Monday, March 7, 2011

Puerto Rico!

We had a blast this past week in Puerto Rico - it was tough to come back to this Chicago weather. We rented a house on the beach with a pool in the back - it was perfect. Nate's Mom, Kylie, Amy and Vivi, Elizabeth, Stephanie and Steph's roommate Kate came along. Here are some pics from the week:



Our pool


The View






The house we rented


Birthday cake! We met up with Kelly & Jay at the Pork Highway - such a cool little town in the mountains. Kelly brought a cake to celebrate our birthdays.

Favorite local rum



Old San Juan - the architecture and the history here is amazing...I need to spend a few more days here!





The Rain Forest
















Family picture time!
















We had an amazing trip and it was fun to spend time with family. Can't wait to do it again!

Fun in the sun....

Just got back from somewhere warm and sunny....and missing it already....more to follow soon...

Friday, February 25, 2011

Having an "artful" birthday...

What I do on my birthday when Lucas takes a two hour nap....


enjoy some ME time!

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Congratulations Popi!

Nate's dad took a very big test recently...

and passed!!!!
He passed the 2010 Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) examination.
We are so happy for you - you worked so hard!
XOXO

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Happy Early Birthday To Me....

I've been eying the VitaMix blender for a while now...just couldn't justify the $600 price tag. I am making all of Lucas' baby food and could really use a better blender, but he will be eating solids soon so that was not a good enough reason. As an early birthday present Nate picked up a Waring Commercial Blender - 1/2 the price and I love it!

My friend Kelly so kindly said "Maybe the Easter bunny will bring you a new can opener..." Make fun all you want ladies...when I'm making fancy cocktails this summer I'll bet you'll all be hanging out on my back porch!

This thing is so powerful it demolished a whole apple in like 5 seconds! It is huge - it's hard to see from the pictures above, but I put a wine bottle next to it in the picture below so you can see how big it is. 3.5 horsepower - whoo hoo!

Best $10 I ever spent!

I picked this baby carrier up at a garage sale last summer...

We are headed to Puerto Rico on Sunday - this will be fantastic for carrying around the baby in the airport...and we have a chair for him then on vacation as well.

I think he likes it!

Friday, February 18, 2011

Who is this child?

...and what have you done with my happy, good-natured and awesome sleeping baby?

He's teething right now - not sleeping and just not a whole lot of fun to be around...poor little guy...