A Chatty Pregnancy Update

by Katie @ Cup of Tea // January 13, 2016 // 6 Comments

So last week I announced we’re expecting a Baby Boy this coming June! Hooray! I thought it would be fun to record a sit-down video to update how the first trimester went and how I’m feeling now. Not to mention what our plans are to get ready for the baby AND how Elizabeth is coping.

I chatted and gabbed… and I barely edited this video. So you’ll get a good sense of what it’s like to talk to me in real life. It’s like Raw Katie video footage… haha!

High Five for Friday #52 | Family Fun & Milestones

by Katie @ Cup of Tea // January 8, 2016 // 11 Comments

Welcome to High Five for Friday – hosted by me, Tif, Della, and Caitlin! If you want to know more, read about it here!

Don’t Forget! Our next H54F Hangout will be January 14 at 9:30PM EST! Mark your calendars now. Can’t wait to hang with you all! Come back here to the blog Thursday night at 9:30PM for ways to watch LIVE!

This week’s featured blogger is Crystal from And Blue Sky! She’s a Florida girl who loves fashion and thrifting! Oh, and cats 🙂 Crystal definitely had me smiling last week when she mentioned she’s now obsessed with bullet journaling (list nerds unite!). Swing on over and say hello!

It’s been a great, productive week around here (finally!). Here’s what’s been going on!

1. We had tons of family fun around here, which is weird for us during a regular week. Monday we took a VERY frosty woods walk. Tons of fun though!

Elizabeth and I also had some fun Mommy/Daughter time that was outside of our usual fun. We took some time to paint one evening.

And took selfies HAHA!

2. My husband celebrated TWO medicine milestones this week. The first was he completed his last hospital rotation for his Nephrology Fellowship! After 4 years of med school, 3 years of residency and 3 years of fellowship, the last of his medical training is coming to a close. He also found out he passed his Nephrology licensing exam. So look out, kidneys! My doctor husband is allowed to treat you. HAHA! We celebrated by heading out to our favorite burger joint. A quick shout out to Bull City Burger – they have a fun little play area which, if it’s not busy, is the perfect spot for a small child to play while mom and dad eat.

3. For Christmas I received a gift certificate to Sephora AND Ulta! A girl’s dream! So I spent some time thinking about what to get and made my purchases. I’ve got a whole treasure trove of goodies, new and old favorites, to go through. I’m thinking it all deserves a haul video? Maybe? Yes? (Anyone else get excited by the samples??)

4. This week I was also wildly productive. Anyone else start off the new year with a bang? I was really excited to get this week going, get back into our usual routine. Even though Christmas still lingers in our home (and I’m ok with that for now) it felt good to get back into the groove.

5. I was also reasonably productive here on the blog, too! Did you catch this week’s posts? I started off with our weekly menu AND shared some new ideas for food-related Monday posts to come. I also shared some big news with you all! And yesterday was a new video! It’s chocked full of beauty favorites from 2015. Go catch up!

What were you up to this week? Let me know!

Fellow bloggers – ready to join in the link up? Just write a blog post about 5 things that made this week awesome! Add your link to your blog post down below (make sure it’s your blog post, not your blog home page!). And then grab the H54F button to add to your post! And go visit at least 3 fellow link uppers AND this week’s featured blogger! It’s just the nice thing to do.

And be sure to tag your posts/pics on social media with #H54F! We really do try to make the rounds and like, comment, retweet, etc! It’s so much fun to support one another, isn’t it?

I’m also linking up with Oh Hey, Friday, Meet @ the Barre, 5 on Friday & Diary of a Real Housewife

My Favorite Beauty Products from 2015

by Katie @ Cup of Tea // January 7, 2016 // 8 Comments

Who’s ready for the ultimate favorites video? I grabbed all of my beauty favorites from the past year and raved about each one!

A word of warning: This is a long video! I just get gabbing about the products that I loose track of staying concise. So if you’re up for it, watch with that warning. HA!

Products Mentioned:

Rimmel Radiance BB Cream in Light

Neutrogena Healthy Skin Foundation in Natural Ivory

Bobbi Brown Corrector in Light Bisque

NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer in Vanilla

Becca Shimmering Skin Perfecter (travel size) in Opal

E.L.F. Smudge Pot in Crusin’ Chic

Bobbi Brown Long Wear Eye Shadow in Dusty Mauve

Lorac PRO 2 Eye Shadow Pallet

Korres Lip Butter in Guava

NARS Satin Lip Pencil in Rikugien

Essie Nail Polish in Ladylike

Bobbi Brown Eye Blender Brush

Real Techniques Expert Face Brush

L’Oreal Setting Spray

*None of the above links are affiliate links. I’m just not that cool…

A BIG Announcement!

by Katie @ Cup of Tea // January 5, 2016 // 26 Comments

I have been waiting for a while to spill the beans on this announcement. It’s really exciting!

We found out we were having a baby boy last week, and we couldn’t be more thrilled! This is the third generation for my husband’s side of the family to have a boy and girl. My husband is excited to have a little buddy and I’m excited to have someone help with yard work. HA! Elizabeth has also caught the baby “bru-der” fever and talks about the baby a lot.

I am officially 19 weeks (!!) and I can’t believe this time around it took us so long to announce this. We only officially announced on FB (the official way to announce all things these days) last week. And we chose to do it in the most mundane way, saying “Official Facebook Announcement: We’re expecting a baby boy in June!”. HAHA! A real reversal from our first pregnancy!

If you’ve been wondering why things are so quiet around here the last 3 months, I can explain. Pregnancy Exhaustion is a real symptom, and it hit me hard! I swear, I could fall asleep on the sofa at 5:00PM every day. I haven’t really caught up since the busyness of October and the church building project… But I’m rebounding now!

These next few months have a lot of changes coming! Elizabeth gets to potty train (yay for her!) and move to a big girl bed soon. I get to enjoy the ever-expanding belly… which I swear is MUCH bigger this time around. And I will keep Tums in business by eating a large bottle every month.

But, all joking aside, we’re excited! I won’t go Baby Overload here on the blog, but I’m sure I’ll thrown in a pregnancy related post or two each month.

There are so many blogger friends who are expecting this year too! It will be a fun year for new babies!

Menu Monday #62 | New Year – New Menu

by Katie @ Cup of Tea // January 4, 2016 // 8 Comments

Happy New Year! I hope you’ve had a great start to 2016!

I’ll admit, I’ve been looking forward to this Monday. After the hustle and bustle of the holidays, it’s nice to be back to the usual routine.

I’ve been doing some thinking about Menu Monday. I originally started my Menu Monday posts as a motivation to actually get my menu planning done!

I feel like, now, it’s become a bit repetitive or even boring?? I could be wrong. But if I’m bored, I assume everyone else is?

So I’ve come up with some food-related posts that will rotate each Monday! I’ll include a new recipe each week, a complete menu, and even a round up of my favorite new recipes I tried that month. I may even do a vlog of what we ate for a week. For those that like the menus, I won’t do away with it! But I’ll add in some other food content too… just to keep me from getting bored 😉

Anyway, on to this week’s menu! I got several new cookbooks for Christmas, and am trying two recipes from The French Market cookbook by Clotilde Dusoulier, blogger at Chocolate & Zucchini. This particular cookbook is all simple French flavors, all vegetarian, and all seasonal. I love that this cookbook is organized by season! Much easier to shop. And the recipes look doable for even the basic home cook (like me!). Can’t wait to see how these go!

As always, for more information on how I menu plan, look at this.

Monday:
Indian Cashew Curry

Tuesday:
Burgers and Fries

Wednesday:
Mushroom and Chive Quiche
(From The French Market)

Thursday:
Broccoli Parmentier
(From The French Market)

Friday:
Vegetarian Chili and Cornbread

Saturday:
Leftovers

Sunday:
Take Out

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