we made a trip to the PUMPKIN PATCH on Saturday! We had a great time with my mom and our good friends the Krejci's. There was so much fun stuff for the kids to do.

Ezra and Drew picking cotton.

I love this picture because I'm pretty sure both of Ezra's feet are off of the ground.

(At one point they ran ahead and we almost lost them in the corn maze.) oopsi.

Mama and Kingsley on the Pipe Slide. Awesome!

(Notice K's hair. The itty bit he has is always sticking straight up.) Love it!

Rolling around in the hay like typical 3 year old boys.

Hay fight.

Kingsley and Nate.

(Hey Nate, mind sharing some of your adorably fuzzy hair?)

We had a great time and will be up to more shenanigans with our friends this coming weekend. I hope you all are having a fantastic week!

Feels like FALL!!

This is the first week where there isn't a 90 degree day in the forecast! As a matter of fact, there is only ONE day in the 80's on the 7 day forecast. WooHoo! Now hopefully we'll get a fall and not jump straight to winter.

On my fall to do list:

Celebrate my wonderful husbands b-day

Go to the pumpkin patch

Fully clothe my children who have spent the summer mostly naked ;)
Make pumpkin bread

Walk through bicentennial park (WITH a pumpkin spice late in hand!!)

Trick -or- treating

Wear fall colored nail polish

Photograph the kiddos in the fall tree awesomeness

and

Keep my windows open with air and heat off as much as possible

sounds pretty good to me! Oh and on top of that I get to have a 4-day get away to Arizona for one of my closest friends wedding in October. It should be tons of fun! I hope you're all enjoying your last weekend in September!

one TALL dude!

Yesterday my baby boy had his NINE month check up.

His stats :

30.5 inches- 97th%

19.9 pounds- 35th%

His pediatrician commented on his height 3 times while we were in there. And also asked if we have any astronomically tall relatives. (I thought that was pretty funny). It will be so interesting to see how he will turn out. He really doesn't weigh much, especially considering his height.

I wonder if he will be my lanky boy?!

Well. HELLO. there!

We ARE still alive and doing well.. but I have done a horrible thing. How have I gone THIS LONG without blogging? Please forgive me (that is if I still have anyone interested in reading about my life!) Well what have I been up to? Not a whole lot. Just loving my (crazy) life with two little boys. They really love each other and it melts my heart. Just yesterday they started keeping each other up during nap time laughing, tickling (through the crib) and getting each other all wound up. Really cute. We were also in Washington for a MONTH visiting family and giving Ali a surprise visit!! So much fun! We stayed busy going to farmers market, boating, play dates, relaxing, bbq-ing, playing games, going to wild waves and just enjoying loved ones. We've been back about three weeks now.. it's still hot as can be out.. waiting for the beautiful fall weather of Tennessee.

Check in again soon. I promise to never let it go so long again!!

like I said.. Projects, Projects, Projects!!

First- SHELVES!

Tony hung these shelves for me! I love them!
Here is Ezra's idea of decorating them.

And here is Tony's.. please notice the Michael W. Smith CD nicely displayed on top.
Looks AWESOME babe! ;)

Second- TAGGIE BLANKETS!
Both of my boys like to put their finger through a tag of their stuffed animal while sucking their thumbs. So I thought they would LOVE this! Kingsley has become very attached, and Ezra.. not so much. But after all.. he is 3 haha.

Third- CURTAINS
My Mom made these cute curtains for Ezra's room! I love them..they tie everything together in there.

And Fourth- PAINT
My Mom helped me paint my laundry and connected bathroom an awesome blue. I really really love the way it turned out! We painted over a nasty brownish color in the bathroom, and an old taupe color in the laundry room.

So.. why have we been so busy?
Well.. 1, because most of these things needed to get done. And 2, because Tony was laid off last week. We are actually doing really well. (today) We know that God has a plan and we will be better off in the end. Sometimes it is hard to trust and to not question and worry about how we will make ends meet. At this point he is looking for full time work, but it is also a possibility that I will get a part time job and he will do freelance work from home. We shall see. Please keep us in your prayers if you think about it! We will continue to believe that God will bring his provision and show up in great ways for us, like he always has.

1,2,3,4,5,6, SEVEN!!!

My baby boy is SEVEN months today. If you ask me, seven months is way to close to one year. But I am happy that I have a healthy & growing baby boy.

This month Kingsley...
Got his 1st tooth!
Noticed Tripp (our dog) and became very interested
Became attached to the 'taggie blanket' I made him
Has been pretty fussy .. teething away
Stayed in the nursery at church 1st time on (7-11)
Started eating solids. SO far.. Banana, Green Beans, Sweet Potato's and apple sauce

I love my Kingsley boy!!!

Projects projects projects!!!
We've been doing our best to keep busy around here! (more to come on why at a later date.)
Weekend agenda: (either done or to do)..

Laundry
Sewing project- photo to come
Hang shelves- photo to come
Grocery shop
Make cupcakes
Eat cupcakes
Put up Ezra's new curtains (made by Grandma Judd)- photo to come
Organize file cabinet
Dinner at moms
Weed the flower bed
Hang time in the back yard
Church

So as you can see we've been plenty busy. Oh.. I'm super excited because my MIL is coming in 10 days to stay with us for 2 whole weeks!! We can't wait!! We've even made little Ezra one of those paper chain link count downs. I hope you are all enjoying your weekend!