Yes/No Detroit

I'll probably include some stuff in this Friday Five that happened in the past 1.5-2 weeks, since I wasn't able to do one last week. It's been a busy month and I can't believe it's already Dec. 19th! Cornbread at North of Bourbon, Louisville What I've been up to these (past two) weeks: Traveling to Louisville with friends. My husband and I took Baby K on her first road trip a week from last Thursday, and she stayed with my in-laws while we vacationed to Louisville with friends. We had done this trip with the same friends last year, too, and it's always a good time visiting distilleries and having some tasty meals and treats, like the cornbread dish pictured above.  First road trip with Baby K. As I mentioned above, we drove to Indiana (four hours without stops, about 4.5-5 hours with) that Thursday, and then my husband and I left for Louisville Friday, and returned Monday; we left Indiana for Michigan that Tuesday. This was my first time leaving Baby K since...

Well well, if it isn't one week into August and my hospital bag is STILL not packed yet—my due date is August 26, but next week will be 38 weeks for me and one of my friends had her baby recently at 38 weeks. Need to work on that this weekend, plus putting together our bassinet and figuring out the car seat.  Maternity photo by NeriPhoto What I've been up to this week: Getting our maternity photos back . A few weeks ago we met our wedding photographer, NeriPhoto , at the Healing Garden in Clarkston, which is next to a hospital, to do some maternity photos. We already knew Neri did great work, as we had done an engagement session with her last year plus our wedding photos, and we were lucky that she happened to be in Metro Detroit that day for another shoot, because she's normally based in Holland, MI (where we got married). One of my favorite pics is above ... fun fact, the necklace I'm wearing in the picture is my great-grandmother's, and our daughter's name wi...

This week has been a disjointed one because my schedule has been out of whack, for the most part—I've had OB appointments and other things going on. I'm glad it's Friday but how did August get here so fast?? (my due date is August 26th!) Giordano's pepperoni pizza and ALDI garlic rolls What I've been up to this week: Getting delivery/takeout. Last Friday or Saturday, I forget which, I was craving pasta, so we tried out "Main St. Pasta Bar," in Royal Oak, on Doordash, which ended up actually being a front for Milan Pizzeria. The pasta was pretty basic but hit the spot (chicken alfredo fettucine and pesto fettucine) and was a HUGE portion. On Wednesday night, I was going to cook a HelloFresh meal, but we ended up doing Pink Garlic via Doordash, because we were both tired, and last night, I got us Culver's takeout, which is always tasty.  Work samples . I don't usually post much about these on here, but I'm fortunate to receive snacks and candy sa...

I know I always say this, but: it's been a long week, with kind of a plot twist happening yesterday that I wasn't expecting, so the weekend may feel even longer. Postmodern Jukebox at the Fisher Theatre, Detroit What I've been up to this week: Seeing Postmodern Jukebox at the Fisher Theatre, Detroit. I was lucky enough to have media tickets to this—I saw them last year with a friend at the Fillmore, my first time seeing them, and I love their music. If you're unfamiliar with them: they basically take newer (70's/80's/90's and newer) songs and put a fresh twist on them, whether that be slowing them down, speeding them up, etc., and their outfits are great too; sometimes they'll wear flapper-type outfits, a la 1920's, or other sparkly things. I took my mom this year and they put on a fabulous show. Baby classes. Last Friday, I took a virtual breastfeeding class through Henry Ford Detroit, which overall was informative. My husband and I also took a virt...

This was another busy week, and today I am working at our Birmingham office—we are required to go in once a month, which isn't bad at all (generally I work from home), but it's getting harder for me to walk around and shlep stuff (laptop bag). Costco cake at our baby shower What I've been up to this week: In-laws visiting . My mother-in-law came up from Indiana about two weeks ago now, on a Saturday, and stayed until this past Monday (so, about a week), and my FIL and SIL came in on Thursday night. It was nice to see everyone (they live in Indiana) and my MIL helped out a lot with my move, too (see below). Closing on my condo . A bittersweet thing for sure; I owned it for almost nine years, it looks like I closed on it on September 8, 2016. I had never bought and sold a home before, and the closing took longer than I expected (the actual sit-down, I mean; about 1 hour and 15 minutes) but the new buyer seemed very sweet, and is excited to live there, so that helped. The weir...

Somehow it's already April 18th, and today my Alexa said the high is going to be 78 degrees, which is kinda nuts because this week it's been like 35-40 degrees at most ...  What I've been up to this week: Some big news. I had been holding onto this secret for a while, though we started telling family and close friends at the end of December. I'm currently 21 weeks pregnant, due with a baby girl at the end of August! My husband and I found out in early December (and it definitely happened AFTER our Louisville trip, which was a lot of drinking, haha) but I wanted to wait until baby's 20-week anatomy scan, which was Friday, before telling my Facebook and Instagram friends. We are both very excited to meet her, and I feel like there's still a lot of things to do before August, but we have the whole summer to get things done. Pictured above is the announcement I posted on FB/IG (Momo can be cooperative for photos, Gregory the tabby cat usually is not, so she got to b...