Jackie's 30th Birthday Celebration

Happy 30th Birthday Jackie!!

I honestly still can't believe that we are all turning 30 this year!  I know I have a baby but sometimes I  just don't feel like a "grown up."

Saturday was Jackie's 30th birthday and party.  Her awesome husband, Andy, threw her a great party with lots of yummy food!!  I made cole slaw and dirt for the party and I really wish that I took some photos so I could share the recipes.  I tend to make both of those things a lot so I will definitely share next time!!

We had such a great time celebrating!  I love my friends!!

Me and the Birthday Girl

Me, Jackie, Diana and Vicki

A photo shoot with my adorable nephew, Kyle!

He was directing what kinds of faces we were supposed to be making.

These are some of my favorites!!  

I certainly hope girls don't require as much running around as boys do!!  He really tired me out!!

Jackie's equally pretty and delicious birthday cake!

(It made a pretty great breakfast the next morning!  Thanks for the leftovers!)

Me and Michael

Jackie and Andy

The night ended with Kyle opening Jackie's presents!  

She loved her Rebecca Minkoff mini mac from me and Alise!

Jackie - Hope you had a great 30th and that all your birthday wishes come true!!  Love you!!

Weekend Recap: Playing, Biting, and Pool Fun

Monday, again.  Sigh.

We had lots of fun this past weekend and I was much better at documenting it with photos, although there were lots of things I thought about after and wished I had taken a minute to take out my iPhone for.

Friday night, Vicki was in from Rhode Island so she came over with Alise to visit Hannah.  Hannah loved all the attention and additional playmates!  We ordered out yummy appetizers for dinner and just chatted.  So fun!

I was tired from the week so I got in bed early.  About an hour after I went to bed, I came out to the living room to find this.

I am sure Michael won't be happy that I am posting this photo, but it made me think of when I was first pregnant and so exhausted all the time.  I would go to bed early and Michael would say he wasn't tired yet,  After awhile I would realize Michael never came to bed, and I would come out to find him passed out on the couch!

Saturday was, one of my besties, Jackie's 30th birthday party.  

We woke up and enjoyed some morning snuggles with Hannah in our bed.  This is sometimes my most favorite part of the day.  Hannah wakes up so happy in the morning!

So upset this came out blurry!

My mom, sister and cousin came to watch Hannah while we went to Jackie's party.  I will do another post on the party this week.  But for now, here is the Instagram collage that I made.  We are such babies in some of these pictures!!  How is it possible that we are turning 30!?!  Love you Jacks!

Sunday, Hannah decided to sleep in until 8 and her mommy and daddy were very grateful for the extra sleep after a fun day on Saturday!  Then, I enjoyed some leftover cake for breakfast, while Hannah played with her toys.  Seriously, there is nothing better than cake in the morning!  (or really any time of day!!)

She sits for so long and just picks up toys, either bites them or shakes them and then throws them!

We made a quick trip the Gap (Friends and Family Sale and Hannah needed some new jammies!) and then Starbucks.  Hannah was very tired and fell asleep in the car on the way home.

After her nap and lunch, we went out to play in the baby pool!  I am in love with her Vera Bradley bathing suit and cover up!!  Too bad I couldn't get her to look at my for any pictures!!

Biting and playing with her paci.

Biting all of the pool toys!  

There has to be a tooth coming, right!?

After pool time, we relaxed and got ready for the week.  Hannah had a little accident playing with a Poland Spring bottle that resulted in lots of crying.  Even though she loves them, no more water bottles as toys!! 

Hope everyone has a great start to their week!  Michael is traveling for work starting this coming weekend, so we are looking forward to lots of togetherness this week before he has to leave us!

Weekend Recap: Moving Backwards!

This past weekend was pretty uneventful.  We did lots of organizing and cleaning.  Totally glamorous, I know!  I will share the only pictures I took and hopefully we will have a more exciting weekend coming up for me to share next week.

Hannah is getting pretty good at moving backwards.  She went backwards across the living room and got herself stuck underneath the TV cabinet.

She hasn't figured out forwards yet, but I guess it is time to start thinking about baby proofing because I feel like that is coming so soon!  I can't believe our little peanut is getting so big!!

The next photos are from bedtime on Sunday night.  All that rolling and moving backwards must have really exhausted her!  :)

Weekend Recap: Celebrations

Finally getting to my weekend recap!  This past weekend was so busy, it flew by so quickly.  I feel like I blinked and it was Monday.

Friday we took off from work to head down to Philadelphia for my friend from college, Troy's wedding.  As always, the drive took way longer than it should have.  We arrived just in time to get ready/dressed and head to the shuttle.  The wedding was absolutely beautiful and it was so good to see some of my college friends.  We had lots of fun reminicing and celebrating the happy couple.

The ceremony took place with a really pretty view of the city in the background.  

The wedding programs were so adorable!  They had lots of cute details and little touches all throughout the wedding.  She definitely spent some time on Pinterest!!

Hannah stayed with my mom and her Aunt Emily!  My aunts and cousins came to visit and they had a little girl's night (plus AJ)!

Here is a picture they sent me in the afternoon.

Saturday morning we headed back from Philly.  After another long drive we got home in time to rest briefly and then get ready again for a celebration dinner for Alise.  We went to a really great dinner at a new restaurant in town.

For being out so close to her bedtime with very little napping that day, Hannah was such a good girl!  She loves to be out!  She also had her very first restaurant spill (first of many if she is anything like her mommy!)  She was sitting on my lap and somehow knocked over my water.  I guess I shouldn't have been surprised she reaches and tries to touch everything.  I put a piece of pretzel in my plate and her little hand was on it faster than I could catch it!!

Sunday we were planning on a productive day but Michael got a migraine first thing in the morning and before I knew it, it was 7PM and I was still in my pajamas and nothing on our list got done.

I only managed to take one picture.  Hannah was in her bumbo watching a little TV in the morning while Michael rested.

I did manage to get some great video of Hannah on Friday morning before we left for the wedding of her jumping and doing a lot of "talking."  It was the most noise I have ever heard her make.  Unfortunately it is still sitting on our camera, so hope to share some of that soon.  I will work on getting some pictures of all the new things she is doing.  She is dying to be on the move.  She has started to go backwards and it is just a matter of time before she figures out how to go forwards (and then Michael turns into a baby proofing crazy person!)

Weekend Recap: Friends, Food and Family

The weekend kicked off on Friday night with what we like to call "Ladies Night"!  It has been so long since I have seen some of my work besties (unfortunately, we all don't work together anymore) and we had a blast, as usual!  We got together for a night full of snacking, drinking, more snacking, lots of laughing (seriously what was that smell!?), some adventures and a sleepover on Vanessa's boat.  I was all sorts of exhausted the next day, but it was totally worth it!  Love and miss you girls!!

Sunset from the boat.

Pretty sure that I had half of these!  

 

The night wouldn't be complete without a group selfie.  

A sleepover with the girls for me, meant some serious Daddy and Hannah time going on at home.  Michael had his first night alone with Hannah and he did awesome!  I definitely see a Daddy's girl in our future.  No panicked phone calls or texts and I came home to an extremely happy baby, the night was a huge success!  Here are some of the pictures that Michael sent me to give me my Hannah fix for the night!

She is determined to bite the head off of that duck!  

It is so hard to leave Hannah for the night, especially since I am back at work and have so much less time with her.  I try and remember that a happy mommy means a happy baby, and a night full of lots of laughs and relaxing with my girlfriends definitely makes me happy!

Saturday was all about making baby food for Hannah.  More on the details on that tomorrow.  We spent LOTS of time at Whole Foods and in the kitchen but Hannah managed to enjoy herself doing both!

Paci smiles are the funniest!

Determined to get her little hands on those peaches!

After all the baby food making, it was only appropriate to make some adult food.  I made pasta with bacon and corn for dinner.  It was delicious and I highly recommend it, but I would not use a whole pound of pasta if I made it again because there was not enough sauce to coat the pasta. 

We ended the night with Michael washing almost every dish we own and me getting some serious laughs out of Hannah while pretending to sneeze (ahhh-choo!).  

Sunday we headed up to visit with Michael's parents and Hannah got to spend time with Grandma, Grandpa and some of her aunts, uncles and cousins!  

So excited to see everyone!

Hannah loves her some Kyle!

Practicing her sitting up.  She is getting so close!

As usual, it flew by way too quickly, but it was a great weekend.