Bake it: Nutella-Stuffed Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

I know, the name is a mouthful---but they are glorious! I found the recipe on Ambitious Kitchen. I had a jar of Nutella that hadn't been opened in a while so I decided to find a use for it. This is what I did:

The chocolate chip cookie alone would be SO good, but the Nutella adds a great taste element. The recipe does call for the dough to chill for at least 2 hours, so make sure you aren't too antsy. Letting the dough chill/rest really does make the flavor so much better. This cookie is being added to my 'go-to' list for sure. 

Buy it: Loreal Extra Volume Collagen Mascara

Seriously....I just did my makeup and realized that I should document how awesome this mascara is. It is safe to say I love makeup; but I don't buy the expensive stuff. For a Christmas gift I got the Naked pallet and I am smitten, but I would never spend that kind of money on myself. Enter this:

The best mascara ever. It doesn't make your lashes brittle, flakey or clumpy. One swipe is enough, but out of habit I do two and it's lovely. For $6.99 you NEED to try it. I have tried almost every oyher Drugstore brand and I don't like any of them as much as I love this. The sad part is that I rarely see this mascara mentioned on fashion blogs---what a shame! I even got a sample of the new Sephora mascara and it was sub par. Let me know what you think! 

Wow.

To say it's been awhile is the understatement of the year. I guess life got in the way! I had a BABY and she is the most amazing gift ever. I've done quite a few things to the house over the past year so my future posts will be a review of those. I'm also excited to start documenting Remy's firsts on here so we don't forget!

Well to recap in a nutshell, we welcomed our daughter Remy Noelle on November 27th, 2012. She is absolutely perfect and my pregnancy and her delivery went off without a hitch! I loved being pregnant and her birth was such an amazing experience. Jeremy and I feel so blessed to have her in our lives and we can't believe she's already 4 months old!

I have taken an embarrassing amount of pictures and I won't clog up this post with them. :)