Harrison turned one month old on October 5! I can’t believe it’s already been a month with this little nugget. He sure has grown a lot and we’re continuing getting to know each other. I wanted to start a little series for this first year of his life to highlight the monthly changes he’s going through and keep up with the photos to see how he grows. Continue reading
My mom’s dad, who passed away from a heart attack when she was 13, had had this Lazy Boy recliner and it stayed in our family, used often by all of us and featured in countless photos. My brother and I were rocked in it, played on it, slept in it and received much love in it.
After my mom and stepdad built their house in the late 1990s, it went into the basement and stayed there. Ever a quality piece with a sentimental value, it was out of sight but not out of mind and whispers of getting it reupholstered occurred from time to time. Read on to see what we ended up doing with the chair. Continue reading
I didn’t write much about my pregnancy experience. I had planned to do a bit more on Instagram but bumpie came two weeks early. I’ve put my progression pictures here because I think it’s cool to have the bump photos all together. 🙂 And while things are still fairly fresh in my mind, I’ve included some other details and information from when I was pregnant, just for memories and fun. Continue reading
Sean and I have been big fans of the midtown seafood restaurant Lure since it opened a few years back. Overall, we love Fifith Group Restaurants and feel we always have a consistently great, personalized service experience with interesting menus that offer seasonal items as well as ongoing staples. When I saw an ad for a Coastal Spain, community-style dinner at Lure, I knew it as for us. And at $45 per person, it was a tremendous value for what we got. Read on for the highlights! Continue reading
Earlier this year, I shared progress on our nursery for baby Harrison and am now sharing the photos of the finished room. It’s completely ready for our sweet baby and we are so happy with it. Continue reading
Sean found out about this new, upscale dining option in Chamblee called The Alden, with a chef who had traveled the world cooking – even doing a stint at Noma for a couple of months. While we love Buford Highway and the incredible multicultural cuisine we have easy access to in this part of town, “fancier” options are fairly limited.
The restaurant offers brunch, and has a dinner too with a 7-course tasting and wine pairings (which we would like to go back for). Sean and I are not big on going out for breakfast or brunch – read anything Anthony Bourdain ever said on the brunch topic and you’ll have our many reasons, too. BUT The Alden takes reservations for brunch so we decided that would be good for us since the “waiting for an hour for eggs” brunch scene in Atlanta is really too ridiculous. As far as brunch goes, this place has great food. Continue reading
The company I work at and the team I’m on is spread out across the world. In my immediate team alone, we are in Atlanta, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Charlotte and London. I’ve met my boss in-person twice. I have one direct report on my team who is in Atlanta with me, Cesley, and another woman who is in our larger Corporate Communications group, Heather.
Kim, our group SVP (senior vice president) is the one who lives in Charlotte and she usually tries to come down to Atlanta a couple of times a year for department meetings, etc. I really like Kim and my interviews with her during my recruiting process were a huge part of why I decided to join the company. She wasn’t able to come earlier in the summer and I had mentioned to Cesley I hoped to see her before I went out on maternity leave. Apparently, this was the comment that started a heck of a lot of planning… Continue reading
We’ve been asked occasionally if we are taking a babymoon since we love to travel so much. Earlier this winter, I was really struggling with the expense of a big trip knowing we had a baby on the way. We took a huge trip to Japan less than a month before I got pregnant, too. We decided to do some weekend and driving trips that included Chicago, IL (twice for me); Nashville, TN; Austin, TX for Sean; work travel for both of us; Charlotte/Outer Banks/Savannah weeklong vacation; Plains, GA; Pittsburgh, PA and NE Ohio; and our final trip before baby’s arrival – Brevard, NC and the Chihuly exhibit at Biltmore Estate. I don’t think we did too shabby – got PLENTY of travel in this year.
This weekend trip up to the Land of Waterfalls was truly perfect, though. Lots of the other trips involved family and friends so this really was the closest to “babymoon” that we got – and it was the perfect place to unwind and explore gorgeous scenery on our own. Continue reading