If you are one of our blog followers (we so appreciate you), you may have noticed we have been a little MIA and all over the place when it comes to our blogging and social media. I (Michelle) get to take full credit for that because Logan doesn’t really do any of the blogging or social media side of things. It hasn’t been that I don’t love blogging because I actually do.. a lot! I love sharing our business, hearts, mission, and couples with others. But lately, I’ve just needed to step back a little and fully let myself live a little differently and look at things in a new perspective. I needed to get back to what was really important because I was letting myself get caught up in and distracted by things that had little value or true meaning in my life.

First reason- We have 8 weekends until my due date- possibly a little less or more depending on how long little man wants to keep kicking inside my tummy. That’s 8 weeks left as just Logan and I. This is the end of a chapter in our lives and the beginning to the greatest one yet, but it does have me feeling all sappy and lovey. I am trying so hard to cherish these moments with just Logan. Logan’s job has given us a routine for the first time in our married lives and it’s been crazy how quickly we have fallen into this and I have loved it. We go to bed earlier, wake up earlier, and as soon as Logan comes home- work is done. I step away from the computer give him a big hug and leave the work behind. Every day we will sit on the couch and he will ask how little man was for me that day and we will chat over how our days went. We talk about how excited we are to be parents and chatting over different things with the homes we have been looking at. And it’s these little moments that I snuggle up to him and know that these are things I want to remember forever. I want my phone to be put away and be 100% present. That has meant that I usually am not on Facebook or Instagram at night. I would rather have those moments alone with Logan. One night a couple weeks ago, we laid in bed and took turns going back and forth with reasons that we love each other. Sappy, I know. What if I would have been scrolling through Instagram instead of listening and being present with him? We would not have had that cliché conversation that meant the world to me. I know that once we welcome little man into our lives, it will never be the same and for that we are SO grateful. But that also means that my time with Logan has become a top priority for me every single day. I’ve been spending time away from social media and blogging to make sure that my marriage and relationship with him takes priority over business things, because it should. I love our business, but I love my husband more. Social media was sucking my time away and I needed that time back.

Another reason- I feel like I was beginning to really get sucked into the comparison game. Social media and those little squares of perfect pictures and captions were making me think WAY too much. The crazy part about that is that I don’t think that I was even looking at social media too often, but it was having an effect on me. Stepping away is helping me have some serious clarity on a lot of things and on where we want to take our business and be at on social media. I’m grateful to have given myself the chance to really focus on what was going on in my heart and to decide for myself who I am and who I am not. Social media is such a tricky thing!! I love it and I hate it at the same time! I love sharing our “perfect” moments on Instagram too, but I was letting myself put too much thought and worry into things. If you are feeling that same way, PURGE your accounts! Unfriend, unfollow, unlike, whatever/whoever you need to in order to keep yourself happily living your life! Because I felt like I was getting sucked into social media, I felt that need to be more like others. I needed to post photos the way others were and do things the way other people were doing even though that was NOT me. Giving myself a break from Instagram really helped me get into a better place to really refocus on me and what defines me!

One last reason- My purpose and ideals in life are shifting. Little man has already changed my life in so many ways and he isn’t even here yet!! Logan and I spent a lot of time talking about different things with our business and new goals that will work for us once baby comes. Business will never be the same for us and that is scary and so exciting. We cannot wait to make this transition in life, but I really wanted to make sure that our business was in a good place. Instead of spending all my free time focusing on the blog and social media, I’ve picked apart our business to see what was really working and what we needed to change up. While I was doing this, it helped me so many things about our business and I have been able to reshift my focus and the direction for our business. I also let myself have time to allow my heart to be open to what the Lord has in mind for our business and I know that there are things He needs us to do in our business. I’m really excited for the push and drive it has given me to get back into the swing of things and really focus on what we need too!! You might not see all the changes, but they are there and coming!

This post could go on and on, but I’m going to end it now!! I’m so appreciative of the texts and conversations making sure that I was OK while I was taking this time to refocus and reset. We are happy and so, so good!!

We just shot our last wedding PRE-baby on Saturday and I was 31 weeks pregnant and in desperate need of a haircut! This week, I got a haircut and my body is really happy that this was our last wedding until after baby!

He’s so ready and excited to be a dad!!