jenny lee fowler

leaf silhouettes from jenny lee fowler:

jennifer khoshbin

check out jennifer khoshbin:




her website is here and her esty shop is here.

tree rings by tracy melton

i stumbled across tracy melton's tree rings tonight. i'd love to have a wall of these.





from his etsy shop, focus line art.

solids

a little over a week ago we started solids.  the first week we did only rice cereal.  on saturday we started sweet potatoes.  he loves them and killed the jar in one go.  tomorrow we'll move on to either peas or bananas.  i'm thinking peas should be next. who knew solids would be so fun?  i can't wait until ollie's ready for zwieback toast. 'cause i wanna eat it.

food

just made (and ate 3 and am pondering a 4th) banana chocolate chip cookies. i can't get enough of this combo. 

speaking of food, last night i stumbled across edith zimmerman's website. i'm in love.

all photos by edith zimmerman.

 

there's nothing i like better

there's nothing in the world that i like better than the sound of this little boy's laugh.

stumbled across whitney smith today.  her work is beautiful.

i'm coveting this cupcake stand:

find her on etsy, her website or her blog.

i just bought these:



from here.

right after i completed the order i saw these.



now i wish i got yellow, instead. damn!  

do i return the green and get the yellow OR keep them both?  they're only $37/pair...

go love this blog

so much fun to get lost here.

garance doré's blog is beautiful. i could spend hours combing through all of the loveliness.

photos + illustrations + words = happiness.







all images from garance doré.

love it

this bracelet from blue moss is so pretty.





from blue moss.

my guys

husband baby stepcat

are all things named miette wonderful?

sure seems that way.

jewelry by miette. so pretty!









via thoughtful day via dear ada

ollie's daycare is closed this week through thursday. gabe stayed home with him monday and i stayed home with him yesterday and today. he's been sick for the better part of three weeks and today he finally seemed like himself. we went on a long walk, we did a little shopping and we even drove over to golden gate park to go swing. (the swinging didn't happen though because he fell asleep at the exact moment i found parking.)

we had some super ripe bananas sitting around and i can only drink so many smoothies so i made banana bread with chocolate chips.

lately, my favorite combination has been banana and chocolate. i've had banana filled chocolate truffles, chocolate chip banana bread and banana chocolate chip cookies.

bananas and chocolate are my new salted caramels.

i pulled this recipe from simply recipes. the recipe calls for 1 cup of sugar, but it says you can use 3/4 of a cup. as i mentioned before, i also added chocolate chips. because, um, hi. everything's better with chocolate chips.

while i made this, i sat ollie in his high chair next to me and i played cooking show. i provided him with a running commentary, detailing what i was doing. i gave him lots of tips that i'm sure he'll remember forever.

the finished result was great. i ate half the loaf and skipped dinner. healthy.

next up i think i'll make banana cupcakes with chocolate frosting.

alex and simon's blog

omg.

i have no words.

http://www.mccordvankempen.com/

happy doodleland

check out flora's drawings.  i love 'em.

gratuitous ollie post

grammy came to visit

 

onesie by frances

admiring those feet

 

a rare tummy time smile

scooter is in for it when ollie can walk

everything goes in the mouth

swinging was a hit

lately

sick baby + baby better + traveling husband + baby sick again + busy, busy, busy = no posts.