Hello! We are back from a little paternity leave escape to Florida. We decided to go on a road trip since Matt is off this month – we picked Vero Beach because we wanted a cute, walkable beach town. Vero was just far enough south to get warm temperatures, but still within somewhat reasonable driving distance. We stopped in Savannah for two nights on the way down and literally booked a hotel room the night before we left. The drive…
We had another celebratory weekend – this time for my birthday! My mom and dad came back to Charlotte on Wednesday, so that my dad could meet baby Avery (he was on a men’s hiking trip in Yosemite when she was born). They brought sparking rose and we toasted to the new addition before having Thai takeout on Thursday night. Em was excited to have some extra attention again and spent most of the visit pretending she was Angelina (or…
-I’m really craving hot apple crisp, but ice cream will have to do in this weather. -Fingers crossed Emerson is finally sleeping better. Her terrible sleep lasted about 2 weeks, so I do think it was some sort of regression. -I know I said I might take a break from the news, but I’m kind of obsessed with the whole whistleblower/impeachment inquiry coverage. The whole thing is fasinating. -Matt and I squeezed in another date night at Good Food –…
What a treat to have an extra day to the weekend. I always kinda forget about these long weekends until they are here and it was WONDERFUL to have an extra day with Matt to do all the fun things. We kicked off the weekend with two Mellow Mushroom pizzas and then went straight to bed because we were both exhausted. I was on my phone the minute I opened my eyes on Saturday to see if Move That…
How was your weekend? This week is dragging slowly because Emerson is sick and Matt is traveling. But, we had a wonderful weekend with some incredible fall-like weather! We had our porch screen in last week and we spent a ton of time outside enjoying the space over the weekend. At one point we even had to bring blankets outside because it was so cold! I am in love with the porch and am sooo happy we did it. We…
We continued the theme of home improvement over here this weekend. We worked all day Saturday, and I was so tired by Saturday night that I could barely find the energy to go out on a date with Matt. We knocked so many things of our to-do list, though, so we had a Sunday funday that involved a movie and a concert. Matt worked from a co-working space on Friday, so we kicked off the weekend with a trip to…
Where do I begin? We had the most luxurious weekend – sleeping in, reading by the pool, doing absolutely no cooking/cleaning/bedtime duties! I got the longest consecutive hours of sleep since Emerson was born and it was the longest I’ve been away from her – the other 3 times I’ve left for very short trips I was more nervous, but this time felt different. She finally understands that we come back when we leave and she is able to articulate…
I guess we are really in the dog days of summer? This week looks like a hot one – it’s really not that much cooler than Dallas here, and with the added humidity, I’m basically not going outside right now. Good thing we had tons to do around the house this weekend, because we were inside for most of it! We checked soo many things off the to-do list, including mulching our front beds (we need like 2 more bags!),…
We are back from Hilton Head and I’m ready for a productive week at home. Emerson had her first day of camp today, and although she was very nervous at drop-off, she was squealing with excitement when I picked her up. After two weeks of back to back travel, I was so thankful for some time at home to get my life together. I’m also looking forward to some healthy eating, as there’s not much room in my stomach these…