Happy Birthday, Riley Aspen!

Hello, everyone!

Well, guess what. We have a baby! Her name is Riley Aspen and I am so very lucky to be her mama.

I don't think I will include very many details here about the birth story. Instead I will post a bunch of pictures! In a nutshell, my water broke while I was in the bathroom (blessings), I had little contractions through the night, got an epidural the following afternoon, and pushed for 30 minutes. Hats off to Jeff and the nurses who made all my hospital-picture dreams come true.

Our baby is an angel. She was born at 3:44 PM Friday, April 10, 2015. She was 6 lbs. 6 oz. and 19 and 3/4 inches long.

Riley was born the day of the Cadaver Ball (an end-of-the-year medical school celebration). Obviously we were occupied with more pressing matters, but we found out that they announced Jeff as medical student of the year! I guess everyone was like, "They're having a baby!!!" Needless to say, I am very proud of Jeff and all his hard work this year. What a day.

So there you go; we produced a human being and Jeff killed it in medical school this year.

 

Already back in the grind. This is Jeff's preferred way to study now. It's precious.

We love our baby with all our hearts. Welcome, Riley!

Happy Birthday to Jeff Falco!

This guy is awesome.

He is also 25 and 1 day.

I am posting about him [and Austin, Texas] today because we were too busy yesterday. 

Here are some pictures to sum up how we spent his birthday--not featured: catching up with our friends Brett and Julie and co., and a kayaking adventure on Lady Bird Lake.

Texas Sheet Cake ice cream from Lick Honest Ice Cream  (see below)

Austin is really cool. It was full of hipster sodas and purple flowers and sweet restaurants. I like that place. I am so glad that we could spend Jeff's birthday there. Tonight we are continuing the celebration with Texas Roadhouse (Thanks, Michelle). Birthdays are just the best.

Also, can we just take a second to highlight Lick Honest Ice Cream?? I am not an affiliate or anything, but that place was crazy! They have flavors like Roasted Beets + Fresh Mint, Coconut + Avocado Curd, and Fresh Oranges + Fennel... It was really cool.  Check it out if you're ever in the area. We really enjoyed it!

A Day Trip to San Antonio

Here's a lovely little video of our trip to San Antonio last week. It drizzled the entire time--how fun! We really enjoyed our visit to Kneader's. One of our friends is the Corporate Executive Pastry Chef and she is amazing. You should bop on over to her blog as well. She has an incredible talent for baking and my gosh, you should check out her gingerbread carousel she's working on this year.

Have a fabulous, little Monday!