Monday night we had BBQ chicken in the crock pot, and yesterday we had a long day at Beau's yearly hand doctor appointment.. so take out it was!
This time last year I had a tiny baby pumpkin, and we were hosting our sweet friends the Coles after they adopted baby Campbell!
FACE MASKS PEOPLE! And all the cozy things!!! Our joke at home is that I am "modeling cozy" because every night I've been getting into comfy jammies, my ugg slippers, and snuggling up with a face mask. We've had a lot going on lately and I've been exhausted and retreating into my cozy world has been the most wonderful thing!! If you have any favorite face masks.. I'd love your recommendations! I'm a newbie! :)
Also if you're wondering why I have a photo of myself like this it's because it was at our home group girls gathering haha!
4: WHAT WE’VE BEEN UP TO:
I had the sweetest time at Bloom Bash! :)
... and celebrating Julia and Amanda's Theta Initiation!
So don't judge... but we had dropped morning nap after Europe, close to 15 months.. then Beau had his surgery and afterwards he just started falling asleep. So he had been napping in the morning some, but the last few weeks he was napping just terrible bc he couldn't properly have both. So last week I decided it was the end and one of those days I suddenly looked down and Beau had fallen asleep on the floor. Poor Bubba!!! He's now officially kicked it, though! :)
My sweet boy LOVES his books!! He's been loving his two Halloween books lately! :)
We pumpkin patched with our dear friends!
Look at these sweet babies in a wagon!!!
The other day we were picking up lunch from a local bakery after Beau had gone to the pediatrician (hence the jammies!) and the leather chair was cracking Beau up because he thought it was a slide... he couldn't get enough!
We went to the local fish fry and had so much fun seeing so many local friends! :)
Not anything at the moment! :)
6: WHAT I’M WORKING ON:
I have a long list of holiday prep.. Halloween baking this week, just ordered Christmas cards, I want to finish my Christmas shopping here pretty quick.
7: WHAT I’M EXCITED ABOUT:
All of the fun things in the next two months of HOLIDAYS! I'm getting so excited thinking about Christmas and everything festive.. but I have grown to love Halloween, and Thanksgiving is so close to my heart too. Speaking of.. I briefly thought I wanted to take a year off of cooking traditional Thanksgiving food and would do an Italian theme. Ben was fine, and two of my besties were like NO YOU CANNOT. Haha! They said it's not fair to the people coming and depending on their one time a year to eat Thanksgiving food and pointed out my love for cooking Thanksgiving. I do really love it, but thought it might be fun to mix it up. I think what sealed the deal for me is realizing that this year Beau can actually eat the food and that would be really fun! What do y'all think?
8: WHAT I’M WATCHING/READING:
I'm on a bit of a reading hiatus.. watching Counting On, Grey's, Scandal, This is Us.. TV just isn't super great these days to me! But a few weekends ago when I had the stomach bug while recovering I binge watched Riverdale on a whim and LOVED it. I'm a sucker for a high school setting and it was really unexpected for me.
10: WHAT I’M WEARING:
First... okay boys if you're on my blog this is the time to stop reading! Yesterday I purchased my first bralette. This is wild for me!! I need more support but saw one while out shopping that looked like it would be supportive as well as comfy. Have I been missing out my whole life? I'm going to wear it tomorrow so I'll keep y'all posted haha! And another wild change is that I purchased a leopard print scarf. It might be the cutest thing ever and I'm SO excited about it!
On Friday night we have a fun pumpkin carving party, and the rest of our weekend is pretty clear!
12: WHAT I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT MONTH: Fall continuing to unfold, the weather finally feels like Fall here!
13: WHAT ELSE IS NEW: Not a whole lot! :)
Bonus question this month: What is your favorite Thanksgiving Side Dish? This is hard.. probably stuffing because it's so unique to Thanksgiving. I've tried a new recipe every year, but last year's was a keeper for sure!!
We compromise on the traditional food for Christmas Eve since by that time, everyone is worn out from turkey, dressing, etc. I make Italian food on Christmas Eve (when we are home and not traveling) and when we're with my parents, my family makes gumbo on Christmas Eve! It's a fun way to shake it up, and by that time, everyone has already had their traditional Thanksgiving (and some Christmas) dinners and are ready for something different!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love seeing all your pictures of your precious Beau!! I also recently binge watched Riverdale, and surprisingly loved it too, haha!
ReplyDeleteBeau, Campbell, and little Snoopy are just the cutest things ever! I'm already looking forward to your Thanksgiving post -- you guys always host so well!
ReplyDeleteI am such a traditionalist at heart, so I vote doing a traditional Thanksgiving meal! Maybe you could do Italian the night before, or day after, as like a pre-Thanksgiving / post-Thanksgiving meal. That way you get both! Also, the Kiehl's Rare Earth Deep Pore Cleansing Mask is my very favorite - I have been using it for years!
ReplyDeleteAn Italian Thanksgiving sounds intriguing! I love turkey, but doing something different sounds fun too. And everyone loves Italian. How crazy would it be to do a little bit of both? And I'm curious about where your bralette is from!!
ReplyDeleteI'm not a huge thanksgiving dinner person, so I'd vote to switch it up! But maybe ask your guests to see if they'd mind? And to what the person above said, my family has always done steak for Christmas Eve dinner and I highly recommend that tradition ;)
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