ct visit & new orleans

we had our longest vacation recently (8 days away) visiting home and new orleans since our may 2010 madrid and malta visit. we got to see family, friends, and attend my best friend's wedding. after a quick 4 day visit, we flew to new orleans for 4 days of exploring this new city. we appreciated new orlean's cultural look and history, but were not a huge fan of how touristy it felt and thought the tours were overrated.

dp, rp, sister-in-law, bro

mama, rp, papa... don't you just love their hats?!

oak valley plantation, new orleans as a beautiful backdrop

swamp tour... with a crocodile head eating me

dp and crocodile head as a hat

riding the street car in new orleans

weddings, weddings

these past two weekends have included 2 weddings. my sweet friends got hitched and i was thankful to be able to be a part of both of them. so excited to have 2 friends be on the married wagon :) congrats and love you both.

bye bye silvia, buy buy "rav 4"

this past friday, dp and i made our first new car purchase! we said good bye to our 1998 honda civic named silvia and hello to a 2012 toyota rav 4 (nameless at the moment). we are thrilled with our new purchase and hope that all goes well with it. we are preparing for baby via this purchase so that i can cart baby stuff around easily via the back and also baby is safer (i believe) in a small suv.

Silvia

"Rav 4"

baby on the mind, baby in the belly

dp and i decided early this year that we wanted to start a family... so we got working on it :) blessed are we, we found out we are expecting! i am due november 19th so as of now i am 15 weeks along. we are very excited for the new addition to our family and feel ready. i never thought i'd have a baby at 27, but i guess when you know, you just know... kind of like finding the right partner. thank you everyone for joining in on our excitement!

13 weeks

14 weeks