All in lifestyle
We didn’t have much in the pantry to work with except some cherry tomatoes about to go bad, tortellini and jarred pesto from Trader Joes. We always have chicken broth and some heavy cream on hand, which come in as MVP quite often for sauces. See below for ingredients (you hopefully have on hand!) and recipe. Whipped this one up in 15min and it was a keeper!
There are a bunch of lists that exist out there and everyone has their own preference in terms of what is necessary to bring to the hospital for delivery. Our hospital provides mostly everything needed in the first days with the new baby included diapers, formula and post-natal products. In fact, we took a bunch home with us and stock piled!
My second time around, there are a couple of items I have found tried and true and some worth the splurge like the Hatch Ribbed Bodysuit (I’m typically a small but I sized up to a Medium).
With baby Murray coming in January and a busy fall, we decided to take a short trip up to Newport, RI to kick off the Christmas season! Here is a list of what I wore, where we stayed, ate and did while in town.
I adapted this recipe from Damn Delicious blog with a couple of tweaks. Double the recipe if you’re making for 4-6 with a bit of leftovers! The orzo takes on almost a risotto texture and it’s so good. You can cook the chicken ahead and chop ahead as well for an easy weeknight meal.
I wanted the wall to look cohesive but not expected. Maintaining the symmetry and same sized frames is classic and clean but adding the different sized mattes in the frames gave it some edge. I love a small photo with a large matte. Very minimalist.
