brown goat
the life of city dwellers with a healthy obsession with naturei can’t stop looking at baby boys!
since we’ve learned we are having a boy…i am noticing them everywhere we go! i couldn’t help but post the most adorable picture of matthew with his cutie-potootie son, levi mcconaughey. look at those jeans!!!…he is so stylish!
here comes the son
as many of you have already heard, david and i are thrilled to know that this fall we will be welcoming a perfect little baby BOY into the world! it is amazing how much changes when you learn what gender baby you are growing…he went from an “idea” to our son within seconds! and, we now both imagine him as a real person. we can’t hardly think about anything else!
of course, we hit the stores last weekend with my sister and parents to find our son his first outfits. i’ve heard it’s more challenging to find cute boy clothes and now i can attest to that! i am up for the challenge, however, and find it thrilling that we will have to hunt for adorable clothes to dress our little dude in. and, i am so ready for the fall and winter clothes to hit the stores…i am ready to look, get ideas, and BUY!!!
and a funny aside…what keeps running through my head is the line from sex and the city when miranda announces she is having a boy and carrie states, “You know you are growing a teeny, tiny penis in there? That’s so sci-fi.” when i said that to david the other night, he said “what’s even weirder is that you have a whole skeleton in your belly!”
thanks to everyone for all the well wishes and support! it is amazing how much love there is in the world for this little boy already. what a joy and a pleasure to share all this with you! xxo!
i can hardly wait…
we go friday for our 20 week ultrasound where they will measure all our baby’s body parts and, most importantly, tell us if we are going to welcome a baby boy or a baby girl in the fall.
(dear baby lamar,
EVERYONE thinks you are a boy! we will see if they are right…!
love, mommy)
i am so excited!!! my family is coming up for the weekend- it will be a double celebration of father’s day and the uncovering of the baby’s gender! we plan to go baby shopping and purchase our first gender-specific clothing.
stay tuned for the news!
the tuscan coast
my heart is swelling as i think about my sister-in-law enjoying a summer of european study abroad, especially now that her travels have brought her to italy. this article in sunday’s ny times travel section has made my heart swell even more…oh how i desire to return to italy, more specifically to the italian coast.
tell me that the following passages don’t make you want to be there too, enjoying the fine food and the crystal blue mediterranean waters:
“…the slope-hugging road…can be thrilling to drive, with breathtaking views to the south, north, east and west. The sun glints off the water, then sets below it. Best to abandon the car and find a seat in a waterfront cafe before that happens. Porto Santo Stefano has many of them, and they adhere to an unimpeachable philosophy, which is that a predinner glass of prosecco or white wine should be accompanied by a pre-dinner nibble, or rather cornucopia of nibbles: peanuts, olives, cubes of mortadella, cubes of Parmesan cheese. On a warm, breezy night, these arrived with a first round of drinks, and they were replenished in full with a second round. We even thought about staying put for a third, the scene around us giving us cause to linger. Buffed yachts glided out of the harbor while battered fishing trawlers lumbered in, the beauties making way for the beasts.”
“…the tone of our meal there was immediately set by the first thing to hit the table: an amuse-bouche of sautéed red mullet, diced tomato and olive oil, combined in a spoon, enough for just one happy bite. Each ingredient was flawless. After that there was squid-ink tagliatelle with shrimp and artichoke, oversize fusilli with scorpion fish and more red mullet, and nuggets of rabbit — the bones gone, the meat tender — with black olives and roasted tomatoes. It seemed right to add that bit of turf to the surf, and the turf justified the bottle of northern Italian pinot nero we chose.”
during my dreams of italian food, sun, and water, my thoughts move to the idea of our baby playing alongside david and i on the italian sand and my heart swells to nearly the point of bursting…
oh…just the thought of it makes me smile from ear to ear!
beautiful outdoor spaces
i dream of one day having a backyard that has both a dark-colored pool with a stone deck and a lovely space of green grass with beautiful trees and flowers and shade for a hammock (and, of course, my brown goat!). here are some fun outdoor spaces i thought i would share while dreaming of owning my own one day…
how fun to have a yoga swing over the water?! in a beautiful setting and with a lovely wooden canoe!
a rolling sandbox! how FUN!
what a great deck with cozy cushions, lush surrounding greenery, and a fire pit for smores cooking!
wishing everyone a happy weekend outdoors! we are looking forward to our neighborhood festival this weekend…maybe we will find the perfect stuff for our growing baby!
i adore pom-poms (and cable knit booties)!
this hat and booties set is PERFECT for us- it’s cable knit and has pom-poms! isn’t it the cutest?! i have been coveting the booties since we spotted them at the pink olive in brooklyn and when i saw them as part of an online boutique sale, i didn’t hesitate for a moment to buy them for our little one! i am so looking forward to seeing our snuggled up baby in such cute winter wear!
dessert deliciousness
the belgian chocolate pudding from trader joe’s paired with fruit…looks like it might be the perfect summer party dessert. light, easy, and you don’t even have to turn the oven on…i will have to try it…SOON!
off to visit in the sunshine state
have a wonderful weekend, lovelies! after working eleven days in a row and being on-call over the memorial holiday weekend, i get a three day weekend of my own and i am spending it in sunny pensacola parked right next to my parents pool. my goals for the long weekend: spend time with my family (jessica is driving up too!), sit and read by the water, enjoy yummy food, and NOT to step foot into a car until sunday.
back next week!
first baby item, purchased!
while in new york, david and i bought the first item for our new baby! it’s so adorable , we couldn’t pass it up (espcially after meeting the artist who makes them)! but, it’s so hard to believe i am growing something inside of me that is going to fit into it one day!
i’ve popped!
when we were in new york, i looked down one morning and thought to myself…”the baby definitely came with us!”
my tummy has popped right out and is ready to grow for the next 24 weeks or so! even sadie has noticed…WOW!
