jank's still whistling pomp and circumstance

dear pseudo-graduation:

saturday was grand.

jank donned his cap and gown and attended your event.

he was hooded and received his blank diploma holder

[real graduation for the PA program isn't until august- he'll receive his diploma then. saturday was a formality for the entire school of medicine]

the weather was perfect and peanut tolerated your 2.5 hour long ceremony surprisingly well.

[until she wanted to throw her headband over the balcony, that's when we left]

i got to catch up with friends-

consensus among the wives.... august 5th can't come soon enough!

we want to shop and dine out and not be single moms anymore.

[thanks to katie for sending me pictures of the ladies.

we deserve some credit since we're so wonderful and supportive 

and never complain about the program. nope not once]

miss kate was glued to jank's side.

i couldn't bribe her off of him.

a small group of us headed up to ruth's diner for lunch.

we dined on the patio and soaked up some sun-

after seemingly endless weeks of rain, some sunshine is what we all needed.

i love the men's hair-

the [dumb] graduation caps left dents.

i ordered the cheeseburger- something i never used to do but now it seems they're all i want.

[no, i'm not pregnant]

thanks pseudo-graduation for giving us all a chance to celebrate and catch-up.

can't wait to do it all again [but for real] in august.

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naptime for everyone

dear bed,

i want very much to crawl into you right now.

kate and i just returned from a two hour walk around bb's neighborhood.

the weather was perfect and i am happily exhausted.

i would love to snuggle into your white comforter and enjoy the breeze blowing through my window.

a 20 minute nap sounds awesome right now.

but i know me.

and if i don't blog now about the good times we're having with mom and dad,

i probably never will.

and the going-ons won't be committed to my memory.

then when bb says 'remember when....?' i'll have to say [yet again] 'nope, don't remember'

so here's what happened thursday:

breakfast @ gourmandise. 

fantastic- i want to eat there every morning

kate eating her raspberries- is there a toddler who doesn't enjoy sticking food on their fingertips?

 i highly recommend the cinnamon apple french toast. and check out all those berries!

lunch on soda row in daybreak [can't remember the name of the place]

lizamagoos rocking it out in her sunglasses, eyeing bb's root beer.

nana getting in some harry-loving while kate gags....er... feeds harry.

 snuggling with nana after a long day of fun

we call the spot kate's in 'the bird's nest'- it was the coveted spot when we were younger.

ok, now i can go crash until kate wakes up from her nap

[yes, she still naps! it took me a week or so of retraining her for nap time but it was worth it. she sleeps like a champ for about 90 minutes every day. hallelujah!!]

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matchy matchy

katers-

striped shirts w/ v neck cardigans 

it has come to my attention that we dress alike.

this is completely my fault.

i do all your shopping and i basically just buy whatever i'd want to wear.

so we're twinners the majority of the time.

i don't even notice until we've left the apartment and someone says-

'oh how cute, you guys look alike'

gag.

i never wanted to be that person.

the person who wears mommie-daughter outfits.

oh well.

i say we rock it out for as long as we can

because soon you'll have an opinion about your clothes.

i'm not going to lie- 

i'm dreading that day.

ps. pic taken @ the red iguana [yeah for restaurants that live up to the hype]. i told jank i've quit living like a student, so we're dining out more. not the most financially sound idea....

pps. did anyone else notice that we're less than 100 days away from the gloriously mind-blowing and life-changing graduation day??? as katers says- YEEHAW!!

another rainy day

Ruth's dinner

[a note about a no-bueno day turned bueno]

take one rainy morning,

add a husband who needs a ride to work at 0730 [way too early to be out in public],

throw in a stolen car,

and you've got a not-so-happy kayla.

but surprise that lady with a unexpected hole in her husband's schedule,
which allowed for breakfast in a trolley car turned diner,
located on a winding canyon road [oh how i love canyon roads],
add to that hot cocoa and a plate piled with bread and butter,
and you get a very happy kayla

thanks ruth's diner,
you certainly didn't disappoint.



ps. miss kate's bedhead/jammies/golashes combo also made my day. she might have stayed in those jammies until dinner time. i'll never tell.
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a better day than the one before

corner bakery and cafe-

jank said he was 'souped out'-

guess that means i should quite making it three times a week for dinner

thanks for a great lunch today.
soup was just right on this cold, windy, cloudy day.
and seeing jank for an hour was perfect.
he was stoked to see peanut since he didn't get to see her yesterday.
by the time he came home at 8, she had already been asleep for 45 min.
that kid was tiiiiiired and craaaaanky from skipping her nap yesterday.

today, we're doing much better thanks to you.
going out to eat has to be one of my top 5 favorite things to do-
that's kinda sad huh? i should say exercising... but that would be a lie.

3 seconds after i took this picture, water was everywhere-

ahhhh life with a toddler

peanut ate a super lunch consisting of one roll.
and then was so tired from her eating frenzy that she passed out in the car on the drive home.
she didn't even wake up when i accidently choked her while trying to unwind the scarf from her neck.
no harm done, she's now sleeping peacefully in her crib....
or is she passed out from the choking???
guess we'll find out in an hour or so when/if she wakes up.

thanks for the yummy food.
and for the cheesecake brownie.


 love, 
a much happier kayla


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