[Baby] A-aron!

Halfway through the week... made it!

Today was a blur at the desk, but well worth it, and end of the day showed up to move us from the work day to the dinner hour.

And I guarantee my dinner date was cooler than yours! ;)

gaahhh!

Seriously... he's the cutest new kid on the block, and ooookay, his parents are decent, too ;)

he literally is a tiny clone of his parents 

We set dinner at a central location, which also happens to be one of our favorites.... and should also happen to be where you go if you're ever over on Beechmont Ave around the dinner hour.

the stokes & the doeblers!

I have to brag on my dear friend Catie, because she's a stellar mom already and because although we haven't really had the time around life to get together as much as I'd like, we still pick up right where we left off.

a *quick* peek at the last decade... haha

And then today, when we tried to take a picture but kept remembering some likely 9-year-old memory that was way too funny and very likely just as, if not more.. ridiculous.

love you, beautiful friend! 

Happy Wednesday, blogbots! We made it halfway to the weekend! ;)

xo | cms

Happy Birthday, Catie! ♥

Tuesdays around here have earned the nickname Terrible Tuesdays: a pun off terrible TWO's, indicating that Tuesdays have the temperament, agitation and inconsolably fickle head of a human toddler on her worst day. 

I wasn't alone on this sentiment today; Kristin and Clarissa had their fair share of the action today, and by the time 5:00 rolled around, I think we'd had our fill of Tuesday in general. SEE YA NEXT WEEK, BUSTER..... haha.

In other - and way cooler - news, today's Catie's birthday! I had several shots to choose from for the commemorative photo, but this one is so accurate to our friendship that I couldn't pass it by: 

circa 2008

^ When you find someone with whom you can shamelessly don adult onesies [that just happened to also glow in the dark and have little grippers on the feet, don't hate..], then you know you've found one of the good ones, haha.. Also note that that picture was taken after work on a mid-week, and that we weren't under the influence of anything except spontaneity. These types of things happened more often than you'd think! 

After work, I did a quick costume change at the office, and scooted out the door to soccer practice with Becky. She'd asked me to assist in coaching a squad of U10 and U11 girls on the east side, and I happily obliged that. It was a blast!

soccer practice time! 

Not a bad ending to an otherwise tempestuous Tuesday; I'm pretty pleased with it all and feeling much better about approaching tomorrow ;). 

Adios!

xo | cmd

Happy Birthday, Catie!!!

Happy birthday, CATIE!!!

love this girl.. happy birthday, catie!!! ♥

As it should happen, whilst cleaning yesterday, I found an ancient artifact dating back to the reason I met Catie, nearly a decade ago...

wow... just... wow.
#flashback #itsoverthankfully

^ Remember that? There was a day, believe it or not, when I worked for Kiss 107, and that's where I met Catie. Only those who worked in that place will ever be able to fully understand the.... chaos that was life with CC, but I'm thankful to have shared that experience with Catie... hahah :)

Here at home, it was a day of rest, relaxation and prayer that this sinus issues I've been having for the past four-ish days now will go AWAY, so I don't have to take it with me to Panama. [Any and all prayers are gratefully welcome!;) ]

Sydni, to make me feel better, arranged a "concert" in my honor, performed by the cast of her MLP girls:

my thoughtful girl... and her dolls 

She's so thoughtful.. ♥♥

Here's to a solid start to the work week for all of us, and to everyone out there staying healthy!!
Happy Sunday!

xo | cmd

Love Culture | Lemon Grass | Grand Sands

There were three big things on the agenda for today:

1. Secure "THE OUTFIT" for impending New Year's Eve celebrations. [Done!]

so there's that.

^^ Now, just imagine that without the super skinny, visible midriff showing, and with me being just a couple shades... *ahem.. darker. :p Preview! Hah..

2. Dinner at Lemon Grass with the one & only Catie! It's been way too long, and to say that it was excellent catching up & celebrating my recent engagement with this gal is a huuuuge understatement. Love you, Ceggers & THANK YOU for the little celebratory gift! ;)

yay, catieeee!!

3. VOLLEYBALL!
Yessssssssss, finally! It's been since Summer that I hit the sand for some volleyball, let alone anywhere with any sort of real structure to the matches. I randomly received a text from Paul while at dinner with Catie, inviting me to sub in for the evening at Grand Sands [whoa there, flashback..], and naturally, I obliged, even at the risk of cramping up from the amount of food consumed at said dinner :p.

welcome! :D

This place brought in a flood of memories, specifically the days when I played on a team with Kalyn, Paul & Tim. Thanks a lot, Paul... now I'm bent on coming back!

yes, please! 

I'd say that's a pretty solid start to the final few days of December. Tomorrow's my last day of "work" for the year, and then it's off to Illinois to celebrate Christmas with Rob's family & simultaneously usher in 2015. It's gonna be a full-throttle weekend, but I'm ready :)

For now.. I've still got sand in some weird places, so I'll see you blogbots next time!

xo | cmd 

!! WEDDING BONANZAS !!

Where to start?!

Today.. was... AWESOME.

First, Sydni and I got to lounge around and do all of nothing while Rob set off on his mission of a Mother's Day surprise for me. Long story short, he scooted off in my car to get my surprise, which turned out to be a new windshield and tires! Talk about a lucky girl. It was making me crazy having that giant crack in my windshield for two weeks, and I needed to upgrade the tires, too... and I have a guy here who gets boyfriend of the year for that alone ;). THANK YOU, Rob ♥. You're. The. BEST.

After my excitement over my car was expressed, I took care of some last minute errands, dropped Sydni off at her dad's, and came back home to get ready for the long-awaited evening: The DOEBLER WEDDING!

*Squeaaaaal!!!

Pictures, you say? Okay. Here ya go!

oh, the anticipation!!! seated & ready to go!

this girl came in right behind us (: yay, kim!

omgomgomgomgomg, they're married!!!

& From the DOEBLER Cocktail Hour..

pinay power mode with jen ;)

my beautiful former roommate trisha

& moving upstairs, to

The DOEBLER Reception!!

gorgeous.

fun!

I took my best friend to the wedding:

love. him.

muahh♥

We were seated at Table 5.

This was on our table:  

#catieandandy!

Fine. You asked for it!

#CATIEANDANDY | #TABLE5

#CATIEANDANDY | #TABLE5

catie & the ladies [minus ravae] of #TABLE5 ♥♥♥♥♥
.... #CATIEANDANDY hehe..

 >>> Hello, Mrs. DOEBLER! <<<

loooooove!!!! ♥♥♥



me. catie. jen

You know it's a good party when you don't have that many pictures [which kinda stinks, but we got some, and that's what matters!]





this guy♥





catie & her mama

related, you think? ;)

with the gorgeous bride!

I LOVE a good party. 

 

Catie & Andy,
THANK YOU for including us to join in and celebrate your WEDDING! We had a BLAST, and love you both to the moon & back. xoxoxo. Cheers to a LIFETIME of everything that makes you two what you are as a unit, and all the love & laughter that comes with it!!

Love love & more love,
Corin & Rob

 

The Doebler wedding was of course the spotlight of our night, but I have two other sets of lovelies in my life who were also married today!!

 

To Suzie & Adam, your pictures were GORGEOUS! I hope Louisville is treating you well & wish you all the very, very best! ♥

mr. & mrs. sabin

Aaaaand, Jay & Trey! After just being at your house earlier this week, I wouldn't have recognized it with the gorgeous setup you had! Congratulations to both of you!!! Wishing you two generations of love & happiness!♥

jay & trey

Oh man.. what an amazing, love-filled day for basically ALL of us! Wedding season is upon us, folks... and I love it.

 

Congratulations to ALL the newly-weds!

And happy weekend to the rest of you!

 

xo | cmd

The Doeblerts: Stock the Bar Train Jamboree!

*backdated! ;)

I've seriously been waiting all week for this.
By mid-morning, Rob and I were in the car, en route to Connersville, IN to rendezvous with Catie, Andy & Co. for their Stock the Bar Train Jamboree [aka, joint wedding shower]. Let me tell you, this was a genius idea, and an all-around awesome time for everyone.

I'll spare the chatter & get straight to the pictures. I borrowed a couple from Ryan & Reena, but since I forgot to bring the D90, I had to count on Ryan's Canon to capture a lot of the day (:




whitewater vally railroad | connersville, in

We boarded the train and got caught up with some familiar faces we hadn't seen in a while...

jen! a little filipino love for the trip (:

me, catie & trisha: "roommates," 6 years later!

the beardless guy i brought to the party ;) ♥♥♥♥

This was a legit train ride, complete with a conductor, tickets & all:

(:

and yes, we made him yell, "aaaaaaaaaall aboooooard!"

Once we started moving, The Tye Dyes [aka, Catie & her band] provided some of the soundtrack for the trip out to Laurel. There is nothing quite like an old fashioned train ride with awesome people and live bluegrass music. I could do this every Saturday.

LOVED IT!


yeah, catie!!

Of course, there's nothing like an unfortunate fender bender to add some awe and quick prayer to the first train ride we've taken in a long time. It didn't appear that anyone had been hurt, but we did spend the next 10 minutes after this all speculating on how that may've happened..

ouch :(

The train plugged along for about 45 minutes before we reached Laurel. There, we were met with some Indiana hospitality for lunch.

not nearly as shanty as it might look!

you had us at fried food

^ Lunch = buffet. Of fried food. Let's be honest, nobody was watching their diets today, and a good thing, too, because the food was pretty good. I'm pretty sure we were all back for seconds, if that says anything. (:

After lunch, we all took to exploring a bit outside the restaurant. The train was awaiting us just a few meters away on the tracks; there will be lots of pictures surfacing soon of us all on the train as it stood waiting. 

yes, that's rob. lol ♥♥♥

We boarded back on the train for the trip home, and watched as Catie & Andy tore into all the gifts that were brought to actually stock the bar. I think they did pretty good, haha..

stocking the bar for these two!

because why not?

We arrived back in Connersville, and bid temporary farewells to everyone. Back in Cincinnati, I managed to squeeze in a quick catnap before I was up and heading right back out the door to Rhinegeist for the girls-only part of Catie's bachelorette party.


yessss!

traditional fobby picture from your brown girls ;) haha

I even got a random text from Trish, asking if I was getting into anything tonight. I told her to come and join us, so she did, and it was awesome having her there to spend the evening with us! We left Rhinegeist and bounced around some to good old OTR. Our final landing spot to finish the evening was The Drinkery, and we all left with huge smiles knowing we'd done our due duties as friends to celebrate Catie's approaching nuptials.

trish came to play!

adore her!!

Catie, I LOVE you, and I am SO excited to see you in a month, walking down to tie the knot with Andy! Thank you, THANK YOU for including me on your celebration. LOVE YOU!!!

xo | cmd