2nd Day Things...

I am making a list of awesome things I have discovered since staying at home in my new mom role and since Tuesdays are so great and the second day of the week (...and the day after a dreaded Monday) lets start the list...

1. Christmas is around the corner and Thanksgiving is that much closer! Get started sprucing up the house with awesome decorations from West Elm, I've already hung a strand of felt knot garland from the mantel... I plan on putting big burlap bows on both ends at Christmas time!
   
2. Dump Cake! Gots to have a Dump Cake around the holidays. I learned this recipe from my Mom and was my go-to cake recipe in college; It just so happens to be the best and easiest cake bake. (1) can cherry pie filling, (1) can chunk pineapple, and a white or yellow box cake mix prepared the same way you would to make the cake. Mix it all together and its crazy amazing!
3. The Bob Revolution jogging stroller. I haven't yet bought it, but I polled to see what is the best jogging stroller and everyone unanimously said this was the one to get. I tried jogging yesterday (with my Graco Click Connect stroller) for maybe the 3rd time since baby was born and it was such an amazing feeling to sprint up hills and push him at the same time. It was a full body workout. Cant wait to get the jogger!
4. Gift Time! Whether its for your self or to give as a present, I just ordered for myself a new ipad case and got it monogrammed with my initials. You can pick the thread color and the font! Super cute and necessary to protect your prized electronics! West Elm really is awesome this year with home décor, furnishings and gifts!

Ps- While cleaning out my desk at work, I found a $5 Starbucks gift card which means I will definitely be stopping by to get a red cup filled with holiday good-ness aka pumpkin spiced latte (decaf/no whipped cream)

:o) Cheers!

Its Fall Time!

Happy November 1st everyone!

We made it to Fall, and its finally starting to cool off. This morning I woke up thinking Conor was ready to get up too, but he kept snoozin' so I made some oatmeal (with honey and cinnamon of course) and turned on the fire in the living room to warm up the house. It was the best feeling to turn on the fire and get toasty - even though it was only mid 50's outside.

Last night we made our favorite Texas Chili for dinner with Bisquick drop biscuits, so amazing. I had a huge bowl of candy ready to go but not a single Trick-or-Treater came! Last yr we got one! I couldn't believe it, we even have kids who live in our neighborhood. I even replaced our front door light with a stained glass bulb to throw different colors of light for the kids, would have been super cool if there were trick or treaters... oh well, maybe next year.



 

Conor's First Halloween
 

Hope everyone enjoyed the night with all the kiddo's! Cant wait to dress up our baby boy next yr when he'll be walking from house to house to get candy!

Big Changes are a Comin'

We have a lot of changes happening around this house! For starters I decided to stay home with our baby for a few more months! I'm super excited about it, it's just a few months that I'll never get back if I don't take advantage of it now. Baby boy is starting to do so many new things now. He has discovered the tv and actually watches it! The iPhone and iPad are also really exciting to him. I'm blown away that an almost 3 month old is fascinated with a cell phone. I think it's more about the light and the scrolling screen than anything. He's holding up his head and can go from his back to a seated position and then to standing!! (all with the help of us holding his hands, but still... that's amazing!)

Conor's first visit to a Pumpkin Patch

 The next exciting change is the potential to move to another state! I'm so excited about the places our little family is going, and where we may magically end up. For now we're doing all the things necessary to make Conor's first few months well documented and taking lots of embarrassing pictures to put in the slide show at his rehearsal dinner before his wedding day ;o)

Halloween & Pumpkins

This is the best time of year! The weather is finally starting to change, the humidity is a bit less and every day seems a little more festive! We took a trip to visit my brother in Austin in which my sister from Atlanta was in town too, for the Austin City Limit music fest. While we were there we went to see my brother at his crossfit workout. We stayed for the night and then took off to Temple to visit my M&F in law. The weekend was great until halfway thru Friday I started to have some severe boob pain, so that next morning at 5am we took a trip to the ER, 3hrs later I got an antibiotic for mastitis. It was insanely painful. I had some serious cold chills and sweats so I was pretty sure there was an infection that needed some medical attention. I just finished 10 days of antibiotics and feel pretty normal now, back to the same ol' routine.

We had plans to visit a pumpkin patch that Sunday with some friends for baby Conor but he turned out to have a head cold! He still sounds like a snorty bull dog but is so much less snotty. We did a quick buy for a Crane humidifier and a Nose Frida to suck out the snot (so fun, let me tell ya).

Crossfit Central gym

Pumpkin Pants

Hopefully we'll get to take a trip to see pumpkins with baby boy, if not you know i'll be putting together a pumpkin patch photo session in my house!