freshly picked – A Home with Walls

When our lovely friend Katie from TooRahLoo reached out to us to try and become one of her brand representatives for her then “new/upcoming” online boutique, we were beyond thrilled! When we landed a spot in the TooRahLoo family we were humbled and honored to watch her little shop grow and thrive with new products and many new followers! Katie is one of the nicest and hardest-working stay-at-home mamas we know. She has a one-year-old son name Sam and he’s just about the cutest blue-eyed boy I’ve ever laid eyes on (model baby for sure!)

TooRahLoo started as a shop for burpees and bibdanas, but has now expanded to our favorite infinity scarves and tees! The craftsmanship and quality of the bibdanas and scarves are impeccable with snap buttons and fine fabrics even with her adorable custom label. The tees are machine-washable and always hold their fun screen-prints (no fading so far on our end and we wash them a lot since we have a messy girl on our hand). Go follow @TooRahLoo on Instagram and check out all the awesome items offered!

This morning we decided to take advantage of the sunny day and spent time at the Long Beach Shoreline Marina and Aquarium of the Pacific. We recently received this shirt from Moozega‘s new line, one of the awesome shops we are so lucky to be a brand rep for on Instagram and such. If you’ve never heard of them, you really must check them out! The shirts are all printed on American Apparel fine jersey cotton knit material and the print quality is just superior! The ink doesn’t fade in the wash and the designs are gender neutral and wonderfully unique! These are by far some of our favorite printed tees we own and this elephant one was requested by Tanner and I because we just love elephants! As you can see, we tend to put Huntley is shirts sized a bit bigger than her actual size, due to her Winnie the Pooh-like belly!

RANDOM, but here are some reasons why we love elephants! Did you know that elephants are pack animals that usually stay herds with their families. They are also known to be extremely intelligent and form very strong emotional bonds! An elephant’s memory is truly impeccable as he can actually remember an elephant he’s met hundreds of years ago if he ran into him again. Also, elephants will usually bury a fellow elephant that has died, even if they didn’t know that elephant! But enough about elephants, here’s a flood of photos from today’s outing!

[Moozega Elephant T-shirt I TooRahLoo Polkadot Bandana Bib I Baby Gap Shorties I Freshly Picked Neon Pink Moccasins]

After brunch (and a funnel cake for the pregnant lady, ahem) we had some photo-fun on the pier then took Huntley to Long Beach Aquarium, where we are lucky enough to be annual pass holders of (thanks to some of our mommy/baby playgroup friends)! Since it was Sunday and a perfect one at that, we knew the aquarium would somewhat be packed and decided to just hit up a few parts that we already knew were Huntley’s favorites such as the seals/sea-lions tunnel, the penguins, and the Baja California exhibit.

Afterwards, we headed home and took a much needed family nap! Luckily when we woke from our naps the weather was still warm and the sun was still shining bright so we decided to let Huntley play in the backyard for a bit with water tables and play set.