Mini Shoot Monday

My baby is 3 months old so it's time for another mini-shoot Monday. 

Enjoy.

with.love

ashley

Nursery Tour

I had so much fun decorating the nursery for our little love. Unfortunately my husband and I chose the smallest room in the house for baby Ry's room. 

(Sorry little lady, but you're going to have a small closet)

Which made it difficult to photograph. Plus the lighting in this room isn't the best. But we work with what we got so here goes it. 

A little tour of the nursery. 

 Thanks for stopping by! Hope you enjoyed the little tour!

with.love

ashley

Little Kitten

You got to be kitten me right meow! 

I love cats. It's no secret. Call me a crazy cat lady if you wish. 

But you can't deny how adorable my little love is in this kitten onesie and headband. 

with.love

ashley

Obsessed

Ok so I have a little secret. 

I am obsessed with stamps. Rubber stamps. 

I love them. I think about them on a daily basis. I dream about having a boat-size full of them. 

Ever since I was a little girl, I have loved them. I search the web for them almost everyday and if I had endless amounts of money, I would have that boat-size full of them. 

I told my husband this little secret of mine the other day and he just laughed. And now every time I mention the word stamps, he laughs and rolls his eyes. 

Lately I have been drooling over these, these, and these stamps over at Etsy. I probably check these shops out almost everyday to see what new stamps they have and which ones I would order first. Then I add them to my cart and think about the excuses I could come up with to tell my husband about why I bought so many stamps. 

I have actually thought about going back to work just so I can buy as many stamps as my heart desires. But there is one little thing I am more obsessed with than stamps and that is my little love bug. 

So until I eventually make it back to work or hit it big with the lottery, I guess I will continue to daydream about my future stamp collection and hopefully convince my husband to buy me this for my birthday. I found it on a blog I follow and almost jumped through the roof I was so excited!

So what's your obsession?? 

with.love

ashley

Portland Culinary Workshop

So I have been sick for the last two weeks and haven't had much extra time to do anything. 

Blah. 

I am finally feeling better and have energy to get things done. 

Today, I was able to do the dishes, laundry, clean the shower and clean up all the mouse poop under our sink. 

That's right, mouse poop. 

A few days ago when I was taking out the trash I noticed tiny, brown, rice-like droppings scattered underneath the sink. So we cleaned it up and took out all the stinky trash and put some mouse poison under there for them to nibble on. 

Today when I opened the trash, I noticed more mouse poop and a pee stench. Awesome. So I cleaned the crap out of the sink area and prepared a crock pot dinner (not at the same time of course). 

So I am feeling a pretty accomplished today. 

Anywho, A couple weeks ago me and the hubs celebrated our Anniversary. His mom was so kind to watch our lovely-little-baby-Ry for a few hours while we hit the town. I surprised Sean with a trip to Portland (which he claims he still had no idea about). 

We got to our destination a little early and decided to get some quick drinks at Cascade Brewing. I'm not much of a drinker, (especially when it comes to beer) but let me tell you, these were delicious! I chose a strawberry and blueberry taster, the strawberry was my favorite. 

Then we went to the Portland Culinary Workshop and cooked ourselves up some dinner. 

We watch Hell's Kitchen and Master Chef all the time and Sean really enjoys cooking, so I thought it would be so fun to cook dinner together under professional instruction. 

I mean so 'Hitch' right? 

 Unfortunately, I forgot the after photos of the amazing meal we cooked. But the peach crostini with gruyere was our fav! 

We had fun and met some really cool couples. So if you are looking for a fun date night with your significant other, you should totally google cooking classes in your city. 

with.love

ashley

Happy Day

It's me and the Mr.'s 2nd wedding anniversary today. We are celebrating this weekend with a surprise date for him, planned by me. Last year he did the planning, this year it was my turn. 

I'm pretty excited about our date night and although it's a surprise, I'm pretty sure he checked our bank statement and already has a pretty good idea of what is planned. He is like that anxious kid weeks before Christmas, searching the house for his Christmas presents.

But regardless, we will have a great time. 

Happy Anniversary to us! Cheers!

photos by Erich McVey

with.love

ashley

My loveliest little

I just love this little love bug to pieces! She is 10 weeks this week and I am enjoying every minute!

with.love

ashley