a lovely birthday

Category: everyday | November 10th, 2011








tuesday was my birthday. :) i love november birthdays. i had a wonderful/busy day! from gym class with the babies to lunch date at my fav place to eat to a happy hour play date to a surprise bday dinner….i was super worn out when we got home. you know you had a good day when you go to bed a couple hours earlier than normal. :) i just wanted to say thank you to everyone who made it special and to those who sent sweet words! love y’all! here’s to another great year!

first halloween

Category: everyday | November 1st, 2011

well her first experience was a success. P met up with her little neighborhood buddies, had a mini photo shoot of course, and then went trick or treating. :)


the more pictures we took the more they moved. they gave us about 30 seconds and then they moved on. lol


she did very well with her costume (candy corn!) she surprisingly didn’t mess with her tutu or her massive bow. such a good girl. ;)


she made it longer than i thought. another mama let me wear her ergo for the last part of the walk and i think P loved it. she pretty much fell asleep after 5 minutes. i need to get one of those! :)

we went back home to hand out candy to the other kiddos and hang out with P’s bestie and her rents. so much fun. (*thanks H for staying up past your bedtime!) it was a good first experience. next year P will get to walk herself to the doors! eeeek. slow down!


let’s see how many years i can get away with making her costumes.

let’s try this again…

Category: everyday | October 28th, 2011



so i randomly found out the other night that i was doing P’s costume in the wrong color order! so not cool. lol. this was after i already dyed 2 onesies yellow (the first one had a stain on it) and bought more orange tulle online (priority mail shipping too!) because i went to too many other stores and no one had any. so long story short….i guess don’t eat enough of these things to know the correct order of colors. so let’s try this again…..
**i do have an idea of how i’m going to use the yellow onesie with a stain. fun! and the orange tulle will be put to good use for P’s bestie and her 1st bday outfit!! it all worked out. :) happy friday!!!!!!!!!!!

Inglesina table chair

Category: baby, everyday | October 26th, 2011

just a little suggestion for the little ones….coolest chair ever!


i got this hook on/table chair by Inglesina today (wished i got it sooner) and penelope LOVES it. how can a baby love a chair? lol well she’s not squirming around and fussing to get out after 3 minutes like her other high chair. she was in it the first time for like 30 minutes while she ate lunch and i cooked and cleaned the dishes. i love it on our counter. we get to bond over cooking and cleaning. PLUS it’s a space saver and it’s mobile…as in you can take it anywhere. so just a random thought for the mamas. great purchase! oh and molly panda is a big fan of it too. ;)

*thanks katy and hadley for the inspiration!! :)