Thankful Tuesdays

This Tuesday I am thankful for hot shower and warm baths!
I bet most of us take it for granted, that we get to just walk into our bathrooms and get a nice hot shower.. or a nice warm bath. What a blessing! it's such a good feeling! We are big fans of both at home, so I try to keep our bathrooms nice and tidy. We have a variety of soaps, shampoos and bubble baths because I get bored of smells quick so I need to change it up. I certainly hope our little poppy-girl will enjoy baths because I'm so looking forward to bathing her.

pictures via pinterest: here + here

H&M home

I am loving the new stuff from H&M home, except for the fact that they don't
ship to the US, what a bummer! it's still a good source for inspiration though!
I like how fresh it all looks!

Thank you MOXEE for pointing this out!

we are having a BABY GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (our gender reveal party)

We could not have asked for our gender reveal party to go any better! me and Chris were elated with the news! and I loved how the confetti cannons turned out! (Chris' idea), we were going to do the typical cake, and then the balloons in the box but he decided, that was too anti-climatic, so the cannons were the perfect solution! I think another reason why we loved the party is because we only invited people we truly like, there was nobody in the room we didn't want there. Everyone was so happy and  we just felt so loved and blessed to have such great friends that were equally excited to find out about our baby girl! I know gender reveal parties are very controversial, but I would highly recommend them. I can't imagine it being more fun at the docs office ;)  unless you are more private person, then it might be better that way.

Positano + Capri, Italy - Part II

While in Positano we took a day trip to the island of Capri. Chris had plan this day from beginning to end, and if you know Chris.. you know everything was perfectly planned. But of course my lack of attention to detail costs us to miss a great deal of what he had plan. Right before boarding the ferry to Capri, I found some Dramamine that I had bought in the airport in case we got nauseous in the plane  so of course I pulled it out! and said: Chris! we should take this just in case we get nauseous in the ferry! my sweet husband listened to me.. and we not just took one but two!! (I had never had Dramamine before and the most curious thing about this whole story is that we've never gotten sea sick ever!... this whole idea was a 'just in case' deal.. so we both pop in two tablets! it was only a few minutes when we started to feel beyond drowsy! and by drowsy I mean we could not keep our eyes open! Of course I looked at the package and sure enough it said: 'it may cause marked drowsiness', yikes! Chris' fabulous plan was to take me to an amazing restaurant called La Fontelina, take the funicular up the mountain where the restaurant has their own private shuttle, drive you to their private boat! to take you to an even smaller island! where you get to eat your meal while sunbathing in front of the Mediterranean sea! does that sound beautiful or what? well needless to say. we didn't do any of that because by the time we got up the mountain in the funicular we were so exhausted that even walking around was painful! We clearly remember having the feeling of being inside a dream or something like that! The only thing we could do was to sit down, have gelato and try to keep our eyes open. Chris was beyond disappointed and we barely saw any of Capri. On our way back we decided to jump into the water to wake up! that was probably the most fun part about this whole day.

This is one of the many teeny tiny trucks that go up and down the mountain in Positano! aren't they adorable?

And this was our last night in Positano, waiting for our ride to take us up the mountain to a restaurant.

Positano, Italy - Part I

I realized I never finished uploading the series of pictures of our Europe trip this past summer. I have a couple more spots to show you and a few more stories! Positano was by far our favorite spot to visit. We highly recommend it, and if we had tons of money that's where we would live.  This is how we found out about Positano: Chris was looking at pictures of Italy in Google images! (classy) when we were planing our trip, we saw a picture and we said, yeap. we have to go there.
Little did we know how complicated it was going to be to arrive to this beautiful town! but boy was it worth it! We came from Rome, to Naples to Sorrento to Positano! all in one day, the trains kept getting smaller and crappier as we got closer until we ended up in a bus...and we kept getting more and more annoyed and tired.
At some point I thought to myself there is no way this place is worth all this traveling.. but then the bus turned a corner an there is was, the amazing sea view... wow! we both said, this is better than the pictures we saw! We couldn't stop looking out the window and taking pictures.

In a nutshell Positano is a small town built around a mountain. There's one street that goes up, and one street that goes down. Most people that live there don't own cars.. they simply hike up and down everyday...  We loooved our hotel there, except for the fact that it was about a 30 minute hike to go downtown and to the beach. The first few days we were so excited we didn't care we went up and down multiple times! but the next few days our legs were in so much pain we quickly learned to plan our trips down and up the mountain.

Our favorite restaurant there was Lo Guarracino amazing food and an unbelievable views, the people were super nice (which it's not common in Italy once they figure out you speak English), and of course like usual their wine is cheaper than their water...
so, wine it is!

I loved how colorful everything was in the beach, from the umbrellas to the towels to the swimsuits! just big splashes of color everywhere you looked.

Thankful Tuesdays

This is the first of many Thankful Tuesdays posts. I am so incredibly blessed and 

I decided it's about time to start sharing and writing it all down here. Every week (hopefully every tuesday!) I'll try to do one of this posts. I once read that "true happiness comes from being able to appreciate what you already have, not what 

you still want" so this is my attempt to being more conscious of all the wonderful things going on around us.

Here's the awesome shots we got at our 20 week ultrasound.

20 weeks! half way!

Looking Forward to: finding out whether we are having a son or daughter!
only 5 more days!
Cravings: Cinnamon Rolls & Krispy Kreme donuts! I even have dreams about discovering a freshly baked batch cinnamon rolls in the kitchen!
Baby Movements: lots of little movements these days, I came to realize baby moves every time I place my laptop on my belly! which I thought was kindda cute and funny, Chris worries that some sort of harmful waves that laptops emit is bothering poppy-seed, and that's why he moves so much... of course I told him he is crazy. Until one night, I couldn't feel baby at all for a while, so I placed my iphone on my belly as a test, and sure enough! he immediately moved! is that weird or what? maybe there is some sort crazy waves from devices.. who knows. Just to be on the safe side, I stopped placing devices on my belly (unless I want to quickly check on baby :) Poppy-seed also moves a lot while we are on the train! which makes my commute to work a lot more exciting & enjoyable. And! on valentines day Chris finally was able to feel baby move! yay!
How's mom doing? Pretty darn good! I am loving this stage, other than some back and growing pains it's been bliss! my belly button is starting to evolve, I had a really deep inny and now I am able to see the bottom of it! which is really exciting! I'm also trying to wear my red pants as much as I can before I can no longer use them :( they are currently fasten with a hair tie! so we don't have that much longer together, me and my red pants... they will be missed this summer!

P.S. Awesome ultrasound pictures coming tomorrow!