I am ready! This year will be a year of first baseball games for my son and daughter. I am going to share my love of Dodgers baseball with them.
Author: Maureen
Married. Mom. Maureen. All emms. All me.
We Have Moved
Today Brian and I open yet another chapter in our lives. Today we lay our previous website, brianandmaureenmclaughlin.com, to rest. I mean let’s face it that domain name is just too long! Besides, it wasn’t a true representation of our family since the addition of our two kids, Ethan and Violet. We struggled and struggled Continue reading
Violet’s First Trip To The LA Zoo
We went to the LA Zoo twice in May, mostly because we thought our membership was due to expire at the end of the month. We had great fun – once with the kids’ paternal grandparents and once just the four of us. I hope you enjoy some of the pictures below. The first trip Continue reading
SGV Food Truck Festival
Grandma has read about love for food truck chasing. Now that’s she’s visiting California, we had to have her join in on the fun. It’s a fun way to get out, enjoy the So Cal weather, eat awesome food, and support local small businesses. Here are some highlights from the San Gabriel Valley Food Truck Continue reading
Violet’s First Easter
We are so blessed and happy that Violet decided to make her appearance in time to spend Easter with us. At a week only, she is the most precious bundle of joy and nothing could make me feel any happier. Before Violet was born, about a mid-March, we decided to take Easter portraits to memorialize Continue reading
Counting the Days and the Contractions
Brian and I have been so excited about having baby number two (lovingly nicknamed B2) but we cannot believe how fast this pregnancy has flown by. We decided early on that we wanted to move Ethan to, what was, the spare room and put B2 in the existing nursery. I’m not sure what we were Continue reading
Matching Boys
This picture was taken this morning as we were getting ready to go to to my doctor to check on B2. My boys are so adorable in their matching blue outfits. I can’t wait until B2 is here so we girls can match too!
Santa Anita Park Food Festival
I love me some food. And, food trucks. And, the race track. So, put them all together and I am there! We thought it would be fun to explore since Brian and Ethan had never been to the Santa Anita Race Track in Arcadia plus we’d get enjoy some great food and make a day Continue reading
Ethan’s Second Christmas
This was Ethan’s second Christmas. He is able to walk and talk now so it was a lot more fun to see his excitement this year. He is our greatest gift. We thoroughly enjoyed, what has become, our annual holiday portraits session, our Vietnamese-American potluck at my grandma’s house on Christmas Eve, and opening presents Continue reading
B2 – It’s A Girl
We just found out we’re having a girl! We are so excited that we have a boy and now we are having a girl. I see a Hello Kitty themed nursery in my future. If only I could find a non-pink Hello Kitty theme. So the mission begins.