memorial day 2011.

while vic and jenn were in town, we ventured over to arlington cemetery to pay our respects and check out the sites.  jeffrey had never been and i hadn't been since my 8th grade trip to washington, dc.  it has been on our list of things "to do" while here in dc and we finally made the trip.  memorial day weekend was the perfect time to go.

 {kennedy's grave}

xooxoxo

vic and jenn's visit.

we had some wonderful friends come visit us this memorial day weekend - victor and jenn harris.  they traveled down from princeton and we spent the entire weekend gallivanting around the city.  we enjoy these two very much and hope to live in the same city sometime soon so the fun can continue. 

 {jenn and me: shopping fun}

 {glitter shoes}

 {cuties victor and jenn}

 {jeff's lovely moustache.  he thinks it is quite funny.  me not so much.}

{sunday dinner by chef jeff}

fun fact: victor and i were boyfriend and girlfriend in 1st grade (or whatever a crush is in the 1st grade).  well, one friday when i was looking onto victor's spelling test for some help, he went up to the teacher to inform her.  the teacher then announced to the entire class, "blair stop cheating off victor."  needless to say, we broke up shortly after that - but we remained friends ever since.....xoxo

the baby bump.

{13 weeks: union station}

here is the latest pic of the baby bump.

jeff had a great idea of taking pics of the baby bump

at different dc landmarks.

so here i am at union station at 13 weeks.

xoxox

living room update.

well, i wish i remembered to take some "before" pictures - but that didn't really happen.  jeffrey and i decided to do a little update to our living room and got a new sofa and added some color by purchasing a rug as well.  so here are the results.

xoxox

crepe love.

seriously. cannot. stop. eating. crepes.

my favorite combo is nutella with strawberries

although nutella with bananas is pretty rad too.

i enjoy them every saturday and sunday for breakfast

and during the week for a yummy snack.

i even eat them twice on the weekends -

once for breakfast and again for snack time.  

i simply cannot get enough.

i use a super simple recipe found here.

do yall love crepes as well?
xoxox

sadness.

 

{da and me: august 2009}

we said good-bye to our beloved grandfather, da, this weekend.

da had been bedridden for quite sometime and 

we have said our goodbyes to him multiple times, 

not knowing the next time we would see him. 

he was the most amazing grandfather.  

a true outdoorsman - 

teaching us the love of fishing from an early age. 

and in the last few years, 

he became quite the jokester.

we will miss you dearly da and

love you very very much.

xoxox

a name.

and we shall name him or her.......

WOLFGANG!

(while in utro anyway)

our little one has taken on the nickname of wolfgang.

my dad is a huge fan of nicknames
and has helped us come up with this one.

while my brother and i were in utro
our nicknames were zeke
in hopes to hurry along and agree upon a real name.
(we even have a little teddy bear with the name zeke on it!)
well, my dad starting joking early on
about calling our kid wolfgang -
to which i said absolutely not and 
jeff thought was hilarious.
so it just kinda stuck. 

plus the only wolfgang's i know
(as in wolfgang mozart and wolfgang puck)
are on the artsy side.
so maybe some of their arty-ness will rub off on our wolfgang :)

we will be finding out the sex of little wolfgang in early july
and sharing the news,
but we are going to wait until the birth to share the true name we have chosen. 
we are not anywhere close as of now,
but we have many months ahead of us to figure it out.

xoxox

a lime.

 

 a lime.

our baby is the size of a lime right now.

holy guacamole.

xoxo

reality.

thanks for the well wishes friends!  your emails have been amazing to receive.  we have been overwhelmed with excitement and joy to start this new chapter in our lives.  i've also been consumed by some lovely nausea and exhaustion, but hopefully that is on the way out.  if you have been following us on our blog - here is the truth behind some of our latest pictures....

  {our little one}

 {april 5, 2011: our three year anniversary}

i had good intentions of celebrating our anniversary this year, with cupcakes, champagne (lemonade for me) and nice dinner reservations - but the nausea took over.  

i could only stomach frozen pizza from whole foods.

hey maybe next year!

 {jelena and me at maggie and travis's wedding: april 16, 2011}

this was our celebratory drink that lasted us all evening - jelena is pregnant too!

 {pregnant friends: carol, megan and me over easter: april 24th, 2011}

 carol in her 3rd trimester, megan in her 2nd trimester and me in my 1st trimester.

{may 1, 2011}

the belly bump making its first appearance!

 

xoxo

surprise!

 

we are pregnant!!  and absolutely THRILLED!

baby ainsworth is due november 30, 2011!

xoxoxox

p.s. - we are wanting to keep this update off facebook for a while longer.  thanks.

carol's baby shower.

megan and i threw carol and little baby shower last saturday.  megan was a rockstar with the food and carol got some adorbale goodies for baby buckley.  it was a lovely afternoon with friends and celebrating baby buckley - due on july 5th!

 {karen, katie and carol}

 {erin, mary fran, sarah, beth and rivika}

 {carol opening up goodies}

 {moira, me and megan}

xoxox

decorative flags.

i've seen these decorative flags popping up all over the place for the last few years and have always wanted to make some of my own.  i'm helping to host a baby shower for our dear friend, carol, this weekend and thought this would be the perfect time to try out these flags.  i grabbed materials (paper and ribbon) from paper source and got to work.  i love crafty projects. 

shout out.

a quick shout out to my lovely mom - who is recovering from hip replacement surgery.  she rocked the procedure yesterday and is now in recovery.  we love you mama and wish you speedy speedy recovery!

 

{me and mama}

xoxox

mother's day 2011.

while we were in htown - we got to celebrate mother's day with our lovely moms.  we had our moms over for breakfast - jeffrey cooked his famous breakfast tacos and i made a fruit salad.  we then gave them little adoration books from pinhole press of family pictures.  i was so happy with the way they turned out.  it was a delightful morning with our amazing moms!

 {mom ainsworth}

 {mom swanson}

{adoration books}

we love you wonderful moms!

xoxo

fun times in htown.

we traveled down south - to htown - this weekend to continue the celebrations of mags and trav.  they had a lovely reception at the parador where we partied with old faces (those we grew up with) and some new faces (the san fran crew).  we were having such a ball - i forgot to whip out my camera and snap a few pics.  while we were in town, we did get some great family time in as well.  it was a quick trip, but it sure was sweet!

 

{becca - jeff's sister and blair}

 {chris - our soon to be brother in law and jeff}

 

{mom and blair headed to the parador}

{dad and jeff}

xoxo

happy cinco de mayo.

 

{image via peppermint bliss}

really wish we could get some good ole tex mex (i'm dreaming of a bowl of queso and an ice cold marg with salt!), but guess we will have to wait until our next trip to texas.  which is really really soon!


enjoy your cinco de mayo celebrations!
xoxo

wallpaper love.

i'm always dreaming of my next home project.  in my opinion, tweaking or adding/subtracting things to a home is never a done deal - it is always evolving and changing.  in recent years, i've been drawn to lovely wallpapers.  it probably has something to do with my love of paper and prints.  but, since we live in a rental right now - wallpaper is not really an option.  so i will continue to dream about wallpaper for the next place we live.




wallpapers from miss print via design sponge.



and i can never really resist anything from orla kiely.

it's baseball time.

baseball season has begun and jeffrey couldn't be happier.  it is kinda his thing.  he absolutely loves it.  and i love the all you can eat food and drinks through jeff's company tickets.  i also love watching baseball in jackets.  the weather was divine this weekend.

xoxo

weekend bits.

bits of our weekend include:

1. breakfast making...

 {breakfast tacos for jeffrey}

{chocolate and banana crepes for blair}

2. baseball game fun. (the season has begun!)

3. GORGEOUS weather on saturday, so we ventured outside.....

 

 4. when i say ventured, i mean to say we walked down to the national mall to check out the latest gauguin exhibit at the national gallery of art.

5. spent time with friends.

6. enjoyed delicious homemade B.L.T's (summer is coming!)

7. saw water for elephants - a movie i enjoyed (+ i enjoyed the book), jeff - not so much.  but he was a good sport about it. :)

it was a lovely relaxing weekend here in dc.  monday why do you always have to come way too quickly?!?

xoxo