happy birthday

On this day, many moons ago, we welcomed this little baby into the world. And my world became a better place.


My baby sister and I got to spend some rare QT together without her bebes yesterday afternoon. The lucky girl bought a new bday bag, courtesy of her hubs and Louis!


I am so happy that she moved down here almost 6 years ago. I love being able to just stop by whenever I can. And I love that the boys are going up, knowing their auntie and uncle Joe very well.


Happy birthday baby sis! I will always be your number one fan! 

Happy birthday baby sis!

Today is a special day. I am lucky to call my baby sister my best friend as well. She quite happens to be a wonderful mama to two of the most precious babies ever, loving wife to a good man, crafter and party planner extraordinaire, and all-around excellent human being. I love her! 

A little Miu Miu

Ting and I attended the opening party for the Miu Miu boutique in the Galleria last night. It was definitely a scene that I am so not a part of, but fun nonetheless.


We admired the bags and shoes, chatted with some girls, drank some wine and listened to Solange Knowles spin some tunes. The goody bags were even fancy.


But the best part of the evening was spending a little qt with my bestie all by ourselves! I may be a bit biased, but isn't my baby sister the cutest?

Happy birthday to you!

I am celebrating another year with my baby sister.


Even though we are 5 years apart, we have always been close.


There's just something special about knowing someone your entire life.


Sharing so many experiences together has brought us even closer.


Now that she's a mommy (and a most excellent one at that!) we take more photos of the kiddos than of each other or with each other. I need to rectify that this year!


I am so lucky that my sis is also my best friend and doubly lucky that she and her family live 5 minutes away! Happy birthday Tingaling!

Tingaling! I guess if 40 is the new 20, than 35 must be the new 15 ;)!

{I have been having trouble commenting on other blogs - for some reason blogger doesn't see that I am signed in once I leave my dashboard. Hopefully the situation has been fixed!}

Happy baby!

I helped throw a fun little baby shower for my baby sister today. I think for my lack of sleep I did not take as many photos as I would have liked...I hope sleeping in my own bed for the next week will get me back on track!

A little shop shop today

with my bff (and my new HollywoodIntuition shades)!

We hit the standard stores and got some good deals! Alas, didn't take any photos along the way...next time! My favorite purchase of the day was a long hot pink skirt from my old standby, The Gap.

Next up, some yummy Mexican food to celebrate Joe's li'l bros bday!

Anatomy of an excellent weekend

{Warning, very photo heavy post!}
Part one:
Take one early morning runadd a stop to smell the flowersmix in a dask of craftingplus some gift giving and portrait takingInclude a break for lunchadd some ballet for culture.Part two:
Pack your bags for a quick road tripenjoy the cool clouds on the waystop for some quick shoppingwatch the sun go downtry to catch the bats (but just miss them)
Part three:
Another early rise with coffeeSee you hubby off for his bike ridePractice yoga for almost 5 hours!Meet David Swenson and his adorable wife.Grab a quick lunch at the coolest Whole Foods ever.Drive home in sweltering heat. (And skip going to DQ for a blizzard - boo!Take a quick walk to get the mind of aforementioned DQ.Add those 3 together and you have the perfect weekend!

sister time

2009 03 04 photo
Originally uploaded by eekachinski35

Tingaling and I went to this girl's night out thing downtown yesterday. It was quite random with a lot of people but not much worth buying. The best part was just catching up!

Halfway

Today marks the halfway point of the year! We always celebrate because it also marks the birth of my favorite boy in the whole wide world:
My goal this year has been to organize my life a bit better. I am definitely still working on it!
Yesterday was our 2nd craft Monday. We created on tag books! Here is Miss Tinger diligently working on hers:Hers turned out really cute - she's giving it to a friend as a belated bday gift.I made one documenting our Austin trip earlier this year. Mine was more simple but I still love how it turned out.So we are going to be alternating between paper crafts and fabrics every other week. Next time we will be making coasters and napkins. Yes, a bit dorky, but even more fun!