a wednesday tradition

yesterday was my first day doing something really summery.  the pool here opened so coco and i went with my friend april and her boys when they got out of school, we swam and splashed and snacked.  i didn't even take any pictures because i was too busy joining in on the fun!

afterwards we stopped by a local cake shop for free cupcakes! they have this thing where every wednesday on their facebook page they post a password and if you go into the shop and say it, you get their cupcake of the day on the house!  they were super delicious and we plan on going once a week after the pool, and thus a new wednesday tradition was formed.

a new necklace + basin

a couple of years ago, during the mister's first deployment to iraq, i ordered my first lisa leonard necklace. it was the open circle one and it says cohen on the front and my heart on the back.  a couple weeks ago i won a giveaway for lisa leonard and i got to order another one, this one has a little pearl attached.  its so cool to see how the company has grown since my last order!  it arrived in this adorable little bag.  i love it!

ps.  we went to the basin to let cohen play in the sand and we left some love behind.

a little playlist

what a weekend, i've never done so much outside physical labour in my life!  today wasn't so bad because not only did cohen hang out at work with me for a few hours but the mister helped me with my first round of watering.  i finally get to relax inside and i'm celebrating by watching my hollywood love on hatfields & mccoys and listening to this playlist i made for work today.  so beat!

the last time we were in baltimore was february 2011, we visited the aquarium and took a photo of cohen on this crab.  when went back last week and ran into the same crab and took another photo of him on it.  its amazing to me how much he has changed in the past year!

mama's day + some visitors

helllllllo! oh man what a busy week i've had, after the baltimore trip my parents came! it was such a lovely afternoon, we went to to eat at ruby tuesdays (i know i go there all the time, its the salads man) where i consumed one of the most delicious foods i've ever had and my new obsession... zucchini burgers! seriously i didn't even know these things existed but now i can't stop thinking about them.

after lunch we went shopping at the px and then came home and played lots of mario kart.  it was super low key and laid back.  the next two days were back to normal and then saturday while i was at work my in laws came to visit (i felt super special cos i was their first stop!) and while i didn't get to spend time with them really on their visit because i had to work all day both days, it was so nice to see them and i know the boys enjoyed hanging out and going to lunch! they even slept over, coco had his grandma b sleep on his bedroom floor hehe.

you know what, i didn't even talk about mothers day.  i had to work, boo.  but after work the boys and i went to eat at silver diner because i wanted some french toast, but when i got there i had to get real food cos everything looked amazing! they got a new menu and changed everything to like organic and local farms, gluten free, etc and have a lot of vegan options and wow, it was so great. i got their tomato and mozz sandwich and some chocolate cake. as soon as i got home i passed out haha.

and yes i know i talk about food too much. shhh
ps. i am practicing some photoshop with these photo layouts, i don't know what i'm doing!

inner harbor

we traveled to baltimore and spent the day at the inner harbor where we went to the port discovery museum and walked around and even road in a dragon boat! at the end of the day we were so beat and starving so we went to the closest place, which was pf changs and it was super yummy.

he loved the giant bubble

our view from the paddle boat!

i felt like ni hao kai lan

he loves his veggies

ikea love

i'm really lucky that i get to spend my days with my little babe, i couldn't imagine doing anything else with my life.  today we went went to ikea for lunch and a little shopping.  i really could spend all day there walking the showrooms and daydreaming!

i love seeing this cute face across the table from me

cake with a side of salad please! ;) (i ended up eating around the dressing, i hate dressing on my salads)

trying on slippers and beds

i also got the chance to do a little idea shopping for our new home, gray couches for our living room and some new pieces of furniture and coco got to pick out his new duvet cover for when he gets his adult sized bed.  good good day!

3.99 for striped pillows... can't be beat! 

blame the wii

i haven't blogged because we finally got a wii and i can't stop playing.  the downtime i have that i used to spend reading blogs and doing a little blogging myself and catching up with my shows has been replaced with playing zelda and kirby.  i know everyone pretty much has one so its old news but its new news to me!  besides the wii excitement i finished my finals and have been busy at work and the boys went fishing.  cohen caught his first fish with his own pole!  he actually caught three that day.

sunday we went out to one of my favourite restaurants, ruby tuesday. i am a sucker for that salad bar and so is coco.  this was his dinner... no dressing ever.

yesterday we woke up at 330 am to take the mister to work and coco and i came home for some breakfast and a shower and then were out from 10 am until 830 last night and visited all of our favourite places like target, trader joes, lakeshore learning etc. it was nice but exhausting but a good day.  today we are home cleaning and vegging out.  this is my favourite snack at the moment and i'm pretty sure all three will be empty by tonight.

so noted

i love this.

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