Arizona

WE head out to AZ a couple weeks ago to visit my family. I flew solo with Pops and hung out the first few days and Reyn met up with us for the weekend. For some reason we only took photos while swimming (we did that a lot) but I promise there was more than that.

For example:

Mexican Food 3-4 times

High School reunion

Grandpa Speck

caught up with old friends

Cafe Rio

Long walks....at 5AM

Gym daycare...who knew?

Family time

Poppy jet lag

Had a blast

SLC Zoo

We finally got these photos developed from back in May! A little behind (I feel like I say that every post). These were taken with our Cannon. I love how the black and white turned out. So much detail. I feel like Poppy is a completely different little person now from when these pictures were taken. She is talking up a storm lately. She loves to tell me "NO" and apparently everything is "Hers" these days. I scared. She now refers to Yo Gabba Gabba as "YO" and is super obsessed with me these days. I love.

Cannon AE1 film camera

We just got some film developed from the past month. This camera is amazing. If you have the right light, the pictures pop hard core. This past month has been exciting and exhausting. We moved into our new apartment which is one block away from our old so it made things a little smoother being so close. Well, we did talk 5 of our guy friends into forming an ant line moving boxes and bags and stroller and majority of our apartment. They busted it out in 2 hours. Incredible. Especially since we moved into a 2 floor walk up. I gave up my elevator for an enormous kitchen, washer/dryer, and private room for my business. If you live or have visited NYC, you will understand. Those two things are hard to come by. I've got a little system down now with the stairs and it seems to be working out well. We'll see when I'm 9 months prego trying to carry groceries and Poppy up all at once. I'm NOT prego by the way just saying...when it happens.

I've been pretty busy with work but have been enjoying taking Pops to the park and soaking in as much summer as I can. I can feel fall coming and am excited but that just means that Winter is around the corner and, I'm terrified. Trying to figure out how to keep a toddler busy in the winter months is a task of its own. I have to start thinking about it in August. What? Thank goodness they offer indoor playgrounds (for a pretty penny) in NYC. Regardless, we will have a blast snuggling up to hot chocolate, smelling cold air, and wearing cute winter clothes! That's me trying to stay positive.

This could be my all time fave photo of Poppy. Priceless

Experimenting with finger painting. She's not quite sure what to do at this point...

And then, this happens

My sister Emily's baby shower

Bike day! The past 3 August's Jay Z has sponsored a bike day in NYC. The city Closes down one of the largest streets in the city from Brooklyn Bridge all the way to Central Park just for bikes and walkers/runners. We made it all the way and even made a loop around Central Park all in 2 hours. My bum bum was hurts. P.S. I need a helmet.

Poppy trying to show off her shoe to two ladies