recent favorite moments

It's been a while since I've posted about our daily goings-ons, and I have a ton of photos piling up on my phone, so I thought I'd share a few of my favorite moments captured in recent weeks. The first photo, above, taken at the Temple of Dendur while visiting Abbey at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is going to go down as one of my all-time proudest snapshots. I mean, srrsly! A perfect moment captured. Moving on...

Daffodils = Spring, yay!

Joanna took these next ones when she and Toby came over recently. With two chatterbox toddlers, tandem nursing is the only way I can get a word in edgewise ;)

My parents were in town last week, and we had so much fun with them. One highlight for the boys was making art at the

kitchen table with Papaw:

The painting above is by Walker. He has some major chops with the brush, am I right?

I spotted this old Singer sewing machine during a recent walk. It was sitting on the sidewalk in front of a junk shop. I was so tempted to buy it, but ended up just snapping a pic instead.

Toby and Walker in the sandbox.

Jackson and Walker on their favorite local race car.

A nice play of shadow and light from that visit to the MoMA I was telling you about.

Toddlerwearing + museumgoing :)

My bling-y nails. I am a hopeless manicure klutz. I absolutely cannot do my own nails to save my life, or at least that's what I thought until I tried these. LOVE. So easy and fun. I still can't make them look perfect, but at least there's no dry-time and they don't smell awful like regular polish.

Walker and I took my mom out to celebrate her birthday at Pure Food and Wine. It's one of our favorite restaurants -- everything there is so delicious that the fact that it's all entirely raw seems beside the point! This Classic Sundae was so good we ended up ordering an extra one.

Another day, another treat. This one is the soft serve sampler at Momofuku Milk Bar. The flavors? Candy Bar, Crack Pie, Grasshopper Pie, and Cereal Milk. It was hard to pick a favorite. I adore the fact that the sampler includes fun toppings, woot!

Mamaw outdid herself with the building of blanket forts while she was here.

A recent after-bath, naked-baby-romp.

And this is how the boys nap.

They're so lucky to have each other.

The King's Speech Premiere

Remember when I posted about this movie a little while back? Well, tonight Taro and I attended the New York Premiere, at the gorgeous Ziegfeld Theater.

The movie was beyond wonderful. Inspiring, funny, moving, educational, suspenseful. One of the best flicks I've seen in ages. Oh, and the Academy should just cut to the chase and give Mr. Firth his Best Actor Oscar already. His performance is freaking phenomenal. Unforgettable.

We had a glorious, glamorous time and I loved every moment of the film, but I have to say, the highlight of my evening was when we arrived home. We've never stayed out so late (10:30!) so the boys have never been put to bed by the sitter before. Well, we tiptoed in the door to find the two kiddos asleep, entwined in each other's arms in the bed.

It was the sweetest thing I've ever seen, and it gave me such a sense of peace and happiness to know that they have each other. The fact that they already rely on each other for comfort and security is just so beautiful. I love them so much individually, but the image of them cuddling and snoring in our absence really clarified my sense of loving them so much as a unit. And I know this is just the beginning of a lifetime of camaraderie and closeness. They are so lucky.

And I am luckier than both of them put together.

Photos via Accidental Sexiness

Brothers

I discovered this little clip last night when I was browsing through iPhoto looking for the photos for my last post. I didn't know that my mom had the camera rolling during the adorable moment that J first held W in his arms.

Seeing this first sibling interaction again was like getting a birthday gift myself! Thanks, mom.

Oh, and in case you missed it the first time around, you can read the story of W's birth right HERE.

High Line Afternoon

Today, Taro took a break from pre-gala overtime-work-mode and the four of us went downtown to spend the afternoon on The High Line. It was a gorgeous day (a perfect, sunny, warm-but-breezy temperature) and we had fun strolling, people-watching, and playing. Not bad for a Monday! How did you begin your week?

Wearing W in my Didymos wrap (Aqua Waves colorway)

What a smile!

My handsome hubby.

Climbing!

A sweet hug :)

Crossing 8th Ave on our way home.

Five Months (Yesterday)

Hard to believe these guys have only been brothers for five months. Seems more like forever...