comfy cozy

our collage wall.

i spy...

my glasses from first grade,

a photogragh of my mother when she was young and in a band,

a cross jeremiah's parents brought back from israel made out of olive wood,

a hip little restaurant we went to in berlin before seeing two of our favorite 'bands' panda bear and pantha du prince,

graffiti of tom waits we saw on a wall lining a narrow cobblestone street in budapest,

a porcelin fortune cookie made by a friend and given to us for good luck before we moved to europe,

a cheesy-but-great 'sufjan stevens esque' portrait taken by our dear friend jeff newton who also happens to be an amazing commercial photographer,

a dorky-but-cool vintage desert postcard given to me for my birthday,

pictures of art from great artists we were able to see at the hamburger bahnhof, the macba, and the centre pompidou,

a polaroid of our daughter,

the desert on a trip we took to bisbee when i was still pregnant,

string art i found at an antique shop,

and

my love at a park in flagstaff.

what stories are told on your walls?

a gem.

my darling husband doesn't ask for much. a record or two here and there, a new pair of shoes when he has completely worn his out. i'm usually the frequent shopper (frequently more for Clémence as of late). so when he starts quietly checking craigslist and ebay for an amp, it's gotta be something he seriously wants and something i seriously want to give him. he has such an incredible heart. he once snuck behind my back and sold one of his guitars to take me to denver to see bjork and joanna newsom. you can say i've got a good man.


when i found out what he was looking at, we searched together and found one incredible piece of musical equipment: a vintage 69' fender deluxe reverb amp. the sound is beautiful. most of the bands around that time were playing some form of the fender reverb...think the beach boys and the beatles. its an amp that sort of transcends musical genres and can be played with blues, early rock & roll, country (the original hank williams kinda country not today's pop version), surf, rockabilly etc. pretty much everything we listen to.



when she arrived, he was one happy boy and spent the aftenoon in our basement getting to know her.

joyeux anniversaire

drooling

+

cooing

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smiling

+

giggling

+

drooling
+

chewing

on fingers

+

rolling

over

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drooling

=

4 months

i love her.

tomorrow makes 4 months.

support local

last night we celebrated my sister-in-law's 25th birthday. combined with jeremiah's family, there are 11 of us total so we are celebrating a birthday almost every month. because of this, the past few years, we have just either asked what the birthday recipient wanted or just given them money (neither of which are bad things). but this year we felt like being slightly more creative because let's face it, while it's nice to get what you asked for, sometimes surprises are better. so here's what we came up with...





the pic below was close to being the final product, however as jeremiah was finishing it (with t-minus 45min til we left for dinner, he accidentally spilt his water all over the bottom and had to run to the store and re-draw the entire thing...

soooo here is the final product...first, to Smeeks Candy Boutique, to take some pictures in their photo booth. next, off to St. Francis for an amazing dinner. and finally, down to Jobot Coffee Shop for some coffee and crepes. sounds like a good date to me!

rolling stone

Clémence's new move as of yesterday...

discovery...

its a beautiful thing.