she loves the brine

em has a new love, and that love is pickles. she particularly likes the ones i picked up this week in nyc at the pickleguys.

the biddles {not unlike her mom} prefers the half-sours.



she'll suck on them until she's green in the face {pun intended}


warts and all,
erin

come on up mr. sun

{ from our hotel room in new york }

gorgeous
erin

three h's

{{ hem. hathaway. husband. }}

so in case anyone was wondering i may possibly have one of the better husbands around. it annoys me to no end when bloggers gush on and on and on about how 'hot' and funny and thoughtful and amazing and perfect their spouses are - gag gag gag. however, today is a day that i join ranks. why you may ask. well, on our last week here on the east coast mr. a is taking me and his-girl-friday to nyc for a chance at seeing my favorite folk band :hem: score the shakespeare in the park version of twelfth night with anne hathaway as the lead. he is so lovely, so lovely indeed, so much so that he will be studying for this while em and i visit here and here and here while pretending to be them.

he even got us a upper east side location so em and i can trip all over town and drink latte in central park, giving me one last day of city living before we go suburban for a while.


i really love this guy. he is like the very best ever. here are 2 more reasons:


to the big apple we go
erin

cheese penitentiary

em's first cream cheese.

loves it. of course.
her mother's daughter.

so messy, so good


we've purchased a mobile cage for children & small animals.

we call it: baby prison.

for packing and mommy sanity with our little crawler
{she's quick and loves cords}

here are some pics i took on a recent trip to rikers

{{ gang signs }}


{{ a hardened criminal in the yard }}


{{ contemplating her prison tat }}
mom heart or railroad tracks with an eagle...


it's good and cheesy on the inside.

erin

dontcha know

i got new hairs today alla vidal sassoon hair salon on newberry street (a great deal and an awesome cut/color)

here's a pic. because JR asked for it.


in other news: recently i have been trying my hand at more formal photography. i did an engagement shoot all over harvard square for miss lissa & odoi and a newborn shoot at home for my dogu & cass friends. it was super fun. here is a little taste of my faves.

m & o



{{below shot at my favorite: crema cafe}}


now introducing archer the extraordinarily cute baby brayley
{{previously known as spunk}}


{{gotta love the new mommy gaze}}


also, we move to cali in 2 short weeks. arriving oakland international from logan at 10:45 pm thursday the 16th of july.

get ready golden state the arnold's are comin' back.

enjoying all stages of family,
erin