emma's birthday

emma's birthday was june 9th, however because it fell on a monday we celebrated saturday the 7th. we had so much fun celebrating our little boo turning two! she is so adorable and got some really great gifts from our friends and family.



emma, sporting her bee hat




who doesn't love having their picture taken while eating?!

my birthday wishlist

my birthday is friday and here are a few things that would be so awesome to recieve as gifts...i know, i dream big.


Wii Fit





Nike+ ipod nano sport




Bosu ball



Frederic Fekkai Glossing Conditioner

she's a mover and a shaker

this is what i found the other day, upon entering emma's room:

her crib is typically flat against the wall, but she huffed and puffed to get that thing away from the wall.

Stylin'

A couple of weeks ago I came across the Layers Clothing website, after finding a posting about it on a blog. The clothes were just so cute, and after tooling around the website a bit I found that they are a direct selling company (ie Mary Kay, Avon, .Mark). I put in an application to be a rep, or a Stylist, as you're called for this company. The following day I recieved a response, saying that my application had been accepted. I thought about it for a few days, and after consulting with some friends and family about the idea I decided to go ahead with it. I did quite a bit of research, of course, and had some really positive conversations with Laura, the marketing director. I recieved my start-up kit today, complete with catalogs, party invites, order forms and ordering software. I already have one party booked for mid-May and I am so excited about it! I encourage everyone to check out their great Spring line and contact me if you're interested in hosting a party. I'll be ordering all my samples tomorrow, one of everything!

I am so glad I came across this opportunity and really excited about the prospect making some extra income, not to mention the perks of some really great clothes!

*click the picture to visit the website*

recent netflix arrivals

eric and i are big fans of netflix since we so rarely get to the theatre (see post below). we've recently watched some really good ones that i would recommend to everyone.

once
the namesake
bee movie
lars and the real girl
dan in real life
superbad
knocked up
ira & abby
sherrybaby
the feast of love

"har har har"

I laughed til I was in tears. This movie was absolutely hilarious. A must see!!
After a 2 year absence from the movie theatre scene, Eric and I are so glad we picked this one as a first movie back in the theatre. Although, concession prices are so ludicrous that it will probably be awhile before we go back.

i love this kid

there are no words

This is Emma, wearing a snowboard helmet, backwards. Why not, right?

weekend update

We had our garage sale yesterday, and I have to say it was fairly successful. Although, we had so much stuff that I think we'll have to do another sale in a few weeks with the left overs. I really thought Emma's baby clothes would be a big hit, but not this weekend! Eric did sell his Cannondale, which was good but bittersweet. He had a lot of good memories with that bike, and I did see tears well up in his eyes as the guy took it away. He didn't ride it anymore and has a nice new bike so there really wasn't any reason to keep it. Can't hang on to everything! The guy who bought it is giving it to his son to ride in the STP this year. Eric rode the Cannondale in the STP twice so it is nice to know that it will be making the trek yet again.

We really lucked out yesterday with great weather; I didn't see the news but it must have been atleast 70 and I got some color...well, in the form of a sunburn but hey thats something! Emma had a great time playing outside, toddling around in her sqeaky shoes (so as not to lose her outside while we were busy selling off our goods). She really loves playing outside and I can't wait for the weather to be nicer all the time. I'm more than ready for summer, considering we had snow just last month, in Seattle no less!

We finally met our next door neighbors, Rob and Michelle. They moved in around the holidays and are remodeling their house. They seem so nice and I feel bad for not going over sooner to introduce myself.

Now that the sale is over I can finally get to the much needed housework that was neglected all last week in preperation. Eric and I were so exhausted last night though that we didn't get anything done. But alas, laundry is going and the kitchen is clean! Now on to bathroom cleaning and vacuuming, woohoo!

Eric is heading down to his parents this afternoon to do our taxes (they have TurboTax and we do not). We are a little late, getting down to the wire actually, oops! But I know it will get done so I'm not too worried.

Time to get back to the housework, it certainly won't do itself!

the many smiles of emma bean