11 Things.

i was tagged by two people for this but thought i would spread them out so as to not make you all nauseated by facts about me, etc! i will do the next one thursday! 


random facts about me! 


1. i'm an only child and never really wished for a brother or sister.


2. i worked on a cruise ship for 6 weeks as a child counselor. i went alone, not knowing a single person on the ship and left with some great friends.


3. i hate raisins thanks to od'ing on them when i was little.


4. my mom was adopted and i have always wanted to adopt a baby since i was young and could understand adoption.


5. i met my husband on a plane. we sat next to each other and struck up a conversation, exchanged emails, and i moved to la 10 months later to be with him. we dated for 6 years and have been married for 3.


6. i played sports in high school and love basketball.


7. i met one of my college roommates from an add in a newspaper. she is now one of my dearest friends and was my wedding planner. 


8. i am really tall. like 6 feet tall!


9. my husband is a movie freak and works in the entertainment business but i haven't seen many movies at all! i have never seen back to the future! 


10. i had a blankie up until 3 years ago when my cat hijacked it and eventually shredded it. 


11. i love to travel and went to europe for 4 weeks with a friend and wanted to keep traveling but ran out of money! 

Eleven questions asked by Rebecca :

1. What is the first thing you do when you wake up and the last thing you do before you go to bed? wish i could sleep a little longer! 

2. Are you what you wanted to be when you grew up? yes, i have always wanted to be a mom. nothing greater. 

3. If you could go anywhere for a vacation where would you go? What would you do? i would love to go to Fiji and do absolutely nothing but drink on the beach and soak up the sun. 

4. If you had 30 seconds to get out of your house and you could never go back, what 5 items would you grab? (Assuming all people and/or pets got themselves to safety) photos, diapers for d, a set of clothes, d's blankie, and my phone. 

5. Coke or Pepsi? diet coke 


6. If you could stay one age for the rest of your life would you? What age would you be? Why? i would love to still be 32. that was when i got married and found out i was pregnant. it was a wonderful, memorable year!

7. 80s Hair bands or 90s Grunge bands? 80's hair band for the win! 

8. What is the soundtrack of your life? not really depicting my life but i have fond memories of john mayer's inside wants out. 

9.  Are you a morning person or a night owl? neither. but i tend to stay up way too late for no reason! 

10. What would your last meal be? my grandma's chocolate cake with some ice cream

11. What was your favourite show as a child? three's company 


11 questions : 


1.if you could be on the cover of a magazine, which one would it be and what would the caption be? 
2.worst job you've ever had and why? 
3.favorite cocktail?
4.if you could meet any celebrity who would it be?
5.if you could eliminate one hour of the day, which hour would it be?
6.the best quality in your spouse that made you fall in love with them?
7.biggest fear?
8.if you could be on one tv show what would it be and who would you play?
9.if you could be anyone in history who would it be?
10.favorite historical person?
11.if you could have a supernatural ability what would it be and how would you use it to your advantage?


i tag Eileen of Bringing Up Bronwyn, Amanda of Hello Pretty Eyes, and Diana of Livy Love, Johnna of Domesticated Delight, and anyone else who wants to play!

Dino Declan!

yesterday we went to the natural history museum for a fun day of dinosaurs and animals! d has a sudden interest in dinosaurs and the first tuesday of the month is free, so we hit up the museum for a few hours and got our dinosaur love on!

they have a kids room that is hands on and eye level to make exploring a little easier. d loved the binoculars and looked out the window for stuff. it was beyond adorable! 

plus, the massive polar bear is so rad! 

d loved it and "snuggled" it forever. 

after the dino exploring we hit up chick-fil-a for lunch where d fell in love with waffle fries and we scarfed on chicken sandwiches. 

i freakin love chick-fil-a. too much, really! 

and to end a wonderful, family filled day we did a little of this! 
guess we have to run around the museum more often since the napping has been practically non existent these day! 

we had an awesome day!
i am getting sad that brandon is heading back to work soon so we are squeezing in as many fun things as we can as a family! 

weekly photo dump. week 7.

another fun week in the books for the lott family.

we are enjoying these last few weeks with b before he goes back to work and we don't see much of him.

this week was pretty awesome! d is learning a million new things and words and can communicate so much better. makes life a little easier. 

now if he would only get back to napping! meh.

sunday morning was started off right with some pretty flowers, homemade french toast, dot art for the toddler and mama and a nap.(for once!) we spent the afternoon outside and did some major chalk art and the evening was spent with an awesome cheese and meat platter and champagne while we watched the oscars! we haven't seen a movie in forever but i watched for the fashion. don't we all?

monday i went to traci's where i added some more purple to my hair that didn't take and then i decided maybe i am destined for pink! i did some target shopping and found some mini marshmallows what were perfect for hot chocolate on this dreary day.
i also discovered the joys of the app draw something and got the best drawing ever! if you play, my name is mamainlalaland! i can't promise a masterpiece but i can promise some good lolz!

the boys got their haircut on tuesday. this is d's second cut. the first one was a snip because i couldn't bare to cut the curls. this was a real deal big boy cut! he looks so handsome! after the haircut we went to griffith park to play on the playground and then got chick-fil-a for lunch but i ate it too fast and forgot to take a pic!

it was a gorgeous day for the zoo so we packed up our stuff and headed out to see the animals! d is loving animals these days and loved the petting zoo area where he practically smothered a sheep and i cringed in fear that it would kick him! after checking out the animals we played on their playground for a bit and headed home for some naps. which didn't happen. sigh....

we started off this morning with a yummy homemade breakfast of eggs and toast and got the house cleaned up. i spent most of the day cleaning, laundering, organizing, etc while the boys played outside. i also got my new fruit crate in the mail and filled it with yummy stuff! 

that evening i took d out for dinner and frozen yogurt for our monthly date nights. i love these special nights with just the two of us!

friday is gymboree day so we hit up some playtime, ran around with the dogs in the pet store and came home to prep for a dinner party with friends. i made the pioneer woman's penne a la betsy and it was so yum! they brought cannoli's for dessert and we had the perfect little italian dinner complete with homemade sangria! 

we love our saturdays full of coffee, cartoons, sunshine, and dinner plans with friends. we drove to calabasas to have dinner with friends and enjoyed a delicious dinner and great fun with the kids. d and paige played so well together but ran around all night hence the lack of photo bombs from the night!

hope you all had a great week!

xoxo

i linked up with amy from a good life blog for her week in iPhotos. 

Friday Favorite. My MOST favorite thing to do.

this weeks friday favorites is dedicated to two things that are my absolute favorite. 
one, my favorite boy in the whole world. and two, my favorite thing to do with him.
d and i have special dates together once a month. we leave dad at home or he goes out with friends and we hit up the farmer's market or cpk for dinner. just the two of us. we draw, we play cars, we read books, or i just stare in amazement at this little guy and count my blessings that he is all mine! 
last night we hit up cpk for some yummy mac-n-cheese and a salad for me. the older d gets, the more fun this is for us. he now has a ton of words in the word bank so communicating is a lot easier! 

mastering the fork skills

after dinner we hit up pinkberry for some fro yo for mama and fruit for d. 
salted caramel yogurt?!?! yes, please! it was sooo good and way too big! 
my non eating sweets toddler (by choice)chose fruit. at a yogurt shop! crazy! 

these dates are so much fun and so special for both us of us to share. 

hope you all have a great weekend.

we have a dinner party tonight and another tomorrow and hopefully the farmer's market on sunday!

happy weekend!

xoxo

B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

my little guy has been chatting up a storm and lately the words are getting much clearer and easy to decipher! makes the guessing a lot easier!

d's new favorite word is banana and the way he says it is adorable! 

see for yourself!

also ignore the mom voice! :nails on a chalkboard: