i don’t even know how i came across these but now we NEED one!

we never broke down and bought a shoppingcart/highchair cover because, well, i just feel like i’m too lazy to pack those enormous things and i’d always forget it and it’s just easier to keep wet wipes and purell on hand and wipe down my baby and whatever i’m putting him in (let’s be honest, whenever i remember. whatever, building immunities)

but this is something i can get behind! we spend 7 minutes picking crap up off the floor before we can leave any restaurant and this would make it so much easier! he’ll still toss stuff but he doesn’t have great distance right now so it can’t go much further than this reaches.

the only reason i haven’t hit purchase yet is the price… $30 seems awfully steep for a gigantic bib. now i’m off to find alternatives…

Feb. 23: Your Shoes*

i’ve loved these LL Bean hearthside slippers. sadly they’re no longer available, which is a huge bummer for me since i really need to replace the stink machines. i wear them every single day, usually most of the day, sometimes all day.

*baby feet included at no extra charge.

did you really think we’d find a shirt with an aardvardk on it and not get it??

Feb. 22: Where You Work

today was hosting a playdate at my “office”. i have a pretty awesome work environment, great coworkers, dress code is tres casual, and my boss (while sometimes demanding and whiney) is one of my favorite people on the planet. definitely the best job i’ve ever had… although i do miss having traveling on someone else’s dime : )

so i take back my comment about needing to purchase more fabric (even though it’s super fun!) and apparently i just need things to DO with all the fabric i already have.

i’m already making an alphabet for Roger (thanks Pinterest)… what else can i do with all this? most of them are about a yard each, some of it is many yards (mostly the solids)

what can i do with all this crap? i’ve already searched as much as i can on Pinterest and my eyes started crossing… you people are crafty and talented, what should i do with this stuff?

um, all i can say is LOVE!

we came across this book in the store and Roger was cracking up! i’m officially obsessed and now must have all of the VanFleet books. i have no clue what the official terminology is but these are those kinds of books with pull tabs that make things on the page move, and on top of that coolness they also have tons of textures on the pages for kids to touch.

Awesome stuff.

if you love them you’ll get them for your baby!

Feb. 21: Fave Photo of You

surprised ya, huh? i’m sure it would have made the most sense if i’d put up one of me holding my little one, one of my little family of three, or anything that included my baby because, duh, i’m my favorite me because of him (and of course husband too, love you hun!).

but i came across this photo the other day and it made me stop what i was doing. this was taken about 10 years ago on an improptu beach trip with some friends. i hadn’t really thought about it until seeing this photo but i really didn’t stop and enjoy the life i had back then. i mean, i look back on it and am all wow, life was awesome and i had no idea. not that it’s not perfection now but back then i had a job i enjoyed, working for people i enjoyed working for, living in a penthouse apt. in a remarkably beautiful area of town where i would walk to the corner store on sunday mornings and grab a naked juice, a donut, the sunday paper and then sit on my balcony and do the crossword puzzle. i used to go out 4/7 nights a week and even though i’d imbibed way too much i’d bounce right back the next day to head out to the park or some downtown event. i chose and enjoyed being single, i wore heels everywhere, i always did my hair, i went to church every sunday, i shopped in cute little shops, i could take spur of the moment trips because it sounded like a good idea. i got myself out of debt and was fully financially independent, i bought what i wanted because i’d earned it, i didn’t care if those new shoes meant another night of ramen. my social calendar was quite full and this was also the point in my life where i met and became friends with my now husband.

all in all, i guess my early/mid twenties were everything i could have ever hoped for. and, let’s be honest, this photo made me realize all this AND that i had a pretty sweet bod back then, or at least i did in this photo but that is long gone now. so today it’s my fave because who doesn’t want to realize that the life they’ve lived is actually the life they always wanted?

cool pixelation and maroon dots have been provided to protect the innocent

(sorry, i know it’s been an abundance of “ohmygosh sale promo code!” over here but i get really excited when i come across them and i have to share so…)

Tea Collection is having a sale… and through Thursday night you can save an extra 30% ontop of the sale prices with code extra30yay

also, did you know they sell women’s clothes? i did not but now i sure do