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The Night We All Got Wild October 10, 2013

Filed under: Boston,Wedding — Kelocity @ 6:52 am
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It seems like it’s been FOREVER since I’ve posted anything! But I have a good excuse. We were busy watching this last week:
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But that amazing day happened at the end of my week in Boston, so there’s lots to catch up on before then first! We flew in on Friday, September 27th on a direct flight. We booked an early morning flight out of LA this time and it was a good move. Adele played for a while and ended up falling asleep on me for a few hours in the middle.  We arrived in and met Laurie at the airport (she arrived a few minutes before us!) And we rented a car and drove to my parents house. We had a nice big family dinner that night and called it an early night. Feels good to be home!

Saturday was a busy day! Mikaela’s bachelorette party!!
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A bunch of us girls decorated the place and hosted a potluck dinner before the festivities!

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And we toasted to the bride to be!!!

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Sisters!

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Soon, our huge SUV limo picked us up and we headed into Boston! First stop… photo opportunity at Fenway park! haha
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It was a crazy night, you guys. We all got wild and…. did a hotel room PHOTOSHOOT! YES!!
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That’s how we roll! We were channeling our inner Annie Leibovitz. Pretty good, right?!

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A fun night to kick off the week of wedding festivities!!! Mikaela’s got some awesome friends!! Those girls are fun!!

 

Banana? September 25, 2013

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Me: Are you going to dance with daddy at aunty mikaela’s wedding?

Adele: Yes.

Me: Are you going to dance with mama?

Adele: Banana?

Me: Mama.

Adele: Banana.

Ok then.

 

Dress Up with Dad September 23, 2013

Filed under: Baby — Kelocity @ 4:08 am

I’m prepared (and excited) to climb trees, play trucks and watch ‘Thomas the Tank Engine’ with Adele. But is Irving ready to play ‘Pretty Pretty Princess’ and tea party dress up? Looks like he’s up for the challenge. Turns out Adele is into necklaces and bracelets lately!
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Now if only i could get her excited about wearing a pretty headband while she walks down the aisle as a flower girl in my sister’s wedding next week!

(PS, I’m SUPER excited about the wedding! Can’t believe it’s almost here!)

 

Reading and Walking September 22, 2013

Filed under: Baby,library,Los Angeles — Kelocity @ 4:53 am
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One of my favorite places in the whole world is inside the walls of a great library. Actually any library. I don’t know what it is, but libraries feel magical to me. The possibilities, the stories, the idea of it being community space that’s free to the general public. I love it. The LA library gives library cards to children as soon as they can sign their own name… you better believe the day Adele does that for the first time, we’ll be at our local branch signing up for a lifetime of books! 
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Last weekend, we drove into the depths of downtown to visit the Central Library. It’s a huge library with a big Children’s room. (We visited there last year when Adele was 2 months old!) Truthfully, I’ve found better children’s rooms at the smaller branches around LA… The central branch doesn’t have puzzles, games and comfy corners to read in, but it does have lots and lots of books… and a puppet show theater! We played in the library for an hour waiting for the Puppet Show to start (it was a Pirate theme this week!) But I think all that book reading beforehand tired Adele out and we didn’t make it to see the actual show. I’ll time it better next time.

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But we still had a blast pulling books from the shelves, finding pictures of “Bananas” and “Doggies” within the pages, and walking. Lots of walking.

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A Morning at the Americana September 21, 2013

Filed under: Baby,Los Angeles — Kelocity @ 4:23 am
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Last week, while Grandma was in town, we did a few fun things together. One day, we had brunch at Foxy’s in Glendale (hands down, best breakfast joint around). Then we headed across the street to the playground at the Americana. It was a pretty walk checking out the fountain and the shops…. but then when we got to the playground…. we noticed it was GONE! Did we imagine it? Didn’t there used to be a playground in the center court of the Americana? Are we crazy? Oh well. Instead, we snapped some pictures and took in the scene.IMG_0532
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Adele was watching the dancing fountain in these photos! Wait til she sees the Bellagio in Vegas next month!
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One of the best perks about that outdoor mall is that they have a cute kids area for changing/entertaining little ones. I thought it would be a great introduction to chalk!
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Adele has a requirement that anything she holds has to come in ‘twos’.  One for each hand, obviously.
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I think my sidewalk chalk days are still a little ways off (I’m already excited for Easter when she’ll probably find some chalk in her easter basket!), but she had fun regardless.
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This outfit makes her look so grown up!
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Since Adele was born, we find ourselves at the Americana often. For a while we were going once or twice a week! It’s fun, new, convenient… and there’s a TARGET (cue the sound of clouds parting and the sound of god chiming through!) And we have a trick for finding the best parking spot in the whole mall…. the key to scoring this prime spot means arriving at the mall before it opens…. which we’ve been known to do on a few occasions. Hey, you can always kill time at Foxy’s across the street! Win, Win!
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