life latley

My goodness...I logged on to check out my favorite blogs and realized I haven't written or shared photos not once this month. It's been a whirlwind! G's finishing up his classes (yay!) while I'm constantly thinking up what to add to our home and planning our trip to Jersey next month. It's hard to believe that going home now means flying all the way across the country! I tend to forget how far we are, especially when trying to convince friends to visit. But the weddings keep pulling us back to the East coast and needless to say, we love an excuse to visit!

Our Cali. home is slowly becoming ours little by little. We decided we'd buy unfinished IKEA furniture and finish it ourselves to get the look we wanted for a much cheaper price. Two weeks after being done, we really love how everything turned out! From new furniture to breakfast dates and peonies - here's some of what we've been up to lately. :)

One morning we decided to walk to brunch and get IHOP down the street. Loved the walk, but the food - not so much, which is weird because I used to love this place. Well, we both agreed that the Chicago food scene has raised our standards for what amazing breakfast is, so we probably won't be coming back soon. And the search for our fav brunchin place begins!

Happy Mothers day chat! Totally forgot to screen shot our convo with Denize :)

DIY!!!

G being funny! He always kept the mood fun when I was super freaking out about how the whole DIY would come out!

BEFORE...

AFTER!

and the peonies looked pretty darn pretty on our new and improved dresser. :)