Sunday Farmer's Market Fun

Today is my sweet hubby's 35th birthday.

Last year I went all out with a big surprise bash at this amazingly cool speakeasy old timey bar in downtown LA called the Edison. It was way cool!

My surprised birthday boy!!

After our night of debauchery we ended up at the Brite Spot diner in Silverlake

Today we made plans to meet our new baby friends, Cobb & Jen and baby Charlotte at the Montrose Farmer's market. They live in walking distance so we met them at the kettle corn booth *yum*. We also invited Story & Chris to meet us. While we were there our friends Tom & Jes showed up and Antz co-worker, Kat popped up too. It was really sunny and hot so we hung out in the shade and talked. Olivia was fussy whenever we put her in the stroller so Antz held her the whole time. I was so excited for her to wear her sunhat but it was huge on her tiny head.

Of course our camera battery died so I had to use my iphone.

Chris held Liv for the first time.

They took their dog to the Huntington dog beach which sounded like so much fun. I'm a bit bummed because the flower booth we bought these pretty flowers last time wasn't there today. So no flowers this week. :(

I'll get you my pretty!

I feel like Gollum lusting after his precious. Everyone knows the impressive work of Famille Summerbelle and I want it now!

Famille Summerbelle

She has a new world map that would be perfect for Liv's nursery. Only problem is I need a more technical map for 'learnin'. This weekend I need to help Antz finish Olivia's flashcards. I can't think of any rad X words at the moment. I did find some pretty gnarley newborn pic ideas but we don't have a swimming pool to pull these gorgeous poses off

photos by Phil Shaw

I love these so much!! I would die to get some shots of Liv underwater in the nude. I like these poses too

I adore these wings. The first one is beautiful, I love the light and the bebe reminds me of faces Liv makes that I can never seem to catch on camera.

It's bring Olivia to work day!

We took our ladybug to Antz place of work today for a visit and to turn in her medical insurance paperwork *which we completely forgot to turn in*. When we arrived, Antz co-worker and his wife, Cobb & Jennifer brought their 2 week *older than Liv* daughter, Charlotte too. Liv had her first playdate and tenaciously slept through most of the visit. Cobb & Jen live in Montrose so maybe we'll meet up at the farmer's market this Sunday. I took her out of her stroller and let some friends hold her and she woke up and demanded lunch. I pulled out my hooter hider and fed her in Antz office *yay for privacy*. She was wonderful until it was time to go, she let out her fabulous screams on the way out and the minute we hit the parking lot she was sound asleep. Everyone thought she was adorable, she looks bigger than 3 weeks, 2 days and everyone loved her BabyGap romper.

Olivia and the Art Dept.

Olivia met most of the staff but it was half-day Friday so many folks were at lunch and Antz boss was in New York. I'll bring her again for Halloween. Hopefully Antz will find this awesome costume by then.

So Wednesday was quite miserable for me. I woke up and my left arm *from under the shoulder and above my elbow* was hurting. At first I thought I slept weird on it and it would go away but then I couldn't move my arm without excruiating pain. I couldn't hardly pick up Liv or use my left arm on my own. It hurt so bad I had to call Gilli and make an appt to see her. I spent the entire day in pain, Antz iced and massaged my arm but nothing relieved the pain. I was unable to type *hence no blogging*, I barely was able to take a shower and I had to keep my gimp arm in a sling. By some miracle the next morning *the day of my appt with Gilli* it felt much better. I was able to move it and twist my wrist. I will never take my pain-free limbs for granted again. I must have pinched a nerve or something because I have no idea what caused it. Gilli massaged my arm and shoulder and put some tiger balm on it. It felt 100% better. I am glad I was able to see Gilli and bring Liv to visit.

Me and my 2 dolls!
So because of my arm injury I wasn't able to go wait in line at Best Buy for the iPhone 4 like I'd planned but that's fine, all the store were only selling preorders and I would have wasted my time. We both decided to wait until August to get the phones *when the white phone will be available* and we'll call it an anniversary gift. Antz 35th birthday is Sunday and besides dinner at his fave restaurant *Indonesian yummy food* we don't have any big plans. This may be Liv's first babysitting date which is bumming me out. I feel awful leaving her not that I don't trust my MIL but she's so young and we are already dumping her :( We just don't want her screaming during dinner because this place is seriously tiny, like the size of our living room. No plans for Saturday but a bunch of people said they would like to come visit Liv so we'll be home all day. I really need to put together ideas for Liv's photo shoot which is fast approaching *next Sunday*. I am not sure about her wardrobe, we need to spruce up the house *our garden and lawn are totally burnt from the sun and lack of us watering* and Liv has a rash all over her body and face from heat that we need to treat. I am sure Sarah can photoshop it away.

My Kitchen is such a sad room

I think our kitchen has so much potential but bad plumbing and broken floorboards definitely take it from the $500 paint job and light cosmetic makeover to the million dollar serious plastic surgery *a la Heidi Montag* category.

Here's how it looked before we bought the house

Here's the kitchen after we moved in

However, I do love our curtains that I bought from Anthropologie *psst, the secret is they are DISH TOWELS*

Ideally if I had a $8,000 budget I could work wonders but when you have an already overpriced 883 square foot 2 bed/1 bath how much investment do you make on a kitchen remodel? I know granite and farmhouse sinks are the trend but in our kitchen we don't even have room for a dishwasher. It doesn't help that the entire blogasphere has either totally renovated or is in the process of remodeling their kitchen. Every day all I see are the most amazing, under $1,000 but looks like $10,000 redos. I look at my Family Guy *sorry about the farts* mustard painted/years of bad paint job cabinets and think, all we have to do is take the doors off and throw some white semi gloss on them and it will make a world of difference. But that brings on a whole list of problems. Our dishware is not show-worthy and we use our cabinets to stash our snack supply. I don't think our mismatched Ikea wine glasses and Target melanine plates are pretty enough to loose the doors. I also worry about resale value without the doors *which we would keep in the garage*. I would love to get the plumbing repaired *our plumber Malcolm has a if it ain't broke, don't fix it mentality* and replace our 20+ year relic water heater. Our pipes are 1920's galvanized steel that have rusted almost shut so our hot water in the kitchen sink is a mere trickle. Our cold water is absolutely fine, funny thing is the opposite stands for the bathroom, plenty of on demand boiling hot water and just a drop of cold water in the basin. So I'll say it once and I'll say it again, I need to remodel out kitchen *hopefully next Spring*. In the meanwhile, I'll continue to torture myself with these fabulous kitchens...

J'adore!!

The last one is closest to what I would do, the white subway tile back splash, the pendant lamps and the hardwood floors. I would probably do a table like the 2nd one from Ikea

My mood board is close to $2,000 alone. Then add plumbing *estimated* $4,500, new water heater $1,200, subway tile and countertop *not sure which material but leaning towards Corian* $1,500, wood floor refinishing/repair $800-$1,000, accessories and miscellaneous $1,500. $12,000 on a kitchen that I hardly ever cook in and would most likely never use because as soon as we remodel I want to put our house on the market. To remodel or not to remodel, that is the question!!

One a much happier note, Olivia is 3 weeks old today!! She slept so much earlier that when we started the photo shoot, she was a bit fussy.

Here are the top 5...

The last one cracks me up, she was so pouty mouth and each time we propped her up we had a 3 second window to get the shot before she toppled over. Antz likes the third one so that will most likely be the winner.

Happy 3 weeks little ladybug!!