starbucks mini me

warning: total mom photos coming your way. a.k.a photo overload of pretty much the same thing – baby and me.

when my dear friends carol, dana, and andrea hosted my baby’s shower last year, dana had given me the cutest little sippy cup evah as a gift! i couldn’t wait to use it! i’m such a starbucks addict. yes, i will pay $4.50 or so for a fancy coffee. yeahhhh, a fancy coffee for a fancy lady {what grace used to call me…fancy}.

anyhoo, olive has finally reached an age where she uses a sippy cup. we actually introduced a sippy cup months ago but i finally dug out this ‘starbucks’ cup for her. oh, i was loving it. me with my starbucks cup and her with her version?! i was in heaven. i was gleeful and excited {wow…the simple things in life}. i could not stop snapping photos. i seriously thought it was the cutest thing {well, i still do}.

this was a morning where we had glorious olive and me time. we were loving life and having a grand ol’ time with each other. we snuggled in each other arms. she played independently, i did errands around the house, we would come back together and have more play time and just chill.

well, back to the starbucks moment. when dana gave me this sippy cup…i totally envisioned me and the baby strolling around, outside on a sunny day, starbucks in hand and her sippy ‘starbucks’ cup in her hands. we are enjoying our drinks and loving life. hmph, that will totally still happen but our first moment of bumping starbucks cups was just too perfect!

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that was just so cute, non?! thanks dana for the best sippy cup evah! you know me too well {and the le petit prince livre is still my favorite!}. cheers to the daily guzzling of delicious coffee!

xoxo

lunch with matt

on my day off, i had made plans with matt to meet me for lunch. it so happened to be olive’s six month check up on this day as well.

so i packed the kids up and off we went to the city. it was a gorgeous day and traffic was light. a perfect combination. we found a close parking spot and walked our way to the restaurant. our place of choice was wishbone. hc and i love this restaurant, it’s yummy southern breakfasts are the best. matt had never eaten at this place! crazy to know because i have been eating here since the late 90’s!

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[outfit of the day // zara baby shirt, cherokee pants]

we had just arrived at the restaurant when matt walked through the door. we were seated and perused the menu to decide on what to nosh on. grace went with the chocolate chip pancakes…of course {everything chocolate for her}! i chose the combo of two eggs and pancakes. yum! i devoured everything!

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[wishbone]

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[hanging out]

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[sister love]

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[eggs over easy, corn muffin, cheese grits, and pancakes]

matt and i caught up on the latest happenings in life. i’m so excited matt and johann are getting married in a few weeks. we talked about what they were planning and doing for the wedding. we seriously can’t wait! we love them and look forward to celebrating their marriage together.

after catching up and eating our delicious meals, matt walked with us to olive’s doctor’s appointment. leave it to me, again, to not even snap a picture of me and matt together! darn it! sometimes being with matt is like swirling around with the tasmanian devil! i get swept up in the whirlwind and forget my purpose!

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[smirky selfie]

anyhoo, we trekked inside for olive’s check up. she was weighed and measured and then we waited. and waited for dr. perlman. she finally came and examined my little girl. all was good! i love dr. perlman…she is the sweetest and smartest lady! she is so wonderful with olive.

after her time with the doctor, we waited a little bit longer and then the nurse came in to give little olive her shots. yikes. baby girl had no idea. she was playing and smiling like a champ until the nurse came in and stabbed her twice! she shrieked and then got over it. awww, my cutie.

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[at the doctor’s…not her favorite place but was definitely preoccupied and happy for a moment!]

we left the office and walked our way back to the car. i must admit, much to hc’s dismay, i am terrible with paying the meter. sometimes i do, sometimes i don’t, and most of the time i don’t repay, so there is the chance of me getting a ticket for an expired meter sticker!! eekkk. i do it all the time. so, as were walking back, i had no idea when the meter sticker expired! ha! that didn’t stop me from making a pit stop at starbucks with the kiddies!

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[i think i have a starbucks problem]

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we made a restroom stop, ordered drinks, and made our way to the car. not without forgetting the louis vuitton diaper bag at the starbucks! omg. we were at the car {no ticket btw…and it was expired by 45 minutes…hehehe} and i was ready to put olive into the car when i looked around and screamed, “omg, we left the diaper bag at starbucks!”. thank goodness is was only across the street! grace ran back in and grabbed it. phew!

besides forgetting to snap a picture of me and matt together and forgetting the diaper bag at the starbucks, our afternoon together was absolutely wonderful!

xoxo

first mother’s day ~ part two

soooo on sunday funday mother’s day celebration…olive and i started the day lazily lounging in bed. i love this little peanut. hc got this momma another starbucks start! we relaxed together, that morning, before we headed to parker’s for a mother’s day brunch.

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[morning selfie]

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[watching videos together]

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[morning pick me up]

we got ready and merrily went on our way to the restaurant. we pit stopped for some beautiful flowers for the famille at the grocery store. on our way there, the babes decided to take a little nap. how cute is she?!

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[nap time before brunch]

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[beautiful flowers for some beautiful ladies]

 we arrived at our destination. it was a madhouse inside! whoa. dan was the first to get there and then boom…everyone was there, the whole family literally trickled in within seconds! we were seated right away and ready to eat! it was a brunch buffet, so we literally sat for a minute while the server took our drink orders and then we all scurried to the buffet tables, ready to fill up our little plates.

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[kir royale…favorite drink]

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[our coordinating outfits // olive is in little tots long sleeve onesie, gapkids pants, and hair clip by etsy]

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[buttercream topped cupcakes, it was really good!]

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[olive having a moment with uncle dan]

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[olive having a smiley moment with her cousin]

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[celebrating moms]

after brunch, we trekked our way home for a just a second to then head back out. we  took my mom to a pretty little garden center so she could pick out flowers for the yard!

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[flower shopping]

after that, we headed back home to my parent’s. we relaxed for a bit there before we headed back out to our home {ya know…that long car ride home we have}! of course, more work had to be done on our house, so wasting the day away is never an option!

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[coffee break with my chunker munker]

overall, it was quite an amazing mother’s day. i am thankful for my beautiful mom, my wonderful husband, and my amazing daughter.

my first mother’s day could not have been better. i am so blessed to be a mom. i am so blessed to have such a loving mother. i am amazed that it was my first mother’s day and i am in awe that this little baby is ours…making it quite a special day for me. i still cannot believe that i am mom, it’s a milestone in my life that is a dream come true.

i know that i just rambled a bit. i wish i was more eloquent about it. i have so many thoughts and wonderful feelings around this…it’s hard to capture it all in words without spewing a lot of random phrases!

God bless all the mother’s out there!

xoxo

hb thuy

It was that time of year again!  celebrating thuy’s birthday.  always on a cold, january day.  it typically snows, has snow on the ground or is really cold out {just like mine, being in december!}.  this year, it was a little blizzard of snow.

the snow kept on falling throughout the day.  a very pretty sight but not so pretty driving conditions.  hc and i spent the morning looking at house(s) for sale {that’s a whole other story}, after that, we pit stopped at starbucks for some tasty treats.

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[decaf americano and a chocolate croissant  // perfect]

after house hunting and reenergizing at starbucks, we spent the afternoon at my parent’s house.  as the day wore on, the snow kept falling and we decided to leave a bit early from the p’s to give us time to travel and do a bunch of errands at home before thuy’s soiree that evening.

oy…traffic was bad!  we finally arrived home and we scurried around getting stuff done.  i had to wrap thuy’s gift, do baby stuff, figure out what to wear {such a daunting event every time since i’ve had this beautiful baby, the game of what fits…what doesn’t fit – sad}, get ready, etc.  ugh, time was flying by!  hc was preoccupied with ‘house’ stuff, so this was causing us to run behind!  yuck.  i hate being late {although, it’s always the case personally!  i’m not extremely late all the time but i never truly feel stressed about being on time…if i am, i am…if i’m not…c’est la vie, non?  but that doesn’t mean i still don’t like it!}  😛

so, there we were, running late to our dinner commitments!  we tried to nab a cab but that wasn’t going to happen!  we jumped into our car and finally sped off to the restaurant, henri.  hc dropped me off while he parked the car.  i traipsed on in and joined the celebration going on inside for miss thuy!

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[birthday lady]

they had ordered oysters as an app.  so yummy good.  you can down a half dozen if you didn’t force limit yourself or just be plain piggish in everyone else’s eyes!

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[oyster apps]

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[hello world!]

during desserts, thuy opened up her gifts!

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[love your sweater sis!]

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[packaging]

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[birthday goodies]

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[thuy and lan, such chic ladies]

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[opening her gift from lan]

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[first round of birthday wishes at henri]

after dinner and before desserts, the boys decided to go to the gage for drinks.  that was their dessert!  so, they left us and headed over to the gage as we were ordering some decadent desserts and cafe at henri.

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[henri]

after henri, we headed to the gage to meet up with our husbands.  having dinner doesn’t ever stop these gals from ordering more food!  kim, thuy, and lan then ordered poutine and bone marrow as an extension to this evening’s noshing.  i could only taste…it was all so delicious but my belly couldn’t consume any more morsels of these tasty treats…that is, until the dessert came!  the server brought over another birthday treat for thuy!  a glass filled with sweet, light, chocolate mousse.  it was so good!!!

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[hb squared.  second round of birthday wishes // at the gage]

it was a fun, snowy evening celebrating thuy!  i hope it was a good one!  happy birthday to my lovely sister!

xoxo

happy beurffday dick!

it was mr. richard heintz sr.’s birthday!!!  yay!

we kicked off our day with a lovely start at church.  for some reason, mass today just flew by…it was weird.  it felt very ephemeral.  like i was in fast forward.  maybe it was because we didn’t sit in our usual ‘spot’??  it was quite packed by the time we got there {um, maybe it was because i was totally running late…causing us to be late, therefore causing hc a very difficult time in the parking lot because it was filled to the gills…oops!!}, most of the pews were full, so i was ushered all the way up to the front side rows.  hubby charming almost didn’t find me!  so, therefore {phew!  am i longwinded???  nah!} mass was over before i felt it began!

anyhoo, after that, we did our usual run to starbucks & off we went, over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house we go [literally]!  brunch, presents, cake, oh my!

hb dick, we love you lots!!  xoxo

my outfit for the day

my outfit for the day

pretty colors

pretty colors

hello

hello, bad angle

family

family

mimosas

mimosas

purty wrapped

purty wrapped

for his railroad

for his railroad

the unsigned card ;)

the unsigned card, hee

gift from misse, john, + daniel

gift from misse, john, + daniel

grace + daniel

grace + daniel

hb dad!

hb dad!

hb dad!

decadent

make a wish!

make a wish!

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my ice cream stacking abilities!

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delicious!

 

style décontracté

temperamental weather.  chicago – one day it’s 60 degrees, the next day it’s 19 degrees.  when it’s warm, i’ll take advantage of it!

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my accessory of choice: starbucks americano
jeans: seven for all mankind
purse: vintage louis vuitton – richard prince watercolor speedy 35 – ebay it
gold dotted shirt: target
necklaces: vintage jcrew – something similar here
vest: vintage urban outfitters – something similar here
turquoise earrings: vintage anthropologie – something similar here

achats heureux!