{Neptune Wild Thing}

Do you remember this??? Well,... almost two years later, here it is in all its Wild Thing, Hawaii glory. :)

I actually brought this quilt with me (maybeeee along with another one) to Hawaii. That's right, I brought quilts with me to Hawaii. I actually finished the binding on this one on the plane ride out there so, on our way to the airport to head home, we stopped for a photo shoot. Why not?? :) It only took me two years to complete, for some reason,... I think it deserves a pretty view (which just so happens to be the view from the wedding we attended,.. uh,.. beautiful much???) I know what you're thinking,... "I've seen better" Yeah, me too.

Please excuse some of the color funkiness in these pictures. I had the white balance all wrong on my camera for every picture I took of this quilt and didn't have the guts to ask my husband to go back out on the golf course holding this pretty pink and blue quilt and start all over.

Anyway, I LOOOOOOOOVE it! It is definitely my favorite to date of those I have kept. It has a home right now on the back of my couch.

{2 Months}

I can't believe this little guy is already two whole months!

Here is a whole slew of pictures to mark it!

Just love him!!!

Happy August! Hopefully with the ending of summer this heat wave will also be coming to an end,.... praying for some rain and some breezy days so I can take this little guy outside!

{My Men}

I just love them so much!

Oops,... woke em up,...

{Happy Fourth!}

My brother-in-law and his wife came out from Maryland to visit last weekend. It was wonderful for Cash to meet his Aunt & Uncle.

We spent Saturday at Possum Kingdom with my friend Megan and her family for a little wedding celebration before the big day in HAWAII!!! YAY! I'M GOING TO HAWAII!! That reminds me,... I have to start working out....

Sweetest baby ever!

This is our first family portrait. I haven't really been ready to be photographed, but this seemed like an opportunity,... halfway disguised.

Cash LOVED to be outside!! It was a bit cooler at the lake than it is in the metroplex, with some wind and cloud coverage, or we would spend more time outside. Waiting,... waiting,.... waiting for Fall.

We spent Sunday at my parents house for a fish fry,... totally should have taken pictures of all. the. food!!! It was so good! Fried catfish, homemade fries and hush puppies,... coleslaw, cheesecake, watermelon,... oh my! I loved it all,... Cash? Not so much. :( Sorry buddy!

On the actual 4th, my husband and his brother went to the Rangers/Orioles game where they paid $85/ticket to watch their team lose,... sorry guys! And my sister-in-law and I hit up the movies for Water For Elephants. I loved it!! It's been a while since I read the book, so I'm not too sure on the accuracy, but it was still really good! Recommended. No fireworks were seen,... but I would still say it was a successfully festive weekend! Thanks Matt & Jess for flying all the way out here for some fun in the sun, thanks Matt, Holly, Dad & Mom for all the yummy food! Thanks Megan, Pat & Ken for hosting such a great time at the lake! Thank you Robert Pattinson for looking hot in WFE. :)

I hope you all had wonderful, safe holiday weekends too!

{Chinatown}

{The Big Apple}

On Saturday, Me, Tom, Megan & Kyle woke up at the break of dawn, grabbed some very large coffees and hopped on the 7:20am Mega Bus into New York City. About three hours, coffee that we had to ditch before actually getting on the bus, sitting with strangers and nearly an entire iPod battery later,... we were in The Big Apple.

*LOVE*

Street Vendors

City Street Signs

sKyLiNeS

Falun Dafa

Cool Build,....

wait,... Falun Dafa????

Yes, that's right, 法輪大法. They were right in the middle of the streets too! Interesting city that NY is. :) I did get a pamphlet about it, but it was in Chinese, and I can't read Chinese so I'm not entirely sure why they were in the middle of the streets, but I think it has something to do with 真, 善 & 忍.

{Megan & Kyle}

One of my friends from Texas came out to visit for the holiday weekend and I'd say it was a major success! We went to NYC for a day, had brunch, a BBQ, a Maryland Labor Day Crab Feast and to throw a slight glitch in things, we had near stitches. Just minutes before the crab feast was to begin, I sliced open my right pointer finger on a broken wine glass. We glued that baby closed and the feast commenced. I managed to keep Old Bay out of my wound, I'd say that's a win! (it's pretty sore today though) :)

Anyway, we also managed to fit in a last minute photo shoot with Megan and her boyfriend, Kyle. They were GREAT! Just LOOK at these pictures! I feel like these should be an ad for cologne or something! Naturals I tell you!

Thanks for coming to visit us Megan & Kyle, we had a BLAST!! Let's do it again soon!

I have a TON of pictures from this weekend to post, so keep checking in! NYC will be divided among several posts, too many pictures to fit in one post on one day!

What did everyone else do for the long Labor Day weekend???

{A Bib For Sofie}

At my sister-in-laws baby shower, she received this pack of like 10 bibs. Very basic, terry cloth bibs. About 5 of them had holiday prints on them and the other 5 were solid, no print. I stole them to jazz up for the upcoming baby. I had to wait quite a while (even though I KNEW it was going to be a girl!), but I think I came up with something pretty cute!!

This is just the first one that I've completed. I just cut these little petals out of charm squares with steam-a-seam on the back, adhere with the iron, then I just did a little bit of simple stitching to fancy it up (and reinforce). Cute huh??? I'm off to get working on the rest. I'll be sure to share when I'm done.

Any FAB Labor Day plans??? What's everyone got going on??? It's going to be a fun weekend here in the Lathroum house! We are having visitors from Texas, Megan & Kyle. Saturday we will be spending in NYC (what a fun picture taking opportunity!). Sunday we plan to run around town taking pictures of the love birds and just goofin around before heading to a BBQ Sunday night. Monday,... well, we are having a CRAB FEAST with a group of great people. I. Can't. Wait.

XOXO

{Over The Weekend}

The Mr. and I went to a wedding in Philadelphia and had a GREAT time! I didn't actually get any great shots of PEOPLE,... but what can you do?? I got these couple shots of the hotel chandeliers. :) Cool right? I think I might want to print the one above.

Yum. (above) Yum. (below) Hee hee.

I have a few projects going on right now, some crochet, some paper, some sewing,... I'll get pictures up soon folks! Love ya, mean it.