A sweet time to share with my parents & baby time. My mom’s visit to the farmer’s market amassed the most delicious strawberries, berries & kettle corn. Kettle corn: sugar on carbs. Best combination ever. Does this sound ordinary? It is not. I have been wanting strawberries for quite some time now. Of course, without knowing, my mother would just have the largest, most spectacular strawberries I have ever tasted. The blackberries…
Happy birthday LOML. I woke up at 4:48 a.m. because baby needed to eat & I was plotting your breakfast. I was ready to fetch breakfast at 5 a.m. but baby had other plans. He oscillated from sleep & feeding until a little after 7 a.m., when I finally made my escape. Uncle Benny’s knows how to make an impressive donut. I know you have a curiosity for cronuts but this lush maple bacon donut…
To commiserate how awesome us girls are, we take our birthday boys to Bobo’s on Lombard for their slabs of meat. The crab cakes are divine; perfectly crisp & all crab, no fillers to hold us down. Known for their bone-in filet mignons, this cut is basically butter on a bone. I could eat this all day. I was tempted to get the Porterhouse, which is 49+ ounces of steak perfection, but alas, reasonableness set…
Cookies from Guang Guang are a mere prop for an almost 11-week-old baby. It’s okay, he’s never had a cookie and thus, does not know what heaven he is missing out on. This little angel excites me with every grin, frown, and even spit-up. Okay, not the last one. He’s enjoying older cousin’s First Valentine onesie. Good thing his arms and legs can stick out because between his rolls and length of body parts, he’s…
A surprise breakfast with vanilla ice cream infused French toast (!), spicy sausage, & tuna salad. I was busy snuggling little baby on his first Valentine’s Day & I heard the unmistakeable sound of the printer in the other room. My husband lovingly prepared breakfast with a little Valentine note, freshly printed. I love all breakfasts but I love this breakfast most of all. Can’t wait until little baby can have his own stack of…
I read somewhere that if you’re frustrated, need a break and all you got is yourself and baby… Put baby on the floor. The baby can’t fall off of the floor. Genius. After I give the little cutie a bath, I usually have to rinse myself because it’s a full body workout, bath time. I lay out baby under the baby gym, nice & warm. He’s good for at least a little while, knowing that…
Photo credit: Baby’s Popo Grandparents are like angels sent from above to help struggling, new parents. My parents and my partner’s parents are wonderful. They bring food, help out with the baby and are overall, amazing. It’s such a blessing to not only have these cool people as our family but as the doting grandparents to our baby. The cool part is, they do it all effortlessly. Each pair of parents has raised three children;…