finally friday

whew! it is finally Friday...this week seemed to just keep going and going! maybe its the fact that we are in the midst of potty training and everyday feel 48 hours long!! gosh 2 is such a trying age. a very cute age...but it sure does test your limits. I wish there was a magical way to potty train. then life would be so much simpler! but what fun would that be??? we will keep on truckin and hopefully something happens very soon. *fingers crossed*.

This weekend we have to go out of town for a photo shoot and then are planning on hitting up Disneyland! yay for us!! its a family weekend for  us so we will be sure to get some good memories in. I hope you all have a fabulous weekend making memories of your own!! xoxo

finally.....

After months and months and months...The Great Gatsby was released in theaters!!! I cannot express how excited I was to see this film and take in all the glorious fashion and jewels! This weekend was a "just us" weekend and we went to see the movie on Friday night. We took in some Sushi and then sat down for the film. The movie was better than I thought...amazing actually! The acting was superb and I loved the modern music with the old fashioned dialog. Even though I have quite some time before my 30th birthday, I had decided that I was going to have a 1920s style party to bid adieu to my "roaring 20's" and this release pumped me up even more! The costumes, the costumes, the costumes!!! *love*

All in all I would rate The Great Gatsby as a must see and if you didn't get to see it opening weekend RUN to a theater near you!!

"In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths against the whisperings and the champagne and the stars."

A lil Bit Country!

I am a HUGE country music fan! I have been for my whole life! My favorite country song is 'I Should've Been a Cowboy' and given that my favorite artist is Toby Keith. I see Toby every year when he comes to town and the moment I heard that he was headlining Stagecoach...I was already seated in the audience! Stagecoah Country Music Festival is an 3 day concert held in Indio Ca, at the Empire Polo Fields. It is HOT and sweaty and feels like you are sitting on the edge of the netherworld but by God it is an awesome adventure!!! Freddie and I trekked out on Friday afternoon for the concert and the next days just flew by! Between toasting each other with our 12 dollar drinks (gee whiz!) or having to buy a Mr. Mister to feel the least bit of relief from the blazing sun, to singing our hearts out to each other...We cannot wait until next year!!  P.S. Dierks Bentley.......you rocked our world!!!!! Can't wait to see you live again!!!

Take Me To...

10 Things From My Two Year Old

Today I was playing with our alphabet singing purple Leapster dinosaur and my two year old and I thought, lordy loo where did the two years go? And then I thought about all I should be teaching him and what I need to work on. What I realized after was everything he has been teaching me! There is such an age gap between my boys that I basically started all over with my mini. I am older...maybe not wiser...but I do happen to notice a little bit more. Here are my things that are pretty great about a two year old.

1. No matter how tired you are in the morning...when you walk by his door and you hear "hey mommy"! you have an instant smile.

2. Hugs out of nowhere. Those are pretty great!

3. Taking the empty paper towel tube and looking through it like a telescope like Jake does and saying you see Captain Hook and he is then enthralled by the tube and thinks you're a rock star!

4. You never have to remind yourself of what you just said because you have a mini recorder following you everywhere you go repeating everything you say! hee hee!

5. BUBBLES

6. The still baby laugh they use when you nuzzle their neck. You love the sound so much you keep doing it!

7. The way he already know how to manage an iphone...and then you have to reinstall all your favorite apps after.

8. The proud look on their face when they know what all the animals say, and a cowboy, and a pirate...

9. The way his face lights up when we have CAKE!

10. I uv ooo are the most beautiful words you'll ever hear!

Take me to...

In my earlier post, I placed a photo on there that is Freddie leading me through the Neon Museum. I got the idea from a Pinterest post that I saw where a photographer's girlfriend was "taking him to" places around the world. I loved it so much and since that day I cannot find it on Pinterest. So I decided to document our travels the same way but flipped the other way around! If anyone can tell me where to find the originator of this concept please let me know!! Lets see how many places Freddie takes me to!! We are off to a good start!