MY LOVE FOR MIDI SKIRTS AND MY STRUGGLES ON BABY PROOFING

Hi guys! How's your week going so far? Mine is so-so.... lots of changes happening with little Carter and I am just trying to keep up!! A few of my mom friends have told me that once a baby starts becoming mobile, your life will completely change! 

Well that just started happening to me and that realization hit me hard yesterday. (Eeeks!) Carter is half crawling his little body all over the house and I mean all over and super fast too!! And nope we have not baby proofed the house yet. We were thinking that we would be ok to baby proof the house a little bit but we didn't really want to go all out baby proofing everything. We still want it to be somewhat free range. And to do that we would have to change a lot of things in our house. And there's always the easy option too to buy those big play pens. Hmmm..... decisions decisions.... For right now I think I am leaning more towards free range. 

Well to start, my house is really not baby friendly at all. We got this house about 6 years ago. It's 2 stories and close to 4200 sq. ft.  It took me about 2 years to decorate almost the whole house, finishing every room close to perfect. Decorating is a passion of mine so it was really fun for me to decorate each room slowly finding the perfect pieces, from the big furnitures to the smallest little accent detail.  It's also our 2nd home so we did put much more effort and invested more money in decorating it. Unlike our first home, ha! It was pretty much furnished by Ikea! 

So I am struggling to keep the living areas the way they are but still making it safe for a baby. After yesterday I knew something needs to be done. In a matter of seconds Carter is moving from one end to another. I realized I'm not going to be able to take my eyes off him at all until I make our house a little bit more safe and baby friendly. I'll need to get really creative design wise and money wise because  baby proofing a 4200 sq. ft. home is going to cost  some money.  Plus we still want it to be somewhat free range for him. 

Well, I came up with some ideas and if they work I will do an update post on here and maybe some photos of the house so I can share them with you. 

We learned tonight that apparently we cannot just get any gates to put around the house. We have high baseboards so I guess we will have to get special gates that cost more. So tomorrow I'll definitely be on a mission. 

Carter must have gotten it from his dad, once he gets into something he just wants to go all the way!!  Lol! All day crawling everywhere is all he wants to do. Forget all his toys, right now none of them matter!! It's all about crawling and mom holding him up to stand and walk! Haha! Such a busy little guy right now and definitely keeping me on my toes! 

So wish us luck guys!! And would love to hear any advise and thoughts from my mommy friends! 

Now about this look. I am still loving all styles of midi skirts! This one I am wearing is a little different form the ones I have worn before. This is a flowy lace material so it's pretty girly, but I like wearing it with an oversized turtle neck sweater and booties. I'd probably rock this too with my otk boots.  :) 

Sweater Forever21 / Similar HERE

Skirt Zara (sold out) / similar  HERE and HERE 

Booties Shoedazzle / Similar HERE and HERE

Clutch Aldo / Similar HERE and HERE

Sunnies EXPRESS / Splurge HERE

Have a great week guys!! 

xoxo

Ro

WORK AND PLAY IN DTLA

 

Top Saks Off 5th on SALE! 

Skirt She Inside

Heels Go Jane

Sunnies Forever 21

This was the 2nd day of our Socal stay. I had an appointment in DTLA so we took that opportunity 

to 

play and explore a little the Downtown LA area. They have been working on re-vamping the area 

and 

there are now so many cool restaurants and stores around.  So that was a lot of fun! Of course one 

day is not even enough to explore the areas in DTLA.  We also walked around Abbot Kinney and I 

really loved that whole strip. They had so many cool stores. One of them I was able to take a pic 

below and I just couldn't remember the name of this super cute store. They had all the baby toys and 

decor I want for Carter.  A lot of the stuff I want for his room are mostly coming from UK and only a 

few stores here in the US are carrying them. And this one particular store had most of them!! But I 

was not able to take a pic of the kids area... but here is a glimpse of what they have. 

More to come! Hope you guys are enjoying your week! 

xo

Ro

JUXTAPOSITION

 

OUTFIT DETAILS

Dress Forever 21

Slides H&M / Similar here and here and I love this one

Bag H&M / Similar here and here and splurge here

Cuff with personalized charm c/o Datta Do

Personalized cuff with birthstone c/o Datta Do

Red Bandana / Amazon, Urban Outfitters

Hi guys! Weird how I feel like I have not been here for a while. Maybe because it  has been super busy these last couple of weeks. Our trip to Southern California went really well. It was so much fun to be able to spend time with my family and also get to go around town. Carter did amazingly well and my family finally got to meet him. I wish we had more time to spend there though. I'll post about the trip here soon! 

It's crazy too how big he is getting. He is now 3 months old and I think weighs over 16 lbs and probably about 26 inches or so long. I know me and Mark are pretty tall but it's just crazy seeing it with my own little human. Last week this little guy learned to rollover. It was pretty amazing but I am not sure if I am ready to chase him down when he starts crawling yet, haha! So that's what we do now, we play the rollover game and he rolls over a bazzillion times over and over! :) 

Anyway, let's talk about this flowy black and white dress. When I first saw this I already thought it was super cute. But when I actually got it and wore it, it's actually even better. I love the cut and how the contrasting black and white is angled diagonally. I dressed it down with my slides and added my red bandana to finish the look! 

Oh! And don't forget, you can still use my coupon for you guys for DATTA Do bubbles! Just enter 28VIA and get 28%OFF your entire purchase! :) 

xo

Ro

PATTERNED COORDINATES

Top Forever 21 / Similar here and here

Shorts Forever21 / Similar here and here

Bag Versace / Similar here and here 

Personalized bangle c/o Datta Do (coupon code available on the right banner of my page)

Sneakers Asos

Here's a casual take on wearing co-ordinates. I dressed this top and shorts down by wearing sneakers. You can never go wrong with white sneaks because it pretty much goes with everything and it really is one of the easiest ways to dress down an outfit.

I used my cobalt bag to give it a pop of color. 

Also loving my personalized bangle form Datta Do online jewelry store. They have all these different kinds of jewelries that you can personalize and put any initials you want. On mine I have "MRC" stands for my little family Mark, Ro, Carter. I also think they are the perfect gifts!! I actually also love their jewelry collection! They have the cutest pieces!! And there's a coupon code for you guys to get 28%OFF just enter "28VIA" at check out. 

Anyway, today is sort of one of Carter's milestones!! He rolled over today!! Oh my gosh I can't believe it and it was so so cute!! But it's crazy! I can't believe he already rolled over at 3.5 months. The next I know is he'll start crawling.... not sure how soon I will be ready for that haha! I guess it is true, they do grow very fast!! :)

xo

Ro

BASICS

Top Nordstrom / Similar here

Shorts H&M / Similar here

Bag Marc Jacobs / Different color here and here - this one is on SALE!

Sandals Sam Edelman / Similar here, here, here and here

Sunnies F21

Some days just call for basics. It's always good to have really good quality basic pieces in your closet.   Our basics become our go-tos even for the laziest days or getting dressed up and wearing them with our bold statement pieces. Either ways, they are mostly comfortable and we love them. So to invest on a nice quality with the perfect little detail you need is definitely a win! This shirt from Nordys is the perfect gray V-neck shirt! It's low neck and super soft!! This Summer most of my denim shorts came from H&M. It's a really good source to get denim shorts. They have all the cool new styles and they fit great! If you are like me, I go though them a lot and could pretty much live in them everyday. 

These past few days we have been spending quality time with my family in Southern California. Carter has done amazing on our drive and so far on the whole trip. Most of my family have not met him so this was the perfect time to do our first little trip with him and plus it's my birthday too and I wanted to spend it this year with them. Carter has just been smiling and just enjoying everyone and all the places we take him. He has been such a trooper, we are so lucky and thankful. It's crazy though I feel like he grew a lot physically on this trip. Haha! These little humans grow so fast and they are so much fun!! 

xo

Ro