to market, to market, to buy a fat pig

we don't buy pigs. mostly hummus.

every thursday in the afternoon the wilsonville farmer's market is a happenin' place. we like to go and get humus and tasty snacks. last week we got baklava and salted carmel macaroons and craig got these tiny melty sammiches he really likes. kahree wore her stylish sun hat and i wore my new purple tights.

then we came home and watched the storyteller on netflix to wind down before bed. this is my very favorite summer ever and this time with my family is just so fun and sweet. i want it to go on and on.

strapping

new camera strap from iMo on etsy. how do you like it? it's so nice! grey is my favorite color and they really did it right.

today is the day. i'm resetting my camera, switching to manual and never going back. and hopefully in the distant future after much reading, experimenting and hair-tearing i'll be able to include pictures in my blog posts again. wish me luck!

sweet potatoe [sweetie] pie

do me a giant favor? pretend i posted this a month and a half ago. on june 17th, right after kahree turned 4 months old. because that's when it happened. i promise.

let's talk about solids for a second. solids are a little scary. nursing is a little less scary, mostly because you know it's not going to kill your baby. solids might, especially if you start too soon [that's scientific fact. i checked]. i didn't think i'd be feeding kahree ANYTHING for a loooong time that i didn't make with my own...you know. but then she started grabbing food off our plates at a very young age and it started getting intense. she was vicious about trying to eat food. she's like a tiny dinosaur. you KNOW this. so as soon as she was a 4-monther we sat her down, pulled out the baby bullet, and let her try sweet potatoes.

i fully expected her to take a couple bites and be done. but then she fell in love.

it went a little something like this:

"what? we're trying real food? sweet!

 wait, that stuff? what is that?

i'm not so sure mom, but i guess i'll try it

 gulp! hmmm....

very interesting...

i love it!

give me more! more!

this stuff is DELICIOUS!

you're not feeding me fast enough, so i'll just eat it off my bib.

I LOVE FOOOOD!

this is going to be great fun, mom."

and it has been. this is what we were left with, she ate almost the whole jar!

we've tried lots of stuff since. i made her sweet potatoes, carrots, broccoli, avocado and spinach. she liked everything but the avocado which she gags on and throws up every time. she also pretty much likes everything i feed her off my plate. i feed her lots of spicy things, mexcan and thai is fair game, even curry. i try to giver her mostly unprocessed, fresh, basic things and no dairy or sugar. so far nothing bothers her tummy and she gobbles up everything. we're still nursing just as much as always but she seems to appreciate the extra nourishment. cute little monster. we're having fun with this one =]

summer bucket list

we've already done some pretty awesome things this summer that i would've put on a bucket list if i had made one a little sooner than, oh, just now. things like frozen yogurt every week, family walk to our new favorite thai place, going to the beach TWICE, going to a concert, going to the zoo, barbeques and other amazingness. so if this bucket list seems lacking bear in mind that it's only what we have left to do, since we've already been rocking this summer. rocking it like a chair. a rocking chair.

-go to the coast one more time and eat at Mo's
-have a tiny picnic
-go to portland saturday market
-eat delicious ice cream from the salt & straw 1,000,000 more times
-go to the farmer's market again
-shooting together [i'm out of practice and recently decided i should learn how to fight bad guys]
-go to one more movie [probably moonrise kingdom]
-celebrate our anniversary [with CHEESECAKE FACTORY]
-go on dress-up dinner date [i'm thinking red lobster]
-take a trip to seattle [yeeeeesh]
-maybe san fransico??
-maybe go to a fair. we never manage to make it to one though. never.

we've been having the time of our lives this summer. last night we made s'mores over a bonfire with our friends matt and jenny after playing with animals at the pet store. i mean, how COOL is that? we spent so much of our relationship and marriage being total homebodies with horrible work schedules and we never did anything or went anywhere. now we go out all the time, baby in tow, just for the fun of it. and we stay in all the time too, watching movies and snuggling and playing games. i'm having a hard time describing exactly how glamourus our life feels right now because most of those things maybe sound like things you do when you don't have anything else to do but really, we're getting to do our favorite things all the time. and don't even get me started on the food. so much tasty food. i'm so glad i get to be a mom and clean, bake and cook all day because dude, dude. DUDE. it's my calling.

and now i leave you with this picture of my daughter that makes me laugh and laugh.