Oh hey there!

While Australia was a beautiful amazing mind blowing experience…apparently we brought home more than stuffed koalas and chocolate bars and sweet memories of the ocean…we brought home an even better souvenir! A baby! In my belly!

Apparently that extreme jet lag I was feeling was a me growin this babe for Will and I.

We are so thrilled! But I must admit, I would have been blogging and shouting to the rooftops sooner if I hadn’t been blessed as one of the 2-3% of women to have Hyperemesis Gravidarum. It’s a bit hard to find other ladies vomiting there life away 24 hours a day in the midst of all of these lovely glowing ladies so be warned I may talk about this a bit on here to hopefully give some hope to other ladies who may be going through this and feel alone.

On a positive note, today I am 13 weeks and 2 days pregnant and I have been feeling pretty ok for almost 4 hours! So fingers crossed I can find myself out of this haze, get perky and smiling again and really enjoy the whole baby growing process, because I haven’t yet. REALLY GUYS CROSS THEM FINGERS AND TOES.

I’m ready to feel like a party!

So here’s to you babe! Can’t wait to meet on you April 17, 2013!

I apologize for this sideways huge distorted iphone photo, but I mean hey, thats our baby at 8 weeks. Gotta document this stuff? And whoa, I am on the internet and actually got something done. I’m high fiving myself despite my lack of desire to rotate pictures right now. Did I mention that Will has been the biggest help of all time ever? BEST HUSBAND. I’M A MESS.

Holla baby time!

xo,

Chels

Oh also… we had some major house issues, leaks..mold…ripped up floors…crap landlords…so now we are living with my in laws for 2.5 months until we figure out where this soon to be family of 3 is going to land. Somehow…we have managed to end up as the characters in our favorite movie Away We Go, just a little bit less fun and more complications but were going to make it awesome. More to come. KEEPING OUR HEADS HELD HIGH. ONWARD AND UPWARD.

Here’s the thing…

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True story. I’m feeling excited about them too.

Husband and I are ready for our next adventure and we haven’t evenfinished the one were on.

If you know us well, you know this is how we like to live. It’s a party.

So all of that old stuff I’ve been dealing with. You know, the stuff that does a good job of popping in my head right in the middle my favorite daydream  and go hey remember you have xyz that made you sad this year, through your whole life? Well… It’s old stuff!

And its not the pretty vintage kind so I’m having  a mental garage sale.

Some of stuff is taking a while to move, but I assure you it starting to feel a bit cleaner.

Cheers to the joyous (and adventurous) road ahead!

P.S. I’m enjoying a delicious cider right now, what beats that? Oh and I’m blogging and writing copy for my fancypants new website for my new company. Win.

Xoxo,
Chels

Back in the saddle // Fill in the Blank Friday

One of my most favorite bloggers, Lauren, hosts a really fun activity each week on her blog. Back in the days of my previous blog, I really enjoyed participating. It’s actually kind of therapeutic for me and fun to be a part of. So I’m back in the game! A good 15 min of joy finding on a rainy Friday.

This weeks promt is…

“If I could get away for the day, I would go…”

The best thing is, I know exactly where I would go. I was there just last weekend it was magical. It was also frigid, rainy, and windy, but so magical that it didn’t matter and I was lucky enough to share it with my main squeeze. More specfically, I want to go back to standing in the middle of the waves on top of the rocks with my husband. A moment where we realized just how small we are, how big our love is, and the importance our moments.

Take me back to The Great Ocean Road please :)

The Ocean is Calling from chelsea Stanley on Vimeo.

 

xoxo,

Chels

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This weekend we are heading out to see some pretty snow just a short drive outside of Melbourne and hopefully getting our thrill on at Luna Park tomorrow!

It’s going to be pretty grand.

In honor of an exciting weekend I am going to kick off a new (to me) series on le blog and share my favorite links found around the web this week. I love finding little jewels!

Here we go!

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·This week I finally found myself a bit homesick and longing for a nice summer day swimming and a backyard party, how fun would these be for that!

·What a great article by an amazing mother: 10 Things I Want My Daughter to Know Before She Turns 10.

·I have sooooo been here before… saying by to a laptop is like ending a relationship!

·Thanks Today Letters for sharing this new Bon Iver goodness. I mean really, thanks.

·This video I shared on twitter this week.

·A good proposal always gets me in the gut, and by that I mean this will make you cry in the best way.

·And last but not least I have found about a bajillion new blogs I love recently. Here are a few (4 actually to make my husband happy. You win.)

· A Wild Tonic , just all around goodness and funny and great writing,

· This girl cracks me up and I can only hope to be so positive like her. Vicky Christine is totally gettin it!

· I Just Might Explode is how I usually feel and is pretty, inspirational, and downright legit.

· Not necessarily a new love but a true on indeed, Inspired to Share. Check out Colleens Down to Business Series, inspiring me all of the time!

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 Stay tuned for one more Friday post then I’ll see you guys Monday after our BIG weekend!
xoxo,
 Chels

 

 

Midweek Jammin // 2

It’s that time again… Let me DJ your life! This week has been a bit rocky so in search for joy I had to let myself hang low a bit, which can be seen in this mix.

The joyful part? I think I did a pretty damn good job of picking songs to fit my life this week.

Also! There are two types of playlists here with the same songs so everyone can enjoy!

Take your pick, Spotify or Grooveshark!

xoxo,
Chels

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