Trip to Philly & Jersey: Part One

As mentioned previously, both Ruby and Emilia are in Philadelphia and New Jersey visiting family, hanging with Baba and Gigi, and generally enjoying life.  Since I'm still in Texas until Wednesday, Emilia has been sending me pictures of what I'm missing.  A few to share:

Ruby's First Coloring Book

Ruby and I have been busy this morning, creating art.

Flashback Friday

Ruby and I are headed to the Jersey shore this afternoon for a relaxing ten day vacation with Gigi and Baba (David joins us on Wednesday). It's been over a year since the last time we were in New Jersey for the Memorial Day Picnic. I remember standing on the beach in Atlantic City and listening to my dad talk about how fun it would be "next year when Ruby can play in the ocean." Well Baba, Ruby loves the water, her suit is packed, and she's ready to build a sandcastle. See you at the beach!

And for the flashback portion of the post, some pictures from last summer:

Love dip?

Yes please.

If you've never had love dip, it's a fabulous dip sold at Central Market in Austin. It's creamy, tomatoey, and garlicky. And Miss Ruby L.O.V.E.S. it, as does her momma. MC, I also think i found the recipe here. Ruby and I will definitely be conducting a taste test soon.

Purple!

After reading my good friend V's blog updates about her front door makeover, I was inspired to do something fabulous to makeover our front door. A new glass door might not be in the budget, but a can of purple paint certainly is. V helped me narrow it down to a few different shades of purple, I ordered the paint, and David got to work. And here it is, the house with the purple door!

Before:

After:

Flashback Friday

While watching my beautiful girl run around the sprinkler park this morning, I started thinking about how much she's changed in the last year.

This time last year, Ruby wasn't even walking yet. Now she's running around the playground, talking to other kids on the playscape, and sitting on the big girl swings.

Where did my chunky monkey go?

I miss those rolls!

Under Construction

I am trying to update the blog and make some much needed improvements. I'm just looking for a good color scheme, some smart font choices, and a nice background that doesn't compete with Ruby's beautiful pictures. I don't think that's too much to ask. It might take me a few days, so please bear with me. Obviously, I am much better at making gorgeous babies than I am at editing HTML code.