My boyfriend's back.

Adam has been in Germany with all of his brothers (total=4) for 10 days visiting his brother Mike who has been working there in the cast of a German cowboys and indians theme park all summer. Yes. You might need to read that sentence twice.

Today he came home!! It's been a long 10 days ... I really like that boy.

Here's a photo of the 3 other brothers (I think Adam is in 1 photo total ... so is the life of the photographer). I'm so glad they had this experience. And I'm glad they're home!!

I stole this.

I directly stole everything following the colon from my friend and fabulous artist Brian's blog without permission. I just loved it and wanted to share. He does cool things (like reading books of Van Gogh's letters) and designs things for me and our business which are wonderful. Thanks Brian:

I stumbled on this a while ago when reading a book of van Gogh's letters. i like it.

"[Anton] Mauve takes it amiss that I said, 'I am an artist,' which I won't take back, because it's self-evident that what that word implies is looking for something all the time without ever finding it in full. It is the very opposite of saying, 'I know all about it, I've already found it.' As far as I am concerned, the word means, 'I am looking, I am hunting for it, I am deeply involved.'"

Top 25

I've been spending a lot of time lately at my computer (edit, edit, edit!!!) which means me and iTunes are starting to get a little tired of each other, but still trying to be friends.

I noticed the Top 25 Most Played playlist that it automatically creates. Here's mine. Nothing suer cool or exciting, just some songs that I like for everyday listening.

I tend to go through musical phases and each of these songs/artists definitely has a strong association with a specific time from over the past couple of years.



What are yours?

The name!

Yes, it's true. I've actually made a really important decision somewhat in advance. I think it's my husband's good influence on me. Our son has a name! Introducing...

Elliott Lewis Rosenbaum

Coming soon (but hopefully not too soon!)!! It's amazing how steps like this (finding out gender, choosing a name, etc.) make him feel more real and like I'm getting to know him little by little! Fun!

Can you believe it's time for monthly photo again? Time is FLYING! Sorry for the awkward photo ~ Adam wasn't around this morning to take it for me, so I had to do self-timer with camera precariously teetering on a couch pillow. But let's be honest, what about ALL of these photos isn't awkward?

More Catching Up!

In June I got to spend a fabulous evening with wonderful girlfriends from college ... I cherish every minute that I get to see them! We were lucky to get this many of us in one place and we missed those of you who couldn't make it!!


Everyone surprised the other prego Katie and me with some baby gifts (and cake!!) ~ our first ones! You guys are so sweet!


Another group shot ... mainly so Lauren could prove how long her left arm is ... she's right.


I'm so glad that you guys are still in my life ... 5 years later (yikes ... sounds like a long time ago!).

These are old

So, these are officially 2 months old now ... but as I always say, better late than never, right?

In June we had a super-speedy mini-vacay with the Hesters in Panama City. Here are the 2 photos that we took. It was SO good to get away, even for a day or two.


We loved getting to spend more than an hour with them (like it usually is when we get to see them), and getting to hang out with Eli. I want to make knowing my friends' kids a priority.


Highlights include The Red Bar (no doy), pool baseball, busting out the maternity swimsuit (watch out now ~ sorry there aren't pics to share of that), watching movies about vampires (I had my headphones on most of the time to avoid the trauma), listening to the Ting Tings, and just hanging out!

Love you guys!