for the last five years it has just been the three of us: myself, camden, and kramer and the two years before that belonged to only camden and me. although we are so excited to add on to our family and welcome with open arms a new chapter into our home, a part of each of us knows it will never be exactly the same again. for the last five months and the next 141 days, we have and will continue to celebrate those last few precious moments where it is just us three. taking naps on the bed in the middle of the day, long walks in the morning, date nights out …. and don’t get me wrong, we are so excited and thrilled to be moving on, to be meeting and loving our new baby for the very first time. a part of me even wants to hurry it up a little quicker so we can finally meet our quickly growing child, but i think it’s important, before this big adventure begins, to sit back, relax, and enjoy the time we have left together as a quaint family of three. 

that is all 🙂

my strange cravings for random food mixes have landed me onto something truly brilliant. i’m not saying this particular combination has never been heard of or tried before, but i can say that if it weren’t for the cravings that this pregnancy has brought on, i would mostly likely not have stumbled upon this amazing creation of deliciousness for myself. i can honestly say this is the very best thing i’ve eaten in quite sometime, and even camden, one who does not usually care for an asiago bagel himself also agreed with the brilliance of my newfound treasure. okay, i may be hyping this up way too much but i’m so in love with it, i just couldn’t resist to share.

you will need:
one quality asiago cheese bagel
some plain cream cheese 
and apricot jam


toast your bagel then spread with cream cheese. top the cream cheese with apricot jam and devour. 

the end.

this weekend we treated ourselves to a mini “staycation”… a pretend vacation spent at home. i remember reading about the idea in a kinfolk magazine a few months back. camden and i both felt like we needed some relaxing time away, but right after christmas, our wallets and schedules wouldn’t really allow for it. so we stayed home and played vacation in hopes of reaping all the benefits of an actual one. for the most part it worked. the biggest trick for us, was trying to keep ourselves from doing regular things we do at home as part of our regular day to day routine. we tried to do things we may do on vacation or try things we haven’t tried before at home. we ate fresh donuts in bed, watched some like it hot – a movie i have only seen on vacation, ate at a yummy little pizza joint we had both wanted to try but had never gotten around to, and really, overall, just relaxed. it actually kind of did the trick and this “staycation” idea is something we want to both incorporate more often into our lives. have you ever tried a “staycation”? if so, what worked for you?