inspiration monday: i don't think you're ready for that jelly

the inspiration

leslie bibb

megan bird

pants, earrings ~ F21

blazer ~ TJ Maxx

shirt ~ Marshalls

shoes ~ thrifted

sunglasses ~ ?

nora bird

jacket~ vintage, thrifted

shirt~ thrifted

pants~ Dylan George, swapped

shoes~ Ebay

necklace~ hand-me-down from sister, kristin

i have always had a big shelf booty. since i can remember. i'm sure as a baby, i wasn't quite as stacked in the back end as i am now, but honestly, since i can remember, i have had some junk in the trunk. i didn't always love it, in fact, for the majority of my school-age years, including college, i hated it. i was embarrassed by it, tried to get rid of it (yeah right), and in the end, usually ended up covering it some way...flannel shirts, oversized sweaters, extra large esprit sweatshirts. ok, not extra large esprit sweatshirts...we were never that fancy as kids.

but, as i've grown up and matured (ok, just grown up), i have grown to, if not love, at least appreciate my derriere. leggings never fall off or slide down, i can easily rest a baby or bag of groceries on my hip, and i never look like the scarecrow from wizard of oz when i wear jeans – all good things, in my opinion! anyways, the other day, when i was looking in the mirror, it kind of looked like my butt was a little smaller. i immediately ran downstairs. the kids were playing chutes and ladders and chris was reading. i turned to the side and said, "chris, am i losing my butt?" and all at once, all three of them said "no!"

the kids then continued their little rant. henry with, "i don't like big butts because they're squishy" and eva with, "me either, they jiggle". ok, all true...and i looked them both in the eyes and said, "well kids, i have a big butt, papa has a big butt, so chances are pretty good that you will both have big butts. so you better start loving them because they are glorious."

i proudly walked back upstairs, looked in the mirror again, and realized that in fact, i was not losing my butt.

xoxo,
two birds