Snapshots from Our Home This Weekend

Made some pumpkin bread from my leftover pumpkin stash.

It definitely hit the spot.

Our back patio -- The weather was absolutely gorgeous this weekend.

I swear these two are always trying to come up with escape routes.

P.S. - that's the doggy door they always chase each other through.

Our bar cart is starting to get a little crazy.

Apparently we're big fans of rum in this house.

My Mother's Day flowers from the sweetest husband and baby girl.

An Olive Garden lunch at home.

Because let's face it. We only dine out when we're feeling brave.

Mia's daycare made gifts for all the Mama's.

I couldn't stop myself from looking at it and getting all giddy like a 12 year old girl.

I thought it was the cutest thing ever and I vowed to keep it forever and ever.

Happy Mother's Day

Becoming a mama has been the most rewarding and most humbling experience of my life.
And as exhausting as it is to do the 3am feedings and the 100 million diaper changes, I would not change it for the world. This little girl has turned our lives upside down (in a good way) and we would not have it any other way.

So for all the mama's out there -- we hope you enjoy your day.
We appreciate all that you've done for us and this world would not be the same without you!

Happy Mother's Day, Everyone!

P.S. - Look how tiny Mia was on my first mother's day, last year!

Aloha From Hawaii

Excuse our absence as we're wrapping up our last few days here in Hawaii.

Vacation has been just what our little family needed.

We're loving the family time and are so sad to be heading back to San Francisco soon.

But a blog post isn't a blog post without a cute baby photo, right?

 

So in the meantime, enjoy this cute little girl, in her cute little sunnies.  :)

 



Happy First Birthday, Mia

Happy First Birthday, Mia!
I seriously cannot believe that a year has gone by since the arrival of our sweet baby girl. I remember being so nervous to be a mama. And now look at us. We have the most beautiful bambino that I could have ever asked for. And she's walking, talking and still functioning. We didn't break her! (that was a huge fear of ours). I may or may not have already broken down crying, just thinking about our little girl turning one. If I could bottle it up and save it for ever, you bettchya I would.

Mia Grace,
You have the been the most sweetest, most precious little thing that has wandered into our lives. I don't even remember what life was like before you came along. That just means you made our little family complete. You've brightened our days and have forever changed us. Our hearts have grown a thousand times bigger and you've filled them with nothing but love and happiness. We love you so much and can't wait to spend this day with you.

Love you to the moon and back.
Happy birthday, baby girl.
xoxo, Mama and Papa

Oh Hello There!

So the last time I posted was on March 7th. How embarrassing.
So sorry to our loyal readers (if we have any left). But according to our Google tracking stats, we have people still stopping by on the daily and lots of readers from Europe. Hello Spain, Germany and the UK!

Thank you all for still stopping by and following our little family's adventures.
The blog world has been so amazing to us and we couldn't have asked for better readers.
We truly do love you all!

On that note, it's time to play catchup.
Let's see...

• Someone's got her first teeth in. 1 up top and 2 on the bottom.
• She's standing and walks when you hold her hand.
• She's been obsessed with looking at pictures and having you point out who everyone is. It's cute.
• We survived her first plane ride. She actually slept the entire time.
• Our garden is producing lettuce like hot cakes. (Does that even make sense?)

And I think the most exciting of all -- the little bambino is turning the big ONE in 10 days, people.
I swear time has sped up and sometimes skips days just to play with my emotions.
I'm trying to soak up every ounce of these last days of her officially being a baby. After one she turns into a toddler, right? I may have some problems with that. Coach is almost 5 years old and I still call her puppy. So good luck, Mia. Baby it is.

And just because a post isn't a post without some cute baby pictures.... here's a couple photos we had done 2 weeks ago with Timothy from Protege Photography. He was the best!! If you're in the Bay Area or LA Area, we highly recommend them.

Pump the Brakes.

Wait, it's March? And I lose an hour this weekend?! Seriously, pump the brakes!

Next month, the bambino will turn the big O-N-E! 

I'm legit getting teary eyed just thinking about it.

Things have been super busy around Casa de Cortez. 

We have family visiting us for a month. 

A wedding coming up. 

A trip to LA. 

And also a 2 week vacation to Hawaii. 

 

 Not to mention a little baby who is teething, standing and semi walking. 

Can I also tell you that last night we found her outside on the deck because she 

wiggled her little butt through the doggy door? 

This kid is just growing up too fast. And we're doing everything we can to soak it all in.

So that includes lots of story time, park time and hugs and kisses.

And just for the record, we've been a little obsessed with Vietnamese food lately. 

But I'll save that for a whole different post.

Cheers!