Monday Monday :: The Holiday Weekend

Happy Monday lovelies.  We celebrated a few birthday's this weekend including Americas.  With drinks for an special lady's 31st at Nomi, where the little Man decided to show off his bartending skills.  Followed by beach time and BBQ on the 4th.  And more beach time on Saturday for one of the little Man's buddy's first birthday.  Sunday we ate brunch at my new favorite brunch spot: Summer House, if you go you have to try the breakfast tostadas and the sea salt and chocolate chip cookie.  Followed by a quick trip to the zoo, and hunting for a scuba top for this weekend's trip to Puerto Rico.  I struck out on the scuba top, but if you know of a place I should check out, let me know!  And now we're back to the grind till this weekend's getaway for my mother-in-law's 60th birthday.  Hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend! 

Birthday fun at Nomi and a baby bartender.

Celebrating the fourth at the beach and the little Man's favorite, a watermelon.

A day at the beach for Mateo's first birthday!

Sunday funday at the zoo.

Monday, Monday :: The Weekend

I'm so incredibly proud of the Mister.  This weekend he graduated from his residency program.  That's right folks: four years of medical school, done: five years of residency, done; only one more year of fellowship left!  I can't believe it's been 9 years, and he is pretty excited to be 90% of the way there!  We celebrated with his class at Tavernita, congrats to the other 4 incredible people in his graduating class! 

To keep the party going, I threw the Mister a little rooftop soiree on Sunday with our nearest and dearest.  Just a little something to commemorate the past 5 years, with the amazing view at JParker and of course some bubbly!

Saturday we spent the day celebrating our fifth wedding anniversary :)  With brunch at The Carriage House, pre-show dinner & drinks at Zed 451 (the original plan was Sixteen at the Trump, but with the downpour we decided on a indoor location), and post-show dinner at GT Oyster.  We watched The Red Bull Flying Bach show at the Civic Opera House, which was incredibly entertaining.  Saturday was in a nutshell, a whirlwind of eating & drinking, planning our anniversary trip, and just enjoying us.

Monday, Monday :: A Look Back

This weekend, in addition to Father's Day, we celebrated my brother-in-law's one year wedding anniversary.  To celebrate I finally made use of all the video we shot that weekend and put together a little video for them.  It was such a fun weekend; I loved all the memories that we were able to capture.  Happy Anniversary to my favorite two lovebirds!

kunal & radhi from Praveen Patel on Vimeo.

Monday, Monday

Happy Monday!  Our day started off at 4:30am when the dog decided his upset tummy couldn't wait till his 6am walk.  For a woman who doesn't like poop, I'm sure cleaning up a lot of it lately.  On to happier things, this weekend was the little Man's first trip to the zoo and his first year pictures.  And we capped the weekend off with dessert at Molly's Cupcakes, yum! 

Monday, Monday

This weekend was truly bitter sweet.  We found out one of my parent's best friends and her two daughters were on the Malaysian Airlines flight 370 that disappeared.  I remember my heart dropping when we saw their names on that passenger manifest.  My heart goes out to her husband and their other two daughters.  I fondly remember summers in Florida with their family, and trips full of laughter.  To all the loved ones of MH370, you are in my thoughts and prayers.  With the help of our friends and family we celebrated the little Man's jungle safari themed first birthday.  He was pretty excited to tear into his smash cake.  It was such a special moment and I hope he looks back on it fondly.  

Monday, Monday

Hope you lovelies had a wonderful fall weekend.  We are technically still enjoying the weekend thanks to Veteran's Day.  Which translates to uninterrupted little Man and mommy time.  If you are at work here's a great list of deals to be had online this holiday weekend.

Chicago Living :: The Aviary & The Office

Hope you lovelies made the best of daylight savings and slept in an extra hour.  This weekend we finally made our way to The Aviary.  It was a blast.  Not only did we try practically every cocktail on the menu between the 6 of us, my personal favorite was the luau, but we made it downstairs to The Office, where I sipped on the Tikki.  Special shout out to Jeremiah who explained the science behind their ice making and all the fabulous boozegastronomy that goes on at The Aviary!  The Mister had the following off the prefixed drink menu at The Aviary: Anything for Shrub, Lambrucha, and School Lunch.  I had the Tropic Thunder, and 90 Miles to Mexico.  Needless to say I was in bed till past noon on Saturday.  On a side note, I can't believe we are in November already, the holidays will be here in no time!  Happy Monday!

{Drinks at The Aviary from Top Left across: Tropic Thunder, In the Rocks, Dune Buggy; Anything for Shrub, Martinez & Lambrucha, Ford's Model Tea Party & 90 Miles to Mexico; Ford Model's Tea Party, School Lunch, & A Moment of Silence}

 

Monday, Monday

It's been an exhausting weekend from a baby shower, to a wedding, to a funeral, and a Halloween & Chili Cook-Off party.  The Mister and I sat on the couch last night after the little Man was asleep and all the dishes put away and just savored a few quiet moments with our feet up and not having anything to do, that was until the dog needed to be walked.  Sunday was particularly rough as we stood by a friend as he said goodbye to his dad.  Words can't express how difficult a situation that must be, but he spoke at his father's funeral and promised his mom that she would never be as sad as she is today ever again.  Needless to say, I went home and hugged my little Man.

 

Our weekend started off with a surprise baby shower for a co-worker at  Vosges Haut Chocolat in Lincoln Park.  It was such a fun way to spoil the mommy-to-be, and indulge in delicious truffles paired with champagne.  Our Halloween and chili cook-off party last night was a success, and I'll be sharing that with you soon.  In the meantime, you can check out the inspiration for the party here.  As for our Halloween costumes, we went as a family of Mad Scientists.  Happy Monday!

Motherhood Mondays: White House Correspondence

We sent a birth announcement to President Obama at the White House Greetings Office about a month and a half ago, and look what finally came in the mail this Saturday!  I love this idea, and think it's the perfect addition to his baby book.  Maybe for our next child we'll send a birth announcement to Disney World, just to mix it up.  If you're interested in sending an announcement to the White House, you can do so at the following address:

President Barack Obama & Mrs. Obama

The White House

White House Greetings Office

Room 39

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Washington, DC 20500

Monday, Monday

We had a busy weekend involving baby showers, running errands for the big wedding, K weds R (#2Patels1Wedding), aka my brother-in-laws wedding this weekend, and family & the little man's 3 month photos.  We wound down the weekend with Chinese take out and Broken City, any movie with Mark Wahlberg is a good end to the weekend.  I'm so excited for this weekends festivities, now I just have to get through the work week.  Happy Monday! 

SNAPSHOTS:  the little man's bedhead | Wishes for Baby card, for a friend's baby shower

Monday, Monday

Happy Monday lovelies!  I hope you had a great weekend.  I'm still rocking the blowout I received at Blowtique this weekend, as part of our mommies-to-be date.  I can't say enough amazing things about this place, and at just $35 a blow out, looking gorgeous is so affordable.  Speaking of looking gorgeous, here are my favorite looks from last night's SAG awards & Jessica Alba's Elie Saab number from the Producers Guild Awards the night before:



{photos via Marie Claire & Riches for Rags}



Monday, Monday

I hope you lovelies had a wonderful weekend.  We had a delicious weekend with new and old favorites, starting with Chicago Pizza & Oven Grinder, I have 2 words for you: Mediterranean bread.  And on Saturday we dined at Balena, a new favorite, everything we tried was delicious, especially their mushroom bruschetta and all their desserts!  And finally, no prepping for Baby weekend would be complete without a trip to IKEA.  4 hours later and a 32 page manual completed, we have a day bed.  I'm excited that the nursery is coming together, not so excited that I missed the Golden Globes, I heard Amy & Tina killed it, rest assured I'll be huluing it later.  Here are my favorite red carpet looks from last night's Golden Globes.  Happy Monday!



{photos via: Yahoo Movies & new!}



Monday, Monday



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And we're back.  Hope you lovelies had a wonderful weekend!  I spent it nursing a very sick puppy and trying to shake a cold.  Our poor Parker ended up with a nasty skin infection that involved an emergency vet visit, him being sedated, and now a month long course of antibiotics.  I'm sharing our gorgeous nautical themed baby shower on RivernorthLove today, check it out here.  And tomorrow we will have the hostess gifts I put together for the girls.  Happy Monday!

Monday, Monday: It's a HE

Happy Monday lovelies!!  Hope everyone had a great weekend.  We found out that we're having a lil' sir in 4 months.  And as a bonus one of our friends went into labor last night, welcome to the world baby Kayla!  On a side note tomorrow's election day, so get out there and vote, if you haven't already.  Happy Monday!

Monday, Monday

Happy Monday!!  Hope you lovelies had a great weekend, and were able to get all dressed up for this weekend's Halloween festivities.  The Mister and I went as a "shotgun wedding".  One of the few options that worked with the bump, but it was a blast, and everyone loved the outfit.  Best of all, I only had to purchase the veil and the Mister only had to purchase that hat/wig.... cheapest (and most comfortable) Halloween costume.

On a side note we just hit, 1000 followers on Pinterest!  Who wants to be our 1,001 follower?

Monday, Monday: Halloween Costume Ideas

Being pregnant there are only so many Halloween costumes that will one fit, and two not look tacky.  Here are some of our favorites for couples:



{A shotgun wedding}

 


{Juno MacGuff & Paulie Bleeker}





{Bowling Ball & Pin}

 


{Tom Hanks from Castaway and his Volleyball}

 Our favorites for the solo preggers lady on Halloween:
- Quinn Fabray of Glee - Celebrity Moms: Octomom, Snookie, Angelina Jolie, Beyonce...
- Pot of Gold
- Mister Potato Head
- Preg-O-Lantern
- Preggo Pasta Bottle
- Sumo Wrestler
- Balls of any kind: Magic 8 Ball,Disco Ball, Baseball, Basketball, Tennis Ball

Monday, Monday

Happy Monday!!  Today's the day of our structural ultrasound aka the day we could find out if we're having a lil' sir or a lil' miss.  Unfortunately, as we are having a gender reveal party in 3 weeks (ugh can't believe we have to wait this long to find out), we wont be finding out today.  But here's a sneak peek at the card we'll have our ultrasound tech fill out. And no this card will not be in my possession for the next 3 weeks, who are we kidding I wouldn't be able to contain myself!

Monday, Monday: Weekend recap

So technically it's not Monday, but my Monday was pretty horrible, one of those horrid days at work you would sooner forget.  Thankfully, this weekend's wedding of these two lovely people, made up for it.  Congrats Shilpa and Rijo, we're so excited for you, thanks for letting the{little}details be a part of your special day.