Welcome Fall

I'm so excited that we finally got some fall decorating done :) However, the weather is supposed to get warm here this week, so I'm not so sure it really will feel like fall. We had such a busy weekend, but it was definitely full of friends and fun! I keep on telling myself that I will spend one weekend in my PJs doing absolutely nothing, but for those of you who know me well, I never stop moving {my grandma had always called me a ball of perpetual motion}.

We have started to cook a nice dinner on most Sundays ... This weeks dinner was vegan meatloaf, mashed taters and mushroom gravy ... YUM!  Little man enjoyed some taters, but that was about it.  He has been loving some broccoli, sweet potatoes and avocados lately.  The candy corn oreos have also made an appearance again, and I'm ashamed to say that we have already devoured 2 {yes, TWO} packages of these! The way I see it is that I'm still breastfeeding, so that burns a lot of calories, right?!

I hope everyone had an enjoyable weekend and a great start to fall :)

Northern Shenanigans

Happy Hump Day Y'all!  Only 2 more days until the weekend - hooray!  We have lots of plans already for lunches, dinners and coffee dates.  I'll finally be able to pull out our fall decor and decorate the house!  A trip to the farmers market is definitely in store so we can get ourselves some pumpkins for decorating :)

Here's some of the pictures (as promised, just a little late) from our most recent visit home. Enjoy!!

Someone got new PJs and couldn't resist wearing them over her clothes :)

7 Months

7 months (yes a little late, I know)!  I think we are beyond the days where we used to get nice pictures where he would sit and not move.  This boy is on a mission to go and he's not letting anyone stop him.  7 months has been a blast so far, full of new and wonderful things :)  

Cade now has 2 teeth, does the crawl/scoot like a champ, and has officially started pulling himself up on everything (tables, crib, mama, daddy)!  I have a feeling walking is not far away {sigh}.  He is so full of energy and loves to babble up a storm.  His sleeping is ok right now ... It seems like every time we go on vacation, he gets all out of sorts, then it takes him a couple of weeks to return to normal once we get home.  It doesn't help that we all came home with some sort of allergy/cold combo, so we've all been battling to feel better!  Hopefully he starts to get back on track and sleeping like a champ.

This boy still LOVES to eat.  The only food he hasn't liked has been peaches, but other than that this boy can eat {I mean look at those CHEEKS}.  We've still been doing a combo of BLW and purees, although I think the purees may be a thing of the past soon - he is way too interested in feeding himself!

Hopefully everyone is excited about fall arriving.  I have yet to pull out my fall decorations - let's blame that on a crazy couple of weeks at work.  My goal this weekend is to have everything pulled out and decorated this weekend.  I already have my wonderful candles, now to just accentuate everything else :)  Happy Friday y'all!

Weekend Fun

Happy Monday Everyone!  Sorry for being MIA for the past couple of weeks, but to say that we have been busy would be an understatement!  After a fun week home, we all returned to NC bringing our colds back from up north :(  Mama and daddy are still recovering and the little guy just seems to have a runny nose - thankfully he didn't get much worse!  Jason and I ran the Zombie 5K Mud Run on Saturday. George was also on our team and we had an absolute blast!  Our friend Frank also did the run with his own team while his wife Leilani watched the Macho Man.  We finished in 34 minutes and were pretty darn proud of ourselves for pushing through :)

Could our cheering section be any cuter?!  He had a blast strolling around with Leilani and her mom watching us fools run around covered in mud!  I hope everyone has an awesome start to their week. Stay tuned for pictures from our trip up home along with a 7 month update!

Little Boy

Cade got his first haircut today!  It's sad to say that he really no longer looks like a baby, but is definitely looking like a little boy.  His hair was so long and unruly - we decided that the time had come to cut some of it off.  I know, it's early, but boy does he look ever so handsome now :)  Unfortunately mama didn't get to see his first haircut, but daddy was there with camera in hand!  He went to Maggie at Salon Blu and she did a wonderful job (like always)!  He was such a hit with all the staff and the customers.  Daddy has become quite the chick magnet when he's out with the little man :)

In love with the baby in the mirror!

We hope everyone has an awesome weekend.  We're starting the countdown until we are home again - under 2 weeks :)  We can't wait to see everyone!!  

A Weekend Of Firsts

Sunday again? Back to work tomorrow?  Let's rewind to Thursday night and start our weekend all over again!  The hardest part about being a working mama is having t go to work and leave this beautiful face behind.  It feels like my time with him is over as quickly as I can snap my fingers, but it puts everything into perspective and makes me treasure every single second I have with this sweet boy!

Cade started crawling scooting across the floor today!  He's finally figured out that he can get places a lot quicker that way instead of rolling everywhere.  It's the cutest thing to watch :)

We did Cade's six month pictures this weekend and I cannot wait to see them :)  We had such cute ideas and I'm sure Traci made them look amazing!  She also mentioned the concept of baby led weaning (BLW) to us, which after much research, we decided to give a try tonight. You can learn more about it here, but the basics are to let your baby learn to chew first rather than swallow as with traditional purees.  You teach your baby to feed themselves and apparently they become less picky eaters later on.  So here goes nothing!  Now, what to do with all the purees in my freezer?!

Cousin Love

Little Natalee came to visit!  We were so excited that Meemaw and Poppy brought Natalee down to NC to visit with us.  We all had so much fun getting frozen yogurt, going to Marbles Museum and playing at the playground. If only they could have stayed longer we could have had another beach trip!

They might kill us for this picture someday!

Can't get enough of this smile :)

 Life here has been pretty uneventful.  After a long, stressful week at work, I am THRILLED to get three days off with my little man (and my hubby too)!  We are doing Cade's six month photo shoot tomorrow with the talented Traci from T&T Photography and we can't wait!  We are hoping the weather cooperates with us so we can get outside for some of the pictures.  Cade is also getting his first tooth!  He's been a little bit of a fussy pants, but overall he seems to be tolerating it pretty well.  He's also attempting to get mobile - I have a feeling he's going to be a crawling monster any day now!