Baby Gear: Ten to Twelve Month Favorites

Baby Gear: Ten to Twelve Months


As you may expect, most of my 10-12 month favorites are toys! We covered a lot of the basics in the other baby gear posts and he is becoming so interactive and playful that toys were the biggies for the last quarter of his first year. 

1. Tobbles: These things are genius and so versatile. The texture is great for little hands and unlike balls they can't roll under couches or off the deck. :)

2. Table Toppers: This is one of my very favorite baby products ever. They are disposable sticky place-mats that we use every time we go out to eat. Mylo will throw a plate on the floor still so he was eating off of restaurant tables (that I would wipe down but still) until I discovered these little gems. 

3. Native Shoes: So cute, comfy and waterproof. 

4. Baby Gap PJ's: We love Gap and Old Navy sleep sets. Cute, well made, and roomy enough for my big guy. 

5. BEABA spoons and Boon suction bowls: We have several types of suction bowls and the Boon ones are the only that actually stick. Love the soft BEABA spoons for his little mouth. 

6. Bummi's Swim Diapers: We also tried the Honest brand swim diapers but they were pull ups which  is too much of a challenge for me. These ones were great all summer and we just traded on and off with two pairs. 

7. Banana Toothbrush: Now that Mr. Myles finally has (four!) teeth we have been using this little toothbrush/teether to keep them pearly white. 

8. Sensory Balls: These balls are a huge hit at our house. Easy to grasp, great texture, fun colors, float in the water, what else can you ask for?



New Movie: "The Theory of Everything"


Have you seen the preview for the new movie "The Theory of Everything" about Stephen Hawking's life? I've never read any of his books but I have to admit the trailer makes the movie look really good. Maybe I'm just a sucker for handsome Brit Eddie Redmayne (Les Mis). I Googled Hawking after watching it and I'll be curious how they take his fascinating but tumultuous life and translate it into a (love?) story on screen. Will you watch it? 


I'm Back!




Hello! How is everyone doing?? I took a bit of an unplanned blogging break the past couple of weeks while we were out in Idaho vacationing with my family. We usually have some sort of internet at the cabin but this year we had to go to the resort to get Wifi so it was a much needed technology fast for me! My phone didn't even work at most places on the lake, it was actually pretty awesome. 

We had a wonderful time at Priest Lake soaking up the sunshine, swimming, boating, eating lots of yummy food, and huckleberry picking. I'm still getting some photos together but I love the one up above of Mylo playing with the Nerf football in the lake. He loved being in the water and the cold temperature didn't seem to bother him at all. 

Hope everyone is enjoying these last couple of weeks of summer!

Monday Motivation

I LOVE quotes. I love being inspired by someone's words and thoughts. I love underlining passages in books and pinning things on pinterest. I have quotes hanging on my walls and next to my desk. I give them to people on cards. 
But, lately I've been less than motivated in coming up with Monday Motivation posts. Is it possible to run out of quotes? I think I just need some new ones to love.

So now, I'm asking all of you:

What is your favorite quote? 
What motivates and inspires you? 

Please share in the comments! 



Friday Roundup


It's been a week of recuperating at our house. The calm after the chaos that was finishing a music video. Have you seen it yet? You can watch here! Teresa's on her way back from her vacation, I'm sure she's sad it's over, but selfishly I'm happy to have her back in town. Happy weekend!

Downton embraces bottled water? 

Ice cream pint cozy…brilliant!

Interesting article…

Robin Williams' live in pictures (ps. many of his movies are available on Netflix, including my favorite)

Lauren Bacall

The kitten video Jason can't get enough of this week.

I want to try this guacamole

Bad 90's beauty trends, although I have to admit,  I currently own a scrunckie and I kinda want crimped hair to come back!

Speaking of 90's trends, American Apparel has jellies!

Image by @zoerainphoto

Seattle Spotlight: Yoga in the park!



All summer our favorite yoga studio, 8 Limbs, is teaching FREE yoga classes in the sculpture park on Saturdays! It's been one of my goals of the summer to make it to a class and I finally did last week. 

Doing yoga outdoors is super refreshing. Although, I have to say, a yoga mat on top of grass is a little more challenging than hardwood. 

The class is every Saturday from 10:30-11:30,  goes through the end of September and everyone is welcome. They suggest arriving 15 minutes prior to sign in, but if you're going with friends and want to be next to each other, I suggest getting there a bit before that. The classes are geared toward all levels, but a base understanding of yoga poses is definitely helpful, as it's hard to see the instructor demonstrating unless your in the very front. 


Who wants to come with me? 

Behind the Scenes...


Here's a quick look at part of the making of Arrows… A week of shooting condensed into 2 minutes. I have to say, this makes it look fun and happy, which it was, but it was also long and exhausting. It wasn't all just fun and games and riding the tandem bike around set. In the photo above, You'll see the sun has just set outside of the warehouse we'd been cooped up in for over 12 hours at that point.  

One of the longest days was the pool shoot, Ben was SUCH a trooper and was swimming in his clothes (including shoes!) for long chunks of time, which is not easy to do. After a few hours of shooting, Jason jumped in as well, to better direct from the pool, which I think was a move of solidarity as much as it was to shoot.