I’m a little late to post this (been super busy the past couple weeks), but we had our “big ultrasound” about 3 weeks ago, and found out that we’ll be having another boy! Adrian and I are REALLY excited (and so is Zachary, who wanted the baby to be a brother). I’ll be 21 weeks this week and am blown away by how quickly time is moving compared to my first pregnancy.

Here’s my favorite ultrasound image for this week’s WW — it’s a little hard to see in this Instagrammed photo of the ultrasound printout (I was too tired to scan it, heh), but if you look closely you can see his little feet coming up over his head, like he’s doing a somersault inside my tummy! So cute!

The Florida Renaissance Festival is returning to South Florida for its 20^th year of family fun and entertainment. I am so excited – I attend the Renaissance Festival each and every year and love seeing the colorful participants, fun shows, and unique crafts.

The splendor of the Renaissance era will take over Quiet Waters Park in Deerfield Beach for five exciting weekends, beginning February 11^th, 2012. Guests can browse through the enchanted craft village, where more than 100 artisans and merchants will demonstrate and sell their wares. Twelve stages of entertainment will host a variety of performances, including the critically acclaimed “Musical Macbeth.” William Shakespeare’s classic tale of ambition, magic and murder will be told in a 30-minute whirlwind of Broadway showtunes, pop hits and slapstick comedy.

“The Florida Renaissance Festival is a South Florida tradition that has delighted fans of all ages for many years,” said Bobby Rodriguez, executive producer of the Florida Renaissance Festival. “We are excited to celebrate our 20^th anniversary by bringing back many of our fans’ favorite acts and experiences.”

This week I have a cold, Zachary is getting over one, and I have a lot of work to do that I don’t feel like doing (would much rather rest). Posting this photo of a sunset I captured in Islamorada on our last visit down to the Florida Keys before having dinner at one of my favorite spots, Morada Bay Cafe. I wish I was there right now!

Canon 5D | 50mm f/1.4  @ 1/4000| ISO 160

Almost forgot to do WW today! Here’s an Instagram shot of our vegetable side dish from dinner the other night – Brussels Sprouts Hash. It was one of the most delicious things I’ve ever eaten! The recipe called for pearl onions, but I just chopped up a little more than half an onion and caramelized it since I didn’t have any of the pearl variety. Definitely going to make this one again! Meal planning is proving to be a fun and healthy adventure for 2012!

I love this photo (iPhone 4s, Instagram)! Zachary found his love for Play-doh a few months ago, and it’s greatly increased in recent weeks. We do Play-doh every day now (sometimes more than once a day). I enjoy this time for him to be creative and use his imagination.

What crafty toys do your kids enjoy playing with?

The weather we’ve been having down here is SERIOUSLY AWESOME. Zachary has been on winter break from school for the past couple of weeks, and I feel so lucky that we’ve been able to go out every day and enjoy the weather – either playing outside in the backyard (he’s loving the playhouse he got for his birthday) or just running fun errands together.

At 3 years old, he’s really become my little buddy. We have great conversations together, go shopping, share a snack, go out for lunch, play trains, and pretty much do anything. He is totally portable right now, and so much fun to hang out with. In a way, I’m really glad that we waited until Zachary was 3 to get pregnant again. He is such a big boy now, and I can focus on making some wonderful memories for him and with him, and really enjoy our time together as “just us” before our new baby comes along. He is REALLY excited about having a brother or sister (he said yesterday that he wants a brother, but we’ll find out for sure in a couple weeks!) and I know he is going to be an amazing big brother.

After running some errands yesterday, he looked up and said, “oh, look, Mommy! the moon!” and sure enough there was a tiny sliver of moon in the late afternoon sky. At his request, I took a snap with my iPhone using Instagram – you can barely see the teeny tiny moon, but you can tell by the beautiful color of the sky what a wonderful day it was! Here’s the result! :)

I hope you’re all enjoying the winter vacation as well and are excited about 2012! I can’t wait to finish writing my New Year’s resolutions and share more of my photography with you all next year!

I hope all of you had a very Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas!

We have really enjoyed celebrating Hanukkah with Zachary the past week now that he is old enough to understand lighting the candles and says the prayers with us.

Here is my favorite photo from the last night of Hanukkah, which we celebrated last night. He is going to be so disappointed tonight to realize Hanukkah is officially over. I can’t wait til next year though – we are going to have so much fun!

photo taken with iPhone 4s and Instagram.

Last week we took a mini vacay to the Florida Keys with Adrian’s family, who were visiting from out of town. We visited Key West, Marathon, and Islamorada. Islamorada is my favorite – we stayed at the fabulous Cheeca Lodge and ate at Morada Bay Cafe, one of my favorite restaurants!

I mostly shot with my iPhone and got some great images that I wanted to share. I captured and processed all of these images using Instagram on my iPhone 4s.

Hope you all have a wonderful Hanukkah with your families this week! We are enjoying the holiday very much!

Captured with my iPhone 4s and edited with Camera+

Boy have we been busy! Zachary’s birthday was two weeks ago, so we celebrated with a trip to Disney World!

We got tickets to Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party (we’re Jewish, but we still enjoy seasonal activities just as much as everyone else!!) and it was absolutely worth it. What a beautiful fireworks display, fun parade, and best of all was the ability to ride on the rides without any long lines! Zachary’s first ever Disney Ride was It’s A Small World, followed by Peter Pan, and then Buzz Lightyear. He had an amazing trip to Disney and is already asking if we can go back again soon.

Here’s one of my favorite images that I snapped with my new iPhone 4s — Cinderella’s Castle lit up by the beautiful fireworks at the Christmas Party!