Last year when we were taking these photos for our holiday cards, we told Amalia that there was a baby in my tummy. We thought her reaction on camera would be priceless, but she was... unimpressed until a few days went by. A year later and she is madly in love with that baby previously in my tummy, and you can see her love in these gorgeous photos that Julia Dags took a few weeks ago for our holiday cards.
I always love seeing what influencers create with the platforms they've built. A few favorites have been Liz's new online shop, Olive Lane, Grace's podcast, Bad on Paper, and now Eva's clothing and lifestyle brand, The Happily Eva After Collection. For her first holiday collection, called Roma Mia, she pulled inspiration from her Italian family.
One of the top questions in my DMs week after week is how we keep our house so clean with a big dog living in it. I am a bit obsessive about it but that's what it takes to keep your house clean with a fur baby. I love my Bootsie boy but I also love a clean house.
Every year, my aunt makes her famous pecan pie for Thanksgiving and Christmas and it is truly my favorite pie in the world ever ever ever. It's ridiculously sweet and totally unhealthy and I cannot imagine a holiday without it.
For the last few years, I've been making her recipe with a little less sugar and syrup (I promise, it's still super sweet!) and I used dark chocolate chips instead of milk but the vibe is the same.
