Happy Day to all my Daddy peeps!
Bubba had a wonderful day hangin' with his grand-papo and we even got Dad a tool chest!
It was a gorgeous day with temps in at least the mid 80's, tiny white puffy clouds high in the sky and a perfect, day before summer kinda California evening.
The house is coming along smoothly but we still have lots of work to do, furniture to buy, and love to give the backyard. Well...at least the bougainvillea is gone-no prickly, spiny, house over-taking s*** for us, thank you very much!
Pics to come! Mr. Bubba's first is just days away! I can't believe how fast my little bubba has grown this past year...when I look at him and see that little bundle we first brought home in my mind's eye, I get all weepy. Lame, but part of life I guess.
Looking forward to celebrating this week with our besties!
xo
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Saturday, January 02, 2010
ladies and gentlemen...the genius that is griffin green!
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Saturday, November 28, 2009
You know you're human when...
You find out someone you've lost touch with over a series of unfortunate circumstances is doing well...and you're really, truly happy for them.
miss, love, and hope it all happens for the best!
miss, love, and hope it all happens for the best!
Thursday, November 05, 2009
The Talented Mr. Verde
i heard they scream when you first put them in the pot, but i had to see for myself
awwww yeah
ironic...he was crying when i first tried to take the picture...
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Game-Set-Match
Spinach, chevre cheese, pine nuts, grape tomatoes, lemon, olive oil, salt and pepper. DAMMIT, no artichoke hearts but still one of the most refreshing summer salads!
Friday, July 24, 2009
On The First Month of Parenting
I'm all salty and old at being a mom now that the babe is a whole month old, so I think I know everything. Just like since I've been through 9 months-give or take-of pregnancy, I also think I am the authority on all things pre and post natal.
Or not...
There are a lot of things that I was not expecting to happen that did. I'm not sure if I wish I had known either, because planning ahead either way probably would not have worked for me. Like, the pain I was having in my groin during pregnancy. Seriously, is it necessary to feel like I just fell onto the center bar of a man's bike for 24 hours a day? Maybe not so much. How could I have planned for that? Nothing you do makes it any better. Maybe an ice pack at night would have helped-that would have been super sexy, on top of the sexy waddle I developed in the last month. Yep, I had strangers asking for my number I was so hot. What I was expecting was insane cravings. That did not happen. Sure, I wanted comfort food but was I craving it so bad that I sent my husband out at 2am? Nope, and even if I had planned on cravings-how do you prepare ahead of time for that?
Hmmm, what else could have prepared me for: Being induced two weeks early; having my new son scare the hell out of my family and I when he didn't cry after he arrived; watching my child in the nursery the first night, monitored and on oxygen; an impossibly long, sleepless 2nd night in the hospital trying unsuccessfully to get my son to latch on; postpartum setting on a week after he was born and feeling so impossibly anxious and hopeless that I couldn't sleep; missing work and all the people around me as I'm stuck inside with this new little being I'm not sure I can take care of but so needs me to take care of him. I'm secretly wishing I could go back to work-where I'm sure of myself and good at what I do. Life around me was moving along as normal as I have to learn how to do something that can't be taught. I don't care how many books you've read-nothing can prepare you for it. Books, in my opinion are a generalization that can be helpful at times but do not focus on the needs of individual children. How can they? We are each completely different. Yes, all babies have similar, basic needs but just like each of us, they have teeny tiny personalities and need to be cared for accordingly.
It's work, and it's a learning curve, but it's worth it. As I type and pause to hold an itty bitty hand or rub a belly and listen to a little voice hum to himself or to me, this new little voice that has only been heard for a month in this great big world...oh boy is it worth it!
Or not...
There are a lot of things that I was not expecting to happen that did. I'm not sure if I wish I had known either, because planning ahead either way probably would not have worked for me. Like, the pain I was having in my groin during pregnancy. Seriously, is it necessary to feel like I just fell onto the center bar of a man's bike for 24 hours a day? Maybe not so much. How could I have planned for that? Nothing you do makes it any better. Maybe an ice pack at night would have helped-that would have been super sexy, on top of the sexy waddle I developed in the last month. Yep, I had strangers asking for my number I was so hot. What I was expecting was insane cravings. That did not happen. Sure, I wanted comfort food but was I craving it so bad that I sent my husband out at 2am? Nope, and even if I had planned on cravings-how do you prepare ahead of time for that?
Hmmm, what else could have prepared me for: Being induced two weeks early; having my new son scare the hell out of my family and I when he didn't cry after he arrived; watching my child in the nursery the first night, monitored and on oxygen; an impossibly long, sleepless 2nd night in the hospital trying unsuccessfully to get my son to latch on; postpartum setting on a week after he was born and feeling so impossibly anxious and hopeless that I couldn't sleep; missing work and all the people around me as I'm stuck inside with this new little being I'm not sure I can take care of but so needs me to take care of him. I'm secretly wishing I could go back to work-where I'm sure of myself and good at what I do. Life around me was moving along as normal as I have to learn how to do something that can't be taught. I don't care how many books you've read-nothing can prepare you for it. Books, in my opinion are a generalization that can be helpful at times but do not focus on the needs of individual children. How can they? We are each completely different. Yes, all babies have similar, basic needs but just like each of us, they have teeny tiny personalities and need to be cared for accordingly.
It's work, and it's a learning curve, but it's worth it. As I type and pause to hold an itty bitty hand or rub a belly and listen to a little voice hum to himself or to me, this new little voice that has only been heard for a month in this great big world...oh boy is it worth it!
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
YUM!
Favorite splurges that I allow myself while I've been pregnant, just because...
1. NUMERO UNO is absolutely Haagen Daaz vanilla ice cream, I've decided that this has to be THE most perfect food ever created...well, this and Jefe's homemade strawberry ice cream, but he's only been able to make it once since I've been expecting our little man.
2. A loaf of sourdough bread from Henry's-HAS to be Henry's and their chicken tortilla soup, I couldn't come close to making it if I tried!
3. Udon Noodles from Samurai
4. Spaghetti and Meatballs
5. Sweet Potato fries with chipotle dressing from the Manhattan Brew Co.
6. Homemade chocolate chip cookies
7. Honey Bunches of Oats-2 bowls at a time, thank you very much!
8. Toast: either with butter and raspberry/blackberry preserves OR with peanut butter and honey
9. Yellow mustard and cheese sammiches-untoasted, mozzarella, on wheat
10. Grilled cheese sammich: havarti, swiss, gouda, sourdough or squaw grilled with a nice couple pats of butter and plenty of yellow mustard for dipping
Yep...this baby likes comfort food, not really sure what that's all about cos my theory was always you crave what you need. I think the baby was just HUNGRY but momma has only been willing to allow bebe these little treats once in a while for fear of both a giant baby and a giant-er belly!
1. NUMERO UNO is absolutely Haagen Daaz vanilla ice cream, I've decided that this has to be THE most perfect food ever created...well, this and Jefe's homemade strawberry ice cream, but he's only been able to make it once since I've been expecting our little man.
2. A loaf of sourdough bread from Henry's-HAS to be Henry's and their chicken tortilla soup, I couldn't come close to making it if I tried!
3. Udon Noodles from Samurai
4. Spaghetti and Meatballs
5. Sweet Potato fries with chipotle dressing from the Manhattan Brew Co.
6. Homemade chocolate chip cookies
7. Honey Bunches of Oats-2 bowls at a time, thank you very much!
8. Toast: either with butter and raspberry/blackberry preserves OR with peanut butter and honey
9. Yellow mustard and cheese sammiches-untoasted, mozzarella, on wheat
10. Grilled cheese sammich: havarti, swiss, gouda, sourdough or squaw grilled with a nice couple pats of butter and plenty of yellow mustard for dipping
Yep...this baby likes comfort food, not really sure what that's all about cos my theory was always you crave what you need. I think the baby was just HUNGRY but momma has only been willing to allow bebe these little treats once in a while for fear of both a giant baby and a giant-er belly!
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