Its been a little busy around our household lately. But were enjoying every minute of it. Even the pup and the bambino. These two are the best of friends. The pup sleep under the Mias cradle every ni...
After seeing Elises instagram photobook, I knew I wanted to do one that documented my pregnancy. Most of my pictures during that time were taken with my handy dandy iphone. Thank you, Steve Jobs. I t...
It seems like time is just flying right on by. Today is my first day with the bambino on my own. My mom left this morning and the husband is back at work. The house seem creepily silent and emp...
Too bad that our bundle of joy came a few days earlier and couldnt share the same birthday with you like you wished for. But for the past few days, Ive seen you transform into the most loving an...
We are absolutely smitten with our baby girl.Shes already blessed our lives in so many ways.Mia Grace CortezApril 27, 20128lbs 12 ouncesWell be slowly making our way back to the blog. For right ...
Here are a few bits + pieces from the little bambinos room. I am not a girly girl, so we decided to go with a more neutral room filled with lots of color and patterns. We, and when I say "we"...
This pregnancy has come and gone and I cant believe that Ive actually survived it all. I know that hardest part still awaits me, but I try not to think about it too much. Mostly because Im deathly af...
Okay not really. But I like to think were starting to live a little greener and a little more eco friendly. When we bought our house, it already had a giant lemon and orange tree planted. I was so st...
Who ever said that walking helps to induce labor is full of you know what. Between the past 3 days, Ive probably walked enough to get to Oregon. Maybe not that much, but at least a good 8 hours of st...
Today I decided to take it a little easy and work on Mias birth announcements. Well, the envelopes at least. In prior weeks, I had already made a list of recipients, ordered the envelopes from ...
So today marks day one of my maternity leave. I woke up at 5am. Just like I do every day. I woke the boy up so he wasnt late for work. I stayed in bed for a few moments after he left, snuggled ...
Lately:Our pull out sofa has been the most comfortable place in our house to sleepI finally started working on our wedding photo book. Its only taken me about 2 years! (Yikes!)Today is my last day of...
I cannot believe that its already April! This may very well be our last month before we become parents. Our little baby girl is due April 30th, but Im thinking she may come early. Or at least thats w...
On Saturday we woke up at 8:30am. Thats saying a lot because Im ALWAYS a 6am riser. On weekdays I get up at 5am. Never fails. I think in the almost 6 years that Ive been at my job, Ive been late to w...
Have you ever tried to unpack boxes with a 8 month old in your belly? Well let me tell you friends, its no easy task. Its hard to bend, to move, to shimmy around corners without banging your belly. O...
Is our new door mat cute? Its from West Elm ... one of my favorite stores.This has been a crazy long week and I am so glad that its Friday. Here are a few things that I am looking forward to thi...
If you follow us on twitter or instagram, youll know that we received this ginormous fortune cookie on our door step last week. After some facebook posting, we found out that it came from one of my s...
Were in the single digits, folks. 9 weeks to go. Or maybe more? Maybe less? Oh, the suspense is killing me, smalls! The boy and I both think the bambino will make her appearance early. But hopefully ...
Happy Birthday to one of my most favorite men in the world. I miss you dearly and know that even though we cant celebrate this day with you, youre up in Heaven partying it up like a rockstar. Youve t...
For Presidents Day weekend, we decided that we would drive down to LA to see the boys family. We havent been to LA for almost a year. So it was much needed. The original plan was to go to Hawaii, but...
Some of you already know that I am a mixed breed. And by mixed breed, Im talking a cake mix recipe worth of ethnicities. But growing up, I think we identified more with the Chinese side of our family...
HAPPY VALENTINES DAYto the most handsome and caring man I know.Its our last year celebrating as just the two of us.But I cant wait to hold our little baby and spend the rest of our lives as a family....
We have 11 short weeks to go and I am anxiously awaiting for this little bambino to pop out into the world. As much as I want to see her cute little face, I know I just have to be patient and hang on...
The bambino will be here is t-minus 12 weeks. But Ive been saying 11.75 weeks today. This weekend, the boy and I both placed bets on the date that we think she will arrive. For some reason we both th...
Ever since weve moved into our house, I feel like I have the Martha Stewart fairy dust sprinkled all over me. Ive been cooking and cleaning (I have bruises on my knees to prove it) and organizing and...
This morning I woke up with this crazy intense back pain. Ive suffered with a nagging sciatica for nearly my entire teen and twenty-something life. But this pain is a little different. Its on the lef...
It seems like only yesterday when I was a wee little college kid working at the cash registers at IKEA. I wore that hideous yellow & blue sweater and even had IKEA embroidered jeans. They were so...
Check out this fruit that we picked off our tree this weekend. Isnt it scary looking? At first I thought some bugs ate it. So I picked it off the tree to throw out (I mean throw into our compost bin....
Holy crapballs. The bambino will be here in 17 weeks (or less). And I say "less" for good reason. Wanna hear a funny story? Or a couple? Last night we were relaxing and watching some not-so-g...
Check out this photo I found from 5 years ago! When we lived in LA, we LOVED Disneyland. We used to go alllll the time. We havent been back there since we moved to San Francisco. But in my head, I kn...
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