-yep, i'm a braggart

pretty little brother dave landed dolce's holiday promotion add campaign.
it's kind of an explosion of all my favorite things:
- dave
- dolce
- damask wall paper
- furs
- a bow tie
- boys being prettier than girls

every time we drive by the display windows i make my boys wave to uncle dave's pictures.
because i'm SO proud.
for some other rad pictures of dave, click here

-grab a fork

i think my babies are cute- however- i've never wanted to slather them in butter and sprinkle them with sugar and devour them as much as i did with this little man.
evan is the cutest baby on the planet.
someone grab me a toothpick.

for more family pictures with an edible baby click here

-my bnut

beareth fruiteth-
we've had this orange tree for a couple of years and have moved it to every possible location.
it's been in the inner courtyard this fall and i think it's finally comfortable.
i was walking down the hall last week and noticed all of the oranges.
duh. it's not like they grew overnight. right?

anyways, brooks was so excited when i told him to go pick us some.
my arizona baby picked 2 heavy oranges and peeled them on the spot.
they were so sour but we swallowed our bites anyway.
because they were OUR sour oranges.


cute story #2:
i was setting up little decorations in brooks's room and had him hang the ornaments on his own tree. i handed him the ceramic baby jesus and had this conversation:

me- i like baby jesus
b- yes. i like him too because he can't bite me.
me- um, what?
b- him have no teef.

see, when you're 3 years old, you have to pick your friends very carefully. luckily baby jesus and his gums fit right in. after that amazing conversation, i watched brooks put all of his stars on one branch. so freaking rad.

-making my momma proud

i do have a refined, less crass, more polished side of me.
it is very very small. very very small.
HowEvER- when this side does decide to surface, some shocking things come out.
for example:

i was asked to decorate this GORGEOUS home in paradise valley for a holiday party.
the owner gave me 100% freedom.
after about 10.2 seconds in the home i decided on wintery peacocks.
because when i dream about the perfect tree, it has peacock feathers-
in a room with a glittery chandelier,
an over-the-top mantel and
josh radin playing in the background.

this is a bit of another mantel i did in the living room.
i'm so into twigs this year.
i thought it was a good way to tie the 2 main rooms together.

these are some of the centerpieces for the party.
that's rice filling the vases.
i also thought that was wintery.
and delicious.

the owner didn't need much in the bathrooms so i did simple finishing touches.

i'm so uncomfortable blogging about this kind of stuff.
i have a step by step tutorial i put together on how i made my tree.
i may post it but fear i'll lose my ability to tell a good fart joke.
know any good interior decorating sites that might want that kind of thing on their site?
(with a side dish of flatulence?)

-cake punching (in the face)

surprise!!!
it's my birthday!!
thanks friends for an evening of sushi, karaoke, pink tights, fighting cakes, queen, sweaty hot rooms, front and back cleansings, lots of laughs and not having to plan.
probably my favorite bday thus far.
maybe next year the economy will pull it's head out and we can go back to nyc and find some other baked goods to punch in the face.

staci, jonelle, victoria and me

tiff, pris, me, jamie, thera, kayla and steph

bette midler makes me feel sensual too.

a bite before the altercation.

queen. no words necessary. thank you.

thers, james and tiffs

and just when i thought i couldn't love tiff anymore, this picture surfaced.
man, i love this girl. (and my circus hair)

jonelle is sometimes too amazing.

and of course the night had to end with this old cougar posing in the bathroom with me.
telling me she wished she had a family of her own.
through her vodka and bubble yum breath.
now that i'm 32, does this make us peers?
hooray.

-gross= amazing

sometimes we wear things contrary to our mother's strong advice.
we'll see how many twi-tards i can offend tonight.
can't wait.

-and now i'm 32

for my major total sweet birthday this year,
this young man and his hair took me to breakfast-

the greatest gift any man could ever give me.
we also met audrey, landon and nash.
audrey's great because she hardly even noticed my 3 diet sodas before 9:30am.
and she knows how to wrestle her toddler (that outweighs her).
but wait-
there were full blown bday festivities before the sun even came up.
pris, victoria, dave and i all ran south mountain in the darkened bitter cold.
maybe it's the old age setting in but i really enjoy a good sunrise.
almost as much as watching wheel of fortune and eating pecan sandies (barf) (that was an old people joke)
but really, i can't think of a better way to enter this next year of life than to be flying down a mountain surrounded by arizona's unlimited beauty and early morning laughter.








the day ended with homemade cd's on my doorstep, a blood red pedicure, new leopard platforms, green mussels and sushi, a blackberry full of bday texts and some loving words from my mother about how much she and my dad love me and are proud of me.
the only thing that could top this year would be new moon on friday and a surprise party on saturday.
shhhhhh. don't tell me.
it's a surprise.