A Fun Birthday Surprise!

Today is my 35th birthday. Crazy! Seriously I don't see how it's possible. Thirty five sounds so grown up and I sure as heck don't feel all grown up yet.

I took the day off to play today and run some fun errands. Baby sale, trip to Nordstrom, and a trip to H&M to find the perfect fall sweater for the baby. I didn't have super great luck at Nordstrom my first round in, but on my second trip back (on the way to the car) I scored and received one of the best birthday surprises yet.

I spied with my little eye a photobooth prop...a very familiar looking prop. In an instant I knew where it had come from before finding the other props used in the photo strip.

Who would've thunk it?! If someone would have told me ten years ago (when I was making the daily trip up those Nordstrom store steps to clock into my Loss Prevention job) that my work would be displayed not only in those same Nordstrom store windows but the Nordstrom stores *nation wide* I would have fallen out of my seat.

After the shock wore of a bit I headed upstairs and met with the Visual/Display manager to ask if I might be able to score those life size photo strips once the display to changed. Sadly, he wasn't too confident that he would get the clearance from the photographer due to copyright and legal but he did say he would give it a shot and ask and If South Center doesn't work... there's still five more local stores to ask. :)

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Silly Little Squirrel

This silly little nut and his sweet personality just keeps cuter by the day.

He's starting to grasp the ABC song and this afternoon he was on a roll. He was all about the 'l-m-n-p's". That sound more like "loo-mu-nop". Lil' dud cracked me up while he was signing in the car ride home, while sitting in his little chair, and while eating dinner. Along with his cute high pitch song there were orchestrated conducting motions to accompany. I tried so hard to grab it on video, but the boy caught me each time and wanted to watch videos not make new ones.The perfect Sunday morning outfit. Mom's swimsuit as a cape, the must have Fireman hat (Hudson LOVES LOVES his fireman hat) and one good ol' Fisher Price popper.

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This Little Boy Melts My Heart

As I'm slowing down, I'm starting to realize how fast our little one is growing and changing by the day. Without a doubt this is my favorite on his seasons yet. We are so very blessed. Some of the things that melt my heart the most now are...

The way he helps when putting on his clothes.
The way he smile, waves and says 'hi' in his sweet happy voice to everything he see when I lift him out of the crib each morning.
The way he signs and says 'more' when Daddy finishes "The Itsy Bittsy Spider".
Last week everything round was a ball, from light bulbs to buttons. This week round shaped items around the house are now 'circles'.
The way goes through each and every one of his books one by one while sitting in his special chair.
How he gets so excited to see a school bus pass by and says "buses go fasssst."
How he sweetly says 'hi' and 'bye' while waving to everyone and anyone he sees.

How precious our little one is.

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Pumpkin Patch x2

Last week the weather was absolutely BEAUTIFUL. We had hoped to hit the pumpkin patch during the weekend but the rain kept us inside. So when the sun came back out during the week, we hit the Thomasson farm not once, but two days in a row. Little boy couldn't get enough of all the fun activities. Tractor hay rides (his favorite), the petting farm with pigs, goats, puppies, kitties, bunnies, baby calves, a donkey and miniature horse. And the OK kids coral with slides, bubbles, wagons and more.

Hooray for the gorgeous fall we've had so far.

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A New Fall Season

Twenty three drafts Saved. Twenty three posts I started, and then...well....there they sit still as drafts. Ack I say!

I would love to think that one day/week/month I'll still down and fill in the blanks, but chances are it might not happen, and I'm going to beat myself...too much.

My To-Do lists have To-Do lists on them and I've have a heck of time a keeping up and slowing down. But last the few weeks I've ever so slightly been making small changes and trying to be more present in the moment and trying to let go of what I should have done last week and what I need to do next week. I've joked to a few friends that October is my 'New Year' and I'm ready to hit the ground running. Maybe it's the change in the season, my 35th b'day a few weeks away or crazy fact that another year is almost over, but I'm running with it, with hopes of keeping up.

A few of my favorites from the last few months...(in case I don't publish all twenty three of the draft posts). :)

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