Well this is very 2011: posting from the skies.
I am currently wedged in a window seat–26 A, the furthest from the front–while two men sleep a little too comfortably beside me. Nella is tucked away in her pouch, and I am taking it all in.
From my window, I can see through a few pockets of open air in a thick layer of clouds to make out the Ohio River snaked around a vast grid of streets and fields.
I like adventure. I love the opportunity to explore new places, meet new people, embrace new landscapes. But every time there’s a ticket booked and it doesn’t involve our entire family, I wig out a few days before. This trip was no exception. I almost made a last minute decision to cancel everything last night after a few hiccups in our plans, but alas (I love alas), I am here. In the clouds. A Mile High.
I have a good stash of home memories from the week to balance the next few days of travel adventure.
Nella feeding herself with O.T. She insists on feeding herself now.
And a nice hunger for California adventure to balance out our homey pleasures.
Nella and I enjoyed a layover hidden in the dark corner of an airport burger joint. She’s been a little gem so far.
But her kicks to our sleeping neighbor right now suggest Sister wants to stretch her legs and move. Soon. As in four hours when we get out of this sky cell.
My battery light is blinking, so moving quick.
Early Friday Phone Dump as I don’t know what we’ll be doing tomorrow.
And a welcome to our new sponsor, The Pat-a-Cake Baby. Check out their fine selection of hip baby accessories.
We love their bibs (I never thought about bibs much when Lainey was little, but I can’t get enough of cute, unique patterns this time around).
One of their best selling items is their wet bag, perfect for keeping wet clothes separate in your bag/purse (great for Florida beach and pool trips!)
And, after finding out yesterday one of my good friends is expecting a girl, I can’t wait to give her this new swaddle wrap.
One random commenter on this post will win a $30 gift certificate from The Pat-a-Cake-Baby, and use code KHBLOG for 20% off on purchases from the site.
Man waking up beside us. Battery fading. Nella kicking.
More from California soon.
That is so cool that you are posting from the sky!!! Hope you have fun!!!
Love the bag, swaddle blanket and the bib is adorable. I am due in November, so I would love to stock up on some goodies. Thanks!
I love the swaddle wrap!! I would love to get one for my sweet new baby girl!
Have a great trip. Love the wet bags-so useful with babies (grand babies too!)
Mile High Club, yeah baby!
Love that Nella. And Lainey. And, well, all of you! 🙂
Enjoy CA!
I’ve never been to Cali and would love to go!! I’ve never even been off the East Coast 🙂
safe travels! I just love Nella’s pig tails!
Hope you have a great trip!
I’m the same way with travel, it’s a tumultuous love/hate/mostly love relationship. Safe travels!
Ps. I’m leaving your blog open just to fully enjoy this epic song 🙂
Safe travels <3
I’m so glad she’s traveling well for you…my little one was always a beast to fly with!
Hope you have a great trip!
Have a fun trip!
posting from your seat while being wedged between 2 people, with a sleeping babe and miles high? too cool! enjoy your new adventure! love that you found a way to kill time on the plane, entertain us and blog out!
Looking forward to hearing of your adventures in Sunny California! Once the battery recharges, of course. 🙂
Yay for travel and adventure! Double yay for beckoning home and family! Enjoy. 🙂
Wish you had a layover in SLC! Have fun and give Nads a big hug from me! Love the Friday phone dump picture of Nella looking out the airplane window with her piggies! Such a big girl now!
xo
You’re so lucky to be visiting San Diego. I absolutely love California & SD is one of the lovliest places in the state. Hope you enjoy the convention. I’m sure you’ll meet & make so many new friends. Have a great time. Can’t wait for the recap.
Have a wonderful trip! I love San Diego!
That swaddle wrap is awesome! I have two friends currently cooking baby muffins so I will be passing this along! Enjoy California! 🙂
Wow. Love the wet bag! Brilliant. And, have fun fun fun in CA.
Have fun at the convention! San Diego is SO you 😉
I love the wet bags! So handy!
Mmmhmm! California! Have a sweet time.
We just moved to San Diego… I’ll be waiting to see if you find any little hidden gems for us to go check out. =)
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If you’re near Orange County you MUST come to Red Table! It’s a restaurant that my mom just opened in Huntington Beach. We would love to see you and Nella! It’s really delicious.
Oh, Nella is getting so big and girl-looking! Sweet thing.
I love the photo dump-palm.tree-pic. Makes me ache (again) to go to Miami. When will I be able to go, eh?!!
Have a grand adventure in California!
I just got back from a grand adventure in Devon and Cornwall, Britain, and sucking such marrow (!!!) is simply fab!
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Wet bags are a godsend, no doubt about that. I live in the SF Bay Area, where in CA are you headed ?~! I moved here eleven years ago from Sarasota County-Englewood specifically, but in the thirty years I was there I lived all over the place from Key West to Deerfield to E-wood. Climate here is so different, it took a few years to get acclimated but now I love 65-70 degrees and wouldn’t want to have to return to your neck of the woods. (we don’t have bugs here)
loving the wet pouch. what a great idea!
Love your blog. You are so talented. Exoecting our first this winter and cannot wait for all of the joys of parenthood
Enjoy! Nothing gets my creativity in gear like getting airborne………I fly along and dream of all the dresses/paintings/etc, etc, I’ll enthusiastically execute when I’m no longer confined. It’s like being in a ‘dream tank’ for a few hours….and then upon landing………..an adventure! b
Have a wonderful trip! You are so brave to go alone with your little one!
Have a fabulous trip!!!
Have a great time!!! I swear, everytime I read one of your posts, it inspires me to be a better blogger/mother/woman!!! 🙂
So…you have thousands of followers…does any of them ever spot you in the airport..or out and about? And then of course, do a bit of stalking!!!
wish I could be at BlogHer but maybe next year..you’re on my coast now, stop by for a visit! Lils can’t wait for that playdate with Nella:)
if you have any secrets on how to entertain an 18 month old on an airplane, I’d love to hear it. My son insists on feeding himself too – most of the time i tolerate it. Bravo little Nella – she is well on her way to becoming a little girl!
Oh gosh! I meant “do” not “does”…and I’m a teacher to boot!!
Wow, I didn’t know you could even connect to the internet on a plane… I’m definitely behind the times!
Soooo 2011, IMPRESSIVE!!! So fun in the sky, minus the two sleeping guys, unless they are hot of course 🙂 Enjoy Cali!
Bon voyage!
You make flying sound so peaceful and exciting with your sweet baby girl!
flying by yourself with a little one..ohh, soo brave:) Have a great time in Cali! Love the swaddle bag!
Welcome to Cali! We’re happy to have you. Hopefully the sun stays shining for you. I have a shower in a couple of weeks and these bibs and burp cloths are perfect. Your sponsors always have the best stuff!
Safe travels!! =) Enjoy!
That wet bag is a genius design! I love traveling, and I love airplane rides. The people you meet, the things you see. All of it brings a great feeling of adventure to me. Enjoy your time in Cali, I am headed out that way next month!
I wish I were squeezed in there right next to you. Exchanging stories and you letting me hold your sweet Nella. Oh what a glorious flight it would be. Have a blast at BlogHer. I bet it’s going to be wonderful Someplace I would love to be some day.
Be safe.xx
Enjoy your trip!
I have to tell you, my son got a card in the mail today just because. It reminded me so much of your Hallmark post and it really touched me to see how much it made my 5 year olds day to receive a card in the mail full of stickers for no other reason then, “because I haven’t seen your smiling face in to long”.
I would love to know your tricks for traveling alone with a little one! You’re becoming a pro and I’m impressed! Have a wonderful trip!
Welcome to the land of sea, sun and crazy drivers! Those bibs are so cute and might actually fit the thick neck of my son! Yay for bib shopping!
yeah for nella using a spoon! she rocks! so proud of her 🙂
You are a cool girl jet setter you. 🙂
Ooooh….that owl bag is super cute! Just to let you know, sometimes I leave your blog up on my Mac just to keep listening to the music!
Jealous of your California adventure…I almost had the hubby convinced to go this summer, but it’s looking like it will be postponed – sigh. I was actually thinking of doing a nostalgic Disneyland trip all by myself sometime soon…weird? I can always bring the kiddos later!
Have fun 🙂
what a great idea that little bag is! Love your pictures…. again!
Thanks for the great post for our products 🙂 Have a wonderful trip!
Safe Travels. I have yet to bring my 19 month old twins on a plane. I think their first trip will be in your direction… aka Disneyworld in Orlando.
Love fun fabrics! I never thought of a wet bag!! I live in Florida where that would be perfect!
Love the wet bag! Who doesn’t need one of those. And look at Baby Girl using that spoon!
Have a great time in CA!
Took my own sweet baby to San Diego last fall when my hubby had a business trip there. All I can say is FISH TACOS!! (You might be able to get good ones in FL, but in CT it’s slim pickins.) Definitely check out LaJolla. Have Fun!
Mental Picture of you and Nella and the man next to you, is too funny! Awesome that you are a “sky-blogger”. Have fun on your trip!
You do everything with such grace! Have a great trip and enjoy your time with just Nella! <3
I’m not a great traveller, I want to be-but I love home too much….next year we’re working up to my first real overseas trip (New Zealand from Australia doesn’t really count- they don’t even stamp your passport) to Canada. I’m already trying to come up with excuses….hopefully I can give myself a good talking to.
I hope you aren’t in the middle of those two men. Flying isn’t very comfortable anymore.
Nella’s hair is getting so long. She looks cute in the bibs. Cute things. Love the swaddle too.
Love that bag to put wet clothes in!
I totally thought this blog was going to be a flashback from your “crazy days.” Good hook. I bit. :o)
great new sponsor! I hope I win!
I had something else completely in mind with this title. 😉
That wet bag is genius!
love the blog!
Posting from a mile high….that’s dedication! Great song playing by the way, Florence can rock it!
Gotta get myself a wet bag! Enjoy the friendly skies.
Matt just looked at Nella’s picture and thinks she is so big!
ooooo have safe travels!!
can’t wait to hear and see more 🙂
Oooh! I must have a wet bag! And bibs for my niece! Love their stuff and would love to win . . . have fun in CA!
would love to send you a card just because.. I have to have a p.O. box for you… Have a great flight.. back… and Love the new sponsor.. wet bag.. great idea.
Love the swaddle wrap. I recieved one similar as a gift when my daughter was born and used it all the time.
What an incredible journey with your little one by your side. Safe travels to you can’t wait to hear about all the things you are doing!
Have an amazing time! LOVE that stuff! So so cute! My future little lady could certainly use a few items from them!
Brooke
http://www.TheAnnessaFamily.blogspot.com
enjoy CA! Soak it up, take it in…not too different from FL, but it’s a trip! Stay safe, and snuggle Nella.
Man that wet bag is genius! Makes my walmart bag seem pretty ghetto ha!! Crossing my fingers I win this one so I can be all classy 🙂
Have fun!!
I have a pregnant friend to use that gift certificate on!
Nella must be an amazing traveler!! And Big Sister will get some fun daddy time at home, I’m sure 🙂
My sister just found out she is having a girl. This aunt is sooo excited I was the only one that thought she was having a girl!! I know she would just love this pink swaddler. Being the favorite aunt I have a long list of things to get. Thiswould help out! Thanks!
I also almost cancel trips and vacations last minute because things always get crazy at the 11th hour! It just makes the trip that much more relaxing when things fall into place. Enjoy your time! Looking forward to hearing all about it!!
I have a 6 week old baby, and would love a gift certificate! We cloth diaper & need another wet bag. Thanks!
Kelle, I’ve been reading your blog for a little over a year now. I’m always left with a smile, so thank you. I’d love the chance at being randomly selected, my husband and I have a ‘little’ 10 week secret we are trying to prepare for before this winter 😉
I love the cowboy bib! Lots of friends of mine are having babies, so I’d love to stock up for them!
I am such a homebody that I have a hard time before trips. But they are almost always worth it. Have fun!
Have a great trip! Nella gets to go on a big adventure-you go girl! Can’t wait to see pictures.
We live in the Valley near Fresno. My son lives in San Diego and just retired from the Navy as an officer. He is 38 and retired…..what a life huh? Love Nella’s piggie tales and pecious smiles she has been displaying lately. Enjoy your blogging experience, I am sure you will meet some wonderful people! Also your new goodies are so much fun!
Have a safe trip!! 🙂
Enjoy your travels! Soak it in like only you can. 🙂
-Jennifer from Annapolis
I love that damask swaddle! Have a great time in CA!
ooo I’m due early November with a baby girly and would love to snag some goodies! hope you have a great trip!
enjoy all your adventures….
xoxo
cathy
Ohhh I’m sure my sweet October babes will look cute in that! Someday very soon I will get to experience the joy of meeting my little one’s face.
Wet bag is also great for traveling with cloth diapers 🙂 Cute owl print!
The sky cell reference made me think of my daughter’s doctor appt. last week. It took an hour longer than expected because she wouldn’t pee, and it felt like a cell to me and my two other kids. We were all begging her to please pee! Hope you have a great trip!
I love your new sponser! I am due next month and would love to spend some money on her site! I am obsessed with her cute fabrics! I am thinking about a wetbag for our kitchen because we are switching from using paper towels for cleaning to old cut up tshirts! I could spend a fortune on her stuff! Sweet baby Lucy needs some hip gear!
Oh….I love summer and hula hoop girls! Have a good rest of the trip!
The wet bag is great! (Giggling because I already have some: they say Safeway, Giant, or Shoppers). Fancy, I am.
Oh! Have a wonderful trip! Jealous. You are such a wonderful mom … with beautiful children. You are blessed! (and the pic of Nella smiling with the bib on – gorgeous!)
can’t wait to see your cali pics. we were there back in may and loved it!
Enjoy the break from this SWFL humidity! I’m catching up on 2 months away from your blog. Time flies when the baby started toddling. Thanks for the continued wing beneath my wings this week. Have fun!
LOVE California weather!! It is one of my favorite places to visit, especially SoCal! Cannot wait to see you there and your pics!
I’m glad Nella is behaving so well! My own always surprises me with her good behavior on trips. Have fun in California! 🙂
What sweet babies you have. Love seeing the pictures and their adorable smiles!
I just love your blog. I love to read it, I don’t always comment but the way you word things and the pictures you take are amazing!
My best friend is due with a little girl in November…I’m heading over to buy that adorable swaddle wrap right now! I love your blog…enjoy your trip to CA!!
WishI was in Cali have a great trip
Have an awesome trip…and seriously your kids couldn’t be any cuter (until the next post of course) 😀
oh boy, we are taking a long plane trip in a couple of weeks too with our almost 2 year old and I’ll be 16 weeks pregnant. Luckily my fabulous hubby will be with us to help with squirmy legs 🙂 Can’t wait to hear more from Cali!!
Hi Kelle,
Is there an email where I could reach you regarding business?
Thanks so much!
Carrie
Higher Level Group
ctaaca@gmail.com
Love that wet bag! No more Safeway grocery bags for wet swimsuits. 🙂
I’m always so impressed that you can write “quickie blogs” and include all of the photos! Enjoy the trip! And I really need a wet bag for our outings with 2 kids in cloth diapers!!!
I am set to fly with a baby in one week and I imagine there will be alot of neighbour kicking on our trip! Oh, and I do so love sprinklers! I’m excited for when my little is old enough to enjoy one.
OH MY goodness! I think this Pat-a-cake is made by one of my best friends family member…Gonna have to check on this! 🙂
nella’s pigtails just make me smile. happy traveling!
these are so cute! I would love to put one of those bibs on my little one – have a safe trip!
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Love their bibs, I want some!
I am a new reader of your blog, and I love reading it. I am a new mom and really enjoy reading about other mom’s adventures. You’re girls are absolutely beautiful and I look forward to reading about the new things they learn and experience
A cross country adventure with your littlest girl. What a collection of memories you will make to keep in your pocket. Enjoy every moment. Even those moments you’re wishing for home. Home will always be there. Adventures are fleeting.
p.s. Nella is a rock star!
Have a WONDERFUL trip!! 🙂
ohhh.. sky post. how fun. Have a great trip.
Have fun! Wishing I was going to CA too. I’ll be making a trip to Korea with the 2 kids soon and that scares me enough to keep me from any other plane trips.
And I love bibs! I also wasnt big on them with kidlet #1 but now theyre great for the drooly teething snotty pukey boy 😀
I love the cowboy bib.
i have a friend that loves the swaddle wraps! they are amazing 🙂
Enjoy your special time with Nella. I understand the stress of leaving some of your family at home. I have almost cancelled a trip or two myself!
What a little sweet heart. Have a great trip!
So jealous I wish I was off on a fun adventure…hope you have a blast!
What a gorgeous swaddle blanket:). Have a lovely trip to CA; here’s to hoping you have an empty seat next to you on the trip back; no men sleeping dangerously close;).
Safe travels!!
xoxo,
Blair
Love, Love, Love! Nella eating is the most adorable thing ever
I love the wetbag too. I think I need it 🙂
LOVE that bib nella has on!!
What sweet pics of the girls. LOVE!
About to head over and buy that wet bag riiiiight now…
So pretend that your Friday Phone Dump grid was a BINGO board…k, without the ‘O’, so a BING board, and I love I2, I4, N1, N4, and G3. Have so much fun in California! Can’t wait to hear about your adventure. 🙂
Such cute stuff that I am pretty sure my newborn girlie needs!!
Thanks for your always entertaining and uplifting words… such a joy to read!
How very hip you are posting from the sky! Have a fun trip. Love the wet bag….we could have used it yesterday when this momma forgot a bag to put our wet swimsuits in! lol
Enjoy your trip… I am going to HAVE to get me one of thoes wet bags!!
I was just thinking I need more bibs! So adorable!
Have fun! I’m so jealous!!!
I am so happy I stumbled across your blog. you inspire me
I’m jealous cuz I wish I was in CA with all our family right now too but, flying with my little one is a nightmare!! I’m so glad yours did so well!! Enjoy your time!
Is Lainey checking for more teefers coming in? Say hello to the west coast for me. 🙂
That bib is awesome.. and one can never have too many wetbags!
Have a fabulous time! Glad you decided to go…i am the same way about traveling without everybody – stay strong! 😉
Have fun on your adventure!
Have fun on your adventure!
oh I am so pro-swaddling and that is the cutest swaddler ever! Enjoy your trip!
Love the bag!!! Enjoy your trip!!!
I love the swaddle wrap!! I need to learn how to do this soon! Our little one will be here in 7 weeks!!
adventure is so fun! and so are those bibs!
I hope you have a great trip and try to enjoy the new experiences even though you will miss the other half of your family. Love the new sponsor too!
I love the phone dumps, and this one is my fave so far. I’m diggin’ the swaddle wrap. I love those things. Enjoy your trip. Can’t wait to see the pics. We are taking Adam & Levi to their first movie tomorrow (Winnie the Pooh)!! I am excited!
I love that Lainey and Nella have the same red and blue swimsuit! I buy matching outfits for my girls too-something I swore I’d never do! I’m turning into my mother; but what the heck, it’s a good thing…she is amazing!
Aww, she looks so proud feeding herself. How sweet. Enjoy California.
OMGoodness! I just have to say how grown up Nella looks in her bib! She’s starting to look more and more like her big sis 🙂
I am the same way about travel! As a teenager, I love it and would go anywhere the wind would take me. Now that I have 2 babies of my own, I flip out. Isnt motherhood the craziest best thing ever? Safe travels to you!
enjoy your trip! i’d love to win the giveaway to stock on gifts for my soon-to-be niece!
Love love love the music. Really brings you INTO your blog. Makes you take time to read and look at the pictures.
I just started a blog myself. I’m flying on Monday and will have a babe swaddled (hopefully sleeping) in my lap. Might have to blog from the sky and join the “mile high club”.
Love the bag…I live in Florida too (and am from Michigan originally)!
Safe travels mama!
I would love a wet bag, we cloth diaper and I always need more wet bags!
Hope you have a great trip!
be safe girlie and have fun. i would wig out too. can’t believe you can blog from an airplane. i wouldn’t even know where to begin.
Awwww you could have dropped Nella here in Arkansas and picked her up on your way back. Love the pictures. Have a safe trip.
Pam
Hope you have a Wonderful trip!
oh oh oh! I want a wet bag PLEASE! I hope that you and Nella have a great time in cali!
I think I might be the only person who giggled at the title 🙂
I would love to go to Cali, one day….
One adventure after another … Mommyhood in motion. Have fun. 😀
Enjoy your trip!!! Your chicks are gorgeous!! 🙂
Beautiful pictures! You amaze me, traveling with a baby & blogging from the airplane – I can do one or the other, but not both! Hope you have a wonderful trip 🙂
Love the wet bag. and owls… how can you go wrong? Enjoy your trip, and the one on one time with Nella.
Have a wonderful trip! Can’t wait to hear about your adventures and vicariously live through you.
If you happened to get laid up in OKC look us up.
That bib is adorable!
I love when they feed themselves!! She is a lil doll! I don’t blame her for wanting to stretch. Sitting on a plane for an extended period of time is hard for me at times. 🙂 I love CA! Can’t wait to see some pictures.
Love that this post came from the air! 🙂 I totally freak out too before anything having to do with travel having nothing to with my man. Ah! It’s always easier with everyone along. That way your heart is all in one place too. Enjoy Cali… can’t wait to hear about the trip!
Welcome to SoCal Kelle,
You should be here by the time you read this.
I wish I was off to the conference to meet you and give you a hug….
We were in San Diego last weekend visiting the zoo, its only an hour away from us…it made me wonder who or what created all the animals so magnificent..makes me believe in heaven!
You do know if you join the ‘real’ mile high club they give you a set off wings on your way off the plane ha! Just kidding…
enjoy
love
Diana x
Can’t wait to hear all about the trip! Have fun and enjoy your time!
Posting from the sky! Technology has come so far! Happy flying!
As excited as I am to not only take a trip, but to have my kids fly for free, our six hour flights to CA make me pray.
Have fun in Cali! We’re all about bibs in this house – we went from six months of constant spit up to now endless amounts of drool due to teething. Fun times that call for adorable bibs!
really cute bibs!
Love this stuff and your blog! I just had my 3rd baby (a girl) and I would love to get that swaddle wrap!
Gotta love the bib.
I now look forward to the friday phone dump… what a great idea! Nella is getting so big, and he hair is getting so long! Beautiful!
I love those sprinkler photos! Is there anything more summery than a sprinkler?
Love the pigtails! Just for a second I was sad my littlest guy is a guy and I don’t get to do all the fun hair stuff. 🙂
omg the pic of Nella at the burger joint and the phone dump pics with Brett are the BEST!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE her sweet little face! Love that bib, and that swaddle wrap? Enough to make a sister wanna get knocked up!!! I want one of those!
ahhhhhhh! I wish I was going to blogHer!!!! SO JEALOUS!!! Have a blast!
and I would LOVE a wet bag 🙂 we live in CA on the coast, so it would be fab for those wet things to come home in!
Hope you have a fantastic time in San Diego! It’s one of my favorite cities! Melissa R.
I am dying over Nella pig-tails. dying.
that swaddle wrap is possibly the cutest thing ever!
I’m officially welcoming you to my fair state and wish I were joining you at BlogHer. Say ‘hi’ to Mel from Stirrup Queens if you happen to bump into her 🙂
Love the picture of Nella smiling with the bib on! I also love the colorful wet bag. Your pictures are the best!
Enjoy your trip! I LOVE that swaddler… super cute! 🙂
Yeah for wonderful things like wet bags, big girls feeding themselves and fun trips! Enjoy!
Love, love the wet bag. Much cuter than the ziploc bags I’ve been using for my “loves to loosen the top on her sippy cup and drop it in the diaper bag to wet up everything else” two year old.
Hope you’re headed towards something fun in California 🙂 I got a bit of a crash course in traveling with kids when my husband and I traveled with friends and their kids this past week 🙂
I love the swaddle wrap, I definitely need to get something like that for my baby girl who will be making her appearance in October 🙂
Have a great trip! I can’t believe you’re posting from the airplane with Nella strapped to you!
Hope your having a BLAST at BlogHer. I want to go next year SO badly. Ill be going to Bloggy Boot Camp Atlanta AND Blissdom but BlogHer is where its at.
Nella is adorbs in pigtails. Just sayin.
clouds-from-airplanes photos are my favorite.
safe travel blessings to you and nella!
I hate long plane rides! Internet makes it a little better though. Love the swaddle wrap, my friend needs that for her baby girls as well. Have a nice trip!
The fabrics on those baby products are too cute!
Hope you have a great trip in CA!
posting from the sky is on my bucket list. have a wonderful time in California — wish I were going to BlogHer as well! also. I’m so in love with your music taste and your ability to find such wonderful songs. seriously.
Love the wet bag! That would be much more stylish than the plastic bags I haul to and from the lake!
On my wish list: the wet bag and the swaddle 🙂 have a great trip!
Oh swoon over all those sweet things! My husband and I found out recently that we are having our first little one!! Travel safely.
I went to Cali once when I was around 13, hopefully I’ll get to go back.
I’ve never seen anyone make swaddle wraps. LOVE the new sponsor.
And I have a very similiar little sister standing outside the bath tub while big sister takes a bath pic of my two girls. 🙂
I live in Florida as well, hence, we go to the springs/beaches quite often…well, those water bags are genius! Kudos for the seller’s creativity! 🙂
I’m a relative newcomer to your blog, but I’ve been loving your tales of summer! Your photos are beautiful and I’m enjoying reading some of your past thoughts. Thanks for a lovely blog.
Have so much fun! 🙂
Happy travels! Lovin the Friday phone dumps! The wet bag is a necessity- we use ours all of the time, but mine isn’t cute like that one! 🙂
oh to fly with only one baby! the last time we flew was with 2 and now if we tried it would be with a 5 year old (which wouldn’t be so bad) a 2 year old and a 6 month old…driving really isn’t so bad =) enjoy your adventure!
Loving the Friday Phone Dump every week. 🙂 And I live in CA, but alas, am 6 hours North along the Coast…otherwise I would love to meet you and sheepishly admit how I admire you weekly from afar.
And OH. MY. GOSH. L-O-V-E the new sponsor! Our little one is due to arrive in October and I am having a hard time waiting to buy up all sorts of cute stuff.
Happy Travels!
Awesome your posting from the sky. Lol Hope you have a great trip! Love the bib that Bella is wearing.
I hope you and Nella have a ton of fun while you’re in California! It’s a pretty awesome state 🙂
My sister is due with her first any SECOND! That swaddle would be the perfect way to welcome my niece into this crazy world! Safe travels to you and Nella!
Welcome to cali! I wasn’t a bib mama with my oldest (6) either, but am loving them with baby girl #2
Wet bag is such a great idea! The patterns are adorable.
Love the baby stuff! I have a three month old baby girl who would look darling in some of those bibs.
I keep a pretty blue box tucked away in the top of my closet containing sweet ruffles and bows and blankies for my future littles. Hopefully, we’ll get exciting news soon! 🙂 I would love to add the bib. Precious!
Love the photo of Nella in the cafe…looks like she is saying, “hey you, want some of this?”
Have a fun, fab time in CA!
Flying with a baby = the Epitome of how mama hood makes you paranoid, protective, tired, in love and literally NUMB. 🙂 Good Luck!
Nella is looking like a toddler! Time flies! Have a safe trip!
Have a fab trip!
I need a wet bag! Such a good idea!
ahhhh, just want to pinch Nella’s cheeks. too cute.
loooove the wet bag! thanks for the giveaway.
“Nella in her pouch”..too sweet. Love the wet bag!
Love your blog.
That swaddler is amazing! It could be the perfect gift for my boss’s new little one…to whom I still owe a gift! OOPS!
Extremely cute bibs! I’m just tickled that Addy is actually eating something now and we are actually having to use bibs!!! It only took 4 years and 10 months but hey, it’s the little things!!! I know someday I’ll be “remember when Addy only ate through her g-tube?” won’t that be great when it’s long enough ago that I forget 🙂
I just love little Nella!! She is precious! Live the pic of her feeding herself, what a big girl!
No more babies for me, but my sisters-in-law are popping them out like mad. Being the good auntie I am, I’d totally get them those darling hooded towels. My girls love the hell out of theirs!
That Nella sure gets around!! Bring her to see me in St Louis——-please?!
Enjoy your trip and your special time with sweet Nella 🙂
Such an adventure traveling with little ones–but ohh so fun memories! Enjoy your trip!
Nella looks so adorable in that cowboy bib. The smile on her face is priceless. Enjoy your trip to Cali!
your posts are the best. intriguing. inspiring. funny. engaging. i love them.
OMG, how do you chose? I can see several things I love. I can see some things that my sweet newborn nephew could use that would please his hormonal, first-time, mom. I see a couple things that this “old pro” could use for my kids. My DH should hide the credit card!
Have fun on your adventure!
Love the wet bag…. Could have used one of them today to put clothes in after a “blow out” diaper. 🙂
Kelle – I look forward to being inspired by your blog each week. My husband & I are expecting our first in Feb. and now your stories, ideas, advice and inspiration has a whole new meaning for me. Thank you! Until next time…
Flights with little ones are such an adventure :). Sometimes awesome… and sometimes…
well…
you know.
Have an AMAZING trip! Ah to have a vacation…..someday:)
Welcome to CA, glad you’re here, and I love the pic of Nella feeding herself, such a big girl
A couple of my favorite bloggers are going to BlogHer (including you of course). Have fun and I can’t wait to see what your weekend adventures entailed.
You can really post anywhere now! Love your blog, always look forward to new posts.
Would also love a gift certificate for those wonderful swaddle blankets!
Bon Voyage! Can’t wait to hear all about your trip.
If you make it to L.A. I’d love to meet you and Nella for a play date.
I love the wet bag!
Almost went to BlogHer this year…bummed I didn’t after all. I can’t believe you’re coming to my hometown! My city!!! Oh man…I know you don’t know me from Adam, but if you have time for lunch or a coffee…or would like someone to come get you and drive you around fun (photographic) sites around the city…or introduce you to fabulous restys…I would LOVE it!!! I have two littles (ages 2,3)…. I promise I’m not a freak! Though how freakish does this sound. Well…enjoy my beautiful city. Will be a lot cooler than FL this time of year. Can’t wait to see your pics and hear about the conference. XO
Love the wet bag. Genius idea. Now to remember to take things OUT of the wet bag afterward. : )
Cuteness!! Can’t say much, 3 week old fussing at me:) Have a wonderful trip!!
That owl wet bag is the cutest! Have fun in Cali. I look forward to reading how the trip goes.
I’m getting ready to board a plane tomorrow with my littles and I have the night before anxiety too!
That owl wet bag is the cutest! Have fun in Cali. I look forward to reading how the trip goes.
I’m getting ready to board a plane tomorrow with my littles and I have the night before anxiety too!
Ohhh! I love the patterns! SO cute!
Come see me!! I am in Fresno, CA. ONLY about a 7 hour drive from SD!! I want to meet Baby Nella!
Looks as though Nella approves of her new bib! So so cute! Both the bib and the baby 😉
Sending hellos from CA!! Have a great time 🙂
Your sponsors are amazing and so very generous! Thanks for sharing – and for posting from the sky 🙂
knowing you will be in SanDiego makes me wanna jump in the car and drive the 6 hours down there…Just to spend time with you and of course miss nella. i still havnt emailed you about “our story” and iv yet to blog the full story. there are so many painful details that go along with Ava’s birth.. it would be a dream, to meet up with you in person, and tell you, to let you know how much of an impact you had on me during the biggest trial of our little family’s lives. oh to just sit and chat with you, while our sweet babies play. …I’ll keep dreaming, cos i have a busy saturday, my neices birthday, drag rces with my sister in law, and VBS prep…im never this busy. sigh…maybe someday you’ll come to sacramento. Thankyou for doing what you do. Your posts always brighten my day. give nella an extra squeeze for us.
Have a safe and fun trip.
Oh I could use a few wet bags. we are potty training. those would be super handy when we are out and about.
Hope that you and Nella have a wonderful time in San Diego!
Look forward to seeing photos and reading about it.xo
Enjoy California! I do every day!
enjoy BLOGHER!!!
Have a great time! The weather has been gorgeous!!
Love the dry bag. Great patterns. Have a fabulous time in California.
Love the pics of the girls–so cute!
Your posts are so full of beauty/cuteness/humor/keepingitrealsness that I hardly know what to say, ever. But, in this case, Welcome to my Home State BABY!
Best wishes Kelle! When I read you’ll be at blog her I got so excited because I could possibly see you (I’m 40 mins north of SD), but I don’t have a blog. I just love to love yours. I hope you ladies have fun and that Nella is very sleepy on the plane ride! My daughter, Liesl, is 17 months and she’s such a monkey every time we cross-country home from our military duty station to NY. I totally have a mini freak out before trips without the whole family! <3
i absolutely love that photo college! it’s gorgeous, and i love how it captures each big memory, in the tiny square. beautiful!
have a safe trip! 🙂
Oh, pick me, pick me, pick me! I LOVE the wet bag!!
Love those little piggy tails on Nella. They go perfect with that mischevious expression she is wearing in the restaurant! Hope your time in Cali is amazing!
Enjoy sunny (and humid-free) CA!
I LOVE THE WET BAG. Pick me please!!
oh man how i love thee pics of nella in the bibby! she looks so cute! and that is one adorable bib!!!!! have fun and be safe in lovely cali! i live in cali, but i live in burbank so we are close by but not so much at the same time haha! any who have a great weekend!
you’re on Blogger in the sky?! That’s awesome. Somehow they need to use this for advertising 🙂
Can I just say that sprinkler is just awesome. Like super awesome.
Have a great time in SD. Had to catch up with your posts as the kids and the sun have been keeping me busy. Nella is so awesome! Go little girl with the self feeding. Lainey is getting so big. It’s interesting when you see that your child has morphed from your little baby to a kid. Time flies so darn fast. Drink it up.
Enjoy your Calif time with your littlest one…. such a great traveling companion!
Hope you have a wonderful trip! =}
I just love sprinkler photos! They smell like summer. 🙂
Hey, I never left a comment here so far, although I’ve been reading your blog for a while and I love your writing and your pictures.
Anyway, today I just had to say something: Are you aware that the Mile High Club is often referred to as the “Club” of people who have sex on an airplane a mile above ground?
This is not about criticising but I thought you might want to be aware.
Love the swaddle wrap & definately going to give a better try at swaddling the next time around. My now two year old seemed to hate it and wanted his arms out, but I’ve heard its because I didn’t try long enough and that probably the truth.
love the wet bag!
random info for you: It would take 19hours and 40minutes for me to fly to Florida – not the one to try with a toddler!
You are wonder woman! How the heck are you blogging, babying, and flying all at the same time?! I’m seriously admiring you right now. 🙂 Have a fabulous trip!!
Have a wonderful and safe trip!
Rock it out in Cali baby.
Expect nothing less. 🙂
XO Safe travels and new opportunities to you.
<3
Sounds like the start of a fun trip. Enjoy!
Cxx
Hope you have a wonderful trip! A wet bag is genius! I have 2 girls 6 months and 21 months. I can’t count how many times I have had to empty my ENTIRE diaper bag after a blown diaper or a trip to the pool.
Hope you girls have fun in NYC!
Hope you and Nella have an amazing trip!! I absolutely adore that cowboy bib. My little man had a cloth diaper in that fabric and I hated to give it up when he outgrew it. 🙂
I soooo think I should win this. I never win anything! Plus, I’m obsessed with your blog. So there!! ;)-
I just love nellas little model pose, while presenting her new bib. awesome!!!!
I loooove that owl wet-bag, cutest pattern ever! Have fun in my state, I looove San diego, haven’t been there since our honeymoon 5 years ago and we want to go back sooo bad!
Enjoy CA! It’s my original home and I miss it dearly!
Have fun in CA!!
I love your Friday Phone Dump idea. I may or may not need to borrow it.
That wet bag is just what I need. It would be perfect for after swimming lessons and our trips to the beach.
Love flying!i can’t imagine my one year old staying in her “pouch” though:) good job Nella!
Enjoy California! Can’t wait to read about your adventures!
Have fun in CA!
Cute swaddle wrap! And I love the print of that wet bag!
Hope you have a great trip, I saw a video today and thought you’d enjoy it. I think you’ll be inspired: http://www.jacobsturn.com/
Just wondering if Lainey has a problem with you traveling without her? It is nice to have a little side-kick to make your trip exciting and interesting..
I guess the days of “please turn off all electronic devices” are a thing of the past 🙂
I hope you and Nella have a great time in California!! 🙂
I haven’t had to leave my little yet, but the thought terrifies me. I can understand why someone would want to back out, but it makes me smile inside and out to know that you went anyway. Happy Flying!
HAve a fabulous tme on your trip, can’t wait to hear about all your adventures.
Hope you have an amazing trip!!! Love the bibs…we never thought about bibs much with our first because she wasn’t very messy. With little boy, we go through tons of bibs! 🙂
having a post called “the mile high club” then talking about 2 strange random men. for shame kelle bell’s, for shame. LOL.
loving nella’s travelin’ pig tails.
Happy and Safe Travels and Adventures!
Have a wonderful adventure in California!
Oh my word, what a beautiful swaddle!! I am convinced those things are essential items for a peaceful nights rest. Wondering where to get a wet bag for my cloth diapering ventures. Thanks for yet another beautiful post.
Cali will be so much fun! Hope you have a exciting trip:) Love the wet bag, wish I had seen that a few weeks earlier…would have been a nice addition, as we set off on our beach vacation this weekend!
I’m a bib fanatic…bought every one I could find for my kids! Halloween ones were just gorgeous. I wish I could wear bibs as an adult since I spill everything on me. I guess a few more years and I will be wearing one in the nursing home.lol
Lovely wet bag 🙂 have a great time at blogher you lucky thing!! Nella is adorable as always, and i love the pictures from the airplane:) for all the flights my son has taken (we are talking about 20 and he is only 15 months) i have hardly one picture from inside the airplane!!
Hugs to you both
M
Hope you have a great trip! Traveling with little ones is a whole different kind of fun, something new to experience with each step.
Love Nella’s pigtails and that little hand looking out the plane window. Little images like that of my own girls hold a special place in my heart too!
Nella’s hair is amazing. So glad she’s being a great travel companion. That cowboy bib is so sweet!
There’s something about your everyday pictures and their color that is so serene! Much the opposite, I’m sure, of the chaos that is motherhood…at least I hope…that I would make me feel much more normal.
Yayyyy for Nella feeding herself! The picture of her pig tailed head looking out the airplane window- soo cute!
Love Love Love Love LOVE the picture of Nella in the bib – the one of her looking at the camera and smiling!! She is SO growing up 🙁 =) Have a BLAST at BlogHer!!!
I’m a new reader and I absolutely love your site and your story. And, may I add, I love that swaddler!
Super impressed that you can manage to fit a laptop and a baby on your lap and still manage to type wedged between 2 sleeping men! Not sure how you accomplished that one but hat’s off to you! I know Ruby would have deleted everything I typed (if I even managed to fit the laptop on my lap with her there in the first place (and I have travelled quite a bit with littlies…) and probably rearranged my hard drive too. Made me laugh just thinking about it. Enjoy your conference! Look forward to hearing about it! 😉
Have a great trip!!!
I hope you have a safe and wonderful trip! I checked out The PataCake Baby site and am in love with everything. Great products in awesome prints. Thanks for introducing me to it!
Have fun in Cali. Love the picks and your phone “dump.” 🙂 The wet bag is a must have for us Floridians…just went to the site and I now I need to decide on which one to get. 🙂
Where did you find such a cool sprinkler?
Nella in pig tails!!! hee hee so cute!
Have a wonderful trip =)
this has nothing to do with this post really, but i just wanted to say that i love your playlist on here. sometimes, when i am having a rough day at work, i go to your site and let the music play in the background. always makes me feel better! 🙂
Cute cute pics and look how big Nella is getting!
I am taking my first trip alone at the end of the month and while I am looking forward to a cousin/sibling reunion and celebrating the return of my baby brother from Afghanistan….my heart skips a beat and I get the tingle in my toes when I think about leaving my babes behind. I know daddy will do fine but still gets to me. After the first trip I know it will be easier but this IS my first trip.
Enjoy CA and look out for Coupon Gal. Love her daily deals!
Nella is looking like such big girl! So proud of her! I totally panic before every trip. Actually buying the tickets is the worse for me…something so finalizing about it! Sheer panic I tell you! Even when I’m exciting I am secretly wishing that it will be cancelled last minute so I feel like I can breathe…but then when I get where I’m going, I realize it was all worth it….most of the time LOL 😉
I got all excited when you wrote that you could see the Ohio River snaking around. I live about 7 miles from the CVG airport. But, alas hehehe you did not stop here.
I’m in the process of trying to make a baby sooo having a little something new may bring some awesome inspiration. 😉
The swaddle blanket is ADORABLE!
Love Nella’ smile. 🙂 And the baby things are cute, too!
I’d love to have a wetbag! We’re usually using plastic grocery bags but those aren’t very reliable!
I love Nella’s pigtails. Too cute. The wet bag is simply adorable.
hope you have a wonderful time!!
Nella wearing that giddy up bib is just too cute. I love her smile…it makes me smile 🙂
I’m loving the bibs and swaddle wraps. Will have to remember these for future baby gifts! thanks for sharing, love your blog
I love traveling with babies!
Have a wonderful adventure in Cali with Nella, sounds like fun!
I would loveeee to win a gift credit for that site! They have such cool things. I am due in January, and I’ve been holding out on buying anything until I find out what the baby is – but that’s in 2 weeks! 🙂
Nella is honestly the most beautiful little girl I’ve ever seen. Thank you for brightening my day – Kim 🙂
The bibs are so adorable. We use bibs a lot with our baby girl. Nella is so precious. I love the pig tails.
Wish I was flying somewhere…anywhere really…I am not picky.
such beautiful things for babies and kiddos – awesome.
Blogging, crammed in the back of a loud plane with a sleeping sweetheart on you-are you kidding me? I’m stunned at what you can accomplish.
ENJOY YOUR TRIP! I can’t wait to read about it.
Have a great trip.
Love the wet bag. I need one of those for our beach adventures.
Love flying! And the window seat is my favorite, I love just staring out as the passing world from so far away. Hope you have a wonderful time in California with beautiful Nella.
Hope you have a fun & safe trip!
A wet bag….I’d never thought of something like that. What a fantastic idea. Thanks for sharing.
Nella is the most adorable bib model I’ve ever seen! Glad to hear she’s a good travel companion. I hope you both enjoy your trip!
OOhh… Look at you fancy jet setter 🙂 All I can say is who couldn’t use a wet bag. I would love a pretty alternative to the grocery store plastic bag!
oooh, that wet bag looks fantastic!
That swaddle wrap is adorable!
Have fun in LA. I will soon be venturing on a plane for the first time with my 15 month old and this post put me a little more at ease. I was nervous about not buying him his own seat. But sounds like you didn’t buy one for nella either. Knowing other people can make it work makes me feel like i can too.
I need that wet bag! Actually, I need two. As my soon gets a little older and there’s less need to lug around his huge diaper bag, I find myself cramming all kinds of things–including wet swimsuits–into my purse. And I need a second one for my gym clothes! They’re soaked after a workout, and it sure would be nice to keep them separate from the other stuff in my gym bag…
Have lots of fun in Cali!
Enjoy your adventure!
Have a fun trip! I hope the weather is great.
Melissa 🙂
That swaddle wrap looks dreamy! Have fun at blogher!
I love your blog and I follow it(I’m 14020 member wow!!)with affection and admiration!! Congratulations and thank you for the wonderful photographs!!Your girls are beautiful and sweet! A kiss from Italy Federica Fusco.
Expecting a girl December! Want the swaddle!
Enjoy BlogHer. I wonder how many babies will be their. Hopefully you will be meeting friends there to help with Nella:) susan
Always love to see the great photos you will post. hope all goes well.
Oh, how air travel has changed since, “Up, up and away with TWA!” I panic when I’m trapped in that back corner you described – cannot imagine enduring it with a toddler. You are SUCH a badass and my daily dose of WOW! Safe travels.
I am a new reader and have loved reading your blog!
I think you’ve just inspired me to take a trip with my girl before she turns two in January. Have a great trip!
Be still my heart! Nella is the cutest thing ever! Have fun in Cali…that’s where I’m from originally!
Nella’s looking so grown up with her pig tails! Love it!
As much as I love a change of scenery and the adventure of travel, I completely agree with you. If my whole crew isn’t with me – I sort of freak out in the days leading up to the departure. I hope you have a safe trip and you and Nella enjoy your time together! 🙂
Enjoy your trip. I would love one a wet bag to use after our daily trips to the pool. We have a fun more months of Arizona heat to contend with!
The adventure sounds like fun! Love the Friday Phone Dump . . . and posting from the plane. I would say to “suck the marrow” out of your trip, but I already know you will.
New baby on the way+ gift certificate to cute baby place= happy 8 month pregnant mom. 🙂
Enjoy your trip!
Just found out we’re expecting baby number two in April! Would love to win the giveaway! Hope you have a great time at BlogHer!
I always look forward to reading your blog when I find a new post in my reader. 🙂
have a fun trip! Travelling with ickle ones is rarely easy!
Have a great trip.
Posting from the sky, huh……. will wonders never cease!!?!!
Jodi
Safe travels friends. And for all those mommies out there considering the wet bag? Click now! We have one and we use it for everything! Once upon a time I fancied myself a cloth diaperer, and we put soiled nasty poops in it – now it’s a staple in our diaper bag for surprise trips to the splash pad or downtown fountains. Do it!
Have a great trip
Have a wonderful trip! At least you are just traveling with one…though I bet Lainey is amazingly peaceful on an airplane trip. 🙂
I’m jealous! Wish I was on my way to Cali 😉
Just checked out the pat-a-cake baby website, I have a feeling this will be dangerous considering I’m expecting in the next couple of weeks-everything is so cute!
Have a wonderful MILE HIGH trip!! Love the sister bathtub moment! Precious
i have been following your blog for awhile (ever since i read your article in parents magazine – it moved me to tears). i always look forward to your new posts!
You need to do a post sharing traveling with babies secrets 🙂
Glad Nella is being a gem for you!
LOVE the wet bag…wouldn’t be using it so much for wet bathing suits just yet, but the way my girl spits up it could come in handy. 🙂 I really enjoy your blog and the way you keep it real!
Amber
I think it is so good for kiddos to experience travel adventures! It will help them continue in what we hope for them…becoming well-rounded confident, secure little people then onto BIG people!
I think it is so good for kiddos to experience travel adventures! It will help them continue in what we hope for them…becoming well-rounded confident, secure little people then onto BIG people!
sounds like another wonderful adventure! those bibs are so wonderful…and wet bags, ? my child is 3.5 (so we are way beyond the cloth diapering days) and i’ve been considering getting one for swim lessons 🙂
What a sweet girl! Welcome to my neck of the woods…Cali Baby!
I hope you have a great trip!
I love the new header, too cute!
Love those wet bags! 🙂 I cloth diaper and could use another bag for our dirties out and about!:)
The pictures you post of your girls are always so cute! This is a great drawing since we too just realized we are preggers! Already have one of each Austin 9 and Bayleann 5 so this one will be an added bonus!
Hope you have fun here in Sunny San Diego!
I love the picture of Nella feeding herself, with her head turned like “noway your getting close to me and my spoon!” to cute. My son is the same way….he HAS to do it himself!! Have fun in California, the weather here has been mild so I am sure it will be a nice break from the heat. Enjoy.
I love Nella’s bib!!!!!! I’m about to have me some bundle of sweetness and would love to have her wear one! 🙂
Nella’s seems like a great little traveler! What a wonderful adventure for you two 🙂
Hope your trip is wonderful and takes you back home safely!
🙂
Safe travels, and make sure you have fun!!!
KELLE, check out the song “California Sunshine” by Christa Black if you can find it! That song reminds me of you anyways, but it’s especially perfect for your trip! hope u enjoy it and hav a wonderful trip! =0)
The wet bag with the owl print is adorable. A big welcome to CA for you and Nella. Hope it’s as good to you as it is to me. 🙂
Where are you going in California? I am a little over an hour from San Francisco. It’s supposed to be beautiful weather this weekend. Enjoy.
I would love that wet bag!
Soo…how do you type and have a baby in your lap at the same time–on an airplane? 🙂 Talented Woman!
Love that little swaddle wrap!! so many things I discovered when my son was almost too big for them will be used so much more when hubby is convinced to give me another little peanut!
What is Lainey doing to Nella in that last picture? It almost looks like what I do to my Sophie when I can tell she’s eating something that she shouldn’t be.
I love the Friday Phone Dump!!
Your girls and just too sweet! Nella’s smiles always make me smile. And way to go on feeding herself! That’s a big deal! 🙂
Flying with babies, oh I know how this is all too well. Haha. My sweet boy had surgery in June and we had to fly to and from. Let’s just say on the way home…yikes.
Have fun in Cali!
I have to say, the wet bag might be the most genius invention for summer I’ve heard of. (Ok, so they are some pretty other good ones, but that’s up there!)
What a sweet looking swaddler. I am heaed to check out the ste right now.
you’re heading to my turf. san diego’s lovely. i’d tell you to have fun, but that’s a given.
Very 2011 🙂 I love the picture of Nella on the sidewalk on all fours. She is so precious. Both of your girls are just adorable and such great models.
I am new to your blog and to blogging myself, but I love your stories and how beautifully you capture your life through your photography. Thank you for sharing your story.
My sister is being induced on Monday! This GC would be so handy!
Cute bibs and even cuter baby!
Go Nella, feeding yourself like a pro!
Your posts make me so happy…and Nella’s smile! 🙂
Loving the new sponsor. I have twin boys on the way after a stil birth in Februrary 2011.
Hope you and Nella have a GREAT time in CA!
Love the swaddle wrap. We are expecting our fourth baby this winter so one of those would be awesome. Love the pics.
~Jada
I can’t wait to hear about your trip in Cali!! Have fun!! Love the bibs too.
Wish I was going to CA too! Very cool and on my bucket list.
Your girls are stunning. Lainey is growing up so much, and Nella…well I could just eat her. Too adorable. What’s best though is you can tell that they are both such beautiful souls. Ya done good Mommy!
We love bibs, too. Heck, if we could still wear them as accessories, that’d be fun. Nella, as per usual, is a doll. Enjoy.
Traveling with baby sounds a little intimidating – we have a holiday planned next Spring, all the way from Scotland to Canada. Baby will be 12 months then, and I’m pretty scared of it! Looking forward to it at the same time, though, of course 🙂
Looking forward to hearing how your trip goes!
My friend just posted online about calling the airline to make reservations for she and her husband, plus their NINE children to travel. Seven of the nine are handicapped. Can you only imagine the conversation?!
That Nella of yours is a peach! So glad you get to bring her along on these trips. It’s great for her and so good for you, too. Have a fun time here in sunny (but not hot) So Cal!
xoxo,
kathy
Another beautiful post. As always! Thanks for mellowing me out each and every day!
As you have your little one tucked into a pouch on the plane I have a litle one nursing and the toddler serving me from her kitchen.
I LOVE wetbags, as a cloth diaper user I use them on a daily basis, but they have SO many great uses outside of a diaper holder.
The Friday Phone Dump is such a good idea, stealing that idea! Maybe my photos will be more organized?
Love that swaddle wrap! I’ve never seen one like it, much cuter than the store bought fleece wraps!
I love cute bibs! I’m officially a bib collector…not to be confused with a bib snob. Oh, I don’t discriminate. Variety, baby!
yeah for cute bibs!
I love how you call it “dump” as if those pictures aren’t perfectly amazing!
That vintage cowboy bib is going on my gifts list for sure! Love it!
Go Nella!! Awesome job feeding yourself baby girl 🙂
I love the wet bags! I also love the term “sky cell!”
I am just wondering was Nella awake or asleep whilst you were blogging next to the sleeping gentlemen? Our girls are the same ageish and I imagine from a first hand perspective when I read your blog. So fun. Such precious times when they are so portable and yummy. We cloth diaper. And as much as I love my pretty diaper bags. I am always sneakily stashing my soiled cloth diapers in a loud crinkly wadded up old walmart bag. Would love to whipe out something pretty and functional to stash my sweet girl’s “business”. Bookmarking their site 🙂
Have fun in Cali!
We love us a cute bib here too, luckily we don’t need them as much as the reflux/spitting has tempered (for now at least). Quick question, is that an Amber necklace that Nella is wearing in the first pic, she is feeding herself. If so, how do you like them, do they help with her teething? Thanks! FTM
WELCOME TO CA– I’m a bit north of San Diego but would have loved an opportunity to meet you and Nella 🙂 My 15 month old would love the playmate!
Great post – have fun! Enjoy your alone time with Nella. Love Lainey’s swimsuit – my daughter has the same one! I need to get me one of those there swim bags!
Hope the trip easy and that you enjoy your Cali time!
Enjoy the adventure!!!!
Have fun on your trip!
Enjoy the adventure!!!!
That’s pretty awesome that you can post from the sky. And with your little girl in your lap. I took my (then) 6 month old on a plane a few months ago and it was a nightmare. You make it sound so easy!!
Enjoy San Diego too! I love that place!
Love the bag and swaddle blanket!! So cute!
I’d love to win — baby gift ideas!
I love the phone dump pics with Bret and the girls – something so special about a Daddy and his daughters. Hope you have a fabulous trip!
P.S. I LOVE the new sponsor. Adorable stuff. And the wet bag – genius!
I love Nella’s pigtails, absolutely adorable! Would love to win, my sister is due with first baby girl in October 🙂
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Wow! You do it all – even post from the sky! I love it! And the bibs and swaddle are adorable. They’d be perfect for the little I’m expecting in November.
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Thank you for your lovely blog 🙂
The swaddle blanket is so cute!!! Have fun in CA:)
love the bibs, enjoy Cali – I hope you see some celebrities – I by that I mean see your cute girls!
Have a great trip! I’m so in love with that wetbag. I always need more wetbags for my cloth diapers. Especially in the summer when they double for pool use. 🙂
Have a wonderful time in CA. I love that last picture of the girls, because you can see the sisterly pride and interest, but I really love Sweet Nella’s tan! The funny things that you think when your baby has Ds…. I remember a time when I was concerned that Jack would always need that spackle-like sunscreen! The world is good.
Have a great trip!
We have been living at the pool these days, wet bags make life so much easier. I love to hear about your little girls as I watch my own little girls grow up along side them. 🙂
Beautiful pics and family as always. And California? Yeah baby, I’ll be there in 7 weeks woot woot. =)
LOVE your blog, I have to say the swaddle wrap is ADORABLE!!!! Happy travels to you!
love the pink swadlle! happy sigh for baby girls 🙂
Have a great trip! Looking forward to the pics!
Oooh! LOVE the wet bag. I used to have one and lost it when we moved. It’s one thing I think about EVERY time we go to the pool (which is a lot). Happy and safe travels to you!
It’s awesome that you’re posting from the sky!!! Nella’s pigtails are A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E (I thought you would get my point better if I spelled)
I would love one of those bibs for my cousin!!!
Have a great trip!
I’m do thankful she has been a gem. Flying with kids can go either way and Nella is such a sweet little lady, giving her mama a break! Fly safe!
Oh man, I so wish I was at BlogHer…
Love that wet bag.
I adore your blog btw, and the way you capture your kids!
Oh my gosh! I love love love that swaddle blanket!
Leah
Nella is racking up her frequent flyer miles early !!! 🙂
Yay Nella for feeding herself! 🙂
Looking forward to hearing about your trip! Love the swaddle wrap!
I adore the wet bag and the swaddle wrap!
I hope you and Nella are enjoying some quality time together:-).
Know the feeling. Leaving the family always puts a little knot in your stomach. That swaddle blanket is amazing…I have a niece coming that NEEDS it!
Nella is adorable!!! Love the crab walking on the sidewalk!
I haven’t left any of my 3 (other than to be in the hospital to have each subsequent kid) and am planning a weekend away from the older 2 in September and I am already in panic mode.
You make traveling with a little one sound easy…any tips?
I have a friend due soon with a new baby girl, too. I’d love to give her the GC!
Love the bib & swaddle blanket… and what a great idea with the wet bag. Am due with boy #3 in December – would love to have a couple of things that are his alone.
Safe travels & enjoy your time in California!
Kate
Can’t wait to hear more about the trip. Hope you have a great time. Enjoy California.
Ooh!! I love San Diego! You will have such a great time! 🙂
I love that you travel so much with your kids. I always thought I would but 2 colicky kids later we have yet to hit the skies!
I love those swaddle wraps! So much cuter than the kind you can find at Babies R Us 🙂
I hope the man next to you is understanding of Nella’s innocent kicks and doesn’t make your flight miserable. Have fun in Cali!
I like that pig sprinkler Lainey’s about to fly over! I would love a few of those sweet bibs, too. My girl’s a messy freaking eater. Have a good trip.
posting from the sky….uber cool!
sprinkler fun….oh how i wish the weather was more conducive to sprinkler fun here..brings back so many memories!
have fun soaking up the rays from the west coast!!
That swaddle wrap is so cute! I want one!
Hope you are having a great time here in California, good thing you’re used to the heat cause we got plenty of that for your visit!
Where in CA? California is where I call home. Love it there! I love the Pat-a-Cake items…so cute!
Love the swaddle wrap!!
Have so much fun on your trip!
Loving the wet bag…cute 🙂
So jealous that you are at BlogHer! I will have to live through your experience. Hope you have a great time!
Love the wet bag – it would be great for our trip to the Hawaii.
I adore the picture of Nella wearing the bib – she has a mischevious smile and its so cute! I also adore the wet bag – so need one of those. Thanks for the giveaway!
I adore the swaddle blanket…amazing!
I hope you and Nella have a great trip!!
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nella, nella, nella 🙂
You are too good…..posting in flight…..enjoy your trip…..I’m dying to go somewhere…..can’t wait to see all the great pictures!!!
You headed to BlogHer 11 or what?!?! If you need a break from the madness head up to Pacific Beach (minutes from dwtwn) and grab the BEST bloody mary EVER on the sand at the Green Flash. Seriously. We’re taking the kids to Sea World for Labor Day as a cover for our obsession with our old fave – Green Flash. Ok, we like orcas and dolphins too, but, really, the bloody marys are like a salad in a glass.
Wasnt sure exactly where you were going with the mile high club and really thought for a second it may be way TMI….but thankfully, you were being literal :):) Have a great trip….LOVE your blog.
Nella looks SO big in the pictures with the bib!! Holy cow is she a cutie!! Enjoy BlogHer, wish I was going to that and the NDSC convention, maybe next year… 🙂
Welcome to the West my love! Love, love that cute retro bib! Have fun.
Cool! I just got back from Virginia helping my sister with her new baby boy. I became the swadle master with a blankie but these are awesome!
I hope you have a wonderful trip! And that wet bag is to die for!! 😀
oooh i love the pattern on the bib and bag!! 🙂
Now you need to take a trip with Brett and join the real mile high club and let us know how that goes! You are cool enough to actually pull it off.
I am smitten with the ballet picture from your Friday Phone Dump. Enjoy California. Thanks for sharing your photos and thoughts with us.
-Abs (logged in as KD)
California, how cool! Have fun. I love the idea of the wet bag.
I like alas too 🙂
I hope you have a fantastic trip! Love the wet bag–what a great idea!
love the wet storage bag
You’re coming to California?! Oh how I wish my daughter and I could meet you! We both love your blog <3
I always enjoy your photos – the best part of today’s photos was……Nella’s little foot sticking up at the bottom of the bib photo on the right. Too cute.
Can’t even count how many bibs, burp clothes, towels, blankets, outfits (for BOTH of us) we go through in a day. Nora spits up. All day. Every day. So tiresome. We are smelly and stained. And it’s embarrassing. Yes, I shower and she takes a bath every morning and I do laundry every day, but a stranger would never know it :(. Cute bibs would at least be…..cute.
Favorite phone dump pic: Nella standing at the tub “talking” to Lainey….hahahahaha…..LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!
Have a really fun trip 🙂
Kelly
That picture of Nella with the little cowboy bib on is priceless 🙂 Very cute accesories for little ones!
That bib is awesome!!!! Safe travels to you and baby.
I may have to check out your new sponser. Baby #2 is coming in a few months. How fun to have some cool fun things. 🙂 Have a great trip!
Gorgeous swaddle wrap!
Have a great time in CA 🙂
Beautiful pics, as usual! I’m loving the bibs, as well…I could totally see an addiction building!
happy travels kelle! can’t wait till your next blog!
Have a wonderful trip!
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Love the idea of a wet bag! Fantastic, now why didn’t I think of that? Safe travels to you and your little one.
Love that adorable sprinkler!
Have fun at Blogher! Totally wish I was going too!!
I need another baby just so I can go bib crazy too!! Have a great trip. x
Like your best friend, my best friend is also expecting a girl. Like you, she is a gem; in fact she turned me on to your blog! I can’t wait for her to experience all the gifts of motherhood including both the emotional and physical that make motherhood that much easier!
think i may just need a wet bag…you sold it:)
Love the idea of the wet bag!
LOVE the photo of Big Brother(?) holding Nella’s bowl of food! And, the fact that he’s wearing bracelets made by his Lil’ Sis!!
Love these!
I love wet bags. Great to throw wet swimming suits in from the beach or pool and straight into the wash. Have fun in beautiful San Diego.
Beautiful words as always! Enjoy BlogHer!
It’s so great that you can travel so easily with Nella, she’s such a good baby 🙂 Loooove the wet bag and the swaddle blanket!
loving that wet bag. fingers crossed for this one!
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California pics should be great!
Love that wet bag! Have a great trip! I love how Nella is always your travel buddy.
I can’t get enough of your blog. I want to share it with everyone I know! You make my days more fulfilled. Thank you.
welcome to San Diego…are you going to the blogger’s conference? I am. 🙂
I am your commenter # 542.
that is just a little weird.
anyway, nella is absolutely beautiful. seriously.
b.e.a.u.t.i.f.u.l.
Have a wonderful trip! Those wet bags are such a great find- definitely perfect shower gifts.
Hope you have a fun and safe trip! Love your photos, as always.
Kelle – I always love your postes whether they are from the ground or the sky 🙂
One of my best friends just found out she is pregnant and I would love to get her some great stuff from Pat-A-Cake-Baby. Thanks for finding great sponsors all the time.
-Erin
best music!!!!
Nella Bean’s an old pro at flying now!
I love the Friday Phone Dump. I use Instagram and Hipstamatic all the time. Seriously, Kelle – I’m addicted!
Very nice swaddle and the post, of course! And so many new babies coming to this world, that I so gladly give it as a present!
Greetings from Kansas. Maybe you are a mile above us right now. Have fun in California!
How cool to be posting from the sky! Love the wet bag idea!
Loved the post and the new sponsor! 🙂 What cute bibs on Nelle!
I couldn’t have lived without a swaddle wrap for my two youngest (oldest boy could have slept hanging upside down like I bat, I think). Just found your blog, and read Nella’s birth story. I cried. How poignant, engaging, and gripping. Thank you for sharing, I can’t wait to explore more of your blog.
Hope you have a great trip! I wanted to suggest a music group to you, I get a lot of new music to love off your blog and I really think you would LOVE The Civil Wars. They are incredible. I saw them live last month and they sound even better in person, but their album, Barton Hollow, is incredible. Just wanted to share. 🙂
I’ve been missing your blog! Been away from internet access for awhile!
Nella has gotten so much bigger!!
So cute. I just love her.
I hope you’re having a great trip!!!
Have fun in California! I am so jealous 🙂
I love all of those baby items just like I’m unabashedly in love with your blog. Have a nice trip. Can’t wait to hear more.
enjoy Cali!! love the air there 🙂 loving the little pigtail peeking out the plane window!
Flying just got a whole lot more fun, I can’t wait to try posting from the sky myself! I love all the Pat a Cake Baby goodies, thanks for the chance to win!
xoxo,
jenny-lynn
I love the look on Nella’s face in the bib pictures! so Cute!
Love the pic of Nella at the plane window! And love the owl print sack for wet clothes, it would be so handy for beach/pool days in Miami!
Both of your girls are so beautiful! But it amazes me every time I see a post how grown up and stunning Nella is! Have fun on your trip.
Have fun on your trip!
Mile high. Quick post. Nice. Thanks for another smile 🙂 Also wanted to let you know that you’ve inspired me. I’ve registered for my FIRST EVER 5K! Check it out: http://supportus.kennedykrieger.org/site/TR/Events/General/1923492587?pg=team&fr_id=1050&team_id=1290
Love the wet bag!
Safe thravels to you & the little one
have fun i dream of attending blogher one year.
Have fun in california! Can’t wait to see what kind of adventures you and Nella get into… 🙂 How do you edit the Phone Dump photos to look like that (like film)? Is that a effect in Photoshop? Thanks! Have fun in Cali!
Love your blog as usual, your family is beautiful and your photos so inspiring! Have a great trip out west!
hope you are having a fantastic weekend at the conference!
…amazing photos, Nella is so darn cute! Love the photo of her looking down at her bib!! 🙂
Oh goodness do I need some bibs for my Edie! The cuter the better.
And the second pic of Nella in the bib looks so much like Lainey!
Have fun in CA!
Have fun on your trip!
Those wet bags would really come in handy for our cloth diapers.
Love the wet bags! Just am leaving Maui and would have loved these bags with us on the trip!
oh my goodness, i love that swaddler! this site could be dangerous for me-all of my friends seem to be preggo! thanks for the chance to win! 🙂
Go Nella! You are such an amazing little girl.
Love your blog. Love the music. Love the bag and would LOVE to get one!
Love the phone dump! 🙂 Thanks again for your thoughts and words!
I found out my friend is having a girl to and we are preping for the baby shower! exciting have a great time in cali so close to us in arizona!
Gotta love a girl & her hula hoop! Love the new sponser, too 🙂
Omg you are in sd, that’s where I am ! Are you still taking photo sessions and doing any here? Would love to book you if you are. Love the bibs,! Doing any sights while here?
That bib is too cute! I hope you have a safe flight.
Oh how I wish I was still in San Diego! We moved two months ago and if I was still there I would totally try to meet up with you and your beautiful baby girl!
thats awesome that you are posting from way up there… just think how many of your followers you probably flew over!
I live just north of San Diego in Santa Barbara!! I SO wish you could meet up with me and my friend Megan. We are HUGE fans!! 🙂 Have a great time!
Have fun in California! And I loved your last Hallmark entry. Beautiful and relatable to everyone in so many ways. I think that rearing compassionate and confident kids is the ultimate goal of a parent. Enjoy your trip!
Miss your thoughts and experiences! Hurry up and blog! It’s been 3 days and I am going through Kelly’s beautiful brain withdrawls! Have fun in CA. Can’t wait to hear all about it!
I absolutely LOVE that cute pig sprinkler you have! Where did you find it? As always, love your pictures!
What an exciting trip – can’t wait to hear more!
LOVING that wet bag!
beautiful, beautiful girls! I am jealous of your travel adventure but suspect I might feel the same panic should I actually try to take off on my own. Best wishes for safe, happy travels.
Could use that wet bag with three in diapers.
Love that bib!
Hope you have a wonderful trip! Love that Nella insists on feeding herself and adore Lainy’s hula hooping pics!
Very cute items; would love some for my new niece! 🙂
I love that you can accomplish so much with a toddler, and on an airplane no less! Way to make me feel unaccomplished today! I took a break from reading your blog, and am so happy to be back!
I love the last photo! Your girlies are so precious!
Have a great time. Can’t wait to hear about it!
Kelle, welcome to San Diego (and my hometown, Poway). Best wishes and hope you have a wonderful time at the conference! If you have any free time while you’re here, we’d love to have you come and visit with our mama group! Thanks for your constant words of inspiration!
LOVE the pink swaddle. Cheers to Wi-Fi in the Sky!
First of all I am in love with this blog, I love to read it and most of all I love to listen to the music, I keep this blog open as a tab all day and let the music sail into my life. I am commenting as I am 27 with 3 friends pregnant with second or third children 2 friends with new born babies and I officially never know what to get them. I could not be in a more opposite place than these dear friends. You are a tremendous help in helping me relate to their daily life, thanks for that! The Pat A Cake Baby Wet Bag and Swaddle wrap look like incredible and unique gifts. Looking for the big Win 🙂
Love the bibs! SO cute! Expecting a baby in Sept. so baby things are FUN to look at and also buy! Have a fun trip!
Im quite curious about the rest of that plane trip & if Nella kicked that guy into submission? Hope ya’ll are having fun!
Hope u have a fun and safe trip! Can’t wait to hear about Cali!
Just found this on ETSY – oh my gosh it it you or what?!?
http://www.etsy.com/listing/62377257/about-a-girl-5×7
I just love how big those bibs are! They cover so much! Instead of the wimpy ones! I wish I was headed to California… It would be heading to home for me… I miss my bay area!
Hope you have a safe and fun trip! Have a dear friend expecting very soon and those swaddle wraps are adorable!
Welcome to San Diego BABY! Can’t believe you were HERE!
every sunday morning i get my ‘alone’ time away from my husband and three sweet babies and i chose to spend that precious time (45 min. – an hour) reading your blog. sundays are my days to find inspiration (from God, people, moments) that will keep me and the littles busy all week long. in many ways you’ve given me a can-do, so what if it fails, who cares if everyone thinks i am crazy…we’re getting in the car and going type of attitude. we just took our 2 toddlers and 2 month old baby camping for the first time ever, five hours away from home in the middle of a national forest. a month from now we are flying the entire family to oregon while my husband attends to work there and i’m just going to explore with them. often times i find myself thinking how much fun it would be to spend an afternoon with you and your lovely girls. thank you for sharing your life.
bummed we live in San Fran area and not San Diego, Ca
Love your never ending story. My daughter is expecting her first baby in January and would love that swaddle wrap…so cute
I just flew with my almost 10 month old last night. We bought him a seat so he could stay in his car seat and be safe, but he started crying because he wanted to get out and bouncey bounce. It wasn’t even a 2 hour flight *sigh* I love that bib and wet bag… I may have some shopping to do! xx
I need to get a wet bag for my super pee’er guy. We travel with newspaper bags and they are not cute.
how darling! I love everything!
Nella is so cute with her little pigtails!
My son is approximately the same age as Nella, and all of her new beginnings are so dear to me! Good luck, little girl!
Friday phone dump is a great idea.
Love the look of Pat-a-cake baby!
I love swaddles. I should have been more zealous the first time around but with these twins I’m gonna swaddle all the time! Such a cute gift idea!
love those swaddlers!
What adorable stuff! Love!
Enjoy California!
with the title of this post, I was expecting a juicy rated “R” post. 😛 LOL!
I don’t know how you do it girl! I can’t imagine traveling alone with a toddler, let alone blogging in the air while holding her and being smushed up against the window. Love it!
Hope you have a wonderful and safe trip!
your daughters are so blessed to have you as a mom. just wanted you to know.
So so sweet…lovin’ the Friday Phone Dump, plus those bibs and wet bags and swaddles oh my 🙂
Love, love, love the wrap!
I love adventure! Have fun in MY state! Wish I knew where you were headed and if it is anywhere near me!
What a great blog and terrific pictures! I am an author and the proud father of a 38-year-old daughter with Down syndrome. I have written a novel in ebook form, A SPY AT HOME, which is available on Amazon. In this book I have a central character, Noah, who has Down. I would like to invite you to read this ebook, and I would be very interested in your thoughts about the story. I can be reached directly at rinald47@gmail.com.
Thank you for your blog and for sharing your child with Down syndrome.
Joe Rinaldo
My daughter won’t let us feed her anymore either. Both the boys (4 and 10 months) have no issues with it but our daughter (21 months) hasn’t let us since she was about 9 or 10 months old. It’s cute and a little sad when they are so independent.
Your family is so beautiful. I am new to your blog, as I found it today through a friends post. I can’t stop reading. I’ve laughed, I’ve cried, but mostly I’ve smiled. Our first baby, a baby girl, is due in November, and to see how loving your family is makes me even more excited to begin this wonderful journey as a family of three. Thanks for the inspiring words and beautiful life!
These are adorable! Love the wet bags! How is it that I ALWAYS seem to have something wet? 🙂
I love Nella’s pigtails. They are adorable!!! And I really NEED the wet bag.
nella is getting so big! she looks even more gorgeous than before 🙂 THE PIGTAILS!
Turn that pic of Nella sideways and you have “Spiderwoman”, adoreable as usual. Nella looks so mature in the pic with the bib. Thanks for sharing the pics of California. Looks like lots of fun! Loved the make up artist pictures.
I read the title of this and was just like, put everything down, get some coffee…this is going to be good.
xoxo
Lina
A wet bag is for cloth diapers, not wet clothes, although I suppose it would work well that way also.
Absolutely gorgeous set of photos
I found your blog thru Cheeky Kitchen. I love it. Your girls, your stories, those photographs? Thank you for sharing this with us all!!! Sarah (in NYC) x
Love your blog and your great photos