humor

I'm so glad Lucca is finally talking. For one, it has relieved a lot of his frustrations to be able to have words for his emotions and thoughts. I love it because everyday something hilarious comes out of his mouth. Here are a few recent stories...
He's everything dinosaurs right now. Thus, his favorite movie is Land Before Time. He could watch it all day. Every day. We were leaving the house the other day and my friend Sara was out jogging. She stopped to chat so I introduced Lucca to her. The entire time we were chatting he had this bewildered look on his face. Once she jogged off he asked "Her a three horn", because he can't pronouce his "r's", I couldn't understand him. Then he asked again, "her a three horn". Finally I understood he was asking me if she was Sara, the triceratops from Land Before Time. I told him they just had the same name. Then he asked "Her jogging to great valley". I had to explain that no, Sara was not a "three horn" jogging to the great valley.
As I said in my last post, Lucca has been sick (read cranky) for about a month. Last weekend we were driving home and Shan had on the GPS. Lucca had been arguing with us for the last hour, and finally when the lady said "Next Right", Lucca yelled "You next wight". Then she said, "next left", "NO!, I will not next left"...and so on. Shan and i were in tears laughing so hard. Why is it so funny when he's arguing with someone else, but not funny at all when it's us.
Lastly, his favorite little trick right now is saying "Guess what mom?", "what?", "I wuv you".
Melts my heart every time.

A roller coaster day...

I had one of those days.
It started out wonderful, with my "mommy" friends coming over with their lovely kids for a play date. We hadn't seen each other for quite a while, and I didn't realize how much I missed them. They are amazing women, wonderful mothers with adorable children. I feel badly we've let it go so long without seeing each other. It was also nice to talk "mom" with ladies I really respect. My friend Jenny and I were the first in our group of girlfriends to have kids and I think we'd both agree it was more than isolating.
The high continued as Lucca napped and I watched trashy TV while riding my trainer. This is a new ritual for me and I.love.it. Nothing says paradise like Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and working out. Don't judge. Or do. I don't care.
Then Lucca woke up and the "down" happened. That sounds horrible, I know. But he's had a cold for probably a month and the last couple days have been really bad. This on top of the fact that I had to do laundry, grocery shop, pack and pick up a rocket box all in preparation for our trip. Doing all of this with a toddler offers quite a problem. We were doing fine, until we weren't. Then it was all downhill fast. By the time I got home at 7:45 we were both close to a meltdown. Luckily Shan was there with a gin and tonic and thus back to my high.
Then I talked to one of my best friends Jody. We hadn't talked for a while and I miss her more than I tell her. We're going to her wedding in May in Belize...yes, Belize. A.L.O.N.E. Enough said.
Then I called my dad who said they're coming to visit in April. This was the highest high. I have been SO.HOMESICK! Not sure why, but it's been hard. Maybe I think the weather is better is Salt Lake, but mostly I think I miss my family. I've been struggling with this for some time. Every time we go home, I want to move. I am a family person. I love Sunday dinners, I love my parents, my siblings and now, more than anything, I love watching Lucca with his cousins. It's priceless. I was never super close with my cousins, but I really want Lucca to grow up with his amazing cousins. Right now it's 3 girls and soon to be 2 more boys. It's hard being the one away. Selfishly, I've loved having my sister move because then someone else had to feel the pain of living away. Don't get me wrong, I know I chose our home. And I love Seattle. For more reasons than I can list. But sometimes there's nothing like family. No coffee shop, walk, or zoo can replace the value of family and living near them.
Anyhow, it's been an up and down day but now we're off to Mazama for sun and skiing.

dreaming of warmer weather

I know everyone is sick of winter and I am no exception. Except we just got blanketed with more snow...just when I'd hit my max, just when I'd started wearing my Toms, just when I saw a little sun, we got snow. Maybe that's why I love these dresses so much, looks like I could drink up the sun in them.

And, of course every fabulous summer dress needs an equally fabulous sandal. These fit the bill for me.

white dress anthropologie, nude dress BHLDN, wedge heels anthro, metallic sandals dolce vita.

My husband is...

Romantic
Hardworking
A devoted partner
Tidy
An amazing father
Great at surprises
Understanding
Giving
Determined
Stubborn
Incredibly intelligent
A night owl
Caring
A crazy athlete
A gin drinker
Addicted to Thai
Now 46...
Happy Birthday Shan!!!

Valentines perks

We had a wonderful dinner last night at one of our fav local places, Poppy. The Thalis are delicious and use the most unique ingredients. We also had an amazing cocktail and fabulous bottle of wine from Shans favorite place, Red Mountain. It was a great evening made even better by our amazing gifts. Sounds shallow, but this year I think we both totally scored.

I get a piece from this amazing jeweler Ellen Arthur.

I'm thinking either this...

or this...or this...

Aren't those just amazing!

I got Shan one nights stay and dinner at Willows Inn on Lummi Island. NY Times just named it "One of the 10 restaurants in the world worth a place ride" and also one of "The 41 places to go in the world in 2011". I'm really excited to have a night away with my Valentine.

Oh, I almost forgot...I also go showered with love notes. One under my computer, one on the seat of my car and one containing a picture of my gorgeous new necklace.

We haven't had a perfect track record with Valentines Day but this one definitely hit the mark!

i heart my boys

Happy Valentines Day!

I've always loved Valentines Day, I remember my mom wrapping up cute packages for us to open at the dinner table, heart shaped, red food and lots of love. This year we started off the day with red heart pancakes (thanks Gaga and Grandpa) and are delivering cookies to friends later this afternoon. Lucca also had a blast making valentines this year. He was SO into the glitter and I think they turned out quite cute!

Here's how I found my family yesterday afternoon...no wonder the house was so quiet.

Recorder

I need to carry a recorder around just to capture all of the funny things coming out of Lucca's mouth lately. These are just a few:

While we were driving home from getting Valentine stuff, I was telling Lucca that he needed to put his listening ears on and we would need to work together to get them done. He followed up with "Okay mom, teamwowk comin' up"

While driving around another time, we blasted the music and danced at a stop light. At the end of the song he said "Good wockin' (rocking') out mom".

And tonight, after I gave him two choices of pj's, he replied "huummmmm...hawd (hard) to say". Really, hard to say?!?