It’s a family tradition of ours to spend some time in Martha’s Vineyard each summer (You can see past posts here, here and here!) I will actually be back all of next week with my parents for the week of my birthday, but here’s some photos from July 4th weekend! Some of our favorite things to do include getting breakfast at The Black Dog, seeing…
My birthday is coming up, and I feel even older because most of my wishlist items are for the baby or the house. It’s fun to try to think up a few things I’d love to have, but won’t splurge on! Here goes… 1. As silly as it sounds, I’ve been searching for something to pack in my hospital bag to make me feel special…
There’s two things that never fail to make me smile – going on a bike ride, and eating things with a spoon (like cereal, and yogurt.. and ice cream, of course!) I’ve been thinking a lot about how to try to translate that calm feeling of biking, wind in my hair and grin on my face, into the rest of my existence. I know that…
The most difficult part of pregnancy, for me (aside from the discomforts, of course) is putting on this new hat that I am not 100% comfortable with yet. Do I show the world my bump?? Do I let them know?! To be honest, I felt the same way when we first got married. Saying “my husband” and being A WIFE was pretty frightening. But with…
We snapped these in Brooklyn the other evening, before we ate noodles at King Noodle and went to see my friends band, Such Hounds, play at a local venue! We’ve been taking full advantage of these date nights, because I know they will be really hard to enjoy once the baby is around (and lets be honest, I’m sure we won’t want to leave him…
NY is finally HOT, and I couldn’t be more excited about it. I am so thankful that I get to be pregnant during the summertime when I can wear light and flowy dresses like this one! We’ve been spending most of our days on the beach or in Brooklyn! Here’s some photos from Clinton Hill, our new favorite place in Brooklyn to hangout. One of…
Can you believe I’m already more than halfway through this thing?!? Yeah, I can’t either. It’s been the slowest, quickest few months. In so many ways it flew by and in so many others it has gone soooo slowly, but it seems like I am finally in the fun part – being able to feel baby & see my bump grow! I cannot believe that…
Sitges was also just a quick 45 minute train ride outside of Barcelona. It looked (to me) like Greece, or Burano, Italy or a mix of the two. The narrow alleyway streets were breathtaking, and I swear everyone just knew to buy the same colored flowers! It was a bit “touristy” and overcrowded, but we’re still glad we got to see it and spend a…
While visiting Spain, Matt and I took a day-trip to Girona (which we highly recommend for anyone who has a few days in Barcelona – we took the AVE high speed train, and the ride was only 30 minutes!) Some of Game of Thrones was filmed here, which made it extra exciting for us, plus you can truly get lost on the narrow cobblestone streets…
Pregnancy does interesting things to the way we view ourselves. Some days I look at my 1000 times more curvy body and I cringe at myself, and others I am proud of it and I want to wear a dress like this to show the world. I (of course) knew that my body would grow, and part of that is SO exciting. Every morning matt…
I apologize for the slow-down in posts, and I am so annoyed with myself for not posting more lately because life has been SO exciting. There’s so many little milestones I’ve been hitting lately, and I promise to post a bunch the next few weeks and bring this blog up to speed! We snapped these in NYC around 17 weeks, when I feel like my…
As we continued to drive along the ring road, we eventually hit Seljavallalaug, a thermal pool in the middle of a mountain valley. It was about a 15 minute hike to find, but one of the most breathtaking places I’ve ever been to. The water was a bit icky, but I’d do it all over again if I had the chance 🙂 ^^ Svartifoss Waterfall,…
We began our trip to Iceland by flying into the Keflavik airport and we rented a car to roadtrip on the ring road. On our way to Reykjavik we stopped at the Blue Lagoon to find out what all the hype was about! I have to say, touristy and all, that this was one of my favorite places! I sipped a carrot juice and exfoliated…
Getting to see the tulips in Amsterdam was one of my favorite things of all time. It seriously looks like tons and tons of M&M’s from far away, until you drive closer and realize that they’re perfectly planted tulips! It looks fake, and even in seeing these photos I still cannot believe they’re real. In all honesty, we snapped some pictures but I was SO…
Before heading to Iceland, we took two days to stop into Amsterdam and visit some college friends. I had never been before, and Matt had only visited when he was a little kiddie. We spent our only full day there exploring the gorgeous city by bike, and taking a tour through the canals compliments of our friends! Biking around there is DEFINITELY nerve wracking, with…
BOY! … Let me just preface this and share that Matt told me my neck looked ‘freakishly skinny’ and that’s what made me crack up in this picture. hahahah! It does look weirdly small compared to my growing belly, maybe? So funny LOL. We are so excited to finally share that we’re having a little man! I knew from the get-go he was a boy,…
Thanks SO much for all of your sweet comments. 🙂 So I don’t want to bore you guys with pregnancy ramblings, but I absolutely love reading back through the archives of the bloggers I follow to when they were pregnant, so I will update you periodically. Let me know if you’re interested or not! 🙂 Here’s a list of some things that people keep asking…
This has been one of the hardest secrets to keep (& I am an AWFUL secret keeper) but finally we can share our biggest secret ever… we made a human, we’re pregnant! Baby Degreff is due in October!! We’re SO excited to grow our clan (well, maybe Claude isn’t excited to not be an only child-dog haha). The thing I didn’t realize before becoming pregnant…
Traveling upstate to Beacon, New Paltz, Cold Spring and all the cute little surrounding towns is one of our favorite things to do in Spring/ Summer / Fall. The vibe was SO different from the last time we went in the Fall! The blooms are unreal, and we finally upgraded to a 6-person tent for more room, which we named the “tent-mahal” because it’s so…
Spring came and went, or never really fully arrived. I was a bit bummed because I got amazing sandals from Frye that I’ve been dying to wear with a maxi dress, but instead I got to take these Frye Jackie Zip Short boots from HauteLook out for a spin, and they’re just as wonderful! I usually lean toward boots with skinnier ankles, but for some…