Spring Greens

Meet my new favorite sweater. It is beyond soft and the bright color is perfect for cooler Spring mornings and nights with jeans or shorts. Margaret O'Leary combines the tradition of Irish knitwear with an luxury and effortless California chic style. After moving to California from Ireland in 1990, Margaret began creating her beautiful knitwear line out of her apartment and now has eight boutiques up and down the West Coast. I feel so fortunate to have found the brand and look forward to collecting many beautiful items.

Sweater: gifted Margaret O'Leary // Jeans: 7 for All Mankind // Sunglasses: Oliver Peoples // Shoes: Luxury Rebel // Earrings: Kendra Scott // Bag: Louis Vuitton // Tag: gifted Cinco Powell // Ring: David Yurman (similar)

Weekend Inspiration

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I am just treasuring the laughter and fun around our house this week. Last Sunday (Mother's Day), Jackson started walking! Once he did it, and after Clint and I stopped clapping and screaming with excitement, he looked around and started clapping for himself. Then, every time after he'd take a few steps, he would applaud himself again, so proud of his accomplishment - it's really just the sweetest thing. There's nothing like the innocence and true excitement of a little kid to make you smile and realize what the important things are in life. It's a reminder we all need sometimes and I'm really thankful for it.

A few links to enjoy:

• Gizoogle made me laugh so hard this week. Just Gizoogle your @twitter handle (or anything else) and enjoy the laughs. Thanks to cupcakes & cashmere for the heads up on this one.
• My latest Pinterest board project is my favorite accent color (or as some would call it, a new neutral), Yellow. I've got to get some more brights and this is my inspiration. 
• I'm heading to J.Crew tomorrow for a little visit with my very personal stylist (have you all taken advantage of this fantastic service at J.Crew?). I'm hoping this sweater, this skirt and these shoes (chambray!) are all in stock in my size. Also, everything is 20% off in stores and online with the code LOOK20. Shop it!
• I saw these awesome printed jeans on Mary from Happily Grey at a blogger conference awhile back and I think I need to make them mine. What do you think?
• Did you catch our favorite reads yesterday? Share yours with us in comments - we're always looking for new ones!

Happy weekend everyone!

What We're Reading

It makes me so incredibly happy that Jackson loves to read. He loves pulling books off of the shelf and handing them to us, and he even gets a little upset when we're done with a book and he's not ready to be done (also why I have Brown Bear Brown Bear memorized). We also try to make reading part of our daily routine, trying to fit at least one read in after dinner or right before the last bottle of the day.

Here are our current favorites:

Brown Bear Brown Bear by Eric Carle: He loves all things written by Eric Carle! They're quick and easy reads with lots of colors. We're also working on animal sounds with this one - also a hit!

Hop on Pop: A Dr. Seuss tongue twister, for sure. This one requires more thought to read than most of our other books, but he loves the rhymes.

This is Not My Hat: This was a birthday gift and it is really kind of hilarious. I'm not going to give away the ending but a little fish steals a hat from a big fish, and he's pretty sure he won't get caught. Or will he?

Style Notes:
On me: Sweater: gifted Margaret O'Leary (softest, most comfortable sweater!) // Jeans: Citizens of Humanity

On Jackson: Shorts: Baby Gap // Tee: Baby Gap