Hannah Morrison

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My Everyday Necklace Layering

Happy Wednesday, friends! I hope you had the best week so far. This last weekend we had our second city-wide Interest Party for Cadence [the church we are starting!] and it was just incredible. We are still reeling in from that! It is still so humbling and mind-blowing to us that strangers would come hear about the vision our family has for the city of Frisco, and then somehow even more wild to us that people would say “I’m in! Let’s do this.” We are just enjoying the journey and grateful beyond measure for this season. We are so lucky and so thankful this is what we get to do for the rest of our lives.

Today, I wanted to share my go-to rose gold layered necklaces that I literally wear every day. They’re simple and sweet both by themselves, but make for a great layer when paired together. The first is a minimal druzy necklace and then the longer is a custom initial necklace with everybody’s letter in my family around my neck. I LOVE IT. Paul surprised me with it for our 7 year anniversary, and it’s just so sweet.

See below for my chain and layering necklaces (my exact druzy is out, but they carry a triangle just like it right now!):

Initials Link: Here

 

Madewell Denim Try-On Haul

If you have been around here, you’ve for sure seen me share about Madewell jeans. If you take good care of quality denim, I promise it makes spending $130 on jeans worth it. But… what about ALL THE DIFFERENT fits and styles they have? I GOT YOU, BOO!

First of all, they have a new fit called The Perfect Vintage Jean… and it’s exactly that. PERFECT. It’s not skinny, but not a boyfriend jean – it’s just a tailored jean that fits in all the right places. I give this new fit an A+!

Sizing: I am 5’2 and 110 pounds, so generally speaking, I go for a 25 petite – this fits like a 0/1. However, some of these, depending on the fit and where the waistline hits, I needed a 24. I was actually a little shocked by how far off the waist was in a couple fits (like, we are talking over an inch of extra denim I could pull). I noted which ones I prefer for each in case you’re in between sizes, too!

Cali Demi Boot: The Demi-slim version (below on the right) are what I brought home! I love this lighter wash for spring and summer – perfect for a white tee and sneakers. These fit just a hair cropped off the ankle. I purchased a 25 regular, although after wearing them all day yesterday, I think I needed a 24 or at least a 25 P. I will likely purchase again in the future in a 24.

The Perfect Vintage Jean: I tried a 24 and a 25 in these, and the waist fit the same for the most part, but it came down to the space in the hips! The 24 fit like a skinny jean but more space from the calves down while the 25 fit a bit looser all throughout the legs – but generally pretty closely fit to my shape in all options.

The High-Rise Slim Boy Jean: These were actually arguably my FAVORITE pair I tried on, but they didn’t have any 24 or petite options for me to try on in-store and so I didn’t feel confident in what size to purchase. The 25 shown in these pics were too big in the waist. I believe I would do a 24 (not petite to keep some bag to them!). But, I think these are SO CUTE.

11″ High-Rise Skinny: These are the jeans that made me LOVE Madewell denim. And… now, 5 years and two babies later… they are THE best mom pooch jean hehe. They make me feel like I have a 6 pack because it just sucks you right in. Whether you purchase in petite for length or keep long to be able to roll… they fit petite gals SO well. This line in particular, shown below, is the Rivet & Thread special collaboration and the raw denim is amazing. They’re expensive but currently on sale. They fit REAL tight, so I would actually have bought a 25 in these for a little breathing room. But pictured are the 24.

The Classic Straight: I would say these fit quite closely to the Boy Jean, but just a hair more tailored through the hips. I am pictured in a 25, but needed a 24. I would have probably purchased these, too, in-store if they had my size!

Mommy and Me Valentine’s Day Shoot

Arguably my favorite shoot I do each year, it’s time for our 2021 Mommy and Me photos. Next to Christmas, Valentine’s Day is my FAVORITE holiday. Who doesn’t love pink, candy, and an excuse to tell all the people you love that you love them? Our anniversary is the 15th, too, so it’s just always a big hoopla at our home! Being a boy mommy has somehow made me love the holiday even more now. There is just something mushy about loving on tiny Valentines!!

I always love sharing styled shoots like this, not only because they’re special to me, but because I love giving you inspiration for your own special shoots with your families. In your annual budget for your family, I cannot stress enough how much I think photos should be on that list. I love that I have photos of us from every single stage of life. From Christmas card photos to mommy and me photos you will cherish forever, I hope you always feel inspired when you see the incredible shoots Cottonwood Road Photography comes up with.

I seriously tried to narrow down the photos to share… but it was very difficult when there were so many amazing images… haha. I do sincerely hope the plethora of shots helps you with poses and outfit ideas, though! The key to shoots with babes… time. Would you believe we did this shoot in under 20 minutes?? YUP. A studio is the way to go for a shoot with babies as well, because you don’t have to worry about one running off into a ditch or off with the horses in the field over *this has happened with us… haha* Hannah H., my photographer, is so amazing at getting kids to laugh and show their personality. She has them be kids… just on camera. She has cookies, flowers, and encourages them to dance and have FUN. I always know a shoot with Hannah H. is in good hands because she just somehow ALWAYS gets the best shots. My favorite shot of us three *the one as the blog image you clicked to get here* was captured from Hannah telling Knox to sneak up on me and scare me! If you’re local… hire Hannah. She just is simply the best!

My Outfit

*exact top and bottom not sold anymore, but I linked almost identical pieces!* 

My exact hat is from Landry Kate! A more expensive version is the beautiful one from Cara Loren x Gigi Pip, here.

Boys outfits are both from Zara Kids!

Levi’s Warehouse Sale

It doesn’t take long on my Liketoknow.it to see I have a go-to denim brand… hehe. Levi’s are my favorite affordable denim and what make up the majority of my pants rack in my closet. Now through Feb. 7th is their WAREHOUSE SALE. Y’all, we are talking my favorite jeans for as low as $21… SAY WHAAAAT. The Ribcage jeans are hands down my favorite pair of denim I own, and happen to also be the jeans my team calls The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Literally, two years ago at the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale, we all tried on the same pair of jeans *all different body types and heights!!* and they looked FREAKING KILLER on each of us. The Mile High Skinnies are my favorite dark skinny jeans I own, and they make me feel at least 5’7 … I am 5’2 😉

Shop my favorite picks below! 

Our Christmas Photo Outfits

Hey, girl, heyyyy! Well, with November here and in full swing, it’s likely you are about to have your family Christmas photos *eeeep!* Our Christmas photos are for sure one of my favorite things we do every year that gets me in full on holiday mode. Last year we did a formal look and the year before that was a very casual plaid and flannel type of year (here). The year before that I was like… DUE pregnant hehe, and we did our photos at The Nest Wedding Venue, here.  And just for kicks you can see our really old shoots from our second and third Christmases together as wittle babies here and here. Our first Christmas is somewhere in my archives on my computer?… but who the heck knows. I will have to try to find those for kicks.

This year I went for nice, but not quite formal. Paul said it’s his favorite overall look yet in our 6 years of shoots. My girl Sydney Grace Beauty did my make-up and I am so pumped about it. I hardly wear make-up in my day to day, so I wanted something soft and sweet but still glammed up. Every step of the way she would stop and ask if it was going the right direction for me and made sure it wasn’t “too much.” Seriously, she is SO TALENTED. She is in the McKinney area, and I can’t suggest her enough. Ask her to sing for you, too. 😉

For my dress, I went with a long dusty rose satin gown *only $51!* and put all my boys in blacks and creams. I guess the bonus of being outnumbered by boys in this household is I can be in any color I want for photos to pop. 😉 I am obsessed with this dress and have it paired with my Marc Fisher booties I bought during the Nordstrom Anni Sale, but could go great with heels and sneakers just as well.

My Bootie: 

Because I figure you might be frantically running around trying to nail down your holiday looks before pictures, I wanted to go ahead and share links to our full outfits this year so that I could help you nail down your family photo looks! I will share our full shoot with @cottonwoodroadphotography soon, but until then, here’s links below to grab the look ahead of time! See our BTS video here. 

Knox’s outfit is from Zara and can’t be linked! Here and Here

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