happy things with which to end the week.

♥ i have really talented and beautiful friends like Kitty who made this doll for Felix. love love love, just like her & her son, baby Roscoe. 

♥ Kait told me about Target selling limited-edition soup cans with Warhol's iconic imagery. Clearly, i had to pick up some for us (she lives in Canada). My favorite Warhol quote, "I think everybody should like everybody."

♥ putting care packages together are my favorite. A belated housewarming for L. Nicole (i can't wait to show you all that she sent Felix and me in a post next week)

♥ Felix is one of the cool bebes now, she finally has a Sophie la girafe ;)

♥ how my husband says he's sorry 

♥ Kary's son (who's like a nephew to us) celebrated his 9th birthday on the 5th. How me and twinks wish we could be in NYC all together again eating Shake Shack & Magnolia. 

♥ these sippy cups twinkie bought (both are the same gold metallic, forgive the lighting)

♥ being featured on Megan's floral lookbook. Gosh, i don't even recognize my old waist or my less chubby cheeks. Also? after admiring the other bloggers, must get some floral pants after baby.

♥ cheers to another season of FOOTBALL! ahem, DALLAS COWBOYS FOOTBALL!!! What a way for our boys to kickoff the season with an amazing win against the Giants. SO EXCITED for more of that!  

♥ husband took me on a movie date (probably one of our last for awhile, which sounds crazy!) to see this one and i loved it.

Happy Friday Lovies! what happy things are you ending the week with?

+please leave a link below if you do post-- i'd love to share in your happiness xo

happy things with which to end the week.

♥ Monday Night (preseason) COWBOYS football. What kind of Mama would i be if i didn't have Felix's game day gear ready for her? {bow by Cutie PahTootie} 

♥ ROBBIE WILLIAMS (mr. sexy pink suit) was Ezgi's view outside of work today & graciously snapped this pic for me. My view? desert. SO UNFAIR. oh to be in London... thank-you Ezgi! LOVE. 

♥ that's not a pillow underneath my shirt! nearly 36 week baby bump

♥ i've been experiencing some restless leg syndrome lately and my poor calves have been aching. When propping them up doesn't work, husband has been sweet to massage them (spy my bare bump? hard to miss!) ...

... and when that doesn't work, there's nothing like a blissful pedi! i've been sticking to hues of pink ever since i found out we were having a girl. 

♥ Felix nearly has a wardrobe the size of her Mama, thanks to my incredible friends and their sweet presents. This one is from Auntie Erin in Canada. I will def. be keeping this for Felix to have when she's older - so she can see how teeny tiny she once was and her birth place {i also love that it's hot pink!} from Erin's card: I know your love for her will be bigger than Texas (and that she'll be the most beautiful baby in your fair state!) 

Made me tear up! the onsie is custom made by Gentry's Closet- tons of other adorable thins for baby including these football legwarmers Erin pointed out to me. They would go great with Felix's cowboys gear, no?

♥ outfit for baby + friendship bracelet for mama from Gracienne in Australia

seriously, i feel so overwhelmed with love from my dearest friends. i can't thank everyone enough! xo

Happy Friday Lovies! what happy things are you ending the week with?

+please leave a link below if you do post-- i'd love to share in your happiness xo

♥ PS. also this season trailer!!!! OMG.  i doubt my shirt will fit during this season premier but one can hope! ;)

happy things with which to end the week.

♥ washing my first load of felix's clothes (teeny tiny!) and loving the smell of baby safe detergent

♥ so thankful for the TOMS my momma gave me that make walking so much more comfortable (she actually bought me these for my girls' trip to SF-- but they didn't fit then. thank-you pregnancy weight)

♥ pretty gift made by claudia (such a wonderful surprise!) + a card with her sweet advice on motherhood 

♥ i had one of those days and i swear this chocolate milk shake + girl talk with my friend Molly made it all better.

♥ Olympic watching (Phelps making history. When the announcer said we may never see another Olympian as decorated in our lifetime... i got chills!) & of course our girls owning the arena in gymnastics. Amazing!

♥ and today i registered at the hospital i'll be having our daughter at (!!!)


Happy Friday Lovies! what happy things are you ending the week with?

+please leave a link below if you do post-- i'd love to share in your happiness xo

Sharing Sundays... an etsy purchase from Cutie PahTootie Bows.

There are a lot of places that sell bows but none that i had to have like the ones i purchased for Felix from Andrea's shop.

Besides Disney and Hello Kitty bows, Cutie PahTootie carries every major sports team including all of my favorite sports teams ;) Felix will have every game day covered! 

The quality and size are pretty perfect. I can't wait to see these in baby girl's hair. Me & husband are betting she has a head full of it when she's born in September. We can't wait to find out! 

ps. Andrea, congrats on your 2nd baby girl xo 

a showering of gifts.

I couldn't wait to show you the photos from another epic girls' trip to California. I also couldn't wait to show you how my girlfriends spoiled baby girl Maxham. In fact, I'm calling it our first baby shower. Have i mentioned how i have the best girlfriends? hands down, i do.  

Oh my gosh, will you look at those little Ranger shoes!? and the Rangers Captain (mascot) pillow pet. Auntie Marianne bought Felix her first Rangers shirt (among other things!) at the ballpark and this TX Rangers fan can't wait to put it on her little girl.  

From Auntie Claire. Is there anything cuter than an overall dress? or a light blue night gown with fold-over hand mitts? Claire also gave Felix her first BabyLit board book. I love it! (especially because this Austen novel means something bittersweet to me) 

Auntie Ezgi flew in from London and had stayed in NYC before joining us in SF. We had a laugh over that first onsie (oh the photo ops that will come from it!). Ezgi bought Felix her first tutu & i love that it's neon pink. 

Auntie Faiza gave me this gorgeous necklace that signifies my sweet family. Precious. She also gave us a bottle of the most delicious syrup I've ever had that i've used seriously every day this week on waffles.


Each gift so thoughtful and perfect, just like each girlfriend XO 

happy things to end the week with.

♥ it's always hard to be away from my family but especially on birthdays and holidays. Thank goodness for facetime because me & husband got to watch the birthday girl (my momma) open her gift and blow out her candles. 

♥ currently eating my weight in israeli coucous summer salad. i posted this photo on instagram yesterday and had a few people ask me for the recipe. Here it is, on a guest post i did over at Erin's. It's super easy and my go-to lunch or side dish for dinner. 

♥ still reeling from all the fun of our girls' trip and missing my twinkie even more than before (here's a photo of our matching sandals while we were in CA)

♥ snapped this truth at a coffee shop in Oakland. Speaking of coffee, i just discovered Green Mountain's Half-Caff K-cups. It's quite simply the best invention for this coffee-loving preggo. 

♥ polka dots from old navy make me happy- not exactly maternity but i can wear it after baby. {no-as my brother joked with me-i am not that pale. thanks Instagram filter :) ha}

♥ yet another reason i LOVE Target. I couldn't resist this TX Rangers windbreaker for baby girl. Felix is going to wear this over her dresses for sure! 

♥ speaking of my Rangers, twinkie is going to see her man CJ Wilson pitch against his replacement, Yu Darvish. What an exciting match-up! she's extra lucky because her husband bought them AMAZING seats. i can just imagine how intense the ballpark is going to be tonight and i wish i was going. There's a chance of rain so i'm praying that it stays away for them both to enjoy it. Fingers crossed! 

♥ the sweetest package from italy was waiting in my mailbox today. Ria surprised me with the most thoughtful care package. How perfect are those books? she wrapped a note around the small box and wrote, "handbag, emergency bump butter :)" Ria, it means so much to me. You are the cutest! xoxo

i can't wait to show you next week how felix's aunties spoiled us in California. i've said it a hundred times and i'll say it a hundred times more-- i have the best girlfriends, hands down (same goes for my readers). 

Happy Friday Lovies! what happy things are you ending the week with?

+please leave a link below if you do post-- i'd love to share in your happiness xo

California Girls' Trip 2012.

I love and cherish any time I get to spend with my twinkie but it's even better when we get to take a vacation together with our girlfriends. It always does my heart good to see my Claire in San Francisco and this year we got lucky to meet two other gifts blogging has given us- Faiza from Toronto and Ezgi from London (we missed you this year jessie!) 

Back in December we planned this girls' trip centered around Marianne's cute obsession over Angel's pitcher CJ Wilson {who perfectly, would be pitching against Faiza's team, the Blue Jays}. They all made it happen for my twinkie and for that i know without a doubt i have the best girlfriends.

This is already going to be photo heavy so thankfully you can jump to Claire's blog where she wrote the most perfect write-up of what we did with five amazing days together. I couldn't have said it better.

My pappa made these domino necklaces for all of us girls to remember this trip. Claire's boyfriend Matt called us "the domino five." So cute!

Before the game, we met up with Claire's friend Elena and celebrated Cinco de Mayo at a Mexican restaurant in Del Mar. She was adorable! Before heading back to Anaheim, we enjoyed a slice of heaven on the beach. 

i love how me and Faiza look like sisters here, and how you can see baby girl who seemed to have popped out during our trip :) 

Ezgi & Marianne

Elena & Claire 

Not only did my belly grow (21 weeks-- i can't believe i am halfway through this pregnancy!) but my love for these girls did. 

The reason for this trip-- baseball! to me, there's nothing better than my girlfriends mixed with sports. 

Auntie Marianne is thrilled baby girl's first baseball game is an Angels one. 

and the above made this already perfect girls' trip untouchable in moments we'll never forget (well certainly not for Marianne). Twinkie got on the JumboTron with her sign (bottom right) and we awoke Sunday morning to her sheer joy that hottie CJ Wilson tweeted her the above left. It means a gorgeous two time World Series pitcher--who has 126,962 followers of which marianne is just 1--knows who she is. FREAKING AH-MAZING!!! the absolute cherry on top.

you can read all about marianne's dream come true on her blog post here. sooo cute!


Don't forget to read Claire's post here (which includes meeting up with another fabulous blogger for the most delicious dinner in Huntington Beach).

+ photos from last year's girls' trip