Life Update: Spring 2015 (So Far)

Life has been so incredibly busy lately.

 Between wedding planning, baby planning, Parker's new job & two dogs we have hardly had one second of down time. Which is why I haven't uploaded any new posts lately :(

But the one upside of a rainy Friday afternoon is that I have nothing but time on the couch to get some of my favorite pictures from the past 2 months finally uploaded!

Here we go...

March and April were full of warmer days which meant a lot of time spent in the water for Leo, while Benny watched from a safe distance away

I found my new favorite pizza, ever!

It's a the veggie pizza from Newk's Eatery

It has portabella mushrooms, bell peppers, Roma tomatoes, artichoke hearts, red onion & pesto sauce!

Parker and I ate this way to many times for dinner in April

Parker surprised me with fresh flowers a lot these past 2 months.

He knows exactly how to cheer me up after a stressful week

<3

Easter weekend was full of crawfish!

yum!!

Apparently eating crawfish isn't the most flattering of activities!

Please excuse my mom's thumb 

Parker's mom made the baby the most beautiful Easter basket full of amazing goodies.

I could die over the black Ralph Lauren shoes!!

Even Benny and Leo got into the Easter spirit!

Last Friday I took my bridal photos & I still can't get over how beautiful my bouquet was!

Complete perfection in the form of fresh roses and peonies!

Only 2 more weeks until he big day!!

ahhh!

Week in Review

Happy Friday!

Between Parker being out of town and the crazy cold/wet weather we have had, I am so very happy to say "good riddance" to this week.

I am also so very happy to have Parker safely back home from his work trip in Atlanta.

There may have been a 2+ hour airport delay, but he made it!

This week was also a big week for baby.

We had our full anatomy scan ultrasound done & to say I was anxious about it is putting it mildly.

I'm a very visual/auditory person, so to not be able to see or hear how baby is doing in there is scary. You can't know if something is going wrong until weeks later when you are able to do your next ultrasound. 

I am very happy to report though that baby is perfectly healthy and developing right on track.

She was moving around the entire ultrasound and we were able to see all of her bones growing correctly and hear her strong heartbeat.

It truly doesn't get much better than that!

She even had her little feet crossed like a proper, little lady!

Work ends at 11 for me on Fridays, so a coworker and I went to eat at a new restaurant in town called The Velvet Cactus.

It was delicious and had such a cool atmosphere!

When Parker got home from work he surprised me with these gorgeous flowers!

He's the sweetest!

<3

I hope y'all have a great weekend full of sunshine and warm weather!

Weekend Recap

Parker is in Atlanta on business until Tuesday

I'm missing him so much, but thanks to modern technology I can still feel connected and informed on how he's doing.

For example, I tracked his entire flight from BR to ATL Saturday morning.

So happy he made it safely and without any delays!

I can't wait until I am tracking his plan back home on Tuesday

Saturday was a very lazy day.

I literally did not put real clothes on until after 2pm

In my defense, the weather was very gloomy & it had been a very busy past 24 hours.

Saturday night I made dinner for one and caught up on all the Castle episodes I had missed over the past few weeks

Sunday morning was spent running errands and simply enjoying the beautiful, warm day.

It was 75 degrees and perfect.

Tomorrow the high is 45 degrees and a 100% chance of rain.

SO over this fickle weather

Later in the afternoon the boys and I headed over to my parents house.

My brother took Leo for a long walk along the University Lakes while Benny stayed behind and got a much needed bath

He's just too cute!

I can always trust my mom to cook something good & Sunday was no exception.
Salmon and avocado
yum!

I hope y'all had a good weekend!

Wedding in New Orleans

Friday night Parker was the best man in his friend Travis' wedding.

It was located at the Bourbon Orleans Hotel, which is a very cute & quintessential New Orleans landmark in the heart of the French Quarter

The food was absolutely divine 

As party favors they gave out personalized champagne bottles

cheers!

I just arrived back from dropping Parker off at the airport (he's in Atlanta for work for the next 4 days), so my rainy weathered weekend will most likely consist of cleaning, Netflix, puppy snuggles & a lot of warm peppermint tea!

Happy Saturday!

Valentine's Day 2015

I had such an amazing Valentine's Day.

It was completely casual, relaxing & perfect

Parker and I spent the day running errands, enjoying the warm 70 degree weather & soaking up every minute we had together seeing as this was Parker's only weekend home all month 

Parker surprised me with these gorgeous lavender roses 

We stopped for lunch at one of our favorite local cafe's, La Divina 

The weather was so perfect that we decided to dine outside & enjoy the sunshine 

Bump update!

I am 17 weeks (18 weeks on Monday) pregnant 

I'm so happy I can still fit into my regular jeans!

My handsome valentine 

<3

Valentine's Day wasn't the only thing we were celebrating. It's also Mardi Gras down here in south Louisiana!

It's sacrilegious to not buy at least one king cake during Mardi Gras.

We went with the cinnamon from Whole Foods

yum!

Parker and I decided to skip the fancy dinner this year & instead opted for a night at home

We picked up 15 pounds of crawfish & watched a movie on Netflix

(The crawfish was amazing. The movie was not so great)

It truly does not get any better than that!

I hope y'all had an amazing Valentine's Day spent with the one(s) you love