FAUX-MAS

we're getting ready to travel for the next two weeks, which means we're missing christmas and new years eve festivities at home. while we're excited for the adventure, we didn't want to miss out on a christmas morning-like experience, so this morning we had our very own faux-mas.

that is, we treated this AM just like christmas morning would be if we were home - we woke up, opened presents in pjs and played with our new toys all afternoon and it was perfect.

possibly the best part is my amazing husband got me the camera i've been lusting over for the past forever, a fujifilm x100T. seriously, this guy is the best. with all my film issues and hatred of iphones this camera solves all my photo taking problems in the best way possible.

so thankful for having a special someone in my life who goes above and beyond to make my day (or year). and ready to add this little lady into my arsenal of cameras i love. she's a beaut.

SUNDAY AT THE RESERVOIR

there's something about toddlers holding hands that melts my heart every time
south mountain reservation
new jersey

NEWBORN VS TODDLER

when hazel was turning two months old we stayed at jay and mo's for our first overnight trip with her. so naturally i took the same picture in the same spot when we were there for thanksgiving now that she's a year and a half old.

GIVING ALL THE THANKS

this year for thanksgiving we decided to stick around home and enjoy our newly renovated kitchen. 

at least that was our plan until our buddies jay and mo invited us up to their amazing old schoolhouse in the catskills to spend thanksgiving with friends. 

how could we turn that down?

we feasted over and over again. watched literally HOURS of lipsync battle on the couch, and took hazel bowling for the first time. 

it was such a wonderful way to spend the holidays - we couldn't have asked for anything more... well, i could have dealt with hazel not puking on the drive up, but that's a gross and mildly tramatic situation so just gonna act like it didn't happen.

PS, have you ever watched tom cruise lip sync The Weeknd? 

google it. for real.

HERE COME THE HOLIDAYS

there's something about having a toddler and a house and a fireplace that just makes getting ready for the holidays so much more exciting

MISSOURI IN OCTOBER

after fashion month madness ended in october, i decided to take a week off and head to missouri with hazel to check in with family.

it was a great trip - we spent the first part camping in warsaw, missouri with my mom/larry and checked out the heritage days festival and a craft fair. then we headed back to jefferson city to spend quality time with dad/jean and get wild with hazel's cousins.

it was so great to see hazel jump in and play with her cousins. i wish we could be around family more often. but we'll take what we can get!

missouri

october 2015

GETTING OVER IT

so it's taken a little bit but i'm starting to come to terms with most likely losing everything on my computer, which includes my backup of photos of hazel's first year and a half. obviously not over it, but i'm working on it.

BUT THE SHOW GOES ON! 

and since my film camera has decided to crap out as well (zero breaks given recently) i'm relying on the trusty 'ol iphone to at least be able to continue to document our little lives and adventures.

PAINTED SIDEWALKS: HAZEL'S NURSERY TOUR

we were so thrilled to have hazel's room featured on the adorable blog painted sidewalks last week! i was hoping to post some outtakes but, you know, all my photos are gone (for now). 

so check out the full post with all the photos here!

ALL OF THE TECHNICAL ERRORS

the last month has been full of technical errors. 

my dear old leica crapped out (again) on the second day of our trip to missouri. then last week my laptop bit the bullet with all of my photos from 2015. oh, and then it took me three days to figure out my login information for flickr to be able to post here. sooooo that's cool.

really hoping we can save the data from my computer. take all the documents and programs you want but give me back my photos!

MISSING THE WEEKEND

already missing the weekend and summertime adventures like this day at the natural history museum with my favorites.

june 2015