Weekend Recap

Better late then never right? Because I know you haven't been able to sleep without knowing what we did for the 4th, or reading the hilarious banter I call my blog. 

Only kidding of course...

Isn' t this how everyone wears their hats? 

We had a really productive weekend. Did I jet say that? But seriously we did. Steve and I sat down and organized our life while the peanut slept and Mr. Selfridge was on in the background. Friday we all had colds so Steve stayed home lounged, and we made that awesome stop motion video. By the way of anyone has any ides for more stop motion videos you would like me to attempt, please leave them in the comments. I'd love to do more! 

Loves to walk the dog, then they stop for kisses 

Then saturday we had some hight hopes for the 4th, little lady did not make it too fireworks, sad day. She doesn't know what she missed though so next year its happening! We went over to our friends house and barbecued, while we watched peanut interact with the baby. Our sweet friends had a little girl and few months ago and by golly our daughter was smitten. She did however try to hang out in the infant bouncer and be the baby, but you choose your battles right? My guess is when the time come for her to be a big sister (no I'm not announcing anything) she'll do great, but may have an issue or two in the sharing department. 

Then sunday we headed to the farmers market and had lunch. While the peanut slept we organized our life. What I mean by that is we made set days for laundry, who does the dishwasher, meal planning and so on. It's only been a few days of the new system and I think it's going great. I'll update you at the end of the month and show you the super cute planner I bought for the occasion. 

Then yesterday Steve got to fly a plane! I got him this awesome thrill ride from SkyThrills for fathers day and he went yesterday. So cool! If you're in the LA / orange county area you have to check them out, what an amazing experience! 

XOXO

Our Weekend

Happy Monday! We had a lovely Fathers Day weekend! As usual we both had an extra hard time letting daddy leave this morning for work. It's always the hardest part of sundays right? Knowing that in the morning you start the week all over again and have to wait another 5 days to play. Someone needs to work on the whole 4 day work week thing. Just saying. 

We had a very low key fathers day weekend, which is exactly what he requested. 

Saturday was spent hanging out and going out for a yummy lunch. Then it ended with a super cool dinner with friends. We went to a "speak easy", like need to know where the entrance is to get in kinda place. For all you locals, we went to the Blind Rabbit. The friends we went out with suggested it and it was sublime! The food and drinks were amazing and the ambiance was fantastic, but the company and adult conservation was my favorite. We all shared a few of their dishes so we could try a bunch. The duck confit mac and cheese, and street dogs take the cake in my book! If you live in the OC totally check it out. 

Then sunday was wonderful. 

I made steve buttermilk french toast in the morning, if you follow me on instagram I'm sure you saw (@bumpsbabesandbellins). He loved the video by the way, which made it a total win for yours truly. 

We visited the farmers market and watched peanut twirl around in her dress. That was by far one of the best moments for this girl mom, seeing her grab her sunglasses, purse, and kiss the dog goodbye, then twill. My heart melted! So sweet. 

We had lunch at a food truck, one of Steves favorites. Went to home depot, because really where else do you go on Fathers Day? Peanut had a melt down while we were there, luckily we live close so we rushed home and put her down for a nap. When she woke up we had a mini water balloon fight, which I of course neglected to take photos of. Then played in the water table till bath time. 

All and all it was a perfect weekend, as many of them are. I hope you all enjoyed your weekend celebrating dad! 

XOXO

Fathers Day Gift Ideas

With fathers day quickly approaching I thought I would share some quick last minute gift ides. The best part is I found them all on amazon. Can you say prime 2 day delivery? 

1. Wallet Ninja ,this thing is pure awesome I put it in my husbands stocking this year and he LOVED it. It's a one stop shop and best of all it fits right in his wallet! Just remember to take it out in the airport we've been stopped a few times. 

2. Best. Dad. Ever t-shirt, I have to say any dad would probably love to rock one of these sweet tees or any cute and funny saying shirt. I know my husband is going to be pretty happy I added to his ever growing t-shirt collection. It's comfortable and from his kid. 

3. For the sophisticated papa, I thought a Moscow mule cup would be in order. These are a great gifts and pretty classy if you ask me. Plus side for mamas they look GREAT on a bar cart. 

4. Ok so I didn't buy into the whole Fitbit thing awhile ago but I recently got this Fitbit charge HR and I LOVE it! So for the fitness lover in your dad or husband I think this is a must! It tracks steps, calories, heart rate, sleep, distance and floors climbed. 

5. The iGrill mini, this baby has saved so many chickens in our house. It's fantastic you can place it in your meat and walk away. It alerts you on your phone (or apple watch) when dinner is done! Doesn't get any easier then that. The best part once my husband bought this he was super excited to grill for awhile to keep trying it out, which meant a whole week of no cooking for yours truly. 

As another suggestion you can always do something homemade and creative. I did pictures of the peanut holding the letters D-A-D last year and framed it, he loved it! This year I made him a movie of him and peanut on my phone set to the song "Cinderella" by Steven Curtis. There won't be a dry eye in our house on sunday. 

I hope you all have a wonderful fathers day! 

XOXO