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AMANDA CANNON

Thank you guys so much for all the comments and sw Thank you guys so much for all the comments and sweet messages yesterday ๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿค my heart is so full!!!
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
Weโ€™re heading into week 12 this week โ€” meaning weโ€™re having another September baby โ˜บ๏ธ I feel like I am about twice as big as I was this time with Ivy annnnd also twice as nauseous. Ha! But, Iโ€™m so beyond thankful for this little babe and excited for the next few months of preggercy โ€” and to take you guys along on the journey ๐Ÿค
Hi baby โœจ Hi baby โœจ
A perfect sunny Friday afternoon ๐ŸŒžโ›„๏ธ #blund A perfect sunny Friday afternoon ๐ŸŒžโ›„๏ธ #blundstoneboots #blundstonestyle #outdoorvoices #outdoorvoicesnashville
This kid is without a doubt half Swedish โ›„๏ธโ„ This kid is without a doubt half Swedish โ›„๏ธโ„๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Had to pull our best bribing cards to get her inside this week! Now to wrap our heads around the fact itโ€™ll be t-shirt weather next week ๐Ÿคช๐Ÿคฏ๐ŸŒž
From a Friday that was way warmer and sunnier than From a Friday that was way warmer and sunnier than today โ˜๏ธ
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
There are a lot of things I want to do/update in our bedroom.. Iโ€™d love new bedding, new fluffy pillows, a new lamp, linen curtains, an actual bed frame.. oh and replace that poster frame on the wall that we got on sale from IKEA 6 years ago that was already broken when we got it ๐Ÿ˜ plus, those command tape strips are quiteeee the eye sore ๐Ÿคช like once you see it you cannot NOT see it. But now to the important question โ€” what color frame do you guys think we should do if/when we get a new one? Oak? Silver? Black? Just stick with white? This is obviously something Iโ€™m debating on a daily basis ๐Ÿค“
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
Anyways โ€” all that to say thereโ€™s also beauty in letting things fall into place slowly, too. One piece at a time ๐Ÿค
Howdy ๐Ÿค  Howdy ๐Ÿค 
A little something on its way to a new mama ๐Ÿ’Œ S A little something on its way to a new mama ๐Ÿ’Œ Some goodies for her (self care for a new mom is a must - you canโ€™t really go wrong with clean skincare ๐Ÿค) + the softest swaddle and cloths from one of my favorite Swedish brands @garboandfriends from @babyshop for ๐Ÿ‘ถ๐Ÿผ
Hereโ€™s a question for you: do you know whatโ€™s Hereโ€™s a question for you: do you know whatโ€™s in your body wash? Or shampoo, perfume, room spray, face wash, body lotion, body spray, candle, deodorant or household cleaner?
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
If you take a ๐Ÿ‘€ at the ingredient list on these products, youโ€™ll probably see the word โ€œ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆโ€ (or perfume or parfum - theyโ€™re all the same). But do you know what that word actually means?
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป.
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
๐Ÿ˜ถ Fragrance can be a cocktail of 3000-4000 chemicals. The majority of them with moderate to high health concerns.
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
๐Ÿ˜ถ Manufacturers are not required to disclose the chemicals they use to make up the scent in their product bc of trade secret regulations. This allows them to pack their products with ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜…๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ and simply slap โ€œfragranceโ€ on the label. Usually thereโ€™s between 10-100 chemicals that make up the word โ€œfragranceโ€ in a product.
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
๐Ÿ˜ถ Phthalates are one of the most common fragrance ingredients and thatโ€™s what makes a scent linger in the air and on the body. They are linked to ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜…๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. Many phthalates are banned in the EU but widely used in products sold in the USA.
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
๐Ÿ˜ถ Short term effects of fragrance include headaches, migraine, nausea, respiratory distress, allergies and watering eyes.
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
๐Ÿ˜ถ Long term effects of fragrance include hormonal imbalances, cancer, long term allergies, sperm damage, weight gain, kidney and neurological issues as well as respiratory issues.
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
Thereโ€™s much more to say but these are some nuggets on this topic. I believe in making educated decisions as much as possible in life, and what comes inside our home is no exception. My advice is to look for companies who are completely transparent about their fragrance ingredients โ€” bc letโ€™s be real we all want to smell nice.. but not on the cost of our health. 

Hope this was helpful ๐Ÿ’›
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
Sources: ewg.org, safecosmetics.org, webmd.com, fda.gov, ecocenter.gov
Dear dairy, today I overdressed ๐ŸŒž Soaked up eve Dear dairy, today I overdressed ๐ŸŒž Soaked up every bit of this warm, spring-y day and bundling back up for snow tomorrow ๐Ÿฅด๐Ÿ˜ŽโœŒ๐Ÿผ
Sheโ€™s a whole vibe ๐Ÿ’ซ Sheโ€™s a whole vibe ๐Ÿ’ซ
Mama + mini bear ๐Ÿป Mama + mini bear ๐Ÿป
A little piece of home ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช A little piece of home ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช
Hope you all have a good start to your Thursday ๐Ÿค Itโ€™s Ivyโ€™s second day in school today and drop off this morning went perfect. Sheโ€™s been so excited to meet her teachers and new friends. In fact, yesterday in the car on the way home she was in the middle of telling me something when she suddenly stopped and said, โ€œugh.. no too tired.. canโ€™t talkโ€ ๐Ÿคฃ I feel ya girl. Socializing can be exhausting ๐Ÿ˜ #introvertlife but also #enneagram9life ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ Anyways โ€” it makes my mama heart very happy itโ€™s been a good start so far ๐Ÿค
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
โ€” ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ + ๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ @๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ.๐˜ช๐˜ต - ๐˜โ€™๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด! ๐Ÿฅณ
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
โ€”โ€”
 @liketoknow.it #liketkit http://liketk.it/35Vnq #LTKunder50
#twinning with Miss Grumperson who threw a fit abo #twinning with Miss Grumperson who threw a fit about not getting to bring Lambie whom she had so carefully swaddled in her *dirty* panties to the playground ๐Ÿ˜Ž Three is fun, friends!
My favorite girl ๐Ÿค My favorite girl ๐Ÿค
Well, there was a Christmas tree here two days ago Well, there was a Christmas tree here two days ago... double tap if you *too* cleaned out every trace of Christmas this weekend ๐ŸŽ„๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿผ nothing like a house free from crispy greenery, amirighttttt?
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
Also.. if anyone has any advice on how to get black candle wax off a white wall it would be greatlyyy appreciated ๐Ÿ™ƒ๐Ÿฅด

April 20, 2020

The Back Deck Project

You know when you’re just going to “check” something and then that turns into a big project? Welllll that’s what happened to me last week. A little “I’m just going to check and see if I can clean off the…

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Thank you guys so much for all the comments and sw Thank you guys so much for all the comments and sweet messages yesterday ๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿค my heart is so full!!!
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
Weโ€™re heading into week 12 this week โ€” meaning weโ€™re having another September baby โ˜บ๏ธ I feel like I am about twice as big as I was this time with Ivy annnnd also twice as nauseous. Ha! But, Iโ€™m so beyond thankful for this little babe and excited for the next few months of preggercy โ€” and to take you guys along on the journey ๐Ÿค
Hi baby โœจ Hi baby โœจ
A perfect sunny Friday afternoon ๐ŸŒžโ›„๏ธ #blund A perfect sunny Friday afternoon ๐ŸŒžโ›„๏ธ #blundstoneboots #blundstonestyle #outdoorvoices #outdoorvoicesnashville
This kid is without a doubt half Swedish โ›„๏ธโ„ This kid is without a doubt half Swedish โ›„๏ธโ„๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Had to pull our best bribing cards to get her inside this week! Now to wrap our heads around the fact itโ€™ll be t-shirt weather next week ๐Ÿคช๐Ÿคฏ๐ŸŒž
From a Friday that was way warmer and sunnier than From a Friday that was way warmer and sunnier than today โ˜๏ธ
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
There are a lot of things I want to do/update in our bedroom.. Iโ€™d love new bedding, new fluffy pillows, a new lamp, linen curtains, an actual bed frame.. oh and replace that poster frame on the wall that we got on sale from IKEA 6 years ago that was already broken when we got it ๐Ÿ˜ plus, those command tape strips are quiteeee the eye sore ๐Ÿคช like once you see it you cannot NOT see it. But now to the important question โ€” what color frame do you guys think we should do if/when we get a new one? Oak? Silver? Black? Just stick with white? This is obviously something Iโ€™m debating on a daily basis ๐Ÿค“
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
Anyways โ€” all that to say thereโ€™s also beauty in letting things fall into place slowly, too. One piece at a time ๐Ÿค
Howdy ๐Ÿค  Howdy ๐Ÿค 
A little something on its way to a new mama ๐Ÿ’Œ S A little something on its way to a new mama ๐Ÿ’Œ Some goodies for her (self care for a new mom is a must - you canโ€™t really go wrong with clean skincare ๐Ÿค) + the softest swaddle and cloths from one of my favorite Swedish brands @garboandfriends from @babyshop for ๐Ÿ‘ถ๐Ÿผ
Hereโ€™s a question for you: do you know whatโ€™s Hereโ€™s a question for you: do you know whatโ€™s in your body wash? Or shampoo, perfume, room spray, face wash, body lotion, body spray, candle, deodorant or household cleaner?
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
If you take a ๐Ÿ‘€ at the ingredient list on these products, youโ€™ll probably see the word โ€œ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆโ€ (or perfume or parfum - theyโ€™re all the same). But do you know what that word actually means?
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป.
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
๐Ÿ˜ถ Fragrance can be a cocktail of 3000-4000 chemicals. The majority of them with moderate to high health concerns.
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
๐Ÿ˜ถ Manufacturers are not required to disclose the chemicals they use to make up the scent in their product bc of trade secret regulations. This allows them to pack their products with ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜…๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ and simply slap โ€œfragranceโ€ on the label. Usually thereโ€™s between 10-100 chemicals that make up the word โ€œfragranceโ€ in a product.
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
๐Ÿ˜ถ Phthalates are one of the most common fragrance ingredients and thatโ€™s what makes a scent linger in the air and on the body. They are linked to ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜…๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. Many phthalates are banned in the EU but widely used in products sold in the USA.
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
๐Ÿ˜ถ Short term effects of fragrance include headaches, migraine, nausea, respiratory distress, allergies and watering eyes.
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
๐Ÿ˜ถ Long term effects of fragrance include hormonal imbalances, cancer, long term allergies, sperm damage, weight gain, kidney and neurological issues as well as respiratory issues.
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
Thereโ€™s much more to say but these are some nuggets on this topic. I believe in making educated decisions as much as possible in life, and what comes inside our home is no exception. My advice is to look for companies who are completely transparent about their fragrance ingredients โ€” bc letโ€™s be real we all want to smell nice.. but not on the cost of our health. 

Hope this was helpful ๐Ÿ’›
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
Sources: ewg.org, safecosmetics.org, webmd.com, fda.gov, ecocenter.gov
Dear dairy, today I overdressed ๐ŸŒž Soaked up eve Dear dairy, today I overdressed ๐ŸŒž Soaked up every bit of this warm, spring-y day and bundling back up for snow tomorrow ๐Ÿฅด๐Ÿ˜ŽโœŒ๐Ÿผ
Sheโ€™s a whole vibe ๐Ÿ’ซ Sheโ€™s a whole vibe ๐Ÿ’ซ
Mama + mini bear ๐Ÿป Mama + mini bear ๐Ÿป
A little piece of home ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช A little piece of home ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช
Hope you all have a good start to your Thursday ๐Ÿค Itโ€™s Ivyโ€™s second day in school today and drop off this morning went perfect. Sheโ€™s been so excited to meet her teachers and new friends. In fact, yesterday in the car on the way home she was in the middle of telling me something when she suddenly stopped and said, โ€œugh.. no too tired.. canโ€™t talkโ€ ๐Ÿคฃ I feel ya girl. Socializing can be exhausting ๐Ÿ˜ #introvertlife but also #enneagram9life ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ Anyways โ€” it makes my mama heart very happy itโ€™s been a good start so far ๐Ÿค
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
โ€” ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ + ๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ @๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ.๐˜ช๐˜ต - ๐˜โ€™๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด! ๐Ÿฅณ
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
โ€”โ€”
 @liketoknow.it #liketkit http://liketk.it/35Vnq #LTKunder50
#twinning with Miss Grumperson who threw a fit abo #twinning with Miss Grumperson who threw a fit about not getting to bring Lambie whom she had so carefully swaddled in her *dirty* panties to the playground ๐Ÿ˜Ž Three is fun, friends!
My favorite girl ๐Ÿค My favorite girl ๐Ÿค
Well, there was a Christmas tree here two days ago Well, there was a Christmas tree here two days ago... double tap if you *too* cleaned out every trace of Christmas this weekend ๐ŸŽ„๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿผ nothing like a house free from crispy greenery, amirighttttt?
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
Also.. if anyone has any advice on how to get black candle wax off a white wall it would be greatlyyy appreciated ๐Ÿ™ƒ๐Ÿฅด