6 months.

 1 month.

 2 months.

 3 months.

 4 months.

 5 months.

6 months.

dear nug, 

yesterday was your half birthday.  a whole six months - wow - where has the time gone?  we are getting lots of good giggles out of you, which is one of the best feelings in the world.  you are also using your vocal cords alot these days including some screaming scenarios we have experienced in restaurants.  this makes your mom and dad a bit uneasy, but we press on - knowing you are just exploring with new sounds you can make.  

we have tried lots of new fruits and veggies this past month.  your favorite fruits are apples, pears and peaches and your favorite veggies include carrots and sweet potatoes.  you seem to enjoy anything sweet - so maybe you will have a sweet tooth like your mama.  

everything is new and exciting to you.  you constantly have your hands out exploring whatever you can get a hold of.  after your grasp something, it goes straight for your mouth for more exploration.  you are working on sitting up on your own and you are getting closer and closer every day.  

each day our love for you grows and grows.  just when we think our hearts cannot hold anymore love, you do something that melts us.  i hope you can feel all the love we have for you because we try to show you every single day just how lucky we are to have you in our family.  we are so very thankful and beyond blessed.  

all my love, 

mama

 

weekend bits. {according to instagram}

hope everyone had a lovely long weekend.  we sure did in our neck of the woods.  it was a perfect combination of family time {just the three of us} and catching up with friends.  we took advantage of the holiday sales on saturday, dined out at some of our favorite places, cooked in, and there was even some bocce ball and picnicing happening on monday.  it was wonderfully relaxed and i'm sad that tuesday is here because that means the long weekend is over.

also, a HUGE shout out and CONGRATS to aunt becca,  uncle chris and cousin brian for graduating medical school this weekend!  we are so very proud of yall send big hugs from dc!

 

xoxoxoxo

brown bear brown bear.

brown bear brown bear

what do you see?

i see a little girl named, logan, 

looking at me.

xoxooxox

willa's baptism.

last sunday, we had the pleasure of being included in willa's baptism. {parents are dear friends - sean and carol}  it was a beautiful ceremony that took place on a wonderful day.  we celebrated afterwards as we enjoyed brunch outside with SIX children.  good times all around.

xoxoxoxox

brunch.

what it is about brunch that is so appealing?  it is the fact that breakfast is served until 3pm?  that it is perfectly acceptable to have cocktails at 11am?  because the weather is so nice and you can sit outside?  or is it just simply catching up with dear friends?  well, we enjoyed all the above this weekend with fish and becca and it was lovely.

xoxoxoox

giggles.

lots and lots of giggles.

xoxooxx

baby carpool.

 

heading to music class in the cheek's honda civic.

good times indeed!

xoxoxox

playtime.

just playing in my crib...

plus check out my leg creases, my mom says they are pretty substantial.

xoxoxooxx

yards park.

last friday, we met up with dear friends, katie and dave, at yards park for their friday night concert series.  it was very kid/baby friendly, tents that sold food and booze and lovely views of the potomac river as we listened to music.  plus there were yummy food trucks only a few blocks away.  the evening worked out so well since we were able to get out and about, but still be home in time for logan's bedtime.  thanks for the invite friends!

xoxoxooxx

my first mother's day.

i felt pretty loved and appreciated by these two cuties yesterday....

:: delicious breakfast crepes in bed 

{which i hadn't enjoyed since logan was born, 

but maybe enjoyed a bit too much during my pregnancy - 

i literally ate them every.single.day i was pregnant.}

:: goodies and thoughtful cards, phone calls and texts from loved ones near and far

:: slept in until 11 am - one of best feelings in my opinion

:: a family walk to our favorite french restaurant to enjoy

goat cheese salad, mussels, fries and champagne cocktails

it is still so surreal to be celebrating mother's day myself this year.  i am so very thankful for our lovely logan maeve that has made me a mama.  she melts my heart every single day and brings so much joyful love into our household.  i absolutely love being her mama.

hope everyone had a great day of celebration, whether you are a mother yourself or celebrated the mothers/motherly figures in you life.  also, a huge thank you to my own mother and mother-in-law for all the love and support yall have shown through the years.  we are so thankful to have such loving mothers like yall in our lives.

xoxoxoox

happiness.

happy early mother's day!

there is talk of breakfast in bed and going out to eat

on sunday, 

which makes this mama one happy camper.

hope yall have a great day of celebrating all the "moms" in your life!

xxoxoxoxooxox

a cupcake atm?

yes please!

 

{pic via oh joy!}

one of these need to pop up nearby

or maybe not because then i would be there ALL the time.

apparently, it lives in LA and is 24 hours.

genius.

xoxoxoxox

mamas' night out.

last friday, a few mamas had a night off to play, paint and drink wine.  the evening made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside cause i was with sweet friends, painting and drinking some yummy grape juice.  and our paintings turned out pretty good too!

xoxoxooxox

happy girl!

xoxoxoxo

sunday at the zoo.

on sunday, our little family wondered over to the amazing national zoo {the houston zoo which jeff and i grew up going to is pretty rad too}.  but, what i love about the national zoo is that it is FREE, in the middle of our city, has wide range of animals and it is metro accessible.  logs is still on the younger side to fully appreciate all the animals, but it was a lovely family outing.  plus there were dippin dots, which is reason in of itself to visit.

 
p.s. - i highly recommend the chewbeads i'm wearing for mothers with teething babies.  they are made of the same material as pacifiers and logan loves to chew chew chew on mine!

xoxoxooxx

scenes from music class.

 baby evelyn

baby willa

happy friday yall!

xoxoxoxoxo

yum!

yummy rice cereal for breakfast.

xoxoxoxo

good times with gram and pawpaw.

this past weekend, gram and pawpaw were in town to spend some quality time with logan {and me and jeff too}.  the weather was glorious and we did many outdoor activities including longs walks in the neighborhood and on the mall.  thanks for coming to play gram and pawpaw - we heart ya!

 more fun at the hirshhorn

 logan was born in the year of the rabbit.

xoxoxoxo