Mini trip to Washington D.C

Our 7 year anniversary is next week! We decided to take a early anniversary trip as a family. We had many friends tell us that they loved Washington trips with their families. So we decided to check it out! 

A 8 hour drive for us. We left Thursday night, drove 4 hours and stayed at a hotel in Pennsylvania to rest that night. 

Little k was already enjoying his adventure. He is such a good traveller. 

The next morning we woke up early, had breakfast and headed back on the road. 

What a view! 

We arrived in Washington Friday afternoon. We stayed at the Embassy Suites. We booked a 2 room suite so we had a bedroom and living room which was great. 

As soon as we got there, we dropped off our luggage, freshened up and headed out! 

The next 8 hours we just walked and walked. Ha!

There is soooooo much to do in Washington. 2 days is soo not enough. 

See pics below! 

First evening we walked through China town and had dinner and then kept on walking! 

We walked to Captial Hill, Washington monument, Lincoln memorial and reflecting pool. 

Little k was sleeping through the first part of our walk. 

(Dress old navy, wedge flip flops Aldo's) 

Smoothie from a food truck... Let me tell you, there are sooooo many food trucks there at National Mall, pretty much everything you can think of, it's probably there. 

Mr woke up at the right time, he threw a coin and made a wish ;)

Reflecting pool, beautiful. 

Washington monument.

Lincoln memorial 

The next day we continued our walk. Our hotel Ebassy Suites had an awesome breakfast included. It was perfect to fill us up before we headed out to see the White House and national air and space museum...

I thought the White House was bigger than what it was. Not much to see from the outside anyway but now we can say we have been there! Haha. 

(Dress Old Navy, belt Winners, shoes TOMS wedge sandal) 

Little k was such a good sport, he had a few toddler moments but overall he was a great sport sightseeing! 

The best part of the weekend for Kristian was the National air and space museum! He was sooo excited. He is still talking about it. 

That evening as we walked to dinner, little k fell asleep. And was out the whole dinner ha! 

(Tube top jumpsuit GUESS, shoes Micheal Kors Wedge) 

So we labelled it as our quiet anniversary dinner haha. 

When little K woke up we hopped on the trolly tour. 

We had a nice evening and nice walk at night. 

The next day we had breakfast and went to see a few more things before leaving. 

(Tank top H&M, tights Aritzia, vest GUESS, shoes Converse) 

Since little K is obsessed with airplanes we had to stop at Gravelly Point Park to watch the planes land. He loved it!!! 

We drove around Washington for about an hour sightseeing a bit more from the car. Then headed back home! 

There was sooo much more I wanted to see and do in Washington. 2 days just wasn't enough. We will definitely be back again. 

 

5 months to 3!

Mr 2 years old and 7 months HUH… 3 in just 5 months huh huh! Can time PLEASE SLOW DOWN!

 

When I look up different toddler personalities, little K does not fall into the Shy kid, or EASY child category. He is a good kid and a normal 2 year old that can switch to very sweet and calm to wild and screaming for his way or the high way hahah. I remember hearing moms say toddlers are kookoo people, going from happy, excited to screaming and crying in a matter of a second. Oh yes they are emotional that’s forsure haha.

 

Reading up on little K’s personality I would say that he is a combination and I also do not like to label any child any one way anyway! They are growing learning and developing so a constant change I believe is the best thing to see!

 

Little K is definitely, strong willed and sensitive. He loves to make his own choices and lets you know loud and clear if he does not like what you just did. Ha! His disapproving face is so funny to see. He is this little person with such a strong personality and sense of self. He knows what he wants and YOU will know what he doesn’t want. Ha!

 

We have many good days and of course with a toddler many challenging days, working through tantrums and bargaining and helping our little toddler through his emotions when he’s upset. Which can be really difficult for us parents especially when we too are tired! We are learning too! As I read up on handling tantrums I see, Patience patience!

Little K is loving the summer. He is one active boy! He loves the park and loves being outdoors. He loves car rides with us and loves pointing out and calling out everything he sees to make sure we seen it too. “Mama look! A motorcycle” and if we don’t answer it gets louder “ HELLOOO MAMA! LOOK MOTORCYCLE” Funny kid.

 

Things little K loves at 2.7 years old…

Airplanes and Helicopters are still at the top of the list of favorites! Airplane/Helicopter Toys, movies, videos, ipad apps! Loves them!

Cars, motorcycles and bikes.

Night time story time

Dancing to music

Playing with his cousins and friends

Telling stories of things he did and likes.

New favorite, DINOSOURS!

Favorite foods.. STILL Fruits and Veggies. New fav fruit, cherry tomatoes.

Favorite sport… Soccer!

Little man can count to 15 and say his full ABC’s! He loves to sing songs and loves when I sing him a song before bed.

He loves hugs and kisses and loves being the center of mommy and daddy’s lives :) 

 

Love My BOY!!!!!

 

 

Summer is here!

The sun is shining and I'm pretty sure we won't be getting anymore snow haha. 

I still have a long list of must haves for the summer. I haven't worked a summer in a while so my work wardrobe is lacking! Bring on the summer dresses! 

I did buy these baby's tho for casual days. I've been eyeing these for a while!! 

I also need to get our jerseys ready for the World Cup! Only a couple weeks away! 

DH and little K are half ready ha! 

Today we drove by our new home and they finally started!!! We are so excited and can't wait! Little k looked over and said "parking spot" haha! Soon it will be a house :)

Another blog gap!

Again, it's been a couple weeks since I blogged! I miss blogging! I tried to give myself different blog goals to follow too, but nope. Weeks go by and I don't blog. 

What's going on? Well. Our house is on the market, our new home is being built. Working everyday, little k loves daycare and is growing and learning in every blink of my eyes. 

Summer is here finally and the weather is awesome! 

We have been spending a lot of our time having fun ha! We wouldn't have it any other way! 

Family fun! 

Throw in a date night too. 

Going down our top 9 best steak houses in the city. This one is number 5! 4 more to go! 

Hope you all had a great weekend! And I hope to blog more!!!!

Latest shoe buy.. Bcbg yellow pumps! Love these! Dress:Guess

Little while since I blogged

It's been a couple weeks since I blogged. The last couple weeks were tough. My dear aunt passed away, just 2 months after her brother, my uncle. Our family is so heartbroken with the loss of 2 very loving, big hearted people. 

It was a tough Mother's Day for my cousins ;(

Mother's Day weekend we spent with our families. 

The littles enjoyed their time together too! 

It's a long weekend coming up. So I'm looking forward to a fun weekend. 

I had so much more to blog about so hopefully I find more time soon :) 

Booty bootcamp workout!

I love the bootcamp class I joined. There are about 15 girls in the class. All different shapes and sizes and all there for the same reason. To break a sweat! And feel great about it! 

(Pinterest) 

Yesterday was focus on your booty Monday! Let's just say I can barely walk today! 

On the weekend I bought new gear. Sports bra, workout tights, tshirts and runners. I found that my Nike runners were causing me to get shin splits. There's a lot of jumping in that class haha so the new addias I bought have more cushion and feel much better! 

It's April but it's cold and windy here! 

So today I decided it was still ok to wear black tights to work. I think I have till May 1st ha!

What I wore to work:

Skirt:Tristan. Blouse with beads, can't see in picture: Mexx. Tights:Spanx. Blazer: Suzy sheir. Shoes: Guess

What I wore in the pm. 

Jacket: Guess. Jeans: Mavi.

Shoes: MK 

Again, it's still so chilly. So spring jackets are a must, along with a scarf and an umbrella haha.

Even with the chilly weather we still make it to the park. Enjoying how close the park is to us right now before we move! 

Love this sweet boy soo much! 

Easter weekend fun!

We had a great Easter weekend. Spending it with family and lots of food and chocolate! 

Our weekend started Thursday night. Pizza dinner at a Italian restsurant. Ohhhhh this pizza was so soooool good! I can't wait to go back!

Friday we went to my inlaws for a yummy fish lunch! Getting together with everyone is always so much fun.  With a couple bottles of wine at the table and playing name that song ha! It was a lot of laughs. 

The ladies :) we had some kinda nice weather haha. 

Saturday we had a busy day. Running errands and doing house work. 

While we were out we stopped for some Colombian empanadas!!

Saturday night we had a quiet little family dinner at a restaurant in the area of our new home, we wanted to check out the area! 

And today! Easter Sunday!

Easter Egg Hunt! 

How cute are these two! 

My sister is soo sick with strep throat :( so she stayed home, but we did have little E at lunch and she loved playing with the big kids. 

Our growing family. 

It was also my grandfathers 80th birthday!! 

Hope you all had a great Easter!

We have wayyy too much chocolate here. Want some? 

Bootcamp and new house stuff!

Last week I joined bootcamp! I went again last night and can barely move today! 

(Pinterest) 

I'm really enjoying these classes! I can already feel from these 2 classes that my muscles are stronger and I can't wait for next weeks 2 classes! 

Yesterday we had a big day too. We finalized all the tiles/cabinets/countertops for our new house! A 3 hour appointment!! 

I can't wait to see the finished product! 

Here's a glimpse of the kitchen colors!