A little about Us.

I know I know two posts within 24 hours I'm coming across as needy aren't I?! That's okay you'll get used to it!
I just realized that we didn't introduce ourselves. You know nothing about us, and we expect you to believe us when we tell you that you rock?! Not really how it works, is it.
So a little about me my name is Shelby and I like cake.
That's it! That's all there is to know about me!

Kidding kidding!
The above statement is true, my name is Shelby and I do in fact like cake. However there is much more to know, too much for one blog post and especially one that I have to share with my co author and best friend, she's awfully chatty ;) So let's just start with the basics. I'm 24 years old (25 soon), I'm married to the love of my life for a whole whopping year now! Go us! And I'm the mother of two wonderful….dogs! I have struggled my whole life with weight problems and for a lot of my life self loathing. I'll be honest, it's still a day to day struggle for me but I'm slowly finding my self worth. I know that I'm fat (yes, yes I said it it's not a bad word people!) I'm also funny. I mean it, I'm down right hilarious when I want to be! Just ask my husband! My awesome dad jokes are a hit at parties! (Haha just kidding we don't go to parties.) I'm a damn good photographer and maybe that makes me cocky to say that I know I'm pretty great at my job but it's true! And with the help of others, my wonderful husband and my friends, I know that I am infact beautiful regardless of what society thinks.
And I want you to know that you are too. That's the point if this blog, we want to be part of your support system so we can help lift you up with it's been a particularly terrible day. We just want you to feel wonderful about you!

And my name is Laura. I am a 25 year old wife and mother. I have a beautiful 3 ½ year old daughter, and I am currently 7 months pregnant with a handsome baby boy. Shelby and I have known each other going on 17 years now, and she is my absolute best friend. As far as being super chatty, well okay, she has me there. Depending on the day I can definitely be a chatter box! I have struggled for many years with depression and anxiety, I have almost always had little to no self worth, I've never seen anything good about myself, and more often than not I'm afraid I'm not good enough for those around me. When I was first dating my husband and honestly realized that he wasn't going anywhere, that he was here to stay, I had a panic attack. It has been a long and really hard road, but with loving support from my wonderful husband and my amazing best friend, I currently have a handle on my depression. I used to be so depressed I would go emotionally numb and just go through doing what I knew I had to so I could keep people from asking questions. Going numb was entirely seductive and sweet, however coming out of that numbness was extremely painful. Every emotion that I didn't let him me before suddenly clawed at me with a literal pain. It has been.. About six years since I have let that numbness take control of me, and I am proud to say that I haven't been tempted by it in the least. I can't say I'm happy with my body of course, I never have been. But I'm learning that accepting yourself is a lot like learning to handle your depression. You need to try to see the positive, and know there is always going to be someone there waiting for you to fail. Those people don't need to be in your life. The only people you need in your life, are the people that will love you and support you. The people that you can come to when you're feeling like a planet and they will still tell you how absolutely beautiful you are. Those are the only people worth keeping around. And we would like to be a couple of those people for you. Because you are beautiful, and you deserve to see it for yourself for a change!

It's cool to be YOU!

People will tell you it's not.
People will tell you to fit in.
People will tell you to change.
People will tell you to be like them.
To be a FOLLOWER.

But we are here to tell you that you don't have to listen to those people, you don't have to fit in. We are here to tell you that YOU are perfect the way you are. That YOU ARE AMAZING, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL, and YOU ARE STRONG.

We want you to know that it's okay to be you. That it's okay to be DIFFERENT.
Put on the blue lipstick, dye your hair the color you've always wanted, wear that bikini or stay exactly like you are. Be anyway you want, be ANYTHING you want.
It's okay.
It's cool to be YOU.


Stay beautiful x
-S