a day at the park

Our Miss Mayapolis Papaya has recently been putting on some weight due to dreary weather and sheer laziness on our part. Apparently, since becoming real parents our puppy parenting has gone downhill. However, Saturday proved to be a great opportunity to at least begin to make amends, not to mention it was beautiful and dry (but still cold). We picked up my mom and Miss Romy Plum (Maya's chief antagonist in life) and headed to the park.

I had forgotten how awesome our local park was and it appeared that everyone else was taking the opportunity to get their fat puppies out too. The park was packed and Miss K had a blast watching the chaos from her perch. Our little trip also provided the perfect chance to take Miss K's bear suit out for one last spin. just one more thing this sprout has grown out of as of late.

Hope you all had a great Saturday

pinch free zone

So I neglected to tell Mr. Awesome to wear some green today. Fortunately he warned his students that pinching him would result in a sexual harassment lawsuit... needless to say I think he's covered:) Miss K and I made sure we were covered at home too...You know, just in case any pinchers stopped by:)

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!

every little inch

After putting Miss K to bed tonight I took note of the Johnny Jumper I had to push to the side in order to get to my room to change into my own pj's.

I then walked downstairs and proceeded to fold her activity quilt and put away her toys in the bin stored under our coffee table.

After that I grabbed the clothes she wore today off the arm of the couch and while walking to throw them in the laundry I navigated her walker with my foot to it's parking spot by the bookcase.

Finally I replaced her canister of sweet potato snacks on the counter with a tea cup, turned my water on to boil and I looked around.

In just seven short months this little person has worked her way into every corner of our world, it's as if there was always a place for her. That she was always supposed to be here...on this earth, in this home, and in our hearts. I guess what I'm ultimately trying to say is that God is amazing and every day I am blessed by the light that is this little girl.

two year anniversa-brownies

Today is Mr. Awesome and my two year anniversary. It's actually the the two year anniversary of our wedding day but legally we were married on February 27th. We decided that we should always celebrate both. So with that in mind the Mr. took over the 27th. It was an awesome day!! After church my mom took Miss K while we went and enjoyed a cookie and some quiet time at the bookstore, afterwards he had gotten us tickets to the Glass Museum...

there was a great exhibit of kid designed pieces. The kids were able to draw all these creatures and write brief descriptions about what they do like "shoot laycer beems" and then they would actually create the creatures out of glass. It was a super fun trip and it was followed by a late lunch at Stanley and Seaforts with this view...

Our server was lovely and followed our meal with a complimentary creme brulee (which happened to be the best I've had...and not just because it was free.)

Today was up to me and it was definitely more low-key due to work and school. I made some special anniversa-brownies served with Tillamook strawberry ice cream and a meal of fancy meat-loaf and sauteed asparagus. Hopefully, after Miss K heads off to bed we will be able to relax with a glass of wine and talk about how much we've crammed into these two short years and how excited we are about all the plans we have in the works.

the return

So obviously I've been on a bit of a blogging hiatus and here's why:

1. The month of February found our whole house over/under/in the middle of the weather. First Mr. Awesome got sick and because we took a vow to share everything he decided to get me sick too. After nearly two weeks of yuckiness we were thanking our lucky stars that Miss K was not even remotely phased. Apparently our stars aren't that lucky after all. I don't think there's anything as sad as a sick baby. Thankfully she didn't get too bad at least that's what the doctor said after four phone calls (one during her families drive home from vacation...yeah she's awesome) and one visit to the clinic. She was just super congested. The upside of her being a little sicklet (don't judge me) was that she was super cuddly...this child is not a cuddler at all normally so it was kind of sweet to be able to comfort her. Which leads me to...

2. There used to be a time that Miss K took lovely long naps and was relatively limited in her movement. This resulted in her being easily entertained and confined to a relatively small area of the house. That is no longer the case. SHE IS MOBILE!!! and currently eating the case to my New Moon dvd, yesterday it was Maya's rubber bone, tomorrow I'm sure it will be the baseboards. Just yesterday she was standing up rifling through her book collection, only after she terrorized the dog from the pilot seat of her walker. Oh yeah and the battle that is changing her diaper has been lost. After one particularly aggressive confrontation I ceded and allowed her to escape onto the carpet bare-bottomed...she quickly marked her territory by relieving herself.

3. I don't know that I'll ever be a good housewife due to my increasingly short attention span. I try to keep up with the laundry, groceries, cleaning and misc. household-y things but we have a puppy and a heated carpet in the living room and an incredibly amusing daughter and a Netflix subscription and a new camera that all plot against my productivity. I really should work on this.

4. With winter continuing to rear it's obnoxiously cold head we are getting increasingly stir crazy...point and case I just grabbed a fussy Miss K and ran up and down the stairs a couple times singing Firework by Katy Perry (did I mention that there's a little more emphasis on the crazy!

a little project for the lovestruck

For Christmas I had printed up some subway art to go above our bookcase, unfortunately Christmas came and went and up until today that frame has been quite the problem child. I wanted something that was valentine-y due to the fact that I love revolving decor, a house that changes with the season's and holidays if you will, but I didn't want a swinging cupid from my bookcase. Enter my own personalized subway art. I've seen a lot of people creating their own versions online and knew that I could put my own twist on it.

It took a lot of tweaking and mulling over fonts and sizes in photoshop but I finally came to a look I liked. The names are all places from Mr. Awesome and my courtship...from the very first time we met at the Seattle Airport to the day he proposed at the skating rink, printed out 16x20 to fit perfectly above our bookcase.

It was pretty fun sitting with the Mr. remembering all the places we went and the memories we made during that season of our lives. It made me excited to think that this is the man I will continue to travel the world and make plans and memories with..

I think I'm definitely in the Valentine's Day spirit:)

x's and o's

So I have some very Valentine-y plans for the month of February the first of which is a free 28 day class over at Willette Designs...

once you enroll in the class you will receive daily prompts, inspiration, and tips to help you document your loved ones over the course of the month. I figured this was perfect timing considering I'm still trying to figure out all the bells and whistles on Miss Reba.

Also over at Willette she has these awesome Valentines templates for photoshop which I may be inclined to send out too...

maybe a Miss K and Miss Mayapolis Papaya (she's been missing from the blog) photoshoot is in order:)