Caroline styles the J.McLaughlin Darcy jacquard dress

It is officially fall and officially my favorite time of the year! We are experiencing cool mornings and really beautiful afternoons here in Houston. The boys and I love being able to spend the afternoons running around outside again (without having a heat stroke). Oh, and did I mention the pumpkins?! Knox loves all the pumpkins around town right now. We went to a local nursery and picked out some to bring home and Knox picked out a ‘big brother’ and a ‘baby brother’ pumpkin for himself and ‘baby’ as he refers to Andrew. We have plans to decorate them with friends this week. I have to admit; I am pretty excited about this myself. But, it takes a lot of self-control on my part to actually let Knox decorate and not take over. (Or maybe that’s just a little OCD coming out in me!)

Caroline styles the J.McLaughlin Darcy jacquard dress

I also love this time of year for the light layering like pairing this simple white blouse under your dresses. This blouse is a perfect layering blouse because it isn’t so bulky so it lies nicely under sweaters and dresses. This little trick is my favorite way to ease into fall and I love that it doesn’t take away anything from the dress like wearing a jacket on top might.

Caroline styles the J.McLaughlin Darcy jacquard dress

Caroline styles the J.McLaughlin Darcy jacquard dress

I wish you could feel this dress through the computer! It is so soft and stretchy that I forgot I was wearing a dress at all. Seriously, you could sleep in this thing! Which also makes it a perfect travel dress or mom dress because you don’t have to worry about it wrinkling when you are toting your babies around.

Caroline styles the J.McLaughlin Darcy jacquard dress

Caroline styles the J.McLaughlin Darcy jacquard dress

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Photographed by Kate Robinson

outfit details: dress: J.McLaughlin | shirt: J.McLaughlin | shoes: Elaine Turner (old, these would look great too!) | bag: Chanel (similar) | sunglasses: Tory Burch |