Ode to Autumn

A little contest tag here.... Thanks Lace!

1. My favorite fall colour is Burnt orange or deep red
2. The fall meal I am most looking forward to enjoying is Homemade Pumpkin pie, with real whip cream, EXTRA whip cream!
3. My favorite fall activity is We got married in the fall.. does that count? I would love to do that every year! If that doesn't work, I really enjoy taking long walks with the family.
4. I am looking forward to wearing comfy sweaters and Ugg boots again.
5. If I were to fill my thermos/coffee mug with any beverage, it would definitely be a pumpkin/cinnamon spiced steamer.
6. My favorite fall tradition is raking leaves into a big pile in the yard. Then jumping, rolling, kicking and crunching through them.
7. My favorite spot to "take in" fall colours is any beautiful park, as long as my family is there to enjoy them with me
8. My favorite fall sound is the wind blowing the leaves to the ground
9. My favorite fall smell is fresh, crisp air!
10. Fall makes me feel refreshed, renewed, grateful to be alive

it's a tough life

It was a typical morning in our house. I was straightening up, Noah was whining. I swear... the kid doesn't have an off button. It's constant. I think someone is trying to get back at me for all the whining that I did growing up. I personally don't think I did it in excess however my Mother, bless her heart, assures me that I most definitely did.

Any old how, I've just come to accept the fact that my days from now on will be accompanied by a healthy dose of baby whining. Most of the time I try to tune it out. It doesn't always work. This particular day I came into the living room investigating the source of even more whining than usual to find this...

The poor little duffer hardly knew what to do with himself.

I was thinking a little something like this.. I wonder how long he would last under there and exactly how much I could get accomplished while he was otherwise "occupied". Hmmm

No, I thought... Surely he would just whine even louder (if that's possible) And so I freed the little captive and he went on to do great and important things throughout the rest of his day...

Like looking super cute...

He's really really ridiculously good at it

For Sale

Anyone looking to buy a cute little boy??

This week Noah decided to start growing some teeth. And when I say 'start' I mean we haven't seen any physical evidence of it, besides this...

and this...

and even more of this...

They say it will last how long?? At this rate, I might not make it to the end of the week.

Cuteness

he crawls, or scoots... or something

FINALLY!

He actually started this almost a month ago, but I haven't gotten around to getting it caught on video until now. As you will see, he still needs coaxing, because well... he's a baby and thinks he needs to be picked up and carried around everywhere. Ha. Nice try kiddo.

He's stubborn though... real stubborn. Hmmm, he must get that from his Daddy. He could sit there all day and whine and whine at me until I finally give up and go pick up his cute chubby little body. It's true. He's done it on several occasions.

Thankfully now that a couple of weeks have passed, he is tasting his independence a bit more, and well I think he's likin' it. He now will venture down the hall into his bedroom, uncoaxed and unchaperoned. This is big folks.. BIG.

On a side note, the quality of the video isn't all that great, sorry!