Weekly Wins // #14

Weekly Wins is a series where I touch on my “wins” from the week in the categories of love, buy, do, eat, give, read, tech, watch and wear. It’s 100% my favorite post to write. Enjoy! 

This was the busiest and most fun week we’ve had in a long time! And because of that, it flew by!! It was seriously hard to choose this week’s wins only because I had so many different things that I wanted to feature in each category. After much thought and deliberation, I finally was able to pick out the best of the best! Take a look! 

LOVE: 
Ladies {and gentleman}, we HAVE a walker! A 16-month-old walker to be exact! Obviously this is the most exciting thing to happen in my life since {gluten-free} sliced bread! I literally never thought this was going to happen, but it did! Brody is officially WALKING!!!!!! The best part: he is SO proud of himself for doing it! It’s a blurry pic {because he’s SO fast} but still, I die! 

BUY:
Contrary to the excitement of Brody walking, this week was semi-annoying because my iPhone decided to flat out DIE on me! First I couldn’t text, than the battery would go from 100% to OFF in 30 minutes flat {not kidding} and eventually, I couldn’t make calls out. There were also a bunch of other problems so I took it into Apple and they gave me a new phone! As they should, right?! It wasn’t my fault I got a lemon! Anyways, I decided to swap my iPhone case for a much needed new one! Apple actually came out with these silicone cases and I got the pink one. You guys, it’s the best iPhone case I’ve ever owned!! Shop it here. 

DO:
Soooo, this week we got Brods another haircut… and we went SHORT! I feel like I was just sitting here telling you about his first haircut but I was super hesitant during that appointment to do anything drastic so the hairdresser really just cleaned his hair up, without taking off much length. This time however, we went there with the intent of changing up his do’ and chopping it off! I am SO happy with how it turned out! What do you think?

EAT:
Not just a donut, a DOODLES DOUGHNUT! If you live in Chicago, you MUST head to this new donut shop ASAP! Whether you have kids or not, it is the most fun place to be! Located in Old Town, they have a nice variety of donuts to choose from but you can also get a “doodle doughnut” and decorate it yourself! If you follow me on instagram {@danaivy} then you know I took Brods there this week and it was def a highlight!! We went with Brody’s bestie Asher and OMG these boys were in donut heaven!!!!!! It was so funny because Asher was extremely polite, eating the donut in such a delicate matter while Brody was literally going to town!!!!! For the craziest collage of Brody devouring his sweet treat, click here. You don’t have to be a child to decorate a doodles doughnut; just saying’ =) 

PS they have a few gluten-free donut options as well. I got the GF lemon blueberry one {below} and while it was delicious, it tasted more like cake than a donut. Either way, I didn’t mind! 

GIVE: 
We obviously gifted tons of presents to the Mother’s in our family over the weekend but for today’s give-win, I am going to change it up and talk about two gifts that were given to me… my mom gave me a Zara gift card inside the cutest little pouch {or I would call it a make-up bag} that you ever did see and my in-laws gifted me with the reversible faux leather tote that I included in my Mother’s Day gift roundup. I am one lucky girl! 

READ: 
You know I spoke about my gluten allergy last week {if missed, read it the post here}, and coincidentally, May is Celiac Awareness Month. I came across this “fast facts” graph and honestly, I even learned a few things! Even if you don’t have the allergy, it’s worth the read. 

TECH: 
Instagram got a complete make-over you guys! And I love it!! Have you updated your app yet? It’s new, fresh, clean, and WHITE! They did good! PS if you don’t already follow me, you should! As I mentioned before, I post lots and adorable Brody photos and who wouldn’t want to keep up to date on those?!? Click here to update your app and click here to follow me now! 

WATCH:
SO, over the weekend I started to watch There Goes the Motherhood on Bravo and I have to say, I am into it. Not like super duper into it but I don’t hate it and I don’t LOVE it. Either way, I couldn’t stop watching! I DVRed all the episodes since it premiered but hadn’t seen any of them until this week. Do you watch? I feel like I could semi-relate to all the moms in different ways {after all, it is about being a mom} but ultimately, each woman is in a completely different place in their life than I am. And most of the women are no longer married or they are in the process of getting a divorce. Not that I need to relate to them to find it exciting to watch! In the end, it’s an entertaining show and I will def continue to turn it on each week! Hooked! 

WEAR:
My new apple watch band! Ahhh the hubs got it for me for Mother’s Day {actually, it’s one of the ones that I featured on my Mother’s Day Gift Guide… he did read it!!!!} and while it’s SO different from the silver mesh one I’ve always had, who doesn’t enjoy changing things up a bit?! This new one is a bright pink woven material and super fun! Love it! 

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Also, I totally forgot to mention this all week long but did you happen to catch the Instagram video that my friend Kristi and I put together?? We posted over the weekend announcing the winner for our Beautycounter giveaway! If missed: click here to check it out!!

Happy Friday you guys! What are youuuu up to this weekend?