What an exciting week it’s been! If you found your way here via Say Yes, welcome! I’m so happy to have you and hope you’ll stick around for a while.

If you commented on my posts about where to live in DC or how to talk to kids about hard stuff, thank you! I’ll be responding to each and every message this weekend when I have a some spare time. With Jordan down in Washington, DC for work, this week was slightly more challenging than normal.

I hope you have a great weekend! Here are some fun links to explore:

If your baby wakes a lot, you’re probably exhausted but take comfort in this: There’s a link between “very high levels of developmental and intellectual achievement and not sleeping throughout the night,” via Buzzfeed.

An Instagram chef plates junk food like fancy cuisine. You’ve never seen a PopTart look this good, via Twisted Sifter.

I saw my fair share of pink bathrooms last week as I searched Trulia and Zillow for a place to live outside DC, but none were as bright and fresh as this pretty pastel makeover, via Design Sponge.

“You don’t learn something new and end up somewhere old.” Looking forward to listening to this interview with Do Over author Jon Acuff, via Smart Creative Women.

If you’re as obsessed with Instagram as I am (follow me here!), you want to bookmark these this post about taking better photos with your iPhone, via House of Brinson.

Brighten up for spring: The prettiest papaya-hued purse I ever did see, via MZ Wallace.

No matter your profession, here’s how to make rejection work in your favor, via The Crafted Life.

Anna wrote an honest post on dealing with negative thoughts, something that I struggle with as well. I’ve been thinking about a quote she pulled from the book Sacred Housekeeping: “Thoughts are living things, and I can bring into my life that which I think the most about. Negative or positive,” via The Yellow Table.

(image via Instagram)