Heather Kerley- Monat Stylist

Obsessed with my new piece! And yes, only the bird is supposed to have color.

I love this look so much and I may add more like it down the rest of my arm.

Loved spending the day with my twin !

Had to redeem myself from yesterday’s show of an outfit. 🖤🖤

I’ve never felt more in my element than I have over the past 5 months!

This is my first design project to be completed in full. I still have a home that I’m working room by room on, a room that is correct rly being put together, a room that is receiving all of its orders to begin installation, and a home that is in the beginning design stage.

So much happening, and I’ve staged 2 homes in the middle of it all!

It was scary jumping into something that I’d never done before.

But I’m learning so much! I’m learning so much about what I’m capable of, learning so much about how things work, learning so much about power tools!

I’m at a really great place with my current jobs, that I have space to begin another design job!

I’m so excited to help out the next person create the space of their dreams.

And shoutout to for being such an amazing client to work with! It has been an honor working on this space!

Wylder and I have been sick for last couple of days, so we have had Elliot staying at my moms just to be safe. She sent me these pics this morning. Missing her and can’t wait to snuggle her soon!🖤🖤

I’m at the stage where if my pants don’t touch my ribs, I don’t want them. ✌🏼

Jumping on the bandwagon.

If I could go back in time and give this naive 28yo any advice, it would be to live her life for HERSELF.

At 28 I was so insecure and worried so much about what others thought.

I made decisions based on what people would think of me. Would people approve? Would they be in awe? Would they be envious?

It’s disgusting and sad, but it’s true.

10 years has changed this ol’ gal a lot.

I’m much happier and much more secure with who I am now.

And I don’t give two EFFs about what people think any more. And that’s freaking powerful.

She wants to be just like him.🖤😂

Last night was the first time Wylder has said that his tics bother him.

We never bring it up unless he mentions Tourette’s or his tics.

Last night he had a tic I’d never heard before and it sounded like he was choking, so I asked if he was ok. He said it was just a new tic like his throat clearing one.

Since he mentioned his tics, I asked him if they ever bothered or hurt him. (Especially since he has the head shaking tic, I’ve worried his neck would begin to hurt…)

He said that they do bother him, but not because they hurt or because anyone has said anything. (He has had one friend at school ask him to stop, but that’s because his friend has Misophonia…what a pair, right?! A kid that tics and a kid that’s triggered by certain sounds!)

He said he didn’t want to have Tourette’s. We asked him what bothered him and he said that he’s not the same as he used to be.

Our hearts broke.

We have never pushed medication because we never wanted him to feel like his Tourette’s was a bad thing and that we wanted it to stop. We’ve always told him that we love him just the way he is. But Nick and I have said that if he ever says it bothers him, or begins to affect him at school, then we would explore medications.

Since he said that Tourette’s bothered him, we told him that there are some medicines out there that could help him with his tics, and he said he wanted to try them.

So we will be stepping into a new chapter and starting the exploration of medications and different types of therapies to begin helping him manage his tics.

Stay tuned to our boy’s incredible journey!

Yesterday felt so special to me.

Since my mom had back surgery just a couple of months ago, I took over thanksgiving this year.

We have hosted before, but this one felt different.

I was taught my family’s dressing recipe. I’m the 4th generation to make this dressing, and I think having this passed down to me felt like the torch has officially been passed.

As generations pass away, I’ve wondered how we would keep up these traditions. (Because let’s be honest, I’m not exactly the most domestic woman…)

But something about helping my mom made me step up to the plate, and I LOVED it!

I loved preparing everyone’s family faves and taking on the roll of the matriarch-in-training!

I look forward to being the hike that family gathers and the place where the memories made will continue on for more generations to come.

Here’s to passing the torch!

I made one of my Mamaw’s favorite desserts for our Thanksgiving dinner.

I certainly hope she would approve!

These two are at the fighting stage. (The stage that lasts until death do they part…) It can get exhaaaaauuuusting.

But there are still plenty of moments where they love on each other.

I mean…the way they look at each other?! Come on.🖤🖤