getting ready...slowly

we've had some baby stuff piled up and staring at us for a while, but now that there's less than 4 weeks to go until my due date, i figured that we should start getting ready for our new arrival. i thought that it would be a bit scary, but it's actually made me more excited to finally meet the little one!

this weekend we were mostly...

celebrating our 4 year anniversary!

the lovely people at chipshop gave us penguins as a treat (i was very excited)

we went to seasonal where the food and service were excellent, as was the virgin cocktail :)

a little shower

my lovely sister-in-law threw me a lovely baby shower this weekend. they're not so popular back home, but i think they're a brilliant idea, especially when you're starting with nothing! i love the cute favours and message that went with them - so perfect for a Brit - and they were even labelled as "jam" and not "jelly". we got so much great and much needed stuff from very generous family and friends and yet still seem to have so much more that we need. plus, i have no idea where to put it all in our tiny apartment...right now it's just piled up in a corner of the living room serving as a very real reminder that our lives are going to change dramatically very soon! to be honest, i'm actually looking forward to trying out all the stuff with the baby. i feel like i have a new bunch of toys, but no one to play with! luckily i don't have that much longer to wait..!

this weekend we were mostly...

 

 

 hanging out by the pool at the shore

celebrating the start of the olympics with some traditional british victoria sponge

kicking off our anniversary celebrations with a (little) glass of champagne

this weekend we were mostly...

drinking (virgin for me) bloody marys

making "breakfast pizza"

enjoying NYC restaurant week

all while being bankrolled by reese :)

missing home

what with skyping with my family last weekend, the rain in the city this week and all the focus on london in the run-up to the olympics, i've found myself really missing home. we went to a different branch of my favourite english restaurant (chipshop), where they make delicious pies and serve full english breakfasts for brunch, only to discover that they sell a small, but perfectly selected range of british food. i was so excited, especially when i saw the curlywurlys. they're probably my all-time favourite chocolate bar, mostly because they remind me of "tuck shop" at school, back in the day when they only cost 10p. i plan on devouring it with a nice cuppa...perfect for cheering me up!

this weekend we were mostly...

 

 

 

pootling around brooklyn, enjoying the bastille day celebrations

making raspberry swirl cheesecake and smoothies

eating bibimbap in k-town

missing being with my family at my cousin's 21st birthday party, but getting to skype with them instead

chilling out on the sofa