almost christmas!

sitting in LGA airport - waiting on flight to take off. i CANNOT wait to be home and spend some quality time with family and friends!

here is a quick picture of me and austin's grandparents - granny and pop! we were in houston a few weekends ago for his cousin Nat's wedding. so fun!

busy bee

with all the tourists coming in for the holidays, moving work offices and bundling up for the walk to the subway - the holidays are flying by! i wanted to send out a christmas card like i did in 2008 - my plan was for my friend to take lots of pictures at our Holiday party last Saturday - but he lost his camera. :( super sad. in other news - we did all take a LIMO to the party! it ended up only costing $15/ person - not bad at all! we wanted to be kevin mccallister in Home Alone 2 - have a pizza and limo waiting...

ny family 

thankful part 2

ever since me and austin's amazing (despite losing the iron bowl) road trip home to 'bama things have seemed non-stop around here. but here are some pics from the weekend - we were way underdressed at the iron bowl...

the girls!

had to stop by phi mu!

best hs friends - Lucy and Laura J

best college friends, Meredith & Chris DaMico

love love this pic! 

thankful

i am thankful for surviving 16hrs on the road with austin! thankful to see my whole family for the holiday! and thankful for many more things to come ... here are some pics from our roadtrip  - one way.

blue ridge mountains

got to look at this cutie for 16hrs!

x

smiling juror

{preface: i've always been one of those people who smile inappropriately}

i reported to jury duty on nov 4th, was assigned a civil case that just wrapped up today. new york city jury duty is the melting pot of america thats for sure! and for some reason i couldn't help but smile when i entered the court room, when i left the courtroom, or whenever the judge was talking directly to us...

this is what i felt the courtroom looked like:

casual chic

i just took a style quiz on boutiques.com and they classified me as "casual chic", suggesting i wear drapey cardigans, neutrals, boyfriend blazers and stripes. ummm aka my whole closet. #sodumb

playing dress-up

last night, austin and I celebrated our one year anniversary! ;) I cannot believe it's been a year already, feels like its only been a few months. we were going to take the day off work and enjoy the city, but i was scheduled for jury duty. i received a lovely bouquet of flowers and we had glass of champagne before he took me out to dinner at One If By Land, Two If By Sea. the food was delicious! we were both stuffed. we washed down dinner with a few cocktails at my favorite neighborhood bar, Elsa. I loved dressing up and even tried this up-do that i will definitely be doing again...

one proud sister

got the chance to visit my not-so-little sister last week - see her dorm room, sorority house and walk around campus. so PROUD of her! what i'd give to be back in tuscaloosa for a semester. heck, for even a gameday! love u molly.

view of bryant-denny stadium from molly's dorm room - #sodumb

sorority arm in front of alpha chi house

lunch at buffalo phils - molly's first time!

milestones

i was home this past weekend for Parker's first birthday - i cannot believe he's ONE! Ashley threw an amazing party and didn't skip one detail! i know everyone had a great time .. i cant wait to see more pictures! here are a few i captured. 

that little face is too much

he is the HAPPIEST child :)

getting P dressed - only time he was fussy!

model

first time to trick or treat! 

playing in his new toy

bon appe-treat

one part of my job at bon appetit magazine is to brainstorm, create, and source client gifts. each sales rep is alloted a specific qty and takes them on sales calls when needed. this month we hired danny meyer's union sq events to create the halloween peanut butter and toffee candy bark from our october issue. they came in this morning - look how cute the packaging is!



going to make a batch tonight for my small group - and with my mom this weekend for Parker's first birthday party! ;)

my church family

i started attending aposltes church nyc in july 2009, and recently became a member :) i attend an all girls community group in the lower east side and recently attended the womens retreat in september. we took buses to the pocono mountains in PA and had the most amazing weekend of worship and fellowship. i met some amazing girls...

mckinsey (CA), emily (TX), me and elizabeth (TX)
@ womens retreat

murph (TX), me, rachel (SC) and kaylie (AZ)
@ apostles 5th anniversary party at the NYC Fire Museum

fine, i'll do it

with much hesitation and resistance, i have decided to start a blog. the title sums up the reason - for my mom. i've lived in nyc for over two years now and i hate not being able to share things with her - events, moments, friends, clothes, images of the city i love... life. granted, this means i'll have to actually take pictures and make posts... but im actually looking forward to it. i used to scrapbook, yes - scrapbook - when i was in high school, so this will be my virtual scrapbook. not trying to be insightful or intuitive. just keeping my mom (and the rest of the family in Alabama!) up to date...here we go!