Hello from a very flooded Houston! Sasha was supposed to drive to Austin early this morning, but per the blaring weather alerts going off throughout the night, that wasn’t going to happen. The whole city was told to stay inside, so that is what we did! By 11am, I was already feeling cabin fever – I’m clearly not made to stay inside. Sasha has since headed out the door, and Isla and I have been doing our spring cleaning – part of our homework from Meggie Mangione of Organized Life Design. Meggie came for our second organization session yesterday, and we made so much progress in moving everything from the guest room into the playroom closet and drawers. I’m excited for our final meeting, during which we’ll wrap everything up. I will be sharing photos afterwards! I have been dreading this project for ages, but Meggie made it such a breeze! 

Some other highlights from the week included:

• Meeting and photographing gorgeous baby Townes’ at the hospital – he didn’t look like a new newborn at all! He’s a serious doll. I’m obsessed already!
• Getting to spend time with two of our best friends, Kirby and Brett, meeting baby Henry for the first time (he was too good and slept most of the evening!!) and watching Isla and Lillian interact. We wish so badly that they lived in Houston!
• Lots of blogger shoots – Destiny at her house with lunch and a playdate too! // Alex at our house for a little Mark & Graham engagement party + Coachella-inspired hangouts  // Molly and Lyndsey at The Menil // Esther at Summer Street Studios  // Megan at Highland Village
• My sister-in-law pushed her flight to SFO back by a few days, so we got to spend some more quality time together – even introduced her to Door Dash and Adair Kitchen (where we went as a family of three on Friday!) 
• Doing an OrangeTheory class with Destiny and some other wonderful bloggers and then having lunch with our men and the kiddos after at Ruggles Green afterwards (we literally braved a storm!) – and running into Melissa and Mikey there was wonderful!
• Going with Isla to her swim class – we double-dutied it, and she loved swimming back and forth and back and forth between the two of us! She’s a fish and loves the pool!
• Photographing the spring/summer DEFINE shoot, styled by Meredith, hair and makeup by Brittany, creative direction from Cailyn and Candace and models including Chiara, Lauren and Chandra.
• Interviewed interns and hired one – Hannah – whom I’ll introduce on the blog in two weeks when she starts! I’m excited to work with her (and have some help around here!). 
• Going to Bayou City Fellowship with Curtis preaching – always my favorite. We got to sit next to Sydney, who was there solo after Philip was suffering from a littttttle too much crawfish (surely that’s what was holding him back! ha!). 

Hope you had a wonderful week. If you’re in Houston, stay dry!! xo

Happy Tuesday! When my WIR posts don’t make it out on Monday, it’s pretty indicative of what the weekend and start of the week looked like. I feel like it has been nonstop go-go-go the past few weeks, and finally today it’s a bit slower (by that, I mean only two short blogger shoots!). Sasha is still traveling every week for work, which is bad for a number of reasons: most importantly, because we miss him, but also because I need someone to say, “Ailee, it’s midnight, GET IN BED!” Ha! Time flies when you’re alone at your desk at night. Do y’all work with music or TV on? I find I can only be productive in absolute silence. 

Anyway, I digress. Although the week was busy, there were lots of wonderful moments, like:

• Spending lots of time with my sister-in-law, who was in town for two of her bridal showers – one on Saturday in Katy and another I co-hosted on Sunday at The Polo Club. We got our hair blown out beforehand at Dry Bar, then I grabbed the gorgeous floral arrangements from Meredith (as well as her amazing flamingo hat) and headed to the party. It was so much fun – Ivana is loved by so many people!
• Working with Meggie of Organized Life Design on a fun guest room closet clean out – below photo shown below! I can’t wait to share more details! 
• Celebrating the launch of the #sugarandclothcolorwall – it was so much fun and there was an amazing turnout. Excited for Ashely and Jared! 
• Having my older sister over for dinner twice – she introduced me to Door Dash (G A M E   C H A N G E R!!!). I love getting to spend time with her. Sasha made us watch an old Brad Pitt movie, which I thought was weird at first, but then got into it once I understood the plot.
• Eating an extremely last minute dinner with one of my favorite people on this planet – Paola (or ‘PC Pants’). She had a layover in Houston on her way home to Honduras and missed it by a hair. I felt bad for her travel horror story, but loved that I got to break bread with her at Adair Kitchen. I miss her so much! 
• Going to Isla’s swim class at Dad’s Club (hooray!) – we’ve been using another facility for months now due to renovations, but the weather is finally good enough to have classes outside again. I am so excited, because the pool is so close to our house! Isla wore her new swimsuit from SwimZip, which I totally adore and want in my size! More to come on SwimZip soon!
• Getting coffee at Adair Kitchen with a former co-worker (she was way higher than me in the organization, but we worked together on a number of non-client projects!) and chatting about life and work. I love her!
• Watching Isla play with her little cousins who live nearby in their backyard (lots of slides, swings, jungle gym, pool, etc. = Isla’s heaven). Belle was having a great time too (as well as the adults!). 
• Taking a quick trip to The Monogram Shop and chatting with Leah – it’s unbelievable that she’s about to give birth any day now, because she looks so good!
• Taking three sets of family photos – a total of four adorable boys and one girl whose cuteness I cannot handle! Families and newborns are still my favorite thing to photograph. I love kids and babies!
• Photographing Destiny, Megan, Lauren, Caroline (twice!), Molly and Lilly – it was a busy blogger week! Thank goodness I love those gals.
• Grabbing coffee with my photographer crush, Traci Ling, at Tout Suite, and running into Carrie and another amazing Houston photographer Maritere Rice.

I hope you had a fabulous week! 

Just another manic Monday! I’m running around, trying to catch up after a relaxing-ish weekend (or Sunday, at least). I know people hate on Mondays, but sometimes I enjoy getting back into a routine!

My favorite part of the weekend was a picnic we had at a park nearby, which was next to a gorgeous bluebonnet field. It was a very last minute thing – we were on a family walk, decided it was too pretty to eat indoors, so we walked home, called Ruggles Green, jumped in the car, grabbed our food then went to the park. Oh those bluebonnets! They are so gorgeous. 

Some other highlights from the week included:

• Going to church at Bayou City Fellowship and listening to a moving sermon from our Pastor Curtis. 
• Going to Tova’s naming ceremony brunch (we were late because of church!) – she is such a doll and was snoozing in her mama’s arms!
• Taking Megan’s daughter’s newborn photos in the most gorgeous nursery I have ever seen!
• Did you see Kate Blue’s announcement on her Instagram? I snapped some photos of her and Philip on Saturday for the big reveal!
• Taking Leah’s maternity photos after Kate’s reveal. It was my idea – how could she not document how amazing she looks at 38 weeks??
• Photographing Caroline and then her mom and sister – what a gorgeous family!
• Taking photos for Elly and Ashley in the Heights – a spot I don’t normally visit.
• Meeting Kristen, Destiny and Megan at Mod Pizza in Cypress – of course, I was on a juice cleanse, so I didn’t get to enjoy anything other than their company 🙂 But that was great. 
• Taking Houston’s (dog) 2nd birthday photos at Rice! Kristen is the best pup mama, documenting these special occasions 😉 
• Eating dinner on Sunday at Adair Kitchen – my favorite spot in Houston. I love their veggie super food bowl!

Hope you had a great week! xo

Last week was a tough week for the Petrovics, but we were so grateful for Easter weekend, as it is nearly impossible not to feel joyous on this holiday. We spent Saturday at my parent’s house, as they were driving to Colorado on Sunday. On Easter, we went to the sunrise church service at Bayou City Fellowship, then had brunch at Adair Kitchen (my favorite!) and spent the rest of the day relaxing and enjoying family time. A perfect weekend!

• Celebrating my sweet friend, Danay, at her bridal shower in Katy on Saturday. She is going to be such a gorgeous bride and we’re excited for their wedding next month outside of Austin.
• Spending time with my best friend (since 4th grade!) who recently moved to Chicago (sob) and was in town for Easter – we ate CPK, played with Isla, drank champagne and caught up. I miss living with her! 
• Getting a gel mani done by my sweet friend, Meredith – she definitely knows how to cheer a gal up (Dish Society, bubbly, and girl talk!).
• Celebrating Easter with a few girlfriends at our friend, Brittany’s house! She is the best hostess! Everything was so beautiful.
• Taking blog photos for Caroline, Molly, Megan and Alex!
• Photographing an event for Uncork at Spindletap Brewery.
• Going on a double date to Himalaya and then heading to Dave & Busters afterwards – Sasha is so darn competitive with his basketball games and I’ve lost my touch with Dance Dance Revolution! Ha.
• Taking newborn photos for sweet baby Andrew and 4 month photos for baby Bianca! I love photographing little ones!
• Stopping briefly by The Monogram Shop for a quick hug from Leah and to get one of the items for my sister-in-law’s bachelorette party – I am so excited for the party and the welcome bags! Ha. I’m crazy.

How was your week? I hope you had a great Easter. 

Apparently Sunday was the first day of Spring, but it is freezing here in Houston (in the 40s!), so tough to think of it that way. The flowers are blooming though, and everything looks gorgeous. Isla has a 103 fever and I’m not feeling great, so it’ll be a slow day (or days) for us at the Petrovic house. Sweet girl is finally getting her fourth canine – each came in about two and a half weeks after the other. What a pain! I’m thinking that the fever might be related to that. Looking forward to the warmth and good feelings again soon.

Some highlights from the past week include:

• Taking blog photos for Molly, Caroline and Elly at Highland Village (on different days!).
• Photographing Destiny at CityCentre, then having lunch afterwards at Ruggles Green with sweet Truman – I wish I had brought Isla! She loves “TRUMEE!”
• Going to Courtney’s house in Montgomery for a playdate – we had so much fun on a buggy ride, swinging, playing with chickens and looking at their gorgeous house! I am lusting after her incredible office space.
• Getting a gorgeous mountain painting in the mail from Chelsea Hart – seriously love it! 
• Having lunch at my parent’s house in Katy, and then celebrating Brooks’ first year (while Isla slept through the whole thing!).
• Going to church at Bayou City Fellowship, then meeting friends for lunch at Ruggles Green – followed by a quiet Sunday afternoon.
• Having Isla sport a new Willow Crowns floral headband (for sale tomorrow!) + trying our new Boon SNUG lid + straw – two new favorites 🙂 
• Spending many hours playing with Isla’s new Pottery Barn Kids kitchen set, which we ordered for Christmas and therefore are considering it a Christmas and birthday gift, since it arrived almost halfway!
• Stopping by The Monogram Shop to chat with Leah and order some gifts for a bachelorette party I’m helping to plan! I am so excited to fill the welcome bags!’

Hope you had a great week. xo