Too funny. Thanks Aunt Kat!

Sometimes when someone you love goes away...

...it makes you remember just how much you love them.

Here are some great things I found on etsy.com today. Image credit found underneath photo.

el dave on etsy.com

Whale and bee on etsy.com.

Rarrar press on etsy.com.

Design Dude on etsy.com.

Amatas art on etsy.com.

Honey: I love you. Can't wait to see you and have you back with me here.
Xoxoa

Mini skirt weather...

Geez, is that skirt short enough? ;0)Well, if you got it, flaunt it!

So, went to an antique flea market yesterday and got a few cool things (if I do say so...). This table for $15. A nice place to put drinks on in the living room.

I couldn't resist this cute picture of a baby cowboy. Or cowboy baby. Whichever. Uber-cute.

Gah! This is the perfect Valentine's card for Chris...will save for next year.

Creepy monkey. As in, "I love you, my creepy monkey!"

Speaking of creepy monkeys, boy do I miss Chris (sorry honey, I couldn't resist! Love you!) I never realized how much I wait for him to get home each day. I just talked to him and it is currently raining in Sydney. Oh, cry me a river.

Bitter girl, signing off! ;0)

Daddy's in Sydney, Australia...

And we are here. Blah.

Here are some pictures he took with his iphone.








Ha! That girl in the picture kinda looks like me from the back! I can pretend I was there!

"Children Are Miraculous."

Stop yelling (giant period.) Yes, something I need to work on. As a child the neighborhood kids used to say that they could hear mom yelling at us from up the street (sorry, Mom.) Let me just say that she was/is a spectacular Mom. The woman yells, deal with it. And now I do. Deal with it. The yelling is not mean-spirited, just a way of communicating when your kids are ignoring your request to do something.clean something/ etc.

Although I am working on that aspect of my personality- the yelling. I think it goes along with having generally low patience and then also having kids. Yeah. Not a good mix, huh? ;0)

But, "Go find elephants and kiss them (?)" What. The. Heck. Do we really want to encourage children to embrace (giant) animals?

But the rest of this mantra I say is spot on.

image via home-biba.blogspot.com

Polaroid Love...

One of my favorite things from our wedding was the Polaroid guest book. And we still had a roll of film (10 exposures, ha!) left over. I saw this great idea on Foreveristoday.com and wanted to try out a Polaroid collage. Here is the result. Now I just need a frame...

A clean baby is a happy baby...

Miss K has always loved the water. She's my little water baby. Does anyone remember that old movie called, "Waterbabies?" It was about chimney sweeps in London, or something. A classic from my childhood. But, what a strange movie.

I have to get a picture of her drinking the water out of the faucet. She will lean in, open her mouth, and get a small gulp. Then turn around and laugh. Soooooo cute.

And because I want to share some of the awesomeness I am seeing on etsy, here you go: a few pretty rad things on etsy.com that I am loving...

Huge balloons from iluvsugar.

Smile-on-a-stick found on Hey Yo Yo. See post below for a picture of Chris using this. Perfect for those days where you really need to fake a good mood.

Vintage Modern Tea Party from lindsayart.

Custom couple illustrations from Nan Lawson.

Woodgrain laptop cover by beepart.

Exploring flowers...

I am absolutely obsessed.I have to have flowers everywhere.
These yellow pompoms are so cheerful.
Ranunculus are vintage classy...I just adore them!



We have been having a lot of fun around here...patty cake fun! Aren't these two cute? (what is with the underline? I can't seem to turn it off! Argh!)



I decided to let Kendall explore the flowers today...she got to taste them...pull the petals off...swing them around...



Like mother, like daughter, right?

Don't you love Polaroids?

Amusez-vous avec this stock footage until I get the Polaroids scanned!

Let me start by saying that I haven't scanned the Polaroid photos I took yesterday so I can't show them here yet, but I can't wait to do so. I got a great idea from Forever is Today's blog where she had a bunch of Polaroids grouped together in one picture frame and decided I wanted to try and do something like that. Only, I wanted all the pictures to be of similar topic.

So, off Kendall, Chris, and I went to La Jolla Cove to play in the sun and take some Polaroids! I have to tell you, I felt quite odd walking around looking through my gigantic Polaroids viewfinder! But I just love the fun of holding a piece of the film and waiting for the picture to materialize-it's always such a surprise for some reason!

Kendall is beginning to take some steps now. We walk around with her holding onto our hands, and sometimes she will let go and take a few steps. But she is very cautious...lots of times she will just drop to the floor instead of trying to walk. I think any day now she is going to figure out that she actually can do this and then it will be all over!

BEST corned beef EVER!!! (From someone who doesn't even really like it all that much)

This woman (pictured here with her trusty sidekick, Phelps) made the BEST corned beef EVER last night!! Thank you, Gammy! Let me tell you, when I can get a night off from cooking, I take it! And to have a wonderful meal complete with hors d'ouevres, wine, and cupcakes for dessert...well...


Here is the little maitre'd now. "Cheese? Crackers?"


Our little nuclear, minus the maitre'd...(And yes, I know I look frumpalicious.)

What a great St. Patty's Day!

On another note, here is Kendall in an outfit her Auntie Katja got for her. I had to take pics as she looks so cute. Check out the matching headband!










My gosh I do love that girl!