Friday Favorites!

Happy Friday friends!  I don't know about you, but I am SO ready for the weekend!  A few favorites to carry you into the weekend:

Our sweet niece, Louisa turned 3 this week!  Her fabulous Aunt Elizabeth & Uncle Bubba gave her some fairy princess dress-up clothes, including pink princess hair.  Doesn't the Birthday Princess look fabulous?

My niece Lousia turns 3!

Two people sent me this op-ed on living together before marriage written by UVA clinical psychologist, Meg Jay, that I thought was really interesting.  Check it out here. 

By way of Nina's blog, I stumbled upon this great post by Rachel Held Evans: "In Praise of My Unspectacular Pre-Pinterest Wedding."

Moms of little ones, I think you'll appreciate this post my mom did on seeing through the fog of motherhood.

And have ya'll been watching American Idol?  I typically like to pop in towards the end in time for hometown dates which make me melt into a puddle of tears, but I caught the top 7 this week with my parents and I LOVED this rendition of Born This Way:
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