Kids
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Valentine’s Day 2022
These two make my heart burst every day.
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Nursery Style for Baby Girl: Roan’s Room
Roan Niles Skelton’s room is just like her; beauty and femininity paired with boldness and power. This room turned out just as I had envisioned and I love it for her. The first thing I knew I wanted were the navy plaid walls and I think it is such a perfect backdrop for this pretty little space. My favorite elements include the portrait of Derby, a similar painting to the one of her in Lake’s room but with the added girls touch of the adorable flower crown; the antique dresser Daniel painted the perfect shade of pink, the water color jockey silks, the Nancy Drew art that is special to…
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Breastfeeding and Pumping Essentials
Breastfeeding is no joke. It is such a difficult thing to do in many ways- planning your day around feedings, figuring out what to do and how to pump when you have to be away from baby, storing milk, finding the best pump for you, etc. It’s a lot. With my son Lake, I was new to breastfeeding and felt like I learned something new every day about tips and tricks, what to do and not to do. One of my biggest regrets is not joining a support group (one I found on Facebook that I joined when he was about nine months old) sooner. I instantly felt connected to…
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Christmas with the Skeltons: Holidays 2021
It was a magical Christmas- Watching Lake open presents and understand Santa this year was too fun, plus it was our Roany’s first Christmas and our first as a complete family.
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Fall Fun
Shop the matching plaid outfits and Lake’s Halloween pajamas at the bottom of this post.
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Zuma Pete Skelton
We are crazy- On October 24th, we mt the newest love of our lives, Zuma (yes, definitely named after the Chocolate Lab on Paw Patrol). Zuma is a Chocolate Lab. On November 2nd, we weighed in at 25 pounds! He has the cutest white marks on the bottom of his front paws ans he has gorgeous green eyes. We love him to pieces and Derby does, too. He was born August 18th (a week before Roan!) and is the sweetest, smartest little guy.
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Happy Halloween 2021
Lake LOVED Halloween this year- I spent the week talking up his costume, teaching him about trick-or-treating, and getting him excited. It worked. He went as Chewbacca and Roan spent her first Halloween as Baby Yoda. Zuma of West Lafayette went as Zuma of Adventure Bay- Let’s Dive In!
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Welcoming Roan Niles
Our daughter, Roan Niles Skelton, was born on August 26th, 2021, at 7:02 AM (the exact same time as her brother). She weighed 7.8 pounds and was 19 inches long. It has been a magical 7 weeks of loving on her. I’m so happy to show off her newborn pictures, taken by Lindsay Konopa Photography. Hair and Makeup is by Julia Wadsworth.
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The Skeltons: Family and Maternity Pictures July 2021
Thank you so much to Lindsay Kokopa Photography for the amazing pictures of our growing family. Lake’s maternity pictures were taken on the beach at Lake Michigan, so I wanted something similar to that feel but unique to baby girl. This perfect spot on a Geist Reservoir dock felt so right. The water was gorgeous and Lake loved counting all the fishies around the shore. I canot get over how big my Lake looks in these pictures, taken just before his second birthday.
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Lake Does Churchill Downs
I have been envisioning Lake’s first trip to Churchill Downs since before he was born. I ordered this tiny and perfect pink seersucker suit for him when I was pregnant, picturing him at his first Kentucky Derby. What I didn’t envision of course was a pandemic- The derby ran without spectators last year and this year, there were too many unknowns to anticipate if going would be a smart idea for us, especially with a toddler. We decided instead to once again attend Churchill Downs’ lovely Mothers Day brunch a week after the derby. We have been before, and done the Father’s Day edition too, but certainly never had as…
