the closest i'll ever come to johnny depp

SO. johnny depp is in wisconsin filming his new movie about john dillinger. he's been in milwaukee this week. a women at work's husband and his friend were downtown night before last, around 3am, and knowing that the filming was happening at night, decided to drive down there and see if they could see anything. well, JOHNNY DEPP was STANDING ON THE CORNER and FLAGGED THEM DOWN, and told them he was hungry and did they know where he could get some breakfast? sure, they said, jump in. so JOHNNY DEPP JUMPED IN THEIR TRUCK AND THEY ALL WENT TO BREAKFAST. my coworker was mad that he was out later than expected... until she found out his was at breakfast with johnny depp. as you may be able to tell, i heart johnny depp. omg i am so jealous. LOVE HIM. so that's about as close as i'll ever get to johnny depp. le sigh.

kitchen progress...

the only way my kitchen could be LESS of a kitchen is if we didn't have the floor in there. yesterday, bryan finished taking down the last set of upper cabinets and tile backsplash. we primed the ceiling over the course of the last 2 nights, and it is ready for paint. the walls will be primed today so that we may begin painting tomorrow, or even tonight. we have settled on a paint color - woohoo. we're going with a color called ginger palm, which is a lovely golden almost brown color. i had found a blue i loved, and i do love it, but it just wasn't thrilling me as a kitchen color. i wanted something warmer. i was afraid the golds i was looking at would be too monotone against the cabinets and floor, but both bryan and shannon assured me that with our stainless steel appliances, nifty kitchen tools (like the blue le creuset i've been planning my kitchen around for years; no, i am not kidding, i love that stuff), and other accessories we can add, it will be perfect.

the cabinets get installed monday, then we wait for countertops. during that time, we'll add the new light fixtures and details like light switch plates, window treatments, etc, and pick up the sink and faucet and all that good stuff. once the counters are in, we can tile the backsplash (off white subway tile) and then... i think we're done! so, another month or so, and i'll have a kitchen back!

i have a fun artwork project planned, involving the kids and food, which i'll do while hannah is here. so that will be fun. a lot of work has gone into the kitchen so far, which is kind of hard to tell considering there is nothing in there, but! it's all about to come together quickly. so excited.

this weekend, we have a few family bbqs to attend, which hopefully works ok with ollie's naps. my uncle has a swimming pool so oliver will get to go swimming for the first time!!!!

oliver has been doing really well lately. been sleeping well, cute as ever! some cute baby pics to get you through the weekend:





bunch more in the june gallery.

my new favorite: adam sevani. white boy can dance.