Whew. I just got home from a whirlwind trip to New York City. Matt has been working there since early this month, and I was thrilled to be able to squeeze in a quick visit! He had to work all day, so I had the very weird opportunity to traipse around the city all by myself for a couple days. In many ways, it was absolutely delicious. I felt energized and inspired…but truth be told, it was a good bit lonely, too. Those crazy kids that make me climb the walls in sheer frustration - I missed them something fierce.
But I loved my Matt-time. We ate some incredible food - went for the full tasting menu at Amma, drank many-a-beer at McSorley’s, and were DELIGHTED to stumble upon the Dessert Truck one night in Greenwich Village. Finally!! Matt and I are shameless Food Network addicts, and when we saw that truck, we both had only one thing on our minds.
Bacon.
If Throwdown with Bobby Flay taught us anything, it was that the best bread pudding in the world came out of this truck, and it was topped with a bacon creme anglaise. (the bread pudding, not the truck, silly.) Gag if you must, but it. was. diviiiiine.
So here’s to spontaneous trips to the big apple!
Love to my hard-working husband:
Ode to the iPhone for unsurpassed convenience and general badass-edness!
And here’s to the insurmountable joy and gratitude that I felt to return home to this:
“Hey, Paul!”
Nothing gives me more giggles than to hear my son Parker’s voice drop an octave and shout out that greeting to our sweet neighbor, Paul. Parker is rather enamored with “kinda big kids” and it is so fun to watch him light up when Paul will stop to chat with him for a bit.
Paul just graduated from Klein Collins high school and is headed down to Texas A&M Corpus Christie in the fall. (quite appropriate for this beach-loving family) I was delighted to take pictures of Paul in all of his Senior-ness…and especially pleased that his completely adorable girlfriend, Jennifer, hopped in for a few shots along the way.
Paul, my friend, you were an incredibly good sport for our photo-extravaganza…especially considering the gaggle of ladies that we had tagging along. :) It’s fair to say that you are well-loved!
Can you handle this level of cuteness?? Makes a heart go pitter-pat…
The adoring entourage.
*EDIT 6/25/09*
Ack! How could I forget?? Jump, Paul, jump!
Don’t you just love it when you meet a child that is a perfect blend of two completely different people??
Sweet little Mia is exactly that. From her mother’s lovely, milky skin, to her daddy’s hair and deep eyes…she’s the ideal combo! Kristen and Alex, I’m not sure what kind of happy-juice you are feeding that little girl of yours, but truly, Mia is just a literal bundle of joy. She gave out more grins, squeals and adorable deep chuckles than I could keep up with. What a delight. :)
As I was going through these pictures on my computer, I started to notice that in picture after picture after picture, Mia’s little fingers just seemed to be snapping away. Ya can’t fight the rhythm!
That face!! That snap!!
Happy baby. Happy parents. Happy family. Totally infectious.
(and can you even believe Kristen’s gorgeous hair??)
Alex, Kristen, and Mia, you guys just made this easy as pie.
Thank you for sharing your family with me for an afternoon. You’ve definitely got a good thing going on. Keep it up. :)
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