I checked another item off of my before-baby bucket list a few weekends ago. My mom and I participated in The Color Run in DFW and we had a blast!

The race started at 8am, so we were up and ready to roll at 6am. We took DART (the Dallas public transportation system) to the race and it was packed with other Color Runners.

It was such a beautiful day out and I had so much fun walking and talking with my mom. We didn’t get nearly as colorful as some of the other people, but I should have expected that from myself since I hate to be dirty!

All in all, I am happy to have participated and am looking forward to signing up for another one soon. I was ecstatic that my mom participated in it with me because I miss being able to do things like this with her. After we finished, we headed to McDonalds for some breakfast and hopped back on the DART with everyone else from the race. One more thing checked off that list of to-do’s before we start expanding our family!

I took my parents to IKEA and left them with a list and envelope of money because we took the car into town for the holidays. A few weeks later, Ryan was going to be back in town with his truck for a coaching conference, so they made the furniture hand-off then. Major props to my parents for wrapping and taping each box in plastic so that the rain Ryan encountered coming home didn’t ruin our new purchases! Y’all rock my socks!

We instantly loved it and have eaten at the table almost every night since putting it together (which we haven’t done since we were married almost 3 years ago). If you follow me on Instagram, you know my patience, or lack there of, got the best of me and most of this was put-together the night he got home.

At the beginning of the year, I put together an inspiration board for our dining room. We already own the dishes and with our new furniture in place, now all we have left are the details and decorations.

I have a major thing for Fiestaware and love the bright colors we registered for when we got married. We also have a few other serving pieces and little blue salt and pepper shakers.

Our HOLSTEE poster will probably not stay on that wall between the window and door, but we wanted to get something on the walls and we love that piece of typography.

Overall, I’m very excited about the progress in our dining room, and we’ve already had people over to eat. With the current set-up we can actually fit seven people at the table, but we plan on getting a few more chairs in the future so we can fill the table when it’s expanded. I see many more dinner parties and game nights in our future now!

Outfit #1 is from last Wednesday. I normally wear boots or flats on Wednesdays because we tour a lot of new listings that are on the market, and I definitely regretted my shoe decision by lunch time. But hey, no one ever said cute shoes were comfortable!

// Top: Express (similar) // Pants: LOFT // Shoes: Jessica Simpson // Tie: Off a shirt from NY&Co. // Earrings: Stella & Dot // Necklace: Stella & Dot (similar) //

Outfit #2 is from Sunday. I still got dressed on Thursday/Friday, but was too busy to snap any pictures. I wore this to my open house, which again, is a shift from the normal “dressy” outfit I usually wear. I try to dress according to the price/potential buyer of my open house, and this comfortable ensemble worked well since I saw 32 groups come through in two hours.

// Top: Target (similar) // Vest: NY&Co. (similar) // Pants: Gap (similar) // Shoes: Target // Earrings: Stella & Dot // Necklace: Stella & Dot (similar) // Watch: Bulova // Bracelet: Stella & Dot //

This next outfit is from yesterday. I tend to run all over town on Tuesdays and spend little time in the office, so I needed something comfortable and warm since we had a blizzard after our Spring-like weekend. I’ve owned this coat for a few years, but it fits a little big so I didn’t really start wearing it until recently. I love my grey and white coats, but sometimes you just need is a pop of color.

// Coat: NY&Co. (similar) // Sweater: LOFT  (in blue, green, pink) // Jeans: Taverniti So Jeans (similar) // Shoes: Target // Necklace: Target //

I linked up to The Pleated Poppy.

I seem to have a commitment issue when it comes to a color theme. Hence the change up in the header. I’m also more than sure that within the next two months those colors will be replaced at least twice.

I’ve been wanting to add some buttons in the sidebar for a few of my post categories. The category drop-down menu is boring and I love being able to highlight certain projects with these buttons. These six categories are what most of my posts are about, but I’m hoping to bring in more under Recipes and Travel. One day, these button’s will lead to Gallery pages and not just a feed of posts under that category. One day.

I’ve also added a link to my new photography business Facebook page. You know, just in case anyone is interested in it.

I’m still working on a few other things to add, like an Amarillo Blogger’s page. Over the last few weeks, I have found a few new-to-me bloggers in the area, which really makes me happy. I want to have a place where other Amarillo Bloggers can find us, and I’m excited that we are going to be planning our first blogger meet-up soon.

I’d love to have the entire sight redesigned by a professional, but I want to integrate my photo business in with my blog and have one big overhaul in the future. Maybe towards the end of summer, when finances allow it and my photography business has grown enough to support everything I want to do with it on the web, I’ll hire someone to redesign the blog and create a photography site as well.

The last thing I worked on this weekend was my Facebook page.

I created buttons and installed apps for the blog, Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter. I love the change and think it’s much better than the original buttons/clip-art that Facebook uses.

Have you made any changes to your blog lately? I always like to let you guys know of any new features so you can go check them out!

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I’ve also fallen in love with Katelyn James’ office as well… so much prettiness in one room.

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And then of course, there is my affinity for navy walls. While we currently rent our home, I’d love to be able to have a navy office one day. Something about navy, white and the warm texture of wood just makes my heart happy.

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I’ve put together an inspiration board for our office. I have to incorporate my love for pretty with Ryan’s love for baseball while making it organized and sufficient for both our needs. And even though I do spend more time in the office than the hubs does, I want this to be a space that we are both comfortable working in. The blue, white and green theme work well for us as Ryan is a Yankees fan and a lot of the art we have is of baseball fields.

// desk // chair // shelf // bracket // drawer unit // rug // settee // bookshelf // pencil cup // pencils //  letter trays // calendar set // pillow //