VLOG ⧸⧸ hanging pictures, decorating and cleaning my home, doing my makeup, playing with Mr. Baby
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I woke up this morning and my plan was to exercise using the sweat app, but I woke up feeling a little off so I decided to do some yoga instead. While I was getting ready for the day, Mr. Baby woke up from his nap so my mom came over to help me get ready too.
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Good morning friends. Welcome to today's vlog. I woke up this morning and my plan was to exercise
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using the sweat app. So I just finished my 30 days of yoga with yoga with Adrienne and I wanted to
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use that to jump start into weightlifting. But last night I was not feeling great. Like I woke
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up in the middle of the night and my stomach was hurting and I was like are we like on our way to
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flu. Praying that's not the case. But because of that I decided I don't want to push my body in a
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crazy way. I don't want to like start a new exercise regimen especially because my body also feels a
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little bit achy. So we're just going to stick with some more yoga today. Just something gentle.
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Still keep my body moving but nothing crazy. Just so that I can continue that momentum but not push
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myself. So one really cool thing that I've been doing lately now that we live in Florida is my
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mom and I were trying to figure out how she could be helpful. Which is really really sweet. Like she
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wants to come over and help with Mr. Baby. So we talked about it and it actually makes the most
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sense for her to come in the morning so that I can exercise and get my makeup done and wash my face
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and just get ready for the day. Because otherwise I can't do any of that stuff while he's awake really
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well because he moves so much now. He's crawling. He's going everywhere. I have to keep an eye on him.
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So I'm like it takes me a really long time just to do a couple different tasks. And then I end up
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using his first nap of the day which is really his longest nap of the day to do all that stuff. And
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then I don't have time to do my work. So now my mom watches him for that first nap of the day.
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Rather she watches him before that first nap of the day so that I can get ready. And then I can use
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that first nap of the day to do my work. And that's been such a game changer. So I'm going to do some yoga
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and then I'm going to wash my face. And while I get ready and do my makeup, I will chat with you
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Okay, good morning. Welcome to one of the bathrooms in my house. This is the bathroom that's
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slightly been renovated. It still needs to be renovated more for my taste, but it's a little
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nicer than our master bathroom, which has not been renovated at all. You guys are getting a
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behind the scenes look at how I just messily put up my hair in the mornings so that I can actually
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get things done before I do something to it. But we're going to do our makeup. I'm probably going
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to be looking here at the mirror and here at the mirror a little bit in the camera just to because
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I got a couple mirrors here and they're not like exactly lined up with the camera here. But we're
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going to work and do our best. So the first thing I'm going to do is I'm going to put on some of my
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primer, which is this Glow Primer Plus Serum Hydro Boost Hyaluronic Acid from Neutrogena. I've used
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this. Everything I'm using, I've used for a long time. I've really cut back on my makeup routine
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like a lot. And I just use what's in my makeup bag, which is kind of lovely. I already have a bunch
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of skincare products. I've been trying out a brand. They sent me an email to try asking if I
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wanted to try their products. And I said, sure, I'll try it and see how it goes. So I'm trying it
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right now. I think it's making my skin a lot plumper, which is cool. I would love to get rid
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of some of my discoloration and scarring. But that's, I don't know. So I've only been using it
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for a couple of weeks and new skin cells regenerate every six weeks. That's a really long time to get
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like a feel for a product. So we'll see what happens. But starting there and then I'm going
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to go in. I've been doing things a little differently lately. So I'll show you what I've been doing
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with my makeup. Okay. So I'm going to start off with just some chapstick. I always put a little
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on before I start just to keep my, my lips moisturized. I also really like this color
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because it's the total hydration pink nude. I really like this stuff because it, I can just
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wear it without putting on lipstick. Like it has a color in it. So I start with that. And then
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lately what I've been doing is doing my concealer underneath my foundation and doing my contour
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and bronzer underneath my foundation because it's a cream. So I'm going to take my Charlotte
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Tilbury. I call it the magic eraser. I don't know if that's what it's called, but I will
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link it. Um, I'm going to put that under my eye here and especially in the inner corner
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of my eye, you guys can see how big of a difference it makes because it really takes away all of
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the purple, which if you're a mom, you know, you're always looking tired. So you can, you can
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see there's without or the lighting's a little weird because this side's shadowed and this side
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has lightness, but yeah, this is with the product and this is without the product. Now I'm going to
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take my Maybelline Fit Me Concealer. This stuff is old school, but I still love it. And I'm going to
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put it over any areas I want a little extra coverage from discoloration around my nose and a little bit
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on the sides here, covering any little marks. I just blend that out with my brush. So for my
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birthday, my parents bought me a Vera Bradley makeup bag, which was super, super nice. I asked
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them for that. So they knew what to get me, but it's, I really liked the Vera Bradley brand. I have
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one of their bags for traveling and I honestly think I want to get another one because we use it.
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I used to use it just for me and then I started using it just for Mr. Baby and it was so convenient.
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It's like the perfect size for all his stuff. And so I think I want to get another one for me and
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one for Mr. Baby so that, uh, we can each use one, but I really like them. The only thing about it is
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that obviously we also need something that rolls or we're all going to be carrying a bunch of stuff,
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which is hard. So I have to decide what, like what's best, but I really do. I really do like
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Vera Bradley travel bags. If you're looking into them, they're really well constructed.
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They're also pretty and they're a little, they're on the pricier side, but I find that they're pretty
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useful. Okay. Next up, we're going to do the thing that's going to make me look crazy. So we're taking
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this makeup revolution bronzer. I think I may have gotten the wrong color for me. It's a, I got it in
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medium and very fair. So this is a brave choice. So putting it underneath foundation is usually a better
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option for me. Otherwise it looks pretty intense. So you have to go in with a really light hand with
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this stuff. I did not mean to tap that off because this is so clean and I'm going to like put it here,
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put it a little bit here, here. I had to dip back in so it's even here. I put a little bit around my
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lips because underneath makeup, it looks cool. It makes your lips look bigger and a little bit
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down the sides of my nose. Okay. I'm just going to blend it. The cool thing about doing this under
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your makeup is it doesn't have to be perfect because it just blends in nicely under your
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foundation. Honestly, since it's going under makeup, I'm probably going to go in a little bit heavier.
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Whoa. That was way too heavy. Yeah. Like I said, this stuff is very, very powerful. And if you want
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to, you can put a little bit under the jaw, which I sometimes do. I'm filming today. So it always looks
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better when I define under my jaw. Wow. I look crazy. Yeah. So, you know, you're in the middle when
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you look insane. Next up, I'm going to take some of this cream blush. I'm just going to pop that on
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my cheeks here. Again, I can go heavy-handed because it's all getting covered with my foundation. So
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choosing my fingers, I can use the same brush or I'm going to use my fingers. I'm using my fingers.
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I'm going to go in with my favorite Honest Beauty CC Clean Corrective with Vitamin C Tinted
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Moisturizer. I like this stuff a lot. So I just put some on the back of my hand and then I'm going
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to just dot it all over my face. And I'll leave a little extra on the back of my hand just in case
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there's anywhere I need extra coverage. And I just take my Real Techniques brush and I just start
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patting it up. You're going to see this all looks a lot more cohesive. Less crazy once I've put on the
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foundation over top. But it does make my skin look like oddly perfect. Like all of this stuff
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is just natural as opposed to, oh she has contour on, she has blush on, she has foundation on. It's
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like, oh like is she wearing contour? Does she have blush on? It's a lot more blended. I'm feeling pretty
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good today because my weight has been fluctuating just because, you know, breastfeeding, postpartum,
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moving, being in a new place, different food, different things. So I found that I was not super
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happy with where my weight was going and so I've been trying to exercise more. I've been trying to
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eat a little bit healthier. I've been trying to just be better about that stuff. And today when I
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stepped on the scale, I actually lost a pound or two. So I was really happy about that because that's
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where I would feel more comfortable. I don't even feel like I need to lose more weight than this. I just
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want to stay at like my weight. When I go a couple pounds over, I actually can feel it pretty
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consistently in my body. So I was excited to see that I had lost a couple pounds. Okay, I'm back.
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Mr. Baby is down for his nap. So now we can finish up. We're going to keep it short, hopefully,
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because I got to do other things. But now he's down for his nap. So that means it's my work time. So
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I'm going to finish my makeup and I'm going to record a video today. And I got to also do some
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phone calls for life stuff and send out my newsletter and post my video for the day.
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And is there anything else? We'll figure it out. Okay, so let's continue over that. So I finished
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doing all of my cream products. So now I'm just going to set everything down so that it doesn't
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move with my CoverGirl Clean Fresh powder. I'm just going to grab a big fluffy brush and just
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set everything down. Now I really like when my face has this sheen on it. I think it's really
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pretty. So I'm doing this to set it. And then I'm going to spray it so that it gets, it's like with
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a setting spray so that it brings back the healthy glow. So I'm going to take this, shake it up.
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And I'm just going to spray it off. Done. So now we're going to do our eye shadow. And I have to
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set down my eyebrows. So let's do that first. I'm just going to set it down so that they don't move
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all day. And now I'm going to do my eye shadow. So I think I'm going to just keep it really simple
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today. This is my favorite palette. This is the Tartlet Juicy palette. I'm just going to take the pink
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shade in here, Paradise. And I'm going to put that all over my lid. And then I'm going to take a fluffy
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brush and put a darker shade in the crease. Just to define it. Give a little more dimension.
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And I'm going to put some brighter color right in the inner corner.
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And that's it. That's everything. So now all I have to do is curl my eyelashes
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And that's my makeup. All done. So now I just have to figure out how I want to do my hair today
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because it can't stay like this. My natural curls have not been coming in as strong the last few
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days. But this is kind of my natural situation right now. Yeah, it's not bad. I got to brush it.
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But we can work with it. So I don't think I told you guys about the Wayfair drama here on YouTube
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yet because, oh my god, my Wayfair drama is so annoying. And everyone warned me and I should
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have listened. But here's the story. So basically, we ordered a bed from Wayfair. We were excited
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because we had seen a bed at a different place, but we didn't like it as much. And they had options
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we liked. So we ordered from them. So we ordered this bed. We get the bed in and get the headboard
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and a footboard and they're king size. And that's great. Then they get the rails in and we build it
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and we realize, oh, these are California king rails. And this is way too big for our mattress.
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Doesn't work. So I called them and I said, okay, you sent us the wrong rails. Can you send us the
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right rails? Sure, we'll send you the right rails. Okay, great. We get them. They're also California
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king rails. Fantastic. So I called them again and I said, hey, you sent us the wrong rails twice.
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We need the right rails. And they said, okay, we're going to send them an email. So I get another
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email following up from that call saying that the warehouse will not be doing anything else about
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this. And I was like, what does that mean? So I called them this morning and they said, oh,
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it was the wrong request. We're going to talk to the warehouse and we're going to make sure that you
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get the rails you need or whatever the next steps are. So that's where we're at with our bed.
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We're still sleeping on a box, bringing on our mattress on the floor.
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So that's great. I'm not going to give Wayfair a huge recommendation at this point. Their
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customer service is super nice and seems to be helpful, but also everything goes wrong and
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they're really bad at everything. So like not a huge recommendation from me. So that's what's
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going on with that. I need to look at my schedule and decide what we're going to do next. Okay.
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So I've decided the first thing we're going to do is a 10 minute tidy. I can't work in a messy house.
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It makes me crazy. And my office is right in the middle of the house. I have my desk
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in the center of the house. So I like to have the house clean. So we're going to do a 10 minute tidy
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and then I'm going to record the sit down portion of the video that I'm making. And then it's a
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fashion video. So then I'm going to be doing a fashion section that I need to record. So that's
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those two things are going to take the most time and then we'll see what else we can get done in his
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Okay, so I'm about to start recording, but I wanted to give you guys a little sneak peek
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into how I record these days. It's super pared down. So I have a ring light. I used to have like
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two soft boxes, but it was just too much to handle. It was taking up too much space. So I just got a
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simple ring light from Amazon. It's great. And then I use my Canon and I just shoot through the ring
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light. I also have this Rode mic on a tripod that I use and that captures the sound really well.
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And then I just sit right here. So yeah, that is the story. And we'll chat afterwards,
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but it's kind of funny because I'm recording two videos today, one as a vlog and one that's a sit
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down. So it's kind of fun. It's funny because you guys haven't even seen me interact with Mr. Baby
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yet, but that's because my mom babysat this morning, which is super, super nice. And he's sleeping for
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a while. So when he gets up, I never show him on camera, but you'll see us playing probably.
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We'll see. Finished recording. I decided not to do the fashion portion. I think, I'll be honest,
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I'm just like a little too tired, a little bit not in the mood. Maybe I'll get some energy later,
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but at this point, I'm not really going to do it. So I'm going to make myself something to eat. It's
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11am and I have not yet eaten. My stomach, as I mentioned this morning, was not feeling great.
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And I had some coffee and it really did not sit well. So we're going to try and eat something a
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little bit more simple, just some like toast and eggs. And we'll see if I can get that down.
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But my stomach's not hurting like overall. It's just not doing well when I eat. So we're
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going to try. We're going to see. And hopefully I can stomach something.
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God gave us you. Good night, sweet child. Mama said as she tucked little cub in.
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A little cub wasn't quite ready to go to sleep. Mama, where did I come from? She asked.
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From God, your mother answered. Your papa and I were alone and we wanted a baby.
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And you got mean, little cub asked, her voice muffled by the covers. Yes, my special child,
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God gave us you. Mr. Baby loves cado or avocado. He's eating some right now. Some's about to fall
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out of his mouth. But he loves cado. We put a little bit of onion powder, a little garlic powder,
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a little salt, and then he feeds it to himself. So that's a good snack hack.
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Okay. We're out for our walk. We're just getting a short walk in before my doctor's appointment
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because Mr. Baby took a long time to eat. But we're walking. So here's a little peek at what
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we have with us. We have a little carrier here. I can feed Mr. Baby these tea biscuits. And he
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really likes them because they kind of melt in his mouth. And then we've got, you can see we've
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got pieces of them in here. Crumbs. Mom life. And then we've got his little sun cover, which is not
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necessary today because it's raining. We've got my sunglasses case, a little blanket in case it does
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get cold. And then his little legs or feet. We also got a stroller found for when it's hot. So we've
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got all the things. If you need a reminder, here's your reminder. Go get your moles checked out.
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Make sure everything's good. I'm chewing gum. Probably not the most classic thing, but I do love gum.
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Anyways, we are headed to pick up some sushi to surprise my husband. So let's go do that.
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Husband was very happy with his sushi. I also got myself some sushi. So I'm going to dig in.
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I've got some sushi. It's salmon avocado and I'm excited. Yum, yum, yum. Let's see if my stomach can
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handle it. So that was tasty. I enjoyed it. Mr. Baby's down for his second nap. This one is shorter
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than his first nap of the day. So I'm deciding what I need to get done. But I think I want to try
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and hang these pictures. And I just want to figure out where I want to hang them. See, this is my
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conundrum. Every other house we've lived in has not been open concept. So it's like, okay, each room has a
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theme or something. So we can just decide where we want to hang certain things that would go.
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But here, the whole room is open. So everything I hang, I feel like has to go. And that's a little
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bit more tricky. So I want to figure out what to do. I'm going to take a look and we'll make some
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So I have to go. And I'll take a look and we'll make some of the things that I know. So I'm going to take a look and
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try. So I'm going to take a look and see. So I'm going to take a look and see. I'm going to take a look and see.
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So I finished hanging up the photos which I'm proud of. We got most of them done so that was
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really cool. It's something I've been wanting to do. It's like on my to-do list for a long time and I
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finally did it so I feel really good about that. And now we're out for our second walk. So normally
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we don't do two walks. Normally we just do one but because of my doctor's appointment
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I didn't have an opportunity to go for a full length walk and I don't like that. So we're going
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out for a second walk and then we're gonna go to the grocery store and pick up some stuff so I can
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make dinner. And then I'm hoping I'll have time to go out tonight with a couple friends because
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there are some women who get together and go out and hang out every other Tuesday around and
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I said I could go but Mr. Baby woke up from his nap kind of late which might push his bedtime off a
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little. So we'll see what we can do. But this is nice. We're just going out for a walk. It's nice
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out. And then we're going to head to the grocery store and someone was pulling out and didn't look.
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Didn't love that. And we'll make dinner. So that's what's on the docket. Now I just have to figure out
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what's for dinner. I'm not sure yet. I think I might do meat sauce but we have to see what's available
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at the store. Okay I put some gum in my mouth as a warning. But I think I forgot to mention that we are going to
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Universal Orlando for Thanksgiving which I'm really excited about. And I made a packing list and I forgot
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that I still need to pack. So we have a walk, grocery shopping, making dinner, packing, and going
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out with friends. We're going to see what happens. It's going out with friends may not happen but
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it is what it is. My question for you is have any of you been to Universal Orlando? Because
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I haven't. I'm really excited about it. I went to Universal Studios in LA and Harry Potter World
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there is cool. It's really cool but it's not as good I've heard as the one in Orlando. So I'm really
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excited. My nieces are super excited to go. They've never been and they love Harry Potter. I love Harry
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Potter. I'm really excited about it. So that'll be fun. Also Mr. Baby made all the friends at the
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dermatologist's office. He really everybody loved him as usual. So I ran to the grocery store. I
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picked up some chicken, some stir-fry vegetables, and some tea biscuits for Mr. Baby. Just some extra
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ones. And now the food is in the air fryer and it is cooking up. And I am going to I think get started
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on packing so that I can have time for anything else I want to do. And then I also have to feed Mr. Baby.
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But I think what I'm going to do first is try to get a head start on packing. So my plan is I made
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a packing list on Canva and I had one from when he was a newborn. So I took that. I looked at it and
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I saw okay there's a lot of things that have changed. So I kept that for the future. But for now
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I made a new packing list using that as a base so that I can know what to pack for this trip.
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So the problem is a lot of stuff he needs overnight. So I can't pack a lot of the stuff but I can pack
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outfits. I can pack diapers. And then I can also pack my own stuff. So let's let's get started.
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All righty friends. I think that's where we're going to call it for today. That's the end of
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today's vlog. Mr. Baby is here in the bathtub. You can hear him. And I still have to finish packing,
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get some stuff ready for my channel before Thanksgiving, and clean the house before our
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trip so that we don't come back to a dirty house. But you saw dinner and you saw me start to pack.
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Very disorganized in style but it will be much more organized once everything's actually packed away.
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And yeah we hung up pictures, had a doctor's appointment, hung out with Mr. Baby, edited a few
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things for Classically Abby. Yeah so good day. And I got to walk and do yoga. Like wow I got a lot
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done today even though it kind of felt like I didn't get that much done. But yeah so thank you
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