Heat

I don't do well with heat. I get really irritated if I have to be in the heat for too long. And basically, I start melting.

I'm really ready for fall. I'm ready to have my windows open, wear sweaters, boots, scarves, and see beautiful leaves falling.

This year, I really want to go to the Pumpkin Festival in Hartsburg. I think Elliot will have a good time! And, let's get real, I'm mainly going for me, but using Elliot as a excuse! :)

I've already had the urge to listen to Christmas music...but I'm making myself hold out. (For Steve's sake)

Summer 2011

We have had quite a busy summer!

So far, I've been to Chicago to celebrate my friend Suzy's bachelorette party and this past weekend, went to Michigan to watch her get married! She was honestly the most beautiful bride I've ever seen. I cried the second I saw her in her dress, and kept crying a lot throughout the night...

Steve & I have another set of bachelor/bachelorette parties to go to in August. He'll be going to Vegas & I'll be going to St. Louis. Then the weekend after those parties, we have the actual wedding in St. Louis, which we are both a part of.

Not to mention, the last weekend in August, we'll be going to the Lake of the Ozarks with Steve's family for a little family vacation.

I'm tired just thinking about all of the traveling we're doing!

Elliot is growing up so fast. Every day is something new and different. He's always keeping me on my toes. Over the past two weeks he's started saying some new things.

Phone - "Fo"
Hello - "Ho?"
(This is making him sound really ghetto, but I swear he's not!)
Cheese Please! - "Pea pea!"

And just tonight he's started saying "Hawk" which is what we sometimes call him since his middle name is Hawkins. He says it with quite the German gutteral accent. It's pretty cute. He can't say Elliot just yet. Guess those double L's are the pits.

Also, Elliot is learning how to put his Crocs on all by himself. I'd say 45% of the time, he actually puts them on the right foot. We're working on it.

In other news, not quite so exciting perhaps to anyone but me, I just ordered this little beauty....



My new & very stylish friend Emilie Tromp has one, and I fell in love the second I saw it! So, I snatched one up for myself! It'll be so great not to carry a huge purse around sometimes. Or I can just to throw it in the diaper bag & off I go! It's big enough to fit all my essentials! Hooray!

I'll leave you with a picture of my amazingly adorable son. He's so cute it should be a crime!

Long time no see!

So it's been quite a while since my last post. I've been busy with a LOT of things. Mainly, trying to keep my little tyke happy & healthy.

Motherhood is truly one of the best things I've ever experienced and I have enjoyed watching my little man grow up. He does the cutest things, makes the sweetest faces, and says the cutest words.

Here's a recap of my past few months.

Elliot has been walking since 9 months. He actually took his first steps on my birthday! Happy birthday to me!!!

He says 10 or so words. They include, but aren't limited to the following:

Dog
Woof Woof
Cat
Meow (Mow mow)
Shoes (Shoosh)
Juice (Which also sounds like Shoosh)
Cheese (Sheese)
No
Cup
Car
Outside
Inside (Side)
Izzy
Night night (Ny ny)
Mama
Dadda
What's that? (Sat?)

We celebrated his first birthday on March 26th. We had such a great turnout! It was so fun to have all of our friends and family over to celebrate our biggest blessing!

Steve & I have decided that this year we'd like to try to expand our family. I'm really hoping we are blessed with a new baby sometime in the near future! I think Elliot will be a great big brother and I know Steve and I will certainly be over the moon!

Our house has been on the market for a couple months. We are keeping our fingers crossed that someone will buy before school starts. We have found a house that we absolutely LOVE! It's on 2 acres too! Which is so great! We've always wanted a little bit of land, but never thought it'd be a possibility. BUT if our house sells, and the owner of the house we love is willing to come down a bit, we may be able to make it work.

I am so excited about the possibility of it. I'd love to raise my babies on a little bit of land so they can run out & play in the yard. Granted, we have a huge back yard now and it's great! BUT we're just wanting something that backs up to woods so we don't have to worry about neighbors.