The Gordon Family

Last month I got to spend a few hours with the Gordon family!! Michelle contacted me awhile back to say that they haven't had pictures taken since their wedding way back when! They were long overdue for photos and I jumped at the chance! We read, shoveled rocks, ate a snack, and went on a walk! It was a beautiful day in San Francisco and I'm so glad I got to share it with the Gordon family! Here are a few favorites from our time together!

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A Shower for Baby Valentino

Woohoo! Hooray for friends having babies!! 

I hosted a shower today for my super-pal, Jill. She's expecting her first baby (a boy) on Valentine's Day. I used that idea and made little chocolate cupcakes and decorated them with hearts and other cute and delicious things. I also bought a bunch of candy and chocolate and we all dined on the fine quiches that Jill's husband made! 

I brought a bunch of onesies, baby pants, and baby shirts to decorate with fabric paint. I've seen this idea on other blogs. Originally I saw an idea on the Design Mom using bleach instead of fabric paint. And I also saw this on mer mag where they used freezer paper. We just moved and are renovating our house... therefore, we have a lot of painters tape lying around! Perfect and easy and makes for pleasantly straight lines on otherwise hard-to-manage fabric. I attached a few photos below... it was great to see that some ladies did it freehand and others used the tape. What do you think? What are your favorite non-cheesy activities for a baby shower?

Jill got cute little slippers (duck? chick?) and she decided that it'd be cute to put one on Prima's paw and it was cute! She left it on all afternoon :)

It was a wonderful afternoon full of lovely ladies and unexpected sunshine!

Next on my list of things to do in my spare time... my favorite things & ideas that have greatly contributed to my parenting career. 

Treehouse Kid & Craft

If you live within 3,000 miles of Athens, GA, I super encourage you to check out the coolest toy store ever: Treehouse Kid & Craft. It's full of really unique gifts and toys, along with awesome classes, party ideas, and sweet people! I was so pleasantly surprised that it wasn't like every other small, independent,  and "hip" toystore! It's full of new and vintage things! Some are locally handmade while others are made specifically for the shop way out in Nepal! While I was there, I bought presents for my son's birthday (November!) and for Christmas as well! I also picked up a few lightweight items for the plane ride back to California: a Charlie Harper coloring book, a lion puppet from Nepal, two wooden people, a fox finger puppet from BlaBla, and two tiny clothespins (to develop those fine motor skills). In my attempt to share the awesomeness, here are a few cute pictures! Thank you, Kristen Bach for having such an amazing shop. It really adds life to the already vibrant Athens community. 

I'm a Little Teapot

Here's our 2 year (2 years, 2 months, if you want the exact age) singing a lovely tune! It starts out as "I'm a Little Teapot" and then transitions to singing "...pour mama dirty out!!"