Gal Pals - Part Two

Alrighty, more pictures less talk in this post. Some of the Thailand gals got to finally meet Kimberly who drove an insane amount of hours with her kids to get to Cali. She looks spunky doesn't she? Maybe, I dare say, a little hardcore?! The short spiky hair...the clothes....the swearing on her blog. Well she is about the shyest person I have met in a long time and she has the softest voice ever. Complex woman.

And Kari. Just as funny as when I left her in Thailand. She had to haul ass back to Utah at some god forsaken hour on Sunday morning. We have a habit of seeing each other off during the wee hours of the morning. Kari - I faintly remember you leaving and saying bye. Hugs!

The lovely Emily. All preggo and exhausted. She was a good sport and managed to keep up with us all day and night. She did find a cute seat to park her tush on while we shopped at SoLo.

A random surfer that I took a few pictures of. I swear by the end of it he was posing for the shots.

There also were some great shots taken by Tara of all the girls together and some really sweet blog posts to boot!

Gal Pals

Just got back from California tonight after a five day vacation with some girlfriends. My trip was split into two parts. I flew into Santa Ana on Friday night where American Airlines promptly lost my bags. No worries, it gave me an excuse to stay up late with Tara while we waited for my bag to be delivered to her house (I received it at about 1:00 AM). The next day was filled with food, pedicures and shopping with several of the women that I traveled to Thailand with in 2008. It was nice to catch up with them.

We went shopping at a very cool store called SoLo in Solana Beach. I almost keeled over at the vast array of goodies there!

Sunday was photoshoot day with two of my favourite people that I met while living in Chicago. There were so many wardrobe changes and locations that I have lost count. But I will write about that whole experience in more detail when I have some photos to share.

Next it was off to LA to stay with the Chi-town gals where there was tons o' shopping and eating, and more eating and more shopping. And some pictures were taken along the way. I found the coolest glitter wall/door EVER!!! So I made my pretty girls pose for a photo or two!

My mind is really scattered right now since Rowan is so sick. Promise to post more photos in a part two later this week. Good night all!

Happy Birthday you old fart....

My one and only brother Joey turned 30 on March 7. I want to wish him a very Happy Birthday! I bet you money he hit the bars with some pals and had a fabulous time. If he can remember. Rowan looks EXACTLY like his uncle Joey when he was young. It really is uncanny. I need to get access to a scanner so that I can show you a Joey baby picture. He was such a cute baby. I wish this photo would have turned out better. I am not sure who took it, but the focus is on the painting rather then the two stars of the show. Happy Birthday Joey from the whole Eaton clan!

There's nothing zen about shoulder pain

I took an exercise hiatus when Rowan was born. I had bigger fish to fry. My body has paid the price, and I decided it was high time to rip off the band-aid. I have exercised regularly for the majority of my life. I feel better when I exercise, I sleep better, and I definitely look better. So off I went to the yoga studio, a few weeks ago. Let me tell you that every single muscle in my body aches right now. It's a good sore though. I had a thought in my Ashtanga class this week that kind of made me a little sad. We were practicing handstands against the wall and as I watched everyone, I noticed how hesitant people were about trying to do handstands, even with the wall there to catch folks if they over did it. I thought back to being a child, and how fun it used to be to do handstands, flips and cartwheels. How fearless and fun these things were. I think kids are natural yogis. And somewhere along the way, some of us have lost that. When did handstands stop being fun?! I don't remember my shoulders hurting the day after doing handstands as a child. Maybe that's my answer....It stopped being fun when it started to hurt :)

I am a lululemon fanatic. I am so proud that this is a Canadian company!

I'm a troublemaker

Mr. Moo loves all things electronic. He must have gotten it from his dorky parents. You gotta love the nature versus nurture thing! I'm really hoping these sunglasses were broken before he got his mitts on them. I'm just going to put them back in the drawer and hope for the best. Oh, and if you've been calling our house lately, you probably have been getting our fax. As you can see, Rowan loves to play with the phone, and he pitches a big fit when I take it away from him. I have learned to pick my battles. That's his mouse too. What can I say, he is a man of the millennium. He is also a snotty little guy this week. Poor bug sounds like Darth Vader. The things you will do for your child. I have foregone Kleenex for my finger. It is much more effective in getting those boogies out. Rowan heads for the hills when he sees me coming with the Kleenex. HATES IT! Mr. Moo turns the Big ONE this month. Baby is going to have his first dose of sugar.

Hodge Podge

This is going to be one of those posts that goes all over the place so bear with me. First off, I am so sad that I will no longer be able to buy Domino magazine after this month. Boo hoo! That magazine is like my home decor mecca. I have binders dedicated to home inspiration and the majority of it comes from Domino. Here are a few of the images that you'll find in my binder.

Wheww! That is a whole lot of eye candy going on there!

Second up. Rowan update. He took his very first steps on his own last night! It was so wonderful. James and I were praising and gushing at him and I am not sure he made the connection about the walking and the praise but he was all proud of himself because he knew for some reason his mommy and daddy were really excited.

Third up. I am really digging the first cut off Metric's new album. Help, I'm Alive. Go check it out. There is also a really cool video up on youtube about Emily Haines, the lead singer, and the making of the song. If you have time, it's worth a listen just to hear her singing an acoustic version of the song...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C9HANU35_s

Happy Monday!

There goes my hero

James and I had some fun going to this website and creating the superhero versions of ourselves. Introducing Mysterious Whipped Lash and Sergeant Caped Samurai!