Another favorite post is a really sweet memory; when we bought our house in Virginia. O had just been signed by the Redskins, we had been married for three months and moved across the country where we knew absolutely no one. What a sweet, exciting time! I’m so thankful to have posts like this to […]

The first post I wanted to look back on for this week down memory lane is the recap of our Honeymoon. I originally posted this June 11, 2011 after a whirlwind nearly three week long honeymoon in Fiji, Australia and Bora Bora and my goodness, that feels like a lifetime ago! This post is one […]

Welcome to Gold & Graphite!! Two exclamation points may be excessive but I am absolutely overjoyed to be moving to this new space. Few things are more special than giving the Lord your dream and watching Him move in it. I started my blog in 2011 after my most difficult college professor required me to […]

For a huge chunk of my life, people used to look at my legs and say “you must be an athlete.”

Well, I had great intentions to update you all frequently this pregnancy. Clearly that didn’t go as planned as we are currently 7 weeks out from my due date! People warned me how different this pregnancy would be. They said the constant bump photo snapping, baby book reading and rest would be a thing of […]

Newborn gifts have a sweet way of pulling at heart strings (of both the gift-giver and gift-receiver) and I wanted to share a few of my favorites for blessing the new baby. I have to say, putting this baby girl mood board together has me itching for a little lady in my life! Oshiolema will […]