our weekend in pasadena

this past weekend the fam and i headed to pasadena for a friend's baby's baptism.  my husband has been on the go for what seems like months now.  last week he was in wisconsin, the week before phoenix, the week before... who knows.  i lose track.  he got home at 10:30 friday night and we hit the road at 9am on saturday.  this was the lovely view from our balcony, which cost us nada (thank you hotel points!).

daddy and daughter were in need of some quality time together.  we didn't do anything too exciting, just hung out by the pool for a little bit and explored old town pasadena.

when one parent travels for work all the time, it has a tendency to make the time spent at home like work and often we are rushed to get x,y, and z done in the two days in the weekend.  if we stayed home this weekend my husband would have had a laundry list of things to do, made by me of course, but during the week i'm taking care of little miss s.  maybe things change once kids get older and can make their own lunch and bathe themselves!  sometimes we just need a little time out, even if it's a one night stay and two hours away.  i wish i would have taken more pictures of the chapel the baptism was in and some of the beautiful homes in pasadena, but i was too busy living.

now, you know i had to get a little shopping in.  i've been wanting to hit this furniture store up for quite a while.  it's not in pasadena, but we took a little detour on our way home.

 come to mama!

 loved this piece

 and really, really love this light

 little miss s was dying to get in this car.

hope your week is off to a good start so far!