welcome, little prince.

and just like that - a future king is born.

congratulations to the royal family, especially princess cake and her beloved prince horseface.  you guys rule. . . literally. {well, sort of literally}

and here are my gift choices that i believe to be

1. blankie 2. spoon 3. book 4. onesie 5. burberry set 6. rocking chair 

7. swaddle 8. babar 9. hat & booties 10. loafers
11.  that's right - i'm shipping him george! {he's been of the utmost naughtiness today}

frenchie friday: 2 for you. . .1 for moi!

need two of these for the girlies. . .

crewcuts loudest bark tee

and obvs one of these for myself.

gap french bulldog tee

love that designers everywhere are encouraging my creepy dog lady wardrobe.

worship the crewcuts tee inspired by the pups at central park, my fave place evah to walk george & loo.  we haven't been since c & p were born. 

but i have a plan for when my georgey isn't happy on this earth anymore. {WOMP}

 i'm taking that badass mother-effer back to NYC . . . 

image via white loft studio

the horse is putting us up at the carlysle and i'm ordering his naughtiness a steak via room service and taking him for a spin around the park.

is anyone else concerned between this and the sock post that i've lost it?

happy frenchie friday and HAPPY weekend!

frenchie friday: naughty george. . .obvs

via flickr

this image from flickr looks so much like my george.  miss him so.

grab a chair because i don't want you to be shocked and keel over when i tell you that george has been a bit naughty since i left him nearly a week ago.

here's a text from CBC from a couple of days ago.

and this came in from lucky dogsitter, amandy-pants, last night.  

don't worry that was only a million dollar box of fran's gray salt caramels.

even loo is being a tad naughty, perched up on my prized pillows {via julie from shelter}

good luck, amanda.  please give those naughties hugs from mommy!

target tuesday : effing george

so had to make a quick run to target this morning because george ate C & P's boyfriend, Grady's, sneakers {and prized possessions} while he was innocently here for a playdate yesterday.   i needed to replace those bad boys STAT.  hopefully G is none the wiser.  don't let him read the blog today, sugar!
 GEORGE!  he is OOC. good thing he is  . . .

so. darn. handsome.

so handsome. . . so naughty. . . 

stunning images by white loft studio

worship.

anyhoot, while i was there i picked up the altuzarra tumblers for Grady's mom to compensate for pain and suffering.  {and then i felt some pain & suffering of my own when i saw the entire neiman's collection is now 70 percent off - doh!}

so grabbed these swim caps for our trip to mimi's to lift my spirits.

to match this.  obvs.

i have a serious issue with little girl's swimwear.  

serious. issue.


P.S.  keeping george on a tight leash today. . .literally.  horseface is expecting his playoff tickets in the mail at any given moment.  after *the incident* of 2011, this "leashing" is mandatory.

frenchie friday: naptime

looks like my tough little dude has decided to embrace his sensitive side on this gloomy day.

totes hijacked c's chair.

happy weekend everyone!

frenchie friday: 7 years of. . .

barking.

chewing up eyeglasses, dolls, toys, forks, books, and whatever else strikes your fancy.

ineffective, yet costly, training.

chasing you in the street as you weave through traffic and almost get run over/give me a heart attack.

medical bills {ahum, one MAJ in particular}

assaulting the mail every day as it comes thru the slot.

scratching up our antique floors.

scaring young children. . . and a fair amount of grown adults while you're at it.

lifting your leg on . . . well, everything {including that nice yoga instructor that stopped to pet you}

7 years of unconditional love for this rascal.

happy birthday to my first born . . .

GEORGE.

you're just as handsome and naughty as the day we brought you home.

way to stay true to yourself, old man.

worship.  OBVS.

xo

frenchie friday: march . . . to the beach

happy frenchie friday to us!  i may have mentioned the craycray town weather we are having in new england this week.  at this point, i'm almost hoping it cools sown a bit so i can actually accomplish something {not really}.  

no-thing makes me happier than bringing george & loo for a romp on the beach.  which is precisely what we did this am {in lieu of errands.  obvs}.

tired piglet.

doesn't my georgey look sooo handsome in loo's pecan pie puppies flower collar?  and look at his grey-ing whiskers.  very distinguished, don't you think?

happy FF & a glorious weekend to you all!

georgie the birthday boy! and more. . .

one week ago today we celebrated george's 6th birthday.  george was born on our wedding day which is how i first knew we were meant to be. {yup, i'm a weirdo like that}

the birthday boy started the day with a romp on the beach.  6 years and one spinal surgery later, he can still keep up with the best of 'em.

we also celebrated our anniversary last friday with royal treatment from straight wharf {thanks, ty!}

effing phenom.

 followed by way too many celebratory cocktails with bridesmaid/cousin/bff ashy and her beau.

{today happens to be said bm/cuz/bff's birthday- hey, girl, hey!  love and miss you so.}

we had a chance to read our messages from table #6.  yes, this is amazing that every year we wait to read these.  if anyone knew my patience level, this is truly a miracle, but it's nice to know we still have a lil surprise to look forward to, not that GEORGE, loo, c & p, and CBC don't provide enough of those. . .

we used these booklets as table numbers for people to write messages.

this was my fave message in this year's. { has nothing to do with it being the only one.  mah. } mr. and mrs. b are dear friends and wonderful role models when it comes to marriage.  they really nailed it with their advice to "stay close, keep talking and laughing."

what an amazebalz day.

photo by corinna raznikov

it would take me for-evah to blog about 6/24/05 but if anyone wants to check out some of our wedding deets, head to style me pretty.

to wrap things up:

gorgeous george, happy birthday to my first baby.

CBC, happy anni, munky.  i really like you a lot. {inside joke.  obvs}

ashy- i'm so happy you were born.  HBD, sissy! xoxo

whooo do i love more than owls? frenchies, that's who!

my babies (2009) photographed by the amazing corinna raznikov

so i have a confession to make. 

 i'm not that into owls. 

 i mean, my daughters adore them and we did have a super-fun owl-themed 2nd birthday party . . .

and well, then i guess i named my business and blog after them, too!
 mr. hoot is pretty darn special but my real soft spot is with french bulldogs.

two in particular : george and miss looloo. {derived from my maiden name, loomis}

and if you follow this blog you are bound to feel the frenchie love.
in fact, i'm going to dedicate at least one post a week to my beloved best friends, so bear with me!

i'm in good company as a frenchie owner (ac slater excluded).
 here are some other "famous" frenchies, although none are as cute as mine.

hugh jackman & peaches

zac & rocky

christina ricci & ramon

shawn white & rambo

mario lopez and julio cesar chavez lopez

denise richards & hunk

reese witherspoon & coco chanel

leo & django

ashley olson & her frenchie

and here they are . . . queen & queen of the frenchies. . .francesca & sharkey.
it has been a long time dream of mine to meet them.
 {and i guess it would be cool to meet martha, too}

image via martha stewart

martha, if you're reading, what time should george & looloo {and I} arrive in bedford for our playdate?