October happenings

As promised, our October happenings ... grab a snack and a drink because this is a long one! haha

Devouring our first batch of chocolate chip pumpkins cookies and playing in the fall leaves while waiting at the title company to sign for the house we sold ...

p.s. those tiny little salt water sandals were Nic's when he was a baby!

My favorite part about the start of this month is General Conference ... a time where we get to listen to revelation and inspirational messages from the leaders of our church. This was a pretty life changing one to remember as we make the change from a 3 hour church block on Sundays to a more family focused devotion of 2 hours. I filled a muffin tin with different snacks and treats (Liam loves when I do this) and the three of us watched together the day Nic was packing up the Uhaul. I have the best video from it of Lyla with a death grip around a bowl of popcorn and stuffing her face. haha

Liam's my little builder ... it is his favorite thing to do right now! He'll build a tower with anything he can find. One day we were coloring together (something he'll tolerate for apporximately 3 minutes) before I suddenly look over and notice him making a rocket ship out of the colored pencils ...

One of the last pictures I have of Lyla asleep in her infant car seat (tears). She has officially outgrown it and has a big girl car seat now ...

After moving in to our new house, we spent a lot of Fall afternoons exploring our neighborhood and surrounding neighborhood parks ...

Naturally, try to eat the bark ...

A belated birthday gift that arrived in the mail from her papa and Grandma Dee, a cute bunny sweatshirt! Love that her two front teeth are showing in this picture too haha ...

A milestone that has been coming for a while but is always hard for me to let go of ... Lyla would have kept nursing as long as I let her but she was biting me so hard all the time and never learning that it wasn't okay. There is a special bond I've shared with both of my kids while nursing that I'll never forget but thankfully Lyla has made it easier on me than with my previous experience because she's a momma's girl.

A view of our new kitchen at night time ...

I've always had this "bargaining chip" with my mom that if I moved back one day, I hoped to inherit her piano. Look what she had delivered to my door step a week after we moved in ... I literally wanted to cry, it was one of the best gifts I've ever been given! I've been brushing the dust off the keys and playing just about every day since ...

Her first tiny pig tails!!!

Around Halloween (hence the Scooby Doo head) and in the aisles of the Walmart toys ... I wasn't sure what to get Lyla for Christmas this year since all one year olds care about are boxes and ribbons but when she saw this puppy in a carrier and starting hugging it for dear life ... 

Making Paw Patrol cupcakes together for Liam's preschool birthday celebration ...

Nic has been hard at work any time he is home. Those first couple weeks we literally never stopped ... project after project getting organized and unpacking. We downsized quite a bit on storage space and garage size compared to our last home so we've been donating as much as possible to eliminate what we need to store and found these amazing overhead storage racks at Costco that he hung to make up for the rest that we did keep ...

Liam and his "meow" and a rare moment these days when Liam fell asleep on the couch during quiet time ... which epically backfired when he was awake until 10 that night! haha 

His best friend Hadley visited from Pocatello and the two of them played all afternoon together having the best time! This moment also gave me a glimpse into Liam's future with girls while watching Hotel Transylvania together ...

Lyla's pig tails, can't stop won't stop!

The weekend before Halloween, Target had an event for the release of the new Paw Patrol Halloween episode and series of toys that came out for the Christmas season. It was a great opportunity for the kids to wear their costumes and trick-or-treat at a few places around the store and watch the new episode ...

I forgot how much church is a bit of a marathon from the time a baby starts walking until they attend nursery at 18 months so a lot of our Sundays have been spent taking turns outside wandering around the church building and playing in the leaves ...

Liam has made the sweetest new friend in our neighborhood. She brought him a gift on his birthday after only meeting him a few days before and invited him to  a "race" at the park one evening complete with the cutest little invitation she had typed up. As a mom, I couldn't be more thankful for this ...

We've witnessed some of the most incredible sunsets where we live lately ...

And the cutest turkey Liam made at preschool! 

I love the fall so much and I'm glad we are finally getting settled in to our new house for the rest of the holiday season! The best time of the year! XO