Fall Craft Ideas

So as Fall approaches, Leah suggested making fall crafts and was looking for some ideas of something fun and something cute. So, here are some cute ideas I found online the other day along with the links as how to make them along with pictures.

Fall Candle Holders: Cute glass candle holders decorated with leaves and foliage. Place a tea light inside and enjoy! Very cute.

Fall Wreaths: Hay wreaths decorated with fall leaves and acorns and such along with ribbon and pine cones. Cute idea!

Pumpkin Window Hangers: Cute little pumpkins made with craft foam. Just a little touch of fall.

Make Your Own Candles: Making your own candles just sounds like fun! Make them the color you want and add the scent you want in your home. Just neato-jet!

Halloween Candles: These are candles made with Halloween napkins and pillar candles. I also know how to "personalize" it. You can stamp (with rubber stamps) and apply them to candles to make cool creations.

Salt Dough Pumpkins: Little pumpkin patches made with this salt dough and green toothpicks. You sculpt them, bake them, then paint them. Super cute!

Acorn Pumpkins: Small pumpkins made from acorns--great idea for kids to make!

Just some cute ideas with fall upon us. We'll have to start working on Christmas ideas next.

Solid Foods!

We had a landmark experience this past week...Adam started eating solid foods! Whoa! We just started out with rice cereal, saving the yummy stuff for a little later. He did such a great job! The first few bites were spit out, but that's ok, he's just learning. Now he has discovered that when he wants more and Mom's not paying attention, he can open his mouth and grunt, and he'll get more. He's such a smart little boy. My baby's growing up! He's a little boy now! Oh, I can't believe it. Adam really enjoys eating his cereal so far, so we may try some carrots or peas this next week.

Adam spits up like Old Faithful. He doesn't just do it after he eats...he does it at random times all the way up until it's time to eat again. We've tried what the doctor suggested two months ago, but to no avail. We were hoping that with solid foods, he'd do better at keeping it down. However, no such luck. He still spits up his formula...and it's still happening hours after he eats. So, we go to the doctor next week and will hopefully get some help. Poor little boy. I can't imagine that it feels good. It smells awful, so I can't imagine poor Adam spitting it up all the time. He's such a trooper! And I'm continually amazed that our little trooper is getting hair. Now he LOOKS like a little boy!

Brian and I made our flight arrangements for Christmas this weekend and we are so excited to see everyone! I'm a little nervous about taking Adam on the plane...but we'll do our best. He'll just want to crawl around and I hope he doesn't cry a lot. We'll just have to bring things to keep him occupied. Since the website isn't wanting to download the video...I'll have to take some pictures of Adam at dinner time and post them. Hope everyone is well!

Let's Try a Video

Well, we're going to try a video for today. This is just Adam jibber-jabbering in his high chair one afternoon. His two new teeth are starting to come in more, so hopefully the pain won't last too much longer for poor Adam. He sure is a cute boy though.

Well, another adventure for our little family...the laundromat here at our complex is getting new washers and dryers! They were supposed to get them early this summer...but no luck. We were told they would finally be installing them this past weekend, so the laundry would be closed. So of course I did all of our laundry Thursday to ensure everything was clean and we could make it through the weekend. Well, Brian and I went and checked last night to see the new said-washers and dryers...but it's still closed with no idea of how long it will take to get everything done. Sadly, Adam is out of burp rags and if you know anything about Adam, it's that you don't feed him without a burp rag. Looks like we get to find another laundromat. Kind of sits funny with me that we now own a washer and dryer, but can't use it and still have to use a laundromat until we move in. Only 3 more weeks! Wahoo! Oh boy! That means I can do laundry at 2am if I wanted to! Ok, I'd never want to...but will probably need to at some point. Anyways, that's the update for today. Hope everyone is well!

Growing Up Fast

Well, Brian and I are not the only ones growing up fast...buying a house and household appliances and all. Adam surprised us yet again with....another tooth! That's right! Now he has a tooth coming in up top, on the left. I felt the edges with my finger and it seems like his other tooth will be coming in shortly after. Reminds me of...."all I want for Christmas is my two front teeth..." Well, son, you'll have your two front teeth for Christmas, I'm certain.


Adam is super excited about his new cousin! Hannah is absolutely adorable and Adam can't wait to play with her at Christmas! Brian and I look at her pictures and I realized, Adam was NEVER that small. But, Jon and Jennie having a girl (and for a first baby, at that!) gives me hope that we might have a girl one day. I love boys, but I would like to have at least one girl. But, we'll be happy with whatever we're blessed with.

I thought I'd put up some new pictures of Adam, since he's growing up so fast. Sorry, no pictures of the new tooth yet. It hasn't cut through yet and our camera's not good enough to get a good picture. We're all doing well and counting down the days until we move into our new house. Now we just need home insurance. There's much more to buying a house than I ever realized. Enjoy the pictures and we hope you are all doing well!

We found the house!

We are now under contract to buy a home. It has three bedrooms and three bathrooms. It has about 1800 ft^2 and was built in 1994.

The drive way goes down on the left side of the house to the basement level where the two-car garage is. The kitchen was one of the ares of the house we have been most picky about. This one has lots of counter top and cabinet space.


We think it will be a great house for our family.