Currently sitting on the couch with my love and two kitties.

Last time I blogged I was trying to make the best of a crappy day.  I succeeded in having a good day, though it was a choice hour by hour to focus on the positives and not be sad that Paul was working and we weren't together. 

I got a delicious Caramel Brulee Latte and watched a great movie cuddled in the bed with the fire on. 

Then I decided to get out of the house, head to Costco just to get lunch, Trader Joe's for some much needed happy food, and then my first trip to Home Goods (like Ross but much nicer and it doesn't have clothes) and picked up a few stocking stuffers. 

I got this binder free at work and switched over our scrapbook from its old much too small binder to this awesome huge D ring binder, and then of course I decorated it.  I love our random scrapbook of movie tickets, maps, invitations, and other random papers and notes. :)

On the day I was determined to make good I also went to H-mart, my favorite cheap Asian grocery store.  Can you believe these prices!!

That evening we went to Paul's parents to celebrate his dad's 60th birthday!

Then on Monday Paul and I went to Seattle.  This was a last minute trip planned Friday evening as Paul wanted us to get away because our Friday had been stolen from us.  We got a Living Social deal (like groupon) and were able to stay in downtown Seattle in a historic hotel, with a $50 credit for meals (covered breakfast and dinner with some good tips) and free valet parking (usually $25 a night) and we paid $119.  So for a little more than we usually spend on a hotel we had an awesome mini vacay with lots of perks! 

We got fresh donuts and a latte from a little stand at Pike Place.  The donuts were heavenly (the maple bacon one was a little odd) but yeah, if I lived closer I would weigh 1000lbs from those mini fresh donuts! 

We ate lunch at a little deli at Pike Place and then went to a military shop that had lots of awesome old clothes and bags and such. 

The lounge we had credit too was awesome, comfy seats and couches, great service and yummy food!  After we consumed way too many calories at dinner we went on a walk to see the city at night, so stinking gorgeous! 

On December 9th I switch to day shift, I am pretty stoked.  I am also stoked about my new "lipstick" cardigan from Gap outlet.  Everything at Gap and Banana Republic outlets was on sale and then I had a 40% and 30% off my entire purchase respectively.  I definitely spoiled myself the day I went shopping with those coupons! 

Yesterday at work was slow and it was awesome.  I did have a patient in a crazy amount of pain, and she was on iv meds that are kept in the pharmacy, so I made plenty of trips up and down the elevator to get them, and took pictures as I was doing so. :)  Oh and I made time for a coffee and cheese snack, sounds so good I know. Haha. 

Today Paul woke me up at 7:36 (I went to bed after 1am) and asked me if I wanted to go grocery shopping.  I groggily agreed and we headed to Safeway and were there by 7:45.  It was nice to beat all the traffic and people but man am I tired now!  We saved hecka money though!  We saved $170 and only spent $75.  We got a free turkey too.  Talk about awesome deal shopping! 

Then this afternoon I have been working on some decorations for Thanksgiving.  I am having so much fun! 

Oh and the other day I prettied up some candles for stocking stuffers.  Sorry Amber, I am spoiling the surprise of this one, but I couldn't help but share how a boring Yankee miniature candle can be transformed into a holiday decoration.  Not to mention they smell amazing!

And then last but not least my Christmas inspiration from pinterest (I don't have links because I am a bad girl) but I am so excited to decorate!

Hope you girls are having a wonderful weekend! I hope we can all get together when Candice comes down! 

I am determined to make the best of this day.

Today Paul and I were supposed to be off together.  I had steel cut oats set to be done at 8am.  We went to bed around midnight and I didn't even set an alarm.  I woke up around 8:30 and Paul was already downstairs, I leisurely looked at blogs and instagram on my phone before getting up and making the bed then heading downstairs.  Paul and I finish breakfast by 9am and then he gets a phone call, his boss wants him to come to work because there is stuff that needs to be done.  Needless to say I lost it and cried for the next 10 minutes.  I had been looking forward to this friday all week!  I made sure I swam 4 time (monday-thursday), that I got all the errands done thursday when I was off and Paul was working, and that I had the house all picked up and the silly little chores done.  I made sure I had some crafts to do so we could hang out while Paul watched some tv shows to relax that he likes and I can tolerate if I have something else to do.  We were going to have the perfect Friday, and then Safeway steals him from me,  I seriously couldn't help the waterfall of tears.  I am still sad as I write this, but after I finish this post I am going to get myself a Starbucks, bring it home, lock myself in the bedroom with no kitties and watch a movie.  I will enjoy today, I will enjoy today, I will enjoy today. 

On a happier note I got this print for my closet, it is from Pen and Paint as I mentioned before.  She always sends a little extra print when you buy and 8x10 and I love both of them.  I need this reminder daily, because I mess up daily.  Oh and that bop it brings back so many memories every time I play it.  I remember never being able to reach 250 (the highest you can go) but the first time I played after bringing it home from Moses Lake I got to 250, apparently Bop It isn't has hard at 24 as it was at 14. 

We had a couple days (maybe even a week) of doom and gloom and it made me sad to look outside.  The last few days have been sunny and it makes me so happy to look into my craft room and see the sunshine glistening in, make me want to hang out in there all day!

On Sunday Amber and I went out to breakfast after church.  We went to a little place called Saras Coffee House.  They have crappy coffee (we didn't buy any) but awesome biscuits and gravy (Amber didn't like the gravy as much as I did but it was gooood).  The only downside is they took an hour to get us our food.  They were super busy and it is a small place, but they only had 4 people working and only one of those was chef, he was cooking as fast as he could (we could see him).  The place was dingy, but I loved it.  It would be a fun place to go if you weren't super hungry when you got there. 

The leaves continue to fall and my cats continue to go bonkers.  They could watch leaves for hours on end!   They also like to take the leaves of the succulents I am trying to grow for my mom out of the pot and leave them random places throughout the house.  Naughty kitties! They also have been finding more clever places to leave their mice as presents during the night.  They left a mouse tucked in Pauls pants he had left by the side of the bed.  And on one last kitty note, they think it is fun to knock over their huge water thing, so now it is shoved in the corner not on the mat to make it as difficult as possible to knock over.  We hear them trying every once in a while as it bangs against the wall but have been able to yell at them before it has tipped.  My cats are exhausting! 

I continue to remind myself to enjoy the mundane.  Cuddle on the couch in front of the fire drinking hot chocolate, egg nog, or a coffee.  It makes for an absolutely wonderful evening! 

Oh I guess I wasn't done talking about my cats.  Eric opens the linen closet, bats at the towels and makes a little sleeping hole for himself, daily, he does this daily no matter how many times I close the closet door.  And then there is an awkward picture of Eleanor.  She likes to stand on me, paws digging in to my stomach and purr, she thinks she is cute but really it's kind of annoying (in a sweet way of course). 

I had a very long three days at work (Monday-Wednesday).  I had a patient in my quad who screamed/moaned for the entire shift.  On Wednesday she stopped for an hour and a half an the other nurse and I started to worry about why she was so quiet.  But just so we didn't worry for too long she began screaming/moaning again, oh joy.  Oh and I had a student. I love teaching students, but something about having someone follow you around 2 feet from you for 6.5 hours straight makes you really tired (they get to leave at 9:30 when the shift isn't over till 11:30).  I have to explain everything I am doing, and then I try to let them do as much as they can, but it all takes twice as long.  I love helping them learn, but when I am busy or just want to get my work done so I can take a break it is hard to slow down and teach. Lord grant me patience (and He has been  :)  ). At least my drive to work was beautiful on Wednesday! 

Thursday was the first day I could pick up our Christmas cards from Costco and use the $5 off coupon. I can't believe you can get 75 5x7 cards with heavy duty envelopes for under $17, I couldn't buy plain cards for that cheap!  Anyway, I had no idea I would be so crazy about finishing them but yesterday I bought the cards, printed on the envelopes (one at a time or it would jam the printer), decorated the envelopes, typed out a little description of our year, mounted it on cardstock with washi tape and then put everything in the envelopes and sealed them.  Our Christmas cards are ready, though they won't be going out till December 1st it makes me feel so good to have them done.  One less thing to think about! 

And just because I miss my man right now, here are a few pictures. He may think I am crazy sometimes, but he still loves me.  I am so thankful for him and that we both have good jobs.  Having to go in for an extra day of work is first world tragedy, and I know that, but it doesn't make me any less sad or miss him less.  I can't wait for 5pm when he will be home again!  (oh and he doesn't make any more money for going in today, he is salaried...if he made more it might make missing him a little more worth it!)

I hope you girls are having a glorious week.  I wish we all lived closer and we could be hanging out right now! 

today is a good day.

So, I just found these pictures on my computer:

And realized, I haven't posted my after pictures!  Of course, Amber and Angela have already seen it in person, but its always fun to see a before and after, right?

HERE is our current laundry room/bathroom.  After looking at these pictures again, I can't believe the difference!  I used to never even want to step foot in that pink bathroom.

The hallway (although, this picture is over-exposed and that front all is not that pink of a color, its a dark brown, and the green in the laundry area is a bit brighter than that):

The laundry nook (usually my boxes look a little more neat...):

the pantry (I painted the doors and added handles):

the bathroom (painted the walls, mirror, countertop (rustoleum countertop paint is awesome if you ever need  update a countertop for cheap!), and vanity.  And changed the hardware on all the cabinets.  Oh, and I repainted the stool and modpodged some craft paper onto it.

I also decided to do our front wall, and we added that shelf and moved some furniture around.

It holds some favorite pictures, a vase, and some art/projects Shea made at school.

That was a labor of love, let me tell you!  I'm beginning to get the itch to paint the rest of our living space, and our bedroom.  We have never had a bedroom that really felt like "our room".  I'd like to change that! But it's hard to get the get up and go, because we don't know if we're going to be staying in this house through next year...because of the internship program we're starting, it may mean moving in order to help house students or have cheaper rent, since the program may not bring in a very large salary at the beginning.

Anyway!

Last night we had one of Jeremy's old friends from Jr. High over.  I don't think he has really hung out with him in over 10 years, and I had only met him briefly at our wedding.  He was living in Ecuador, where he met his wife, and they just got back to the states less than a month ago.  She is about 5 months pregnant and doesn't speak any english.  It was a fun visit, and I'm glad he could translate so easily for her, but I think its the one time in my life I wish I had become better at spanish!  I could understand a lot of what they said to each other, but I would have loved to hear more about her life and culture.

Since they were coming over, and I also have my first book group meeting tomorrow night, we spent the day cleaning (and cooking), and I decided to make a last minute runner for our table.  Our Walmart just starting carrying fabric, and I picked up some orange and brown fabric for $3 to make this:

Not my best sewing job, but I did make it in less than 20 minutes, ha.  And it looks better in person, I I think.  This and a few pumpkins in a jar is the extent of my fall decorating this year.  I think I'm just going to wait for Christmas to do much more.

I also had the mom scare of my life this morning.  I was making breakfast, Hailey was playing on her play mat, and Shea was just...being Shea.  Running around, playing, and shoving things in his sister's face.  I am constantly - I mean, constantly- telling him to not pull on her, pick her up, smush her face, pinch her, poke her, grab her, etc., and this morning was no exception.  He was doing fine, when all the sudden I see him out of the corner of my eye make a quick movement by her.  She doesn't do anything, but I ask "did you just put something in her mouth?"  Then she starts choking.  I ask him again, as I'm quickly walking over there, and he says "yes..."  I pick her up and turn her around and start patting her back (like I learned in infant cpr) and one of my small, square magnets fall out of her mouth.  All I could think was thank goodness it wasn't circular and didn't block her airway.  I think I was shaking for like half n hour after that.  I didn't know what to do with Shea.  It's so hard.  I told him that she could die if he puts things in her mouth, and sent him to go sit for a while. I mean, obviously he didn't think about it as being a big deal at all...but man.  I think I'm going to be putting all of his small things away for now until he is older.

I'm headed off to bed now.  I took a break and watched a couple of episodes of Breaking Bad with Jeremy (such a craaazy show).

Goodnight!

a cozy-good friday.

Life today has felt more like the normal, laid-back Indianola pace I love.

I sort of slept in too, so that was nice.

Hailey has a new pattern of waking up at about 6AM.  At this point, I always, ALWAYS think to myself "Oh, I should get up, let her play on her playmat, and work out for 30 minutes, take a shower, and then be ready for the day by the time Shea wakes up."

I don't think I have ever once followed through with this thought.  Maybe if I keep thinking it though, it will happen?  My bed is just soooo cozy.  And then, sometimes Hailey will go back to sleep and I can get another 30 minutes of sleep before Shea wakes up...but lately, she just happily babbles for an hour or so in the dark.  I think I need to start getting up at 6.  Then she can be awake and take her first nap at 7.  I gotta start working on her schedule.  It was much easier with Shea, because I only had one child and could fully devote myself to this whole figuring out their schedule thing.  With Hailey, I don't seem to care too much, but down the road, I KNOW it is easier when your one year old has a healthy, predictable sleep pattern, because then everyone is happier.

Anyway.  I stayed in bed until close to 9:30!!  Hailey fell back to sleep right when Shea got up (around 7:40), but Jeremy turned on sesame street for him and I went back to sleep.  Let me tell you, this was woooondeeerful!  Although I did feel slightly guilty for letting Shea watch that much TV.  Hopefully the rest of the day will make up for it.

Once I got up, Shea and I started a fire, cuddled and read a book.  Then Hailey went back to sleep for her nap.  During this time, I decided to go on Netflix and find a workout.  And I discovered something.  They "lost" their license for all their exercise videos(???).  Apparently, the studios raised their prices, and users aren't making up for the price raise, so they just got rid of them.  I googled it and stumbled onto a blog where I learned all about this, and I guess a lot of people are writing in now because they want their workouts back! I was kind of bummed, because we just got Netflix yesterday again, and I was looking forward to having some of my favorite workouts back.  So, instead I looked up a workout routine for my new kettle ball instead.  Jeremy was given 10 pound kettle ball from the lady he was working for (she was getting rid of a bunch of stuff, because she is getting her house ready for some renters).  I love it!  It's the perfect starting weight, and after I did this circuit twice, I felt like I worked out as well as I feel after my hour long zumba or my 45 minute weight training.  I also added in a few other quick reps from other workouts that I like.

This lady also gave us 9 new mugs!  I LOVE THEM.  I have been wanting to get new mugs for a while, because I have never liked the ones that came with our dishes, and our other ones were getting old, but I didn't want to spend money until I find the exact ones I want.  These aren't exactly what I WANT, but I love the colors and size of these, and they are all like brand new.  They look kind of bright in this picture, but they are actually darker and more neutral in tone.

After a quick shower with baby (while Shea played), we had lunch, and then Shea worked on a few thank you notes for his birthday.  It is amazing how far he has come in the past 6 weeks of school!  He traced the "thanks" on the card, and inside I just had him trace his name.  He didn't even understand the concept of tracing the first time I showed him, and now he can do it by himself.  Although, we need to still work on proper pencil grip, but he has years to master that.  Its just fun to see how he is growing and learning new things!

The leaves are some artwork we made after our walk.  We picked up them on our way home.  Shea made the yellow page, and he insisted that I make a picture too, so I made a heart with mine.  I actually kind of like it.  I think I'll put them in frames for rest of the fall season.  And, I think I have to have my preschool class make some heart leaf art this coming week, too.

Oh yes, so we went on a walk!  I'm so glad we did!  I haven't been getting us outside enough lately - even with the rain, there has been some mild enough days that we could go for walks at the least.  

Shea loves going on this little bridge.  If you walk to the right on the beach (from our house), then it leads to a little trail with this bridge and a few makeshift bridges made out of planks into a short forest preserve.  It's fun because we can go on a "hike" without taking a long walk.  Then we just walk back to the house on the road.  He was excited because he got a new "chuck" truck for his birthday and also found his old one outside, so they are best friends today and he has been playing with them for the past hour since we've been home.

Here is a cool bench someone built out of driftwood on the beach, and I was just showing you my new red skinny jeans.  Probably shouldn't have bought them, since I'm still losing weight, but ah, they were cheap and I wanted some new pants until I get down to my normal size.  Only about 10 pounds to go.  I'm fighting for it this time, ha.

Anyway, baby is sleeping, Shea is playing peacefully, the house is cozy and warm, and I feel wide awake and rested for once!  My plan is to go tackle laundry (I haven't folded it for days, and still have like two more loads to run...4 loads of laundry is a lot of little shirts and pants to fold around here!) and start planning for preschool if I have time.  Jeremy and I are going to try and sneak away for a little date tonight too, if his parents can watch the kids.  I'm thinking Pho or frozen yogurt will be in order.

Happy November!

Only 6 pictures? That's a record for me.

This week has been a weird one.  I pretty much have the day shift job, but I emailed my manager today and she said that she asked HR to offer me the job (sometimes they take forever) and that no one with more seniority than me has applied.  So HR needs to get their rear in gear and offer me the job so my  mind can be at rest. But I figure if something goes wrong, then it is God's plan and there is a reason.  My trust is in the Lord. 

I have a strange obsession with library printing.  I save up all my printables on pinterest and then go print everything out. This time I didn't have enough "points" to print everything so I went back the next day and used Paul's library card.  I still have more I want to print but I need to wait to have more "points" till Sunday. I printed these thankful for things from ashleyannphotography.  Such an awesome idea.  I also got the idea to turn a coffee sleeve inside out and use it as a decoration from her as well.  She is one inspiring momma and she takes the most amazing pictures of her kids and daily life. 

Paul and I were both off on Monday so we spent the morning at our favorite coffee shop, then went to the library and then to taco bell for free Doritos tacos!  Somebody stole a base in the world series and they were giving out free tacos from 2-6pm.  I remember them tasting better the first time but it was fun to get a free one!

Some more printables from the library.  I cut out all the little sayings and just used washi tape to attach them to homemade cards made from cutting cardstock in half.  My growth group is sending encouraging letters to college students this coming weekend and I am pretty stoked.  I would have loved to get a note from my church while I was in college! 

I decorated for thanksgiving today!  I believe I repinned this banner from Becca on pinterest and was pretty excited to make it. Again I printed everything out on the library, cut out the letters and then put them on brown cardstock and attached them to the twine with mini clothespins. The small fall poster was a printable from pen and paint, I have bought a few things from her etsy shop and love them all! 

 Here is the full living room taking with the panorama app on my phone.  I can't wait to host thanksgiving at my house this year with my and Paul's side of the family!

I went to the pool this morning and when I got there realized I didn't have my towel.  It was already 10:30 so I didn't have time to drive home and back to the pool to work out so I decided to scratch it.  I came home, decorated the house, made lunch and took about an hour nap.  Minutes after I woke up staffing called and put me on mandatory standby for the day.  I did the laundry, vacuumed the house, lounged a bit and then went swimming. I really didn't want to be off today but I made the best of it.  I would have preferred yesterday or tomorrow as Paul is off both of those days but oh well!  

Yesterday at work was a really hard shift so I guess standby was God's way of giving me a break.  I sat down only to chart, didn't get a dinner break, and just took one 15 minute break to get some food in my belly because I hadn't eaten in over 8 hours. I was on a different floor and my patients were pretty heavy care, and my patient that would have been easy had very time consuming family members. I had happy patients at the end of the shift though and that is what  matters!  And that was my Halloween. :) Paul was at home handing out candy to a ton of trick or treaters.  He went through 4 bags of reeses! 

probably the most I have ever participated in Halloween. IN MY LIFE.

Okay, so I probably didn't do "that much", but growing up, we didn't celebrate Halloween.  I still do not like to say that I celebrate it, really.  We just participate in some activities in order to be a part of our community.  So, today, we went to a "Preschool Party" in Poulsbo, because my sister-in-law was taking her kids.  It was totally fun and cute, and the most halloweeny thing we came out of there with was a skeleton on a necklace, which he wasn't really too interested in.  Then we stopped by my midwife's house for a little baby reunion she was having.  We could only drop by for about 25 minutes, but I'm really glad I did!  It's amazing ALL the connections with people I have been making lately, and I really feel like there is a reason for them.  One person in particular.  I'll explain.

Ha this post is so hard to write because I have been running a hundred miles a minute the last week and have been all over the place!  Let me rewind for a minute and then get back to where I am.

kaitie and her fiance, David, at Shea's party.
The sign says "Shea, only 13 years until you can drive!"

Last week, MY SISTER got engaged.  No, wait, that was two weeks ago now.  Last Saturday, she asked me to go dress shopping with her (and yes, she FOUND her dress).  She's getting married in May, and asked me to be her Matron of Honor.  So fun to hear all her ideas!  Angela, you are right.  It is way better when it someone ELSE's wedding.  I just get to help her feel like her decisions are awesome, give input when she wants it, and not spend thousands of dollars!  We have already had countless phone calls where we are calling for a different reason and then end up talking weddings for an hour.

Last Thursday was our Harvest Party at school.  Sunday was Shea's Duck Party, and my family (which is big) was coming over to my house immediately afterward for dinner.  I had a lot to get ready between Preschool and Shea's party.  Saturday was supposed to be my "get ready for Sunday" day.  Yeah, right.  Friday turned into that.  I was out running around like a mad woman with two small children in tow getting last minute things and up late into the night.  Saturday  morning we took Shea to Play Kitsap (an indoor play place) because I had a free pass that was expiring and we promised to take him for his birthday.  We got home and I cleaned for about an hour and a half, then had to go catch a ferry to Edmonds so my sister could pick me up and go to David's Bridal in Lynnwood.  I RAN onto the ferry, carrying my daughter, her carseat, a heavy purse (full of baby stuff, mainly), and the undergarments from MY wedding dress (which are huge)!.  Many people felt pity and offered to help me.  But I was fine.  My legs were just killing me by the end of the trip.  Especially because in order to catch the ferry on the way back I had to RUN like the dickens.  My poor child, haha.  I was going so fast, I got caught on the gate and the guy had to come get my foot unstuck before I dropped the carseat!  Yeah.

Then I got home, put the kids to bed, and then ran off again to a ladies wine and chocolate tasting party I was invited to.  I'm so glad I went!  I almost didn't - but, you know when you get those gut feelings, like "I need to go to this."  I got one of those.  Much stronger than I thought I would.  A lady who joined my moms group a while back was hosting it, but I had never met her before this.  A few other ladies I knew were there, so it was good to connect with them again (one is coming to my book club now, I'm so excited to have her there!).  Anyway, the woman who was hosting the event, Crystal, is a Doula and is taking it now in the direction of a postpartum support group.  I didn't get to chat much with her, but I ran into her again yesterday at my midwife's baby reunion party.  Which is crazy, because I almost didn't go.  I thought we were going to miss the Indianola party, so I ran straight home from the other party - ends up it didn't start until 30 minutes later, so I decided we had time to go to my midwife's house.  And it just happened to be the same time (it being an open house) that Crystal showed up.  So, we connected again in a new way and I think i'm going to try and go to her postpartum group.  I don't really feel isolated or like I have depression haha, but again, I have this gut feeling I'm supposed to go.

It is also so funny how many people came up to me at both my midwife's party and the Indianola Party and asked me if I was "Becca from the mommy'ola???"  All these mom's have joined my group but never been able to come to any events.  I know there names from facebook, but have never gotten to meet them.  Kind of cool to be part of a small community like that.  We've been here one year and I'm starting to feel like I'm more a part of our little area than anywhere I have ever lived.

SO SUNDAY.

was Shea's party.  It was a ton of work. And lots of fun.  We had 14 kids there, over 30 people.  Shea had a blast.  I had fun putting everything together.  Pictures will come.  I only took a couple because Hanna was taking some.  Here are a couple from the "photobooth"

Then Monday I spent cleaning up the party, since we left immediately to have my family over for dinner.  I made white chicken chili and we played the newly wed game since my sister and her fiance were convinced they could beat my brother and his wife.  They both did pretty well.

I decided Preschool was a review week this week so we just played review games, read books, and had extra playtime.  Lovely.  IT was only a two day week.  The rest of the class is at the kitsap school production of "Cinderella" today.  I opted out, since I didn't know how Shea was going to do and Tawny didn't really need me there to help anyway.  So its 10:14AM and I am still in my pajamas.  Shea is watching some PBS and eventually, when I get dressed, we are going to go grocery shopping and to the bank.  And that is the extent of my plans for the day.

all dressed up for church last week

Jeremy only got 2 hours of work on monday, because the rain canceled their other jobs.  Tuesday he had NO work, except that this lady he worked for last summer happened to call and offer him a job at 3 dollars more an hour than his regular rate!  And he got over 8 hours.  He might go back tonight after he finishes work, too.  Isn't God good?  Amazing.

me and my little brother.  He might be moving in with us in April
to attend the school of ministry we are starting next year.   

Now, random things:

The postpartum hair loss has begun.  IT doesn't help that my hair is pretty long right now, so it looks like way  more than it actually is.  I was in denial until the other day when Shea was taking a bath and I hear, "AAH!!! I have HAIR stuck on me!  THIS STUFF is all over me! GET IT OFFFF!!!"  Yes. The hair monster had attacked, indeed.  Actually, the bad part is when it starts growing back and I have all these short hairs sticking up by my hairline.  Ah well.  Its all worth it.

I get my last filling done tonight too, and then I'm done with the dentist until cleaning time again.  So glad!  And, with all the work that Jeremy got this past month, we have hardly even noticed the bills.  Thank you, God!

ALSO - Hailey rolled over for the first time yesterday and she picked up her binky and put it in her mouth (with much effort and concentration.  It took a long time haha but it was so funny to watch her).  And she is a crazy talker.  She has been "talking" since 6:30 this morning!  It si way too cute.  I think she will be an early talker, because Shea has always been pretty talkative, and he wasn't this "conversational" this young.

I applaud you for reading this crazy long post.  Now to go stoke the fire (i'm getting pretty good at starting them now) and get my baby to bed so I can get dressed!

Love you ladies!  And I am excited the REAL holiday season is now starting!  Here are a couple more pictures from our week:

We went for a walk on Monday.  It was super windy, but super beautiful out!

This is Hailey's bunny bonnet.  I love her in it.
It has funny ears that stick up too, but you can't see them in this picture.