love is where you look

I got to sleep in, there were pumpkin pancakes hot off the griddle, and the baby bun brought me a card. Pretty sweet day already. Happy Valentines friends!

adventures in baby food 2

Baby food making continues. I've got my bearings and it's been super easy. Plus I'm now armed with two new cookbooks (from my sweet friend) so we have some new things to try. A lot of veggies aren't exactly in season in February so I've just been buying frozen organic ones instead. Not as stellar as fresh, but close. Miriam's palette, if you can even call it that, is evolving. We've moved on from plain ole rice cereal to cinnamon apple-banana puree, avacado-banana mush & spinach-peas-pear goodness. Mmmm.

What I've learned: A little banana is good with everything. Some spices are just fine to add. Avacado is a great first food. Label everything you freeze because all the orange food starts to look the same. Canned food is not so hot, but canned pumpkin is good to go. And finally… the pre-made stuff is totally fine too. Mainly because prunes, apricots, purple carrot, and the like are just too complicated for me. Plus in a pinch it's kind of nice just to just squeeze out some food rather than planning to defrost ahead of time. I've been using Plum Baby and it's great, but mainly I love the packaging. And these sites are full of good info : wholesome baby & weelicious

Next up is cheese, yogurt, and meat. Though on second thought the idea of pureeing meat makes me want to gag. May hold off on that for a bit!

street chic

Even though it's February, I wish I was strolling around town lookin' this cool today.

pretty sure I found image here

vino + van gogh

Last night I went out on a limb and tried something new. Along with my trusty friend Katherine I went to a painting class called Vino & Van Gogh. Honestly, I was skeptical, but let me tell you it was a ball. Loved the class, loved the teacher, and of course the wine. Marquin, the teacher, is just adorable. My work of art won't end up in a gallery any time soon, but the "birds on a wire" just might end up on my own walls.

my moosh

Say hello to my little moosh. She's a rolly polly nugget. We sit her up, but she rolls over. She leans left… and then leans back, and soon it's "boink" and back onto the floor. Seven months, two weeks, and three days, Mimers is taking her sweet time with this whole sitting up independently thing. But fear not baby girl. We'll continue to hold onto a leg or catch that noggin on the way down. It's no problem. And I guess we'll just stick to calling you Moosh for the time being.

engaged by the lake

There was a period when it felt like all I did was go to wedding stuff. Bridal luncheons, rehearsal dinners, engagement parties, bachelorette weekends, and showers all leading up to the main event. It kind of felt like everyone took the plunge at once. Exhausting and I loved every minute of it. Any excuse for a party. But lately our mailbox pops open with more pink & blue invitations than the fancy calligraphy kind.

So I was pretty pumped to celebrate a friends engagement over the weekend. Hearing the proposal story and checking out the ring never ever gets old. And hooray for one fancy wedding invitation… coming right up.

art project

Every morning I hop on my computer and my internet opens to Google. Sometimes there are pretty doodles or a cool link, but most of the time it's just the simple logo on a pure background. Nice & simple. But today there's a little icon called "art project" hanging out below the logo. So I clicked. And it's ummm… amazing! I visited the Frick in New York, the Uffizi in Florence, and the Tate in London. Not bad for a morning stroll.

You can explore museums from around the world and even zoom in super close, almost like you're standing in front of a painting. I don't know how they did it, but it's crazy good.

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country ham house

Honey child, we had the best breakfast ever on Saturday. You walk in the Country Ham House and it's like a good ole Southern cafeteria style place. Folks in their Sunday best, children running around, and regulars ordering their favorite meat and three. Perfect spot for breakfast with a baby. Sweet potato pancakes, sausage biscuit, country ham, eggs, and grits - so much for my recent workouts!

baby on a shelf

About seven months ago I was sleep deprived and overwhelmed with new responsibility. There was a new baby in the house and we had no idea what we were doing. Seriously. Feeling kind of cooped up I decided we needed a little project one day. So we had a little photoshoot - baby on a bookshelf. Naturally! I went straight to work arranging the shelf while momma arranged Miriam like a prop. Hubs thought we'd lost our minds and truthfully I probably had, but it was a hoot!

I sure don't miss those early days, but lordy she was one tenny-tiny, precious thing.

ps: I borrowed the idea from here so she gets all the credit.

asheville visit

Over the weekend I got together with two old friends in Asheville. We stayed up late drinking wine and telling tall tales. It was just what I needed. I love that even though we all live in different cities and don't get together very often, we pick right up without a trace of distance. They're the reason I loved college.

Between the endless chatter, we visited the Biltmore. Even my wine head from the night before did little to distract me from how gorgeous it is. I had no idea. Seriously amazing. After exploring the mansion we headed down to the Red Stag bar in the village. It's decked out in dark paneling kind of like a hunting lodge, but much fancier. Big ole fireplace and these crazy chairs with a photo printed on the fabric.

We had the best time and nothing like a little road trip to spice things up.