polaroid saturday

trains, trains and trainamobiles...

this ones for you brayden.

brayden loves trains!

last week brayden visited uncle ryno and aunt gesso. we watched the train from the apartment, which he thoroughly enjoyed...

doctor brayden

prognosis:

cutest kid in the world!

blogging out from warrenville!

so this weekend jess and i house/dog sat. it was good, and really relaxing. we mostly laid around, grilled out tons, and watched tons of cable, and drank some too. but really that is all we could ask for. this was jess' first weekend since starting school, and i have been needing a break from work. ideally we prefer a quiet weekend, so when we can do so, we go for it. today may have been our only day of really running around(aside from friday, where we had to drop off jess' laptop at the apple store). today we went to breakfast at the warrenville pancake house, one of our fave diners. and then drove back home. after we settled and put all of our stuff back(one nice thing about house/dog sitting, is that we get our laundry done!), i rode my bike back to my mom's to finish watching the house/dog. since jess has school and work tomorrow, it would have been a very busy morning if i had to drive her back to aurora before i went to work(in wheaton). so this way, i can just ride my bike to work, and then ride it back home after work.

here's some random things...last week we sent out a package of vegan goodies to someone in france, well he already got them, and we are going to be getting some french vegan goodies soon! also, i got a new shirt and some new deadformat stickers last week: my sister in-law amie is getting her blog on nowadays and recently posted about brayden having a great time at a carnival! check it, he looks so adorable! also, you'll see i added kevin's blog to our list of friends, and he recently posted a good pic of his work(read: my new tattoos, DUH!) this weekend i was lucky enough to touch base with my buddy ben, which i play mean phone tag with. in fact, all my friends that live more than a stone throws away, know i am really bad about keeping in touch now that i have a really weak phone plan(300anytime mins, and only free weekends). so it was nice to hear from ben!

so tonight, jess and i will be reminiscing of the days when we were separated by hundreds of miles and only getting to see each other for days at a time, while we talk on the phone and watch intervention, thankful that we are merely a 40min bike ride apart. life is wonderful.

birthday parties & a heart shaped breakfast!

yesterday brayden came over! we played cars, had a "birthday party" (aka: ate cupcakes), & went to the mexican restaurant for lunch.


this morning ryno & i made heart shaped biscuits to have with gravy... it was delicious and adorable!




i also wanted to share the great surprise ryan brought home on friday! when we were in DC for polly's wedding we went to a book store & i found this great book but we both agreed to pass it up. when i got home, i searched and searched for this book online but had completely forgotten the name... well, ryan found it for me & it's just as great as i remembered! so great!

brayden fun, pt. 2 & some food stuffs

brayden came over again today!
we watched harry potter & the amazing panda adventure, played cars, ate some lunch, and hung out. it was totally rad, & brayden likes peanut butter sandwiches almost as much as i do!



before he got here i did a lot of prepping for the week. i made a whole loaf of whole wheat vegan french toast to freeze, chopped veggies for stir fries and the like, prepped for our vegan sushi night, & was going to make veggie dumplings (i even went as far as to make the filling!) until i realized my wrappers were bad =(

today has been a productive day to say the least! now i'm just relaxing, checking out some things online, & waiting for the rynobear!

brayden fun, pt. 1

today brayden came over! we had a birthday party (we really just ate cupcakes and called it a party) & watched some simpsons. ryno & brayden walked me to work, and then spent some quality uncle-nephew time together!