Hello! We have been busy lately celebrating birthdays – Emerson, Avery, and I all have birthdays a week apart, so October involves lots of celebrating, party planning, and cake! We celebrated Avery with a visit to the farm on her real birthday! She was getting over an ear infection and was a little grumpy all day, but by the time the party rolled around she felt better. I think she finally understood that the party was for her when we…
Matt’s birthday is July 3rd, so the holiday weekend is always a big one for us! We kicked things off by making Matt an ice cream cake. Avery has never helped me bake before and I didn’t know if she would be grabby – but she was so excited and totally content to watch Emerson. We used this recipe with gluten free Joe’s Joe’s, mint chip, and vanilla and it was great – hard to cut through the crust but…
I’ve sat down to write this post like 5 times. We have been busy celebrating over here! It’s both fun and overwhelming that the three of us girls have birthdays three weeks apart:) My parents drove down and we had a little party for Avery on her real birthday, October 3rd. We had a couple of friends stop by for a backyard cake smash too. I couldn’t resist getting one of these beautiful initial cakes from The Batchmaker. Cris was…
We had a wonderful weekend of celebrations over here! Matt’s parents came down for the long weekend – we hadn’t seen them in 6 months! Emerson was on cloud nine and played with them non-stop for 3 straight days. Friday was Matt’s birthday, and I wanted to get away for a little date with him. He had the day off, so I surprised him with a picnic lunch in Freedom Park. Given that we’ve had two outings with out the…
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…
We had a big weekend over here! Well, Emerson did – I mostly sat on the couch:) Friday, Emerson and a classmate celebrated their birthdays (both the 12th!) at school with a donut party. Parents aren’t allowed to attend, but Em was full of energy when she got home from school and was eager to tell us all about it. She was super wound up and skipped her nap, making for a cranky Friday night. We took a family walk…
I can finally relax a bit, both because Grammie is here to take care of Emerson when I go to the hospital, and because I have an entertainer + another set of hands to help with everything. After a hard week of toddler challenges (flu shot + a cold + constipation + sleep issues made for the perfect storm), I put my feet up on Friday night! My mom put Em to bed, and Matt made us two tasty pizzas…
We are thrilled to be expecting another GIRL!!! I think Emerson and Matt were rooting for a boy, but we are all just thankful for a normal anatomy scan. And I’m excited to reuse all my girl stuff. Plus, sisters!!! Our gluten free gender reveal carrot cake was made by the talented Batachmaker and was seriously one of the best cakes (gf or glutenous) I’ve had in my entire life. That cream cheese icing!!!! Beautycounter Giveaway Congrats to Courtney (ckafarian@gmail.com)…
Lots of celebrations taking place over here! My birthday is only 6 days after Emerson’s, which means we eat a lot of cake in the month of October. Since my parents helped us eat Emerson’s cake in just 24 hours, Matt got me another one for my day on the 18th. Em and I made an adventure out of going to pick up the cake at Clementine Bakery in Clinton Hill. I attempted to go for a run, but there…