{6 months}

Mr G:
:At 6 months, you are more fun than ever. Such a little dude with such a personality! Every day is an adventure...And you aren't even on the move yet!
:On your 6 mo. b-day, almost to the minute, you amazingly began sitting up like a champ. Good thing, because you were never a fan of seeing the world belly up or belly down. You always want to be up, looking around, and taking it all in.:You've become a chunky little monkey, somewhere in the neighborhood of 18 lbs!
:You are rocking the solid food world. So far you've tasted apples, avocados, bananas, broccoli, carrots, green beans, grilled cheese sandwich, mashed potatoes, peas, peaches, pears, pumpkin and even prunes (ick)! So far, your very favorite indulgence was some of my tomato basil soup at a restaurant. The worst food experience: a lick of pickle. That's an acquired taste my son!
:Still not consistently sleeping through the night, but hey, you win some, you lose some.
:You growl. Yes, that's right, growl...During mealtime prayers, at strangers, almost on cue, and nearly all day long. Not sure what it's all about, but hey, you're a little boy, and it's definitely more entertaining than embarrassing!
:You're a big fan of fall. Despite our best efforts to snap a breathtaking photo of you playing in the leaves or in a big patch of pumpkins, you've always been too busy eating the leaves and patting the pumpkins to look up at the camera. So curious!!
:Your hobbies include: tasting everything in sight, playing extreme peekaboo (because regular peekaboo gets boring), pat-a-cake, and taking quick cat naps. :)

scrap at it.

Ahh, finally my little crafting space is unpacked, my table is cleared off, and am ready for some serious projects. This week I'm pulling out my scrapbook supplies and starting on Mr. Graham's book. It's about time...This kid has way too many pictures! After giving it some thought, I've decided to archive his 100s of pictures in a Kolo album and save the best of the best for true scrapbook pages. That way I can focus on journaling and creating around the major milestones and sentimental stuff--and not be burdened with guilt over our multitude of our family pictures. I feel like the digital age is a bit of a catch 22. Having so many pics and memories is absolutely wonderful, but maybe just a tad overwhelming? All this makes me very curious...what works for you? How do you organize your photos?

the chicken's first halloween {diy style}

We're getting a little giddy about Halloween around here. Just finished stuffing G into his chicken suit for a trial run. (And yes, he eats the feathers!) It was easy to decide on a costume theme...After all, he's been our spring chicken/early morning rooster since day 1! I just couldn't find any cute chicken costume in stores. So, I set out to make his very own and discovered that there's something very magical about a homemade Halloween costume.

This is actually pretty simple to put together: For the body I sewed together 2 long-sleeved onesies (2 sizes too big) and stuffed stuffing in between to make him extra plump. Then I took two 6' white feather boas and tacked them all around. To make the legs + feet, I sewed yellow rubber cleaning gloves to a pair of yellow pants. And the hat--Just an old white t-shirt of Jeff's plus a few chunks of felt and black buttons. :)

a few good things

on a cloudy + chilly Saturday in October:: the perfect, round, yet ugly duckling pumpkin

: one snuggly little sleepy head and a pair of fuzzy footy pajamas

: eavesdropping on jeff + graham's conversations over the baby monitor when g first wakes up and jeff goes to pick him up. those two--so adorable.

: fresh baked brownies {the kind with frosting}

: a new pair of wool socks
: our tree house view. the thing we love most about our new little place is the pretty pond and tall trees right outside of our windows.

: watching the leaves begin to change and imagining the snowflakes that will soon fall!

: cozying up to watch Away we Go from netflix. cutest movie i've seen in awhile.

: a fridge full of groceries

: and playing with the contents of the prettiest package from kt @ a little bird told me.so. it just arrived at my doorstep from half way around the world! {kt is a sweet blog friend from australia who is recently engaged and in the midst of planning her dream wedding!! i was lucky enough to win her clever giveaway--something old, something new, something crafty, and something blue...Woo-Hoo!!}