7 years!

I am so so lucky that I get to do life with this man!!

Things have changed slightly since we first started dating in high school 17 years ago!

It hasn't always been easy but we have created on hell of a beautiful life together! 

Our three children are by far, our greatest accomplishment! 

I can't wait to see what else this crazy roller coaster has in store for us!!

Colson's Big Boy Bed

Colson finally has his big boy bed!

And with a new big boy bed comes new big boy bedding!

The bedding is from Pottery Barn and I pretty much pink puffy heart love it! It's a quilt so it's not super bulky and I love the colors. I originally wanted something with green in it along with the reds, oranges and yellows but I couldn't find anything. This had everything but the green so I went with it.

Now I just need to get yarn to crochet his blanket since the girls flower blankets are finished. :o)

Have I ever posted about their blankets on here?
I don't think so, only on IG, so here is a photo. :o)
Hailey's is on top and Hannah's is on bottom.

Anyways, for Colson's blanket I am going to match the colors in the quilt.


And I am almost positive I am going to do this pattern with the light grey yarn being the main color.




And if we thought Colson couldn't look any smaller?? Wrong! Now he looks tiny in his new huge bed. :oP He's pretty stinkin' cute though when he's all tucked in in it. :o)

Apple Pickin'

We finally made it out to the apple orchard this past weekend. 

We went a few weeks later than we usually go so we missed out on honeycrisps but the kiddos still had a blast finding the perfect apples.

It was a bit crowded so we didn't hang out at the orchard all that much...we pretty much just took the tractor ride to the apples and then rode it back, paid for the apples, and left. So that was kind of a bummer. We usually try to stick around and grab some food but not this year. 

Don't worry though, we did get some apple and pumpkin donuts! :o)

Hopefully when we go pumpkin pickin' we can enjoy some of the extras that they have going on. We might try a new pumpkin patch and they have a few rides and some other fun stuff which I'm sure the kiddos would love! :o) 

I just can't believe it's almost October and that we will be going to the pumpkin patch in the next few weeks! Crazy!

Fall!!

The temp has cooled off.

The leaves are starting to change.

My favorite season is here...Fall!

My decorations are up and this past weekend we had a fire in our fireplace.

It was perfect!

We're hoping to get out this weekend to the apple orchard and hoping even harder that there are some honeycrisp apples left to pick.

In the spirit of all things Fall and apple--here are a couple recipes that caught my eye. I think I am going to have to make these! :o)

Apple Coffee Cake Muffins



Cinnamon Apple Cheesecake Bars



Now all I have to do is dust off my boots, bring out my sweaters, and buy some new fall scent waxes for my scentsy burner. :o)

We Have A Walker!

Hailey took her first steps just a few days before she turned 1 year old.

She had been cruising the furniture for a while but was finally brave enough to let go. The first couple times, she was so excited that her head would move faster than her feet and she would pretty much just face dive into the floor. But the more we worked with her, the calmer she got and by the end she was taking a good 3-4 steps on her own.

We have since moved up to 6-7 steps and its usually between the chair and the couch.

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She still uses the convenience of crawling when it comes to long distances, but she is getting there.

So, okay, we don't have a full fledged "walking everywhere" walker, but I am calling it...Hailey was walking by 1 year old!!! That's what I am putting in the baby book anyways. :o)

It's just crazy because to us she is walking so soon. The other two didn't walk until 14 months old so the 2 month difference is a pretty big deal.

Hailey just gets so excited every time she walks. It's so fun watching her learn new things! She is just getting so big!