fill in the blank friday.

Happy Friday friends! It was so much fun seeing the unique spin you all put on your summer posts last week!  With Fern around I never have time to comment (most/all of my blog reading takes place on my iPhone while I’m nursing or napping with her and it’s a pain to type out comments […]

life lessons for fern #5.

Dear Fern, Today’s piece of advice comes to you from the wise Amy Poehler: “No one looks stupid when they’re having fun.” This is one of my favorite things about you right now.  You are a baby and you don’t care what you look like, you just enjoy the world around you, untainted by peer […]

new portland favorite: bollywood theater.

I feel so lucky to live in Portland: Land of Delicious Food. One of my most recent Portland culinary discoveries was  Bollywood Theater. I went to dinner there with my mother-in-law and sister-in-law-to-be last week and I was definitely impressed. We tried a little bit of everything…. But, my favorite was the Kati Roll. I also […]

my little fish.

Last week Fern had her first swimming experience and she kind of (super) loved it. Fern’s cute neon swimsuit just kills me. As does her smiley face.  A picnic lunch was involved. (Rainier cherries are my favorite!) ….as was a slush puppie from the snack shack. Our friend Kristina came too. There was a lake […]

fill in the blank friday.

Happy Friday my bloggy friends! Feeling inspired by yesterday’s beautiful sunny day that we spent at the lake, I decided that today’s blank needed about summer and it needed to be open-ended and full of possibilities like summer itself. Therefore, the only starter you’re getting this week is the word itself: Summer. Come up with […]

life lessons for fern #4.

Dear Fern, As you go through life you will unfortunately be bombarded with messages about beauty.  Our media portrays a standard of beauty that has been photoshopped beyond recognition and is completely unattainable.  Websites and magazines and TV shows…they’ll all seek to convince you that you are inadequate.But I want you to know that…You are […]