the eighth of novemeber

three years ago a sweet shaggy haired, bearded man picked me up.
he brought flowers.
he took me out to breakfast.
he bought me coffee.
he took me shopping.
he bought me a dress.
he took me hiking.
he asked me a question.
he gave me a ring.
and i said,"yes."
he prayed with me.
he called me his fiance.
he took me out to dinner.
he took me home.
he updated his facebook status.
he changed my life.


i love the 8 of novemeber.
and i love that man.

11.08.08

and every year on this day (or a few days before)
to celebrate he takes me on a date and buys me a new dress.
i love this little tradition.
not just because i get a new dress,
but because it is something that my sweet husband decided to do.

i love this man & i feel so blessed to be his wife.

pumpkin carving & halloween 2011

i was going to write a really cute post on our pumpkin carving.
and then i was going to write an even cuter post on how i made my little girls costume. and after that a cute post about all our halloween fun.


but honestly, i have been to busy soaking in all the wonderful time that i can with my husband and little girl. so, i am going to just post a ton of pictures and then i hope to get back to regular blogging tomorrow. 


oh, and another thing, thanks for being such great readers... i feel like i have not had the chance to get to know many of you and i would love to change that, but i am so thankful for those of you who have followed along and stuck out these past few months of little to no blogging. i promise, i am back.


enjoy a peek into our little october! 

yukon cournielus and mary poppins

spit spot

our little owl

on the farm

over the weekend we took miss maggie to a farm. 
it was so much fun to go somewhere and do something as
our little family of 3. 

 

 

 nick and i loved watching maggie see animals {like this pig} for the first time. 

we are blown away at how big our girl has become and that she is no longer a baby, but has pretty much reached toddlerhood. 

she is walking around pretty good these days. 

and singing and talking a lot.

it's crazy to think that last year at this time, we were still wondering what birth was going to be like, and who this little lady would look like. 

 the little farm that we went to was right on the river, so we took her down to see a river { and she totally didnt care... she just wanted to play in the water.} they had a sweet little 'secret garden' area that i would have loved to have some family pictures taken at. 

tonight, we are starting our first fall family traditon. apple cider, soup and pumpkin carving {and maybe some candy corn...} 

i am really enjoying my little family. what are some of your fall traditions?

ps. i am working on a really fun giveaway, email me if you are interested in donating something!

maggie eats.

maggie eats the weirdest food. 

and she eats it because i give it to her.

i do not want her to be a picky eater if i can help it so once i got the go ahead from her doctor to give her anything we eat, i went for it. she has tried tons of different things and she has not turned her nose to anything, until this week. she doesnt like egg whites. at all. she threw them all on the floor. anyways, i thought i might share with you all some of the recipes that i make for maggie girl to eat! 

one of her favorite things to eat is pumpkin or squash. when she was 6 months old the first thing i gave her was peas, followed by butternut squash. i mostly started giving it to her because i bought a bag of diced butternut squash at the grocery store and it was easy to steam and then blend in our magic bullet. maggie loved it. and she would eat it almost every single day. i then introduced her to pumpkin a few months later and last week i opened a can of pure pumpkin to make a homemade pumpkin spice latte {side note: if you have a good recipe for a PSL please send it to me. all the ones i have tried are not good.} and i thought, hmm, i know she will eat this, but how do i get creative with it? so, here are 3 easy recipes for pumpkin based baby foods! {i wish i was one of those cool bloggers who can take fabulous photos of the food they make, but i am not. aanndd our camera is acting up so all i have is my cell phone & those photos look terrible, so use your imagination. mmmkk? thanks.} 

 

 

ok, ok, that one was really simple. but a really big hit over here!

still easy, but a bit more creative. 

 this one was a huge hit. maggie loved every single bite.

what are some of your favorite fall foods for your little ones?