today it's 77 degrees- that means it's cardigan weather!

bb-

thanks for introducing us to the popcorn and drink special at good ole target.

pretty sure we get it every time we go shopping.

it's a win-win for us,

it keeps kate quiet and i'm able to follow my new instructions from the OB which are to 'never stop eating'.

i don't know if it's possible to tempt you away from your coca-cola, but you should try mixing the lemonade and the fruit punch.

it's tasty.

missing you every day.

send halloween pics of harry and liz ASAP.

and pics of the snow.

-k

for the birthday boy

hi lovie.

today while we ate lunch at five guys [on the outdoor patio. yuma weather rocks!],

i fell in love with you even more.

it was the way you talked about kate and our growing baby girl-

like they're your whole world.

hearing you talk about them with such deep love gave me goosebumps.

i have no idea how i got such a wonderful man as my husband.

but i'm certainly glad you're mine.

i love you.

happy 30th!!

yours forever,

buggie.

ps. somehow i broke peanut's closet door...whoopsies. do you think you could fix that tonight/tomorrow?

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FYI

dearest readers of this blog:
[all 6 of you]


i found myself with an excess of energy tonight.
this is quite rare for me and i wasn't quite sure what to do with myself.
i decided to plant myself in front of this here blog and play catch-up.

you will notice plenty of new posts,
[not in chronological order because i didn't have that much energy]-
they're full of grammatical errors and low-quality pictures.
no need to thank me for this.
you are all very welcome.


and i just wanted to say thanks for sticking with me during this time of insanity.
i've requested to work weekends [fridays, saturdays and sundays] in an effort to stabilize our home life.
cuz let's be honest, it's not quite working right now.
not having a schedule is killing us!
that new schedule should take effect in december so we just have to survive one more month of this silliness.
added bonus- the new schedule will keep the baby out of daycare while she's still a newborn.
[i found out i have to return to work after 6 weeks instead of the 12 weeks i was planning on. pretty sure i cried the day i heard that news. stupid new employee rules]

anywaaaaays,
thanks for all the support.
and thanks for not getting mad when i don't return texts, don't answer my phone and ignore my emails.
you guys rock.

good night and happy halloween!

obsession with spiders

dear neighbors-

it all started when you attached giant spiders to your house.

instead of being scared of them [like we expected her to be], miss kate adores your halloween decorations.

everyday before we leave for school, we have to pause and wave hello to your spiders.

same goes for when we return home-

she stands in the driveway, waves hello and shouts 'hi spiiiiiiders'.

it's pretty dang cute.

and next came the face-painting at the local pumpkin patch friday night.

when given six choices katers picked the spider-

complete with fancy glitter and spider web.

when we got home she spent 10 minutes in front of the mirror giggling at her spider.

i really should've video'd that. 

it was awesome.

[pic is of her drinking her nightly metamucil- gotta keep her regular!]

and then tonight we colored pumpkins instead of carving them [because i'm a pretty lazy mom as of late]

and you guessed it- i'm drawing a spider.

she loves it.

before kate would go to bed tonight she had to see her spider pumpkin one last time.

i'm surprised she didn't ask to sleep with it.

so neighborly neighbors who started this obsession-

thank you.

at least my kid isn't scared of spiders anymore!

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90 degrees today. and it felt great.

dear yuma,

i might despise you in the summer but right now, you rock.

i thought i would miss the autumn weather i grew up with.

the leaves changing color, the brisk air, the crunching leaves underfoot as i walked....

but it turns out i don't miss it as much as i thought i would.

having my windows and doors open all day long is lovely.

still wearing sandals and shorts feels wonderful.

and the eternal sunshine never gets old.

maybe i don't hate it here as much as i thought i did.

yuma, dare i say you're growing on me???

ps. that's kate running thru the sprinklers [i have to keep reminding myself it's almost november. it just doesn't feel like it]. it was 90 degrees and i kept asking her if she was cold. she answered me with a 'wheeeeeeeee. it's raining!' and ran back into the shooting water. guess that's my answer. 

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pics from around the house in MN

[more from MN]

harry makes a great baby shower decoration.

although i doubt that clothesline would've held him up.

he the perfect amount of chunky baby.

love this one.

tyler snuggling with his little man.

rainbow drinks from kerrianne's gender neutral baby shower.

[my bets on a girl]

parents-to-be packing up their loot.

i've never seen kate so snuggly with a male other than her dad-

she was loving on her uncle t george the entire time.

thanks ty!

aaron playing with harry while liz enjoys a time-out.

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