new to me music

From cd to vinyl, The Black Keys have been on repeat for months.

But I just found a new love, and maybe I'm late to the party and I don't even know,

The Civil Wars.

Here's the song we first met to, and fell madly in love with eachother...

doesn't hurt that he's a Johnny Depp twin. A new on-repeat record here.

Speaking of Johnny Depp, plans this weekend are to clean the garage and watch the Oscars.

Among church, family, bbq... the usual.

Happy weekend!

p.s. thank you thank you for all the sweet comments on the mama/baby pics below... word on the shoot that day was that the necklace was going to be a giveaway in the future! I'll let you know first-thing when it happens. xo!

babiekins: wild things!

 

 

We are in no way professional magazine models. But thanks to a super sweet phone call from my friend Heather, Graham was invited to be the "baby" and me the "mom" for the Wild Things shoot for Babiekins Magazine. Coolest thing I've ever done in my mom days. And the Kenney/Rome team made me feel like a supermodel with a big confidence-boosting, beautiful sun hat and lens flare captured for miles.

Ewan was with me, and snuck in a couple of shots after he saw Heather pull out the painted sticks and feathered arrows for the boys to play with. The other kids in the spread are professionals from agencies. And they made it look effortless. I was trying to follow the girls' lead, but they clearly won the pout contest. Leave it to the professionals.

Finally getting to see Heather do her styling first-hand was a treat! We've been friends since she was pregnant with Pip, and I love seeing her have so much success as she shares her talent! And homegirl Jessie Kenney is from my hometown and took these photos when Graham was 8 months old. I will treasure them always.

Photography by Jessie Kenney / Styled by Heather Rome / Creative Director Priscila Barros / For Babiekins Magazine Spring 2012

babiekins

I cannot get enough of the current issue of Babiekins magazine...

(and not just because we're in it, eeek!)

If you haven't already heard, Babiekins features fashionable and newbie designers, amazing party ideas, an array of fun DIY projects, family relationships, as well as real issues concerning children. And was started here in Southern California by the sweet, sweet Priscila Barros. Love her!

Here are some of my favorite issue 8 images...

 

The little miss on the bike kills me! If only I could pull-off fashion trends like a four year old does.
The styled fashion and the flawless photography is a magical combination. I'm floored every time.

And beyond all that, are the gorgeous product finds, parties, and home styling...

Issue 8 is a must read! As is every issue though.

Next up, I'll share the extended version of the editorial that Graham and I got to be a part of!

weekend recap

Today we took a sunday drive to Los Angeles,

to raise some raucous in the city!

And to pay 20 bucks for a flashing glow stick that said, Fresh Beat Band!

The concert was at the same place we saw the Gabba gang at a couple months ago...

Ewan is racking up the concert souvenirs.

And after a long day in LA, we returned home to this...

...someone partied too hard this weekend. :)

Had to just walk away from it earlier, but it has since been cleaned up and everything is all set and ready to be dumped and played with tomorrow morning again. oh, the repetitive life of littles.

a boy and his bunny

three years now, the undying love between these two continues...

 we went to this girl's super sweet bring-your-doll tea party on monday,

where ewan was the only boy, and bunny the only bunny.

bunny had chocolate for breakfast with us on valentine's day.

And yesterday, bunny went for a walk with us...

and skipped all the way home!

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It was a busy week for bunny. Not so busy for us. Just a lot of this...

the beautiful days have been too much this week!

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In other news, you may be noticing the new look around here... was slowly making late-night edits all week. I am still sans computer, wah wahh. My iphone has been handy for little to-dos on the internets, but boy do I miss a good work space. I'm also starting to feel anxious about my almost full camera card and phone photo files... I've got nowhere to dump data. I just keep emailing myself pics and reminders, and the disorganization is making me go crazy! My plan for this weekend is to hijack the law-student-husband's computer and work up some sweet posts... I've got lots of Babiekins and photo shoots to share!

have a happy weekend!