40 WEEKS = NO UPDATES

Ohhhh little missy ...won't you come out and play with me?

At least we can still take long Sunday walks to Brooklyn Heights promenade...

What to do when you are 38 weeks pregnant and have constant anxiety that labor is going to start at any minute.

You help throw a super cute baby shower for your good friend Koseli
who is due 2 weeks after you.

Then you enthusiastically support your husband (from your comfy spot on the couch) to make home-made fried chicken for Sunday dinner.

Then you try to come up with something interesting to put on your blog. After you mopped all the wood floors in your whole apartment of course. (D*mn those floors look good!)

37 weeks

This is my labor face. Good enough?

baby shower wower

mama loves me some mexican food! a big shout out to some seriously awesome friends in brooklyn...thanks, you guys. you're the bestest.

treinta y cuatro

That's right. 34 weeks. Baby internal dance party 24-7. I'm pretty sure she also has a trampoline in there.

Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous (not to be confused with the Monsons)

We are car sitting for a friend this month which directly translates into: FREEDOM!!! (also: AWESOME!!!!!!) Therefore, we have a few daycations planned out in order to maximize the most of our last two-party family moments. First stop: Newport, Rhode Island. It's only 3.5 hours from NYC so definitely doable in one day. (Unfortunately we are not heirs to the Vanderbilt fortune, so we had to skip staying at a ritzy seaside B&B.) However we did tour and gawk at their fancy pants stupid copycat European palace mansion, so we basically feel we are now part of the high society in Newport. Of course, that feeling sort of disappeared when we found ourselves hiding in an alley as we changed into swimsuits in the front seat of our car, while snacking from a cooler of snacks brought from home. Oh well, money only takes you so far.

Doris Duke kept 3 camels at her mansion, "just because". Seriously.

Highlight of the day was discovering the local's beach...making mama very very happy.

self portrait: 26 weeks

baby girl Monson likes oatmeal, pb&j, and oreos.

semi-annual year in review

falltime features -- aaron's new decade. beverly hills hotel + hokama tday.

wintertime wins -- brooklyn xmas.

springtime specials -- paris de luxe babymoon. lil' evan weds.

In T minus 7 days...

You are all going to hate us.










I love you, fancy hotel job.