Personality

In the last month or so, IV has really shown off his personality...cute, yes. Funny, yes - sometimes. This is pretty much his "I'm up to no good face".
Here he was last night helping me make tacos for dinner.

But he can be so adorable and innocent:

::Amazing::

That's all I can say - Amazing. Our first Thanksgiving was one of the best Holidays I've had. We spent a lot of time with our friends and family...so grateful for so many things. We ate an amazing meal at my parents then went to Stew's Great Aunt and Uncles house. It was great spending time with Stew's sister, nephew, brother in law and parents who were all up from Florida.

And I'm so grateful for this little handful - he turned 7 months on Thanksgiving.

1 month v. 7 months

As you can see, he has quite the personality lately.

I feel like I have so much catching up to do - but not nearly enough time...so I'll leave with with these few pictures - they are too good to not share.

My parents bought a wagon for IV and decorated it so that we could go look at Christmas lights - and use it when we cut down our tree - AMAZING!

My Mama and IV

I have so much more to post about - like our Thanksgiving holiday that started on Wednesday. Looking at Christmas lights, the "tag" blanket my Mom made for IV, Our mini lunch date that included a few beers and IV's new Cadillac of a car seat. Stay tuned!

What have I been up to?

I haven't seemed to have the time to blog lately...I feel like every time I sit down to write, something comes up. Nap time is spent working. I'm super busy...especially with the Holiday sneaking up next week.

What have I/we been up to? (iPhone photos)

Last week my Mom and I went to the Outlets with IV. He loves shopping. Can't you tell?

IV was busy being adorable last week:

case in point

IV managed to get his entire body out of the Bumbo and lay on top of it. Yes...I left him like that long enough to snap this picture. Guess the Bumbo doesn't go on the counter anymore...

On Saturday, I had a much need morning at the salon:

And on Monday, my Sister came over with some goodies for IV. He was waiting for her to arrive.

Tuesday morning I put a new toy together for IV. I got everything together...except the wheels. I couldn't snap the damn things on. So all day he had to play with it like this:

*by 4:45p, I finally got them on. I was determined.

And...we have had the same bedtime routine since IV was born. So after flipping through some pictures, we decided to duplicate a picture from when he was about 8 weeks old.

These last few pictures are all about Thanksgiving...my first cornucopia, a wreath I crafted up and a picture from our walk yesterday...

To be honest, I have no idea if I'll be able to squeeze another post in before Thanksgiving. If I don't, I wish you all a great Thanksgiving with friends and family.

I need to get going now - I have my sister bring us lunch today and my brother-in-law is coming over tonight to meet IV for the first time. Ciao!



{Update} Recent purchases & a sled

I now have all my recent purchases - I'm thrilled with every one.

First - my pumpkin seeds that I planted have grown. No actual pumpkin yet, I heard it will take about 3 months. Take a look:

And - my new 4S recently came in, which meant I could finally put on my Petunia case! I'm in love - with both.

And finally, my CottonCandy camera strap arrived. And yes. I love it. I'm a HUGE teal person...so this is just perfect for me. (took this picture with my new phone!)



Ok - last but not least, IV got a new sled from my parents. He thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. The snow may be melted now, but we are ready for more.

Happy Tuesday!

I don't like "kids"

Ahhhh yes...there is that word - KID. I have a short list of words that I hate! Kid is one of them.

It's right behind panties, preggo and relax. Relax made my list because I can't stand it when someone says to me - "relax".

But the word Kid will be used for the purpose of this post. I HATE THE WORD KID AND I HATE THE KID THAT CAME TO MY DOOR LAST NIGHT.

Last night was Trick or Treat, which I love. The house was lit with all our spooky candles, the walkway lined with mums, pumpkins and faux candles (don't want to catch anybodies costume on fire). IV was dressed in his glow in the dark skeleton shirt and ready to hand out candy for the first time.

The boys waiting for the first Trick or Treat-er

Contemplating whether he should give away the candy.

Loving the lemonheads!

Isn't he sweet? Yes. So innocent! But you know what is not sweet? The snot nose kid that trembled my mums, ran up my porch and said something other than TRICK OR TREAT. Ugh. So I did what any Mother would do - I took a two-year old tootsie roll and tossed it into his grimy trash bag...yes...a trash bag. He looked at me and said "You got any midnight milky ways?" I felt a wave of anger come over me. I wished for that one instant there was no consequence. I wished I could have pushed him off my porch - hard. And I wished that when I did, his stupid, non existent costume would have made him smack his teeth on the walkway pavement. (no need to call the authorities, my Husband wouldn't let me, ha)

Hey Kid! Thanks for setting my Halloween off on a sour note!

Mark my word...my Son will NEVER act or speak like that to anyone - Trick or Treat or not.