Friday Favorites

JELLO Oreo Dirt Cup

VABeau discovered these during our weekly Harris Teeter run a few weeks ago.  He threw a pack in our cart and one pudding cup later, I'm addicted.  The combination of sprinkles, oreo pieces, and chocolate pudding is just plain magical.  I know that they are meant for children but the the two "children at heart" in my house are huge fans.  JELLO also makes a german chocolate flavor that happens to be VABeau's current favorite indulgence.

New Kiehl's Face Mask

Last week we dropped off our empty Kiehl's containers at a local Kiehl's store.  Our 10 recycled empties (we may have a pretty big Kiehl's problem...)  got us a travel sized item,  a lip balm, and a full sized item all 100% free.  If you haven't saved your Kiehl's empties before, I beg you to do it now, it's an incredible deal!
  Anyway, I took the opportunity for a free product to try a new Kiehl's face mask.  My skin and pores have been horrible lately so I figured this Deep Pore Cleansing Mask would be perfect.  I couldn't have been more right.  I've used it twice already and love love love the results.  My skin hasn't been this soft in years.

Orange Water

Our resort in Puerto Rico put out dispensers of orange infused water daily.  Since I couldn't take part in all of the frozen concoctions at the pool bar, this water became my beverage treat of choice.  It's incredibly refreshing and instantly quenches my thirst.  Even though we're no longer in the Caribbean, I decided to continue the tradition at home by adding orange slices to a carafe of water.  It makes drinking boring old water much easier and much more fun!

Tervis Water Bottles

I used some of my Birthday money to buy this adorable Tervis Water Bottle.  I already knew I loved our Tervis Tumbler cups so I am convinced that I will get a ton of use out of this bottle throughout the Spring and Summer months.  Best of all, it's monogrammed which makes everything better in my opinion!

Special Blog Posts
Soon after I posted the big pregnancy news on this blog, my friend Mariel posted the sweetest "Baby News" post on her blog, regarding our big news.  It could be the hormones or the trip down memory lane through her pictures but this girl got a little teary eyed reading it.  It's so nice to know that our friends are so supportive of us and this new chapter we're entering.  I can't wait to celebrate her as well this Spring/Summer as she starts a new chapter in her life, as a wife!

The Big Gender Reveal

I decided to host our local family and friends for a small gender reveal party Wednesday night.  This forced us to keep the gender news to ourselves for about 24 hours but it was also nice to have some time to process and enjoy it just the two of us before we let the world know.  I was beyond impressed that almost everyone we invited made time in their busy schedules to celebrate with us.  It was so fun to get each person's final guesses and see every one's reactions to the news in person.  It was also so nice to relax and celebrate our blessing with some of the most important people in our lives.  I can't wait to share  more pictures of the event next week!