Family Fondness

We just had a family reunion and having not experienced those very often (the kind where you all convene in one location for days on end) I was kind of weary of what it would be like. Tension runs high when you are living with people that aren't normally in your every minute vicinity. But it turned out wonderfully. I was sick quite a bit of the time with a pesky monthly hormone imbalance that causes terrible nausea and makes everyone think that I'll have an important announcement forthcoming, alas I never do. We got some minimal (and I mean MINIMAL) shopping done at the outlets, and ate Cafe Rio (I prefer Costa Vida personally) and had family programs where I cried my eyes out over people I'd never met. It was a nice opportunity to meet officially a lot of Husband's family that I met only at our wedding (almost 5 yrs ago) and was obviously occupied with other things and therefor didn't remember. Pretty awesome people.

We settled back into our own home and routine with a couple added guests, including a playmate for Little and a hang out friend for me. We all had a blast and now our guests are leaving and it feels that much more empty in our new digs. We'll sink back into a groove here soon with Husband teaching and schooling everyday and Little and I filling our time with learning and exercising and all sorts of activities like baking squash and eating the whole thing (by myself).

Squash anyone?

Chocolate makes the world a little rounder...

Photo {Via Me}

After I made a round of Tiramisu Truffles {by Sweet Paul} I added the photos to the arsenal of food shots I am compiling for a portfolio. These were the yummiest possibly most intoxicating truffles mediated by a mild crunch of ladyfingers in the middle. I had to give them away - so I didn't get rounder.

Little loved them and kept trying to perfect his verbalizing of the word "chocolate" which sounds like "choch-yat". Adorable, but I can't give in when he wants to eat a whole pan of "choch-yat" so he experienced some dissapointment and ate a fruit stick instead, which he refers to as "nacks" (he likes fruit snacks, so we're finding healthy, organic options).

Maybe next time I do a food styling session I'll make a vegetable dish...

WOWSERS

The summer has been crazy and I can't believe it's flown by so fast! Our move is *almost* over, I wish the rest of the stuff would just take care of itself. Husband is so busy and dedicated to what he does. I love when he takes a day off just because. We could spend everyday together, all day and love every minute of it. We go through rushes and lulls in our relationship where everything will feel just so and then we feel such a love and excitement at spending time together - the mundane is exciting and full of romance. Sometimes this feeling hits me sooner than husband and he is shocked at how much I love him. It is never surprising, really. That's why we chose eachother.

We are constantly overwhelmed by how much we love Little. We knew we would love him, but we didn't know we would be so completely taken with him. He amazes us and we think he is brilliant*(just like every good parent should). He just exclaimed this week while pointing at himself "ME!" and joy and sadness all came at once. I can't believe he is growing so fast and it is somewhat sad to me, I want another little one to come along so that we can enjoy this process all over again without too much time in between. But that is not what is in the plan I guess. Every month we struggle with the dissapointment that another little one is not on the way. We know it will happen at just the right time. So we still hope.

For now we are all in love with eachother and all the fun things, mundane things, and silly things we do together. Our evening walks are back and I love the family bonding they bring. We walk to the grocery store and buy treats for my boys and a Diet Coke for me and walk home enjoying each others company and sometimes the sprinklers that surprise us!

I will miss summer. I love the warmth and fun outside and lazy days that I get to spend playing with Little or working on my goals.

Etsy Store is LIVE

I opened my etsy store today. Meaning I finally got up enough courage to finally post my items. :) Well it's an ITEM currently, but I'm working on a few more listings. Stay tuned!

www.undercovermothers.etsy.com

Check it out!

Moving and Losing... my mind!

We moved this last week and we are still in process of finishing up the declutter at the old place. It's a nightmare to have to drive 35 minutes just to clean up junk I don't think I need. But we are thoroughly enjoying our new living space. There are boxes dotting the hall way and our storage closets are full of still unpacked boxes. But we love the space and the fact that we are now closer to school and family. I took Little on a walk yesterday (2.3 miles) and it was a good little workout. It will be nicer to do that when its cooler outside but we made it to our destination and then quickly drank some water to cool off.

Little is enjoying our new backyard area and frequently likes to go out and play on the toys. Its a great outlet for him during the day. We just started taking him to nursery at church and he loves it! He really enjoys dancing and "jamming" during singing time, and cries when they put the toys away. He's so funny!

We lost the wheel to our crib so we are off to buy another one, crib that is. We've been borrowing the one we have and we know that the wheel is packed somewhere - so we figure we'll find the wheel as we unpack, but we have the opportunity to buy a crib and matching changing table courtesy of credit card points! Awesome. The Husband was hoping for a flat screen TV but can you really justify that when we watch less than 4 hours of TV a week? I think not, curse pragmatism.

The to do list to recover from moving is insane - so for the next week we'll be visiting Home Depot quite frequently. Maybe I'll see you there?

Wow, my attention span is crazy!

It's been a while, I started my new blog and haven't been around much. Life is crazy among moving and family time and just plain living. Little is adorable and is losing that "little" look and turning into a strapping young boy one day at a time. He now thinks he can speak english which is hilarious! He walks around jabbering and acting like a crazy who thinks we understand every single thing he says. He does clearly say over 25 words and we love every little thing he is learning. Especially when the new words accidentally sound like curse words :).

All is well in our world and we are taking everything one day at a time.

:)

I found something

...that I look to do. Work on my new blog www.foundforyouandme.blogspot.com . Check it out! It's a collection of things I like and find inspiring.