restlessly content

​There are people who would be perfectly content with sitting outside of their airstream, enjoying the nice breeze and drink beer everyday. Not just that, they would have zero interest or need to move, aka the travel bug. 

what being stationary means to me.

​Not me. I doubt I’d ever reach to that point of contentment. It’s a good thing that meraki got wheels, so I can make my “contentment” portable.

brief sense of peace

​Now, let’s talk about Louisiana. Despite the awful start, it is, thus far, the favorite state for all of us. Unanimously. I admit, I did not expect to fall in love with Louisiana. The foods, the buildings, the nature and the people… just basically shot Louisiana all the way past the top of the pedestal. 

the morning after a potentially disastrous night. pc: tate tullier

I cannot thank Sarah and Tate Tullier enough for being there that night and for being the best host/hostess, they represented the state of Louisiana very well, y'all!! 

aidan and nola, you can see how very pleased she is to be picked up by a strange kid.

Not only we were fortunate with fun company, my husband got to experience the trip with us for a week. We were a whole family at the best possible spot. Heck, my husband and I even got to go out on a date (we probably didn't get a date for MONTHS before I left on this trip!!) when we were at new orleans.

first night after so many nights away

his first taste of louisiana was a beignet.... baptized by powdered sugar (I blew it onto his face when taking the photo, much to the boys' excitement)

the whole unit.

we hiked at a swamp (I forget the name already, oops... somewhere in baton rogue named blue something)

we did have our moments, tho

With daddy in town, we grabbed every opportunity to see places around nola, layafette and baton rouge.

touring the LSU Rural place

hubby, the foodie, at elsie's

oisin requested for me to photograph him in this spot and with that pose

one of louisiana's booze drive thru (the irony)

the swamp boat tour is a MUST do if you ever are in the deep south

this factory tour was a surprise, probably one of the best tour we've been to

well, what can I say, a little bit of spice makes one feel sexy

know what surprised me? the people of louisiana took our Deafness in stride, they made effort to communicate with us and it was with ease

oisin at the mardi gras world

Our favorite part of the week probably goes to nola, especially the double date we had with the tulliers. we explored the french quarters, bourbon street, jackson square and had the famous beignets at cafe du monde (cajun village at sorrento actually has my vote for the best beignets). We also visited those old cemeteries and stopped at the Ninth Ward (where Brad Pitt rebuilt homes for those damaged by Hurricane Katrina). 

oisin and barkley l hendricks

aidan is such a goofball sometimes

eitan, sarah and aidan looking at tate after he did the butt in your face dance

us at the museum by sarah tullier

oisin and xaveria simmons' masterpiece

us at parkway bakery for the poboy sandwiches (so good, alto the best catfish poboy goes to Krazy Kajun at saint martinville)

us at willie's chicken (another delicious place!!)

The boys were now taken care of at a nice hotel while we went off to our double date fun. 

our attempt in drinking Hurricane together at pat o'brein pc: tate tullier

this lady *heart* pc: tate taller

a welfie as we crashed a wedding party

tate and the voodoo

I literally crawled into the hotel's bed and fell asleep as I held onto my favorite Agnes and Dora leggings (vintage camera print given to me as a gift by Karina- @sweetonagnesanddora). I was too tired to put it on (and as a result, it fell in between the bed slabs and I forgot to take it with me, wah!).

The next day, Jason and I took the boys to explore the city before heading back to the "suburbs" in Gonzales.

eitan and aidan at the line of cafe du monde

cafe du monde

beignet's powdery mess

a slurp of a hot chocolate

a hot chocolate approved

I could do photo shoots all day long at the french quarters, the buildings were so beautiful

boys outside the window of the oldest bar in nola, lafitte's blacksmith shop

we were in heaven at that shop, seriously

We did SO much that it simply knocked out our boys and y'all, eitan NEVER naps.

We loved it so much that we'll be back in January. Yo!