by christine victoria alexander

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

SKINNY DIP FALLS

I've always wanted to hike to a waterfall and go swimming and last week that's just what we did! Skinny Dip Falls (the name is deceiving, clothing is not optional!) are tucked away at mile marker 417 off the Blue Ridge Parkway. There aren't any signs so it's easy to miss! The falls were a quick 15-20 minute hike from the road - everything was damp and lush and the trail was kept up nicely.

The falls were so pretty and the water was crystal clear and (refreshingly) ice cold. Olive didn't mind the cold at all and had so much fun standing in the shallow areas finding pebbles to put in her mouth. We took a zillion pictures because everywhere we looked it was just so beautiful! I'm putting Skinny Dip Falls on my list of favorite places in NC.


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Monday, July 25, 2016

A DATE WITH THE ASTRO-TURF

Another successful family date night! We are on a roll, you guys! I really hope we can keep this up. It's so much fun getting out and doing stuff and having fun and laughing together.

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Thursday, July 21, 2016

SPLASH PADS & 10 THINGS TO DO THIS SUMMER

Isaac and I are trying to do a little more with our summer evenings, so once a week we're planning to take Olive somewhere new and exciting for a family date night. It means being more active, getting out and seeing more of our beautiful city, spending time as a family and trying new things! Last week we picked up lemonades and headed to the splash pad at Latta Park. We loved it! Latta Park is a 31-acre urban park in the gorgeous Dilworth neighborhood. It has tennis, volleyball and basketball courts, a covered picnic shelter, playgrounds, walking trails AND (what we went for) a splash pad! It's super family-friendly and I think we'll be spending a lot of time there this summer. =)


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Monday, July 18, 2016

A DATE WITH THE BUTTERFLIES

Yesterday we took Olive to the Charlotte Nature Museum to see the butterflies! It was amazing! I loved standing still and just watching all the butterflies float around me - they look like CGI the way they flap their wings in almost slow motion. My day was made when one of them decided to come sit on my hand. I most definitely got a selfie with it =) Olive was a little distracted though...this girl loves getting her hands in the dirt. I wish the butterflies had been more of an attraction for her but she was honestly more interested in digging holes in the garden beds. Next time we'll just take her to Lowes. Lol. We tried something new this time and had Isaac take the pictures using my Canon instead of me snapping pics on my iPhone and I'm so impressed with his skills! Didn't he do a great job? Now if I can just talk him into doing this for me every week....lol.

Have a great week, friends! xoxo Christine 


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Monday, July 11, 2016

OLIVE TURNS ONE

My baby is ONE! We had so much fun celebrating her birthday with her aunts and uncles and cousins and grandparents this weekend! I know it's normal to focus on the birthday as the big day, but I really want this birthday (and every birthday) to be about the 365 days that came before it and all the little moments that made up Olive's first year.


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Friday, July 8, 2016

BIRTH STORY: OLIVIA JANE

If you follow me on Instagram you know Olive's birthday was yesterday! How is my baby ONE already?! I feel like she's lived an entire lifetime in just a year - she went from helpless infant to fearless toddler. What will the next year bring?!
In the spirit of celebrating Olive's birthday all weekend I thought I'd throw together a little sketch of her birth story...


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