i’m here talking about some of my faves… like chocolate häagen dazs ice cream.
and here talking rules for visiting a new mom (which you may have seen before).
(and a big congrats to blair on her new babe!)
39 weeks.
and check out my hair wrap from my newest sponsor, little penelope lane! it does the trick for my humidity-crazed summer hair… love it. thanks girl.
a lovely house tour complete with white walls.
Why does painting with white walls scare me so (and have me so intrigued)? It looks so dang good everytime I see it! Like here for instance… and that striped rug! And those candlesticks! Color looks so great when backed with white. Which is precisely how I feel about food. Food never looks better then when it’s on a white plate. But, I gotta say, I don’t carry that philosophy into my home. We’ve got a lot of color happenin’ here. My next house? WHITE. White, I tell you! Anyway, enjoy.
last night’s dinner: garlicky pasta with summer vegetables
Guys. I’ve been a little lazy when it comes to cooking these days. I’m already lazy in the summertime with dinners in general so add to that my current state and what do you get? Four hungry kids.
Don’t worry. We still feed them. But sometimes some TJ’s chicken drumettes and a salad is all that’s on the menu. Last night, however, I decided to actually cook dinner and I’m so glad I did. I had picked up some veggies at our local farm and doing that always inspires me to do something delicious with the fresh finds. So here it is. Add or subtract as you like… it isn’t a strict follow-the-recipe sort of recipe.
Pasta with Summer Vegetables
(serves 6-8)
1 1/2 lbs. linguine fini (or another thick-like pasta to hold the sauce)
1/2 cup or so of extra virgin olive oil–be liberal
6-8 cloves of garlic, chopped–more or less as you see fit
2 zucchini, halved and chopped
2 summer squash, halved and chopped
1/2 cup to a cup of cherry tomatoes, halved
a large handful of fresh basil
sea salt
pecorino romano cheese, freshly grated
1. Heat your oil on medium. Add the garlic and sautee for about five minutes until the oil is good and flavored. Careful not to burn the garlic.
2. Add your squash and sautee on medium to medium low heat for ten minutes or so.
3. Add the cherry tomatoes for the last few minutes. They’ll get all wrinkly and release their juices.
4. Add freshly ground sea salt–be liberal here as it’s pretty much the only seasoning.
5. Remove from heat and add your chopped basil.
6. Meanwhile, you should have your linguine cooking. Once it’s done, throw it all together. Hopefully you used enough olive oil & garlic to really coat the pasta.
7. Add freshly grated pecorino romano cheese (more of a kick then parm) or Locatelli as you like.
Voila. You’ve got yourself a summer meal.
Here’s another delicious variation if you like as well!
It was soooo good. My house still smells like garlic and I kind of want to make it again. Right now.
38 weeks.
dear family.
dear nathaniel, jordan, william, and lindsey (and gracie too),
remember this picture? just last summer. it was a sunny day, a good day. we were all fresh and clean and looking our sunday best for some family pictures. some of you might’ve thought the whole thing was a little silly but you went along with it for my sake. thanks. i’m sooo glad we have these pictures. i’d really like pictures like this every other month but i don’t think i can talk you guys into getting them that often, ha. anyway, only a few months later, your dad and i found out we’d be adding to our family and now we are a mere weeks from meeting this new addition. it’s crazy how fast time goes. i just wanted to say a few things before i forget them… before i’m neck-deep in the breastfeeding and diapering world that a newborn baby quickly brings. i love you guys. i really love you guys. i can be bad at showing it and a part of me fears that when i’m really tired and cranky from a sleepless night, i will be even worse at showing it. you guys have been so good at showing me you love me since your dad and i married almost five years ago. you welcomed me into your family effortlessly even though there was probably a part of you that was afraid my presence would diminish the memory of your mom. has it? i hope not. she was a really special woman and i hope you know that i could never take her place nor would i want to. i think you know this. and what i find so remarkable is that you never made me feel second best to her. you never made me feel like i didn’t belong. if i ever felt i didn’t belong, it was my own doing. i’m glad to be beyond that stage. for a long time now, it’s just felt comfortable. like we’re the six hunts and we all belong in this yellow house of ours eating dinner together, listening to music, and playing cards. we’re going to be seven hunts soon and i don’t ever want to make you feel second best. if i do, please tell me. cause you’re not, you’ll never be. they say a mother’s love has an ability to grow bigger with each child they have. that’s what i think will happen. this baby, your baby brother, will be loved lots. but so will you. every day, every minute. even when i’m tired or sleeping or feeding the baby, i’ll still be loving you too. don’t forget that.
love always,
mom / bridget
we went on a date.
i feel the need to document our remaining dates since they’ll be on a (brief!) hiatus in a few weeks.
but i didn’t do a very good job as you’ll see above.
two parking lot pictures and some of me being vain in the bathroom (trip #3)?
hardly, bridge, hardly.
so i’ll tell you what we did.
we went to cheesecake factory… yum.
i had the fried zucchini.
anything good about it was probably cancelled out by the fried part but man were they good.
steve had a margherita pizzette and we split a salad.
then we killed time walking around the mall until jordan was done at the movie theatre
and needed to be picked up.
supah.
that was our night.
37 weeks.
the goods on zulily this morning.
When I said I bought the babe a brown onesie, it was a KickyPants onesie because their stuff is awesome. It’s soft as can be (made of bamboo) and will undoubtedly be one of my favorite things to have next to his soft, new skin. Well, Zulily did right by me this morning and KickyPants is on a big sale. Thus, I wanted to share. Go check it out. The bottom row of pictures is an organic line called Two Owls that was just too cute not to share too (and priced right). As a gal who doesn’t like spending full price for much, I’m liking it. Hear hear!
Join Zulily. If you want.
thursday morning in pictures. and some tunes.
| gracie, hot & bored | some positive (and crunchy) reading to prep me for birth | lindsey, waiting to go to the pool | a 37.5 week baby bump | the little man’s owl stuffed animal | his clothes, all washed and ready to go | a refreshing summer beverage | william’s lego city set-up | and finally, some music we’re listening to lately
