It's Beginning to look alot like Christmas!!

So last week Jason and I chuckled as we watched our neighbors putting up their Christmas lights, saying to each other "I can't believe they are putting up their lights already" and "Can you believe they are actually turning them on??" Crazy huh? NO! We are the crazy ones. We wait until it's 40 degrees outside, windy, and bone chilling cold, then we say "Hey, lets put up our lights!" The whole time we were outside today doing this we found ourselves saying to each other, "Maybe our neighbors were smart to put up there lights last week when it was almost 70 degrees." Don't worry though, we don't plan on turning them on until after Thanksgiving. We did however just turn them on tonight so Bella could see them! She was so excited!! She also loved the fact that she got to pick out a Santa Claus decoration to put out in the yard. Christmas is going to be so much fun for her this year!

I was really happy with how they looked, especially when it got a little darker out! Don't worry, the fall wreath will be coming down and will be replaced with a Christmas one once I find one I like or get one made.

Until next time...

Bella's First Award

Before we went to the pumpkin patch, we downloaded a picture for Bella to color and enter into Hensler's coloring contest. We turned it in when we went to pick our pumpkins. Well we found out today that she was one of the winners!! Bella won a $25 gift certificate for a Christmas tree from Hensler's Nursery. Looks like we'll be getting our first ever real tree this Christmas, well a first for Bella and I any ways!! I've always had artificial trees growing up, Jason's always gotten real ones. I'm looking forward to going and having the opportunity to cut down our own tree. Should be fun!! Look for pictures to come in a few weeks...

Sleepless Night

Last night, we had a rough night. Bella started getting a cold a couple days ago and it seemed last night it really started to hit her hard. The poor things started coughing a lot and gagging on whatever gunk she was trying to cough up. Then she would start crying so mommy would have to get up with her, calm her down, and try to get her back to sleep. This went on all night long!! So throughout the night I think we watch Toy Story (the first one) like 10 times. Everytime it was over it seemed like Bella would wake up and say "I watch Woody momma!" I think I can go without watching Buzz or Woody for awhile!

Bella's had plenty of colds before and we've always just tried to let them run their course. But this is the worst she's ever had a cough so I decided to take her to the doctor today. I'm so glad I did!! He said her lungs sounded crackly and it could have turned into pneumonia in a few days. So nows she's on an antibiotic, which is about impossible to get her to take. I'm hoping it will help and she will start feeling better soon! It's so hard to see your baby sick!!

So wish us luck tonight and pray that we get some much needed rest! Hope everyone avoids all the sickness that is going around!

Until next time...

Mommy, make my toes pretty!!

Isabella has never been one for letting me paint her nails. So imagine my surprise when she wanted me to paint them tonight. It probably helped that she watched me paint mine while she was taking a bath, but whatever works :) Once she got out of the tub and we got her jammies on she said, "Mommy, make my toes pretty!" I put her up on the bathroom counter and painted them orange, I thought it would be a good color for fall!! Of course, I had to take a picture of this monumental occasion. Bella was all for it too, modeling her feet for me. Here are the pics I got:

Until next time...

Trick or Treat

This year we took Isabella for her first true year of trick or treating. She was very unsure of some of the costumes that people had on, a few freaked her out, but she loved the idea of CANDY!! We did 2 rounds of trick or treating. The first round was from 1-3 in downtown Plymouth at the merchants. Bella made out pretty well here! (Mommy too). We thought we would go home and take a nap since door to door didn't start until 5 but we were wrong. Bella was too concerned when she could go get more candy. Finally the time came and she was ready. She was a woman on a mission!! We only took her through our subdivion and then we had trunk or treat at church. She would never say trick or treat at the door, only on the walk up to it. Every so often she would say a soft little thank you. She even took off running at one point and face planted into the road. She got up and started crying, not at the fact that she just fell, but because daddy was taking off with her basket of candy (that's momma's girl). All in all, we had a great time and a lot of family fun!! I'm sure next year will be even better. Here are some pics of our little Autumn fairy, without the wings because she wouldn't put them on!! Enjoy...

On a side note: Plymouth High School's Pride of Plymouth Marching Band competed at state on Saturday and placed 5th!! We are so proud and excited for our niece Traci who is a sophomore trumpet player!!

Until next time...

From the Kitchen to the Living Room

After several months, we can say the kitchen is complete (well almost, we have to put up some trim around the entry way to the den.) It came together great! What a difference a little paint and wallpaper can do. It looks like a totally different kitchen compared to how it was back in March. Here's some pics of what we have done...

After we finished the kitchen we decided to tackle the living room. It was quite a project but only took us a couple weeks to complete. We had to pop up the tile floor, paint the walls, lay the new wood floor, and then stain it. After all that, we were able to move all the furniture back in. We kept our purple chairs and then I recovered the couch. I just have a few more accesories to finish (throw pillows, ottoman, etc). We also have to do the little hallway that leads downstairs and the hallway upstairs. Eventually we are going to sand the wood floors on the steps and the bedrooms and stain them to match the living room floor. I'm so happy with how it all turned out. Here our some pictures of the process and then the finished room...

We only have a few more projects we would like to do and then our house will be complete. I look forward to that day :) Until next time...

Pumpkin Patch

A few weeks ago we took our second annual family trip to Hensler's nursery to pick our pumpkins. We haven't carved them yet, we'll be doing that this week, but we had a lot of fun on our visit. We were very fortunate to have beautiful weather, last year it was cold and rainy. Jordan joined us again this year, along with his girlfriend Molly and my mom and dad. Bella seemed to really enjoy herself this year. She still didn't want to ride the ponies though. She loved taking the horse drawn wagon back to the pumpkin patch and she was excited to pick her own pumpkin. Of course, she wanted to pick the smallest pumpkin she could find. Daddy wasn't too thrilled about paying $5 for a baby pumpkin so he ended up swapping it for a bigger one. That's Jason for ya! Definately looking forward to going back next year!

Until next time...