emerald city diaries

{we had a playdate with baby blakely & her pup brother dozer.}

{future bffs.}

{baby tahlia had her first birthday party on saturday. her parents borrowed from the korean tradition & had her choose an object to represent her future. after a number of melt-downs, she chose the stethoscope (doctor)!}

{we had dinner with our friends jes & cale, & eloise & jazmyne finally met!}

{we signed up for smith brothers farms delivery to ensure that we always have (almond) milk & eggs at the house!}

{we spent a rainy sunday unpacking the office which was full of boxes… not the most fun day but feels really good to get things organized!}

{eloise has the best hair. plus she has this great cowlick, or giddy giddy as my hawaiian friends would refer to it.}

{you know it’s fall when you eat pumpkin everything!}

what a quick weekend – I blinked & it was over! we had a few social gatherings planned & it was great to catch up with some friends. we also got some things organized around the house – we are making progress! this is the first weekend that really felt like fall – the temps have cooled down & the rainy season is starting.

how was your weekend?
M

{after running some errands with eloise, we got home to have sadie greeting us in the front window. so sweet!}

{happy friday!}

{sometimes this kid has a blast during tummy time. we are loving all of the smiles recently!}

{october means pumpkin everything. am I right?}

{sometimes tummy time just means eloise has easier access to chew on her hands…}

{saying good-bye to my late grandmother’s house. so many memories in this place!}

{started reading to eloise before bedtime & sharing some of our favorite books. chicka chicka boom boom has always been one of my favorites!}

{went to my first post-partem pure barre class this morning. oh boy! I will definitely be sore after 8 weeks off, but it felt so great to be back at it. hard to believe the last time I was there I was 39 weeks pregnant.}

{can’t get enough of these huge honeycrisp apples!}

I don’t know which is harder to believe – that it is already october or the awesome summer weather we have had this weekend! this weekend, per usual, went quickly & we spent most of the time at the house trying to get thru the piles & piles of things that have accumulated from moving back into the house post-remodel. I have a feeling this is what we will be doing for months… on a happier note, I did get in a 2+ hour nap today – thanks to aaron & eloise for letting me sleep that long! how was your weekend?

M

{eloise was ready for the weekend in her day-of-the-week onesie!}

{we watched a lot of football on saturday, including my huskies against stanford.}

{family manicure time!}

{a final project for eloise’s nursery. I hope to share it next week!}

{we went on the seattle underground tour & aaron wore eloise in the ergo.}

{aaron & I went on our first post-eloise date!}

{everyone wanted to cuddle this evening – sadie & eloise!}

we had a pretty relaxing weekend – watching a lot of football & hanging out with my mom & uncle who were in town for a visit. aaron & I also got to have a fun date night tonight – without baby – dinner & ice cream. it was perfect! we did miss our little one though but knew she was in such good hands. we enjoyed some nice sunny weather, but there has been crisp cool air for the past few days which tells me our summer weather is short lived & on the way out – hello fall!

how was your weekend?

M

{ahh, I love this kid! she is finally big enough – mostly – for her gold freshly picked moccs!}

{wait. 424 blog posts? that seems crazy!}

{finally feel like we are getting this pumping thing down…}

{aaron’s first time carrying eloise in the ergo. I think he approves!}

{saturday night was a backyard movie night at our friend sara’s house. first show of the evening was the incredibles. we didn’t make it thru much of the second show.}

{this little gal is rockin’ at tummy time. at least in small chunks!}

{I made my first solo trip out of the house without eloise to joann & target. it is so much faster to run errands without a babe, but I missed her terribly! thanks aaron for holding down the fort while I was out!}

{I busted out my sewing machine to get a quick project done, but lost the power cord to the machine. once aaron found it for me – thanks! – eloise was fussing, friends came over to say hi, & then it was bedtime. someday I will finish this project.}

{eloise all clean after bathtime. these are aaron’s old care bear pjs that his sister sent over! #vintage}

this weekend went by so quickly & so slowly at the same time. I guess that is the way life feels with a newborn around. I can’t even specifically recall what we did yesterday, but we stuck around the house to get things in order & try to knock some things off of our ever-growing to do list. we had a bout of hot summer-y weather this weekend which is likely the last for the season, but it was nice to have such beautiful sunny skies the past couple of days. that said, I am totally ready for fall weather. how was your weekend?

M