friday favorites

Posted on September 20, 2013 by tara

Our family is coming into town this weekend for Kaya’s birthday party! Of course, I still have a million things left to check off my to-do list, so I’ll just leave you with a short post of this week’s highlights 🙂

Fall weather has arrived and we are loving the cooler temperatures (although I might not be loving how dark it is when I go running in the morning)… Kaya and I took a walk and she had fun pointing out all the trees. She even wore a hair bow! 🙂

Kaya has learned to “throw” the ball for Jax to fetch! As always, here he is kissing her right IN the mouth. My two crazy kids… I stripped our bed down to wash the sheets, and someone made himself a little too comfy on our pillows and comforter. He does have his own blanket, you know… that he ripped to shreds. We gave Kaya a cupcake last night to celebrate her birthday, and she barely touched it! Michael had to encourage her to taste it. She seemed to like it but only tried a small bit before she was bored with it. (C’mon Kaya… it’s chocolate!)

I’ve been crazy busy this week making all sorts of things for her party tomorrow. I made fondant for the first time ever and had so much fun playing with it yesterday… here’s a sneak peek of the cake!Happy Friday!

michael’s birthday weekend

Posted on August 26, 2013 by tara

Usually, we have a pretty big party for Michael’s birthday, but this year, we kept it simple. I missed having a bunch of friends over, but I think he enjoyed just having a relaxing evening at home.

We had cookie bars and ice cream!
And Kaya helped Daddy open a few presents. This was the first Saturday in a long time that actually felt like a Saturday! We had no place to be and nothing scheduled, so we slept in, exercised, and then relaxed. We decided to walk around the pond in the early evening. I’m going to miss this gorgeous weather (especially since Michael told me last night that the farmer’s almanac predicts a bitter cold winter… sooo not ready for that)!

(waving at a puppy!) Hope your weekend was as restful as ours was! 🙂

friday favorites

Posted on August 16, 2013 by tara

Judging by how many pictures I took this week… we’ve been having a lot of fun!

This first photo describes our Sunday perfectly: Michael was exhausted, I couldn’t stop smiling and Kaya was being crazy and climbing all over us! On Monday, we had Lauren and Rory over for games and these chocolate dipped s’mores. Kaya fell asleep at breakfast on Tuesday (despite Taylor Swift playing in the background), and she sure loves cuddling with her orange kitty lately.
Kaya loves playing in the dog’s new crate/ We had a playdate with Mia, Aaliyah, Liam and James on Thursday!/ Kaya loves seeing Daddy at the end of the workday! She tried bananas this week and LOVED them (but maybe loved making a mess even more). I love this sleepy, happy grin.
Someone else was a sleepyhead too, and slept in our bed all morning on Wednesday.

The weather has been so perfect (although strangely cool for summer) that we’ve been trying to take advantage of it as much as we can, so we’ve gone for a couple of walks and spent time on the playground. I love playing as a family 🙂 Static hair after Daddy took her down the slide! Happy weekend! 🙂

friday favorites

Posted on July 19, 2013 by tara

Monday was the only day of the week that the forecast didn’t predict thunderstorms, so Kaya and I tried to cram every warm-weather activity into our day. We went walking with Daddy on his lunch break, had a barbecue with friends, and even planned to go to the pool (but after a million and one errands, Kaya really needed a nap, so there was no swimming for us).

The weather man was wrong (go figure!) so we did get to enjoy some pool time on Tuesday after all. Baby Bird is always so exhausted after we swim! Despite her tiredness, her morning nap seems to be getting shorter and shorter…

Our computer came last night! It came in a bunch of different boxes, so Michael had to put it together (actually, he still has a few things left to do to finish it, so I haven’t had any fun playing with it yet). The boxes had tons of padding to protect the computer, and Kaya sure loved playing with all the paper.

It’s been hotter this week, so the air conditioning is back on. Poor Kaya was getting pretty sweaty!She also tried sweet potatoes last night! She only sort of liked them (her smile is for Daddy, not the food)! We are going to try again later today.
And I love how silly my baby is (by the way, I promise she does wear clothes 90% of the time… I guess she always just does photo/video-worthy things during the 10% she’s in only a diaper!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n71eM7dvcN8

Happy weekend!

insta-jam #11 (may 2013)

Posted on June 20, 2013 by tara

Now that we’re more than halfway through June… Yep. I’m a slowpoke, but that’s okay. Better late than never! I won’t write captions for all of them since they are pretty self-explanatory (aka my baby is CUTE and I take lots of pictures of her. Haha).

Baking too much; a bath in the sink at Grandma’s; playing with some plastic cups; and one of the last photos I have of my sweet Maggie just two days before we said goodbye. Smiles; frozen keys for sore gums; waiting at the pond for a photoshoot; giggles.

She loves panda; I love these “Wendy’s fakeout” homemade chicken sandwiches; being cute; big beautiful eyes.
Juni (in motion!)
One of the few “fun” baths we’ve ever had. Rolling over on the changing table; grabbing toes; eating some yogurt for the first time; and cuddles.

The night we brought Jax home (look at that tail wagging); less-than-perfect mint chocolate cupcakes I made for a barbecue; chocolate chip cookies with my buddy; and Jax always trying to sit in my lap.

Beautiful; sleeping all crunched up in the corner of her crib; making her laugh is so easy; and letting Jax cuddle in our bed when Daddy isn’t looking.

Sheep that didn’t run when we walked up to them; my first walk with a baby AND a dog; enjoying the swings; and a hot, tired puppy.

a walk in the park

Posted on March 12, 2013 by tara

This winter seems to have dragged on foooooreeeeeever. We’ve had a lot of snow, frigid temperatures, and the sun has been away on an extended vacation. Finally, we had a glimpse of spring this past weekend- it even hit 60 degrees! We would’ve been fools not to take advantage of it, so we all went on a walk to the pond (about 2 miles).

I even got to try out our new baby carrier! Turns out, I love wearing my baby, and Kaya doesn’t seem to mind (for the most part), so I think we have a lot of fun opportunities in our future.

And yup… we’re related to these crazies.

Wow.

Michael and Tara

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insta-jam #11 (may 2013)

a walk in the park