Nailpolish splurge

ok - since the colder months call for less frequent trips to the nail salon for pedicures i decided to treat myself to 2 new Essie colors. Love them. They're just screaming out fall colors.Essie nail polish in Mink Muffs Essie nail polish in Chinchilly

Gabriel 24 weeks

Gabe has grown up so much these past few weeks. i love it but don't. i want him to stay little forever - so selfish - i know.

Here he is at 23 weeks with his little pumpkin.

Some of his milestones:

- he's rolling over from back to tummy and from tummy to back

- he's sort of crawling - well, more like slugging along like a worm - but boy does he travel. i swear i leave him alone for a minute and he's on the other side of the room!

- he's teething

- he's talking a lot more, his syllables and more defined

- he can follow an object - if it gets dropped his gaze follows it

- he's a professional traveler. Gabe has flown back and forth from NJ and MN back to Atlanta

And for your viewing pleasure, here Gabe is in his first Halloween costume!!!

Stripes

I'm all about stripes. I think my whole wardrobe i packed for my NJ/NY trip consisted of stripes - even Gabe's wardrobe and blankets had a lot of stripes - lol.

Here, Gabe and I are, at Mitsuwa in Edgewater, NJ with my close family and friends. It's one of my absolute favorite places to go. Its a large asian grocery store with various japanese food stores/stands next to it. You can get sushi, Udon, teriyaki, fried icecream. My new food for the day was black sesame icecream. Don't knock it til you try it. It was amazing. I'm wearing a cotton top from H&M. Gabe's in a Giants onesie - of course he couldn't get away with without wearing it - he's in Giant's/Yankees teritory.

Here I am with baby Gabe at Burger Palace - great burger joint in Bergen NJ. I'm wearing a wool jacket from Tommy Hilfiger, grey pashmina, David Yurman cable bracelet. Gabe's wearing a l/s onesie and jeans from Old Navy

Here I am at Pinkberry (big smile) with my great friend, Cheryl, and my baby sister, Christine. I'm wearing a dolman striped sweater from H&M.

Here Wil and I are sitting like an old married couple. It was a beautiful fall day for pumpkin picking with our friends in NJ. The trees there were gorgeous - nothing beats fall in the northeastern part of the country. Wil's in a button down shirt and shorts from Banana republic. I'm wearing Marc by Marc Jacobs sunnies, Club Monaco jacket, striped shirt from H&M, oragen pashmina, Michael Kors watch.

Happy October!

Can you believe its October already? i can't - especially since its still pretty hot here in Atlanta . Anyway, October means fall which means new beginnings in the fashion world. Time to update the wardrobe! Well, in this case, the accessories wardrobe. Here's a bag that caught my eye in a magazine recently. Its of course by one of my favorite designers, Valentino. Its a grey lace leather bag. At first this bag did give a spring'y vibe. But then i pictured this feminine purse with my tall, light brown riding boots in the fall and a long grandfather cashmere cardigan in grey. Maybe even a nice jewel toned pashmina to add a pop of color - maybe a deep purple? Anyway, love this purse. of course it won't make it into my closet anytime soon, but just wanted to share.

You know what fall means...

Aside from fall fashion week, it means.....FOOTBALL!

ok, who am i kidding. i don't follow football like i follow fashion,

but my husband does which means, my son will too.

The season opener this year was a MN Vikings vs the New Orleans Saints.

These were the same two teams that fought for a spot to play in last

season's Super Bowl.

Here's baby Gabe in his Vikings gear - he wasn't very happy.

I like to say he wasn't happy because the vikings lost AGAIN

to the saints, but a lot of people like to say its because he's

not happy with the team choice :) Who knows?

Gabriel - 15 weeks old