spring is coming

its that time of year. the time when you still need a jacket but you can enjoy the day outside without running for cover. the time of year when i break out my flip flops because i am so desperate for it to be flip flop season and that slightest bit of warmth is enough to make me pull them out of my closet. 

grayson and i took advantage of the warmth that has been trying so hard to break through by going for a nice long walk in the park. there are no leaves on the trees and a thin layer of ice still on the lake but the sun is warm. it's coming. spring!

we strolled around for a very long time enjoying the air. it made for a nice relaxing nap, for some of us anyway. 

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eye candy

i love this packaging. i was tempted to buy it simply because i wanted this bottle sitting on my counter. 

well done. 

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I was recently admiring the art i made for grayson's room when i remembered that i still had the files on my computer somewhere. I figured why keep them all to myself when they are so darn cute. So let's give some away! The winner will get to choose two 8x10 prints.

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the mexican train

pasta!

i took a fresh pasta making class at sur la table. it was wonderful. i really loved it. i want to take more classes! 

i love cooking and have always wanted to try taking some sort of class and this was a pretty cool one because it didn't just teach how to make a simple meal but rather a skill. i didn't lug my camera to the class but i did take some photos with my phone. apparently it really upset an older gentlemen in the class because he would not stop commenting on it. "there she goes with those pictures again". whatever dude. 

to top it all off we made three delicious sauces! a pesto, ragu and sun dried prosciutto cream sauce. 

mmmmmmmm!

afternoon naps

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weekend discoveries

grayson got to discover the car wash for the first time this weekend. i love that the simplest things are so fascinating to him. it must be so cool to discover something so new everyday. 

is this normal?

does anyone else's child insist on sleeping with their butt in the air? 

he was giving us a hard time going to bed tonight. he just sat up in bed chewing on his dog blanket staring at the door. when i checked back in on him he was still in the same spot, sitting up, with his head down. ASLEEP. i tried to get a picture of it but the noise of me going up and down the stairs to get the camera disturbed him before i could get the shot. it was ridiculous. 

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oops

i know im not supposed to do this anymore but i just couldn't resist tonight. i let grayson fall asleep on me. it was his bedtime and rather then take him up i just snuggled him. we were out running around all day and i work tomorrow so i felt like i needed some me and g time. 

i miss this snuggly little boy. he never lets anyone hold him tight anymore. 

baby obsessions

we got a sampler dvd sent to us in the mail with baby einstein video clips. 

grayson is hooked! he actually cries when the video is over.

its only about 10 minutes long but for those minutes he is totally consumed. he loves it! and i will admit, the other day while i was desperately trying to get some housework done, i loved it too! 

i am not crazy about grayson sitting infront of a screen watching videos but the barnyard dvd clip is really great. he loves animals and teaching him the names and sounds they make are something we work on a lot so it's perfect for that. 

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puppy dog love

every night when grayson goes to sleep he gets to hang out with his dog blanket. my heart literally melts when i peak in on him and see him snuggling with it. melts. 

tell me that is not the most adorable thing ever!?

bad parenting

we took our son to a bar. 

i really felt like everyone there must have thought we were the worst parents in the world. it was an honest mistake though. 

i'm sure you are confused by that statement but let me explain. i got a call from a friend of ours asking if we wanted to check out a restaurant with them that they had seen on the food network. according to the show this place had the best wings in the country. mark is a huge wings fan so we decided to check it out. 

the place is called the jug handle inn, nothing about that name made me think it was a bar. 

the first clue should have been when we walked up and there was a bouncer at the door. he asked for all out our IDs. we brought my brother along because like mark, he loves wings. i explained to the guy that we had a minor with us and that we had just come for dinner. after talking to the manager he told us we could come in but that no one could drink (this should have been my second clue). we enter the "restaurant", baby in tow. there was a giant bar in the center of the room and a few bar rounds surrounding it. i walked around looking for the restaurant portion of the bar. turns out it was JUST the bar. 

we ended up having to move some tables around but with some help we finally found a place to sit down. we where honestly just there for the wings. i was so embarrassed though that we were in a straight up bar with an eight month old. 

he didn't seem to mind though. i don't eat wings, but according to everyone else, they were totally worth it. so if you ever find yourself near cinaminson i would suggest checking the place out. but leave the baby at home!

mark's babysitting skills

mark is awesome and often on the weekends he takes grayson downstairs and they hang out while the dogs and i hang in bed. the other morning i couldn't help but laugh hysterically at this scene as i came downstairs. 

mark is playing video games and grayson is passed out on the floor. 

*this may look bad (you might even be wondering if there was more then just milk in g's morning bottle) but i assure you mark is really great at taking care of grayson. his explanation for this amusing scene was that grayson fell asleep on his lap and he didn't want to just lay him on the floor so he put him on the pillow. it's actually rather sweet. 

they're back!

last febuary as i walked around the philadelphia flower show i noticed my finger turning slightly purple. i was only about four months pregnant but my rings were at the point where they needed to come off (i had serious swelling issues with my pregnancy). almost exactly a year later they are finally back on my finger! unfortunately i did have to resize them. i didn't even go up a full ring size so they probably would have fit again eventually but i missed them. i love having them back, i had forgotten how pretty they are. 

tiny tuxedos

grayson got some super exciting news the other day- he gets to be the ring bearer in his auntie's wedding! he is so excited. and we are all very happy for erica and leon. 


he hired a photographer to spy on them as he proposed. here are a couple of those photos. 
well done leon.