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. 

don we now our gay apparel

Tis the season for holiday parties. And with holiday parties comes holiday sweaters! 

Even grayson was sporting his best outfit. 

our lovely hosts

our fancy fire. 

then came time for the chinese gift exchange

Yes that is a pregnancy test she has in her hand. Best gift ever. 

seriously exciting gifts!

grayson was disgusted by the whole thing. 

happy holidays! 

new hat!

our talented friend robin made us a hat! grayson loves it. 

pretty sure he is the most adorable baby ever by the way. 

thank you robin!

i need a bit of talent

can someone please teach me to knit so i can make these adorable stinkin hats that i found off etsy!? 

(i know i could just buy them but i don't have $100 to drop on hats! plus if i knew how i could make lots and lots and lots)

i love them!

rip shoe collection

i am a huge shoe freak. so much so that i have two closets full of them. when i was pregnant my feet swelled up so much that the only things i could wear were flip flops, and i stretched the heck out of them. 

remember this?

well my feet are no longer swollen but they are BIGGER! devastatingly so. i first discovered this as i was getting ready for a wedding and i couldn't get my feet into any of my heals. i thought maybe it would change but almost three months later and still i can't fit into my shoes. 

i have to wear a 9.5, sometimes a 10. they don't have as many options for the larger sizes as the more average. 

so many beautiful shoes and now i have to start all over. so sad. 

my sister just started a job and moved up to new york so before she left she came and went shopping through my shoes. it was sad but at least they are going to a good home. two large bags full. gone. 

see them by the door there? 

bye bye shoes :(