dream home. Meaning, our ideal first house. We went into the home buying game on a whim. We hardly had any money but knew that if we could get into a house we'd start making money instead of giving it to someone else through renting. The housing market was at an all-time low back in 2011 and there were hundreds of homes in our minimal price range. We only put 3.5% down on the house which was pretty much our entire savings! BUT, we just knew it was a risk worth taking and we are so happy we did! Just 21 months later, the housing market is on the up and up and we are able to sell our home for a substantial profit. 

I am terribly sad to leave our first love of a home, but the other part of me knows that because we can't live here forever, it would be better to just move ASAP before anymore memories are made ; ) Plus, there are just a lot of things that are bugging me about the house lol. So when I remind myself of those things I'm not so sad about moving.

As for where we will move next... there is a dreamy home just a couple neighborhoods over that we toured a couple days ago and hope to put an offer on the moment we accept an offer on our current home. I am happy to say that that home is our dream home so I am praying everything works out with the timing of offers and such! I feel like if we get that house, we could live there forever as there is plenty of room to grow into it. Let me tell you though, we are just 48 hours into being listed and showing the house with a little one is quite an ordeal and I'm not even there when the house is being shown. Hahaha! Maybe I will do a little tips and tricks for selling your home with a little one post if we are successful. 

So I guess the bottom line is that we are moving because we can and because we want to : )

city slickers.

Until New York I feared big cities. I mean, I love not having to drive 30 mins to get to a Target, but parallel parking and one-way streets just make me nervous : / That's why we live in the suburbs lol. But on our flight home from NY, I told Ian that I wanted to start venturing into downtown Portland with Greyer more often because if you can handle NYC I'm pretty sure you can handle any city. This day was actually spent before our trip, but it was fun nonetheless. We ate brunch at Cathedral Park Kitchen and then roamed around the park. It's under a gorgeous bridge and near water. Can't wait to take Greyer and Gunner there this summer to splash around!