one sick puppy.

bad news? tagg was up all nite with his first fever. 104 degrees! we paid a visit to his doctor this morning and his fever has gone down a little since. but he is still one sick boy.

good news? he got to lounge around in his new spiderman pajamas and eat a couple chocolate chips today.

do we do anything else with our lives...

except make junk food? nope. but since my mom's elliptical literally fell apart today while i was on it i should probably slow down with all the sweets.

but craig was taking all the young men down to UW for a tour of the dental school so i had to make these cookies for everyone. the bristles are my favorite part.

and as for all the cupcakes lately, there is a method to my madness. my mom, megan and i are planning for our cupcake classic 2009, a party that is everything cupcakes. so naturally, we must try out all of our cupcake and frosting recipes so they will be perfected for the soiree. 

these little numbers were made per megan's birthday request. they are banana cupcakes with buttercream frosting topped with banana chips. to die for.

tagg is his mother's son.

and loves celebrating each holiday to the fullest. happy saint patrick's day, everyone!


we put on our finest st. patty's day attire and searched for our pot of gold in the front yard. side note: my roots are getting out of control. yuck.


megan brought over her newest creation yesterday: the coconut/lemon curd cupcake. i helped her inject the coconut cupcake with homemade lemon curd and then we topped the whole thing off with seven-minute frosting and toasted coconut. they were deeee-wish-us.


forget texting while driving; tagg has a problem texting while walking! he is the cutest darn thing i have ever seen.

its on like donkey kong...

to anyone that tries to tell me about global warming ever again. it is march ninth, and i was stuck inside all day due to a freaking snow storm.


lemon-y situation: snow in march. lemonade: taking cool pictures of stuff with snow on it.


stuff with snow on it.


i love how this shot captured the snow falling.


poor little tulips. they thought their time had come. but gross seattle weather had another idea. i need sun.

my old stomping ground

my fabulous cousin, anna, with her tolo (a girl ask guy highshcool dance) date. they made such a cute couple and i loved the blue scheme they went with.

no one knows what my uncle david was doing in this shot. but i thought it was such a cute moment. 

the best part of the nite was that my mom, aunt and i chaperoned the dance. and better yet, it was at my old highschool. we had a ball trying to bust kids that had come to the dance intoxicated. or watching couples get nasty on the dance floor (we were told not to regulate that sin). 

but our favorite part of the nite was gawking at the little pieces of fabric the girls tried to pass off as clothing. it was SHOCKING. i felt a little too overdressed/old housewife mom-ish. so my mom and megan helped me out. :)

borderline violent

this is my baby taking his first steps. i realize the end isnt too pretty but i promise: he laughed it off. he is all boy.

happy happy birthday, mommy dear.

last friday was my mom's birthday. i was so excited to break out my new cake plates (craig did a stellar job at picking them out for me!) and make some mini-cuppycakes for the occasion.

i like the light pink and tangerine color combo. very festive.

tagg joined the ladies for his mema's birthday luncheon. he LOVED all the attention. i bet he still thinks we are celebrating his birthday. what a peach!