Short & Sweet

About a month ago Jeremy's high school teacher, coach and distant relative passed away. Jeremy was pretty sad about it and we wrestled with the idea of going home for his services. As badly as we wanted to be there, the tickets were obnoxiously priced with it being so last minute. Of course, in my planning I got myself pretty excited about the possibility of getting to see family, so when it fell through I was pretty heartbroken. So, we decided that Christmas was just too far away and we needed to make a quick trip up to NY. It was very short and rushed so we only got to see family, but it was much needed. We will get to see Jeremy's family in just a couple weeks for Thanksgiving as they are all making the trip to us this year, but I couldn't wait any longer to see my family again. That's one (of the many) thing that has definitely changed since Seth has been born. Family being so far away hurts even more now. Seth did absolutely fantastic with flying. He was either sleeping, eating or contently looking out the window!

Lots of snuggles...

Some "Halloween" treats - not really, but a good excuse to spoil these girls that I love so much and don't get to see hardly enough at ALL! 

And some quality time chatting, crafting, playing and hanging out! 

Trying out some cool weather attire! 

And lots of Gramma time!

<3 

He even got to meet some new family members! 

Jeremy's parents took us back to the airport at the end of our visit, so we spent our last morning with them. Seth got a little fall present : )

So thankful for our families 

and I can't wait for the fast approaching holidays! 

My new trick

I can't remember what led to it, but sometime last week Jeremy told me that he thought Seth was ready to try sitting in his bumbo seat. Well, the next day I needed my hands free to get the girls' lunch ready, so I got it out and tried sitting him in it and well, my boy is growing up : ( Ever since that day it has been a pretty regular occurrence for him to sit in it, especially during play time (thanks to my mom for suggesting it since he was getting bored just laying there).

I can't even handle it! He is growing too fast. In fact, this past Sunday was his first week in the nursery since his chatty little self doesn't understand we can't "talk" during church! Sigh* I guess this Mommy needs to get used to all of these firsts that will continue to happen! 

A year ago...

One year ago today our lives changed forever! 

I remember waking up, taking the test and then staring in disbelief! I had convinced myself that I wasn't pregnant to not get my hopes up and I had done a good job of it. 

From that moment on we watched our little bean grow on the inside...

 

 And now we are watching him grow on the outside...

It has been an incredible year and I can't wait to continue watching him grow this next year! 

New living room...

I've been going to the chiropractor for a few weeks now. I started to get increasing hip pain after delivering Seth and it got to be bad enough that I knew I needed to do something about it. After going and having her scan me, I knew it was something that I couldn't ignore. My back and hips look TERRIBLE and I have a feeling I will be going to the chiropractor for the rest of my life. Thanks to my mom, I have been doing a bunch of different things at home to help as well, one of which being not sitting on our couch anymore. It has horrible support, especially while breastfeeding. 

This was our previous setup...

Jeremy always sits in his chair, so I usually sat on the end of the couch next to him. While "my" flower chair is the most comfortable, it was too far away from him and not "centrally" located so it just felt awkward for me to sit in. So, yesterday we did a little rearranging to make things a little more functional for my chair, so that I won't be tempted to sit on the couch anymore! 

Here is our now...

I love it! 

Our weekend

Weekends are pretty special in our family since we get Dada home for a full 48+ hours. Saturday we ventured out with some friends to go experience our new Aldi's! That is the one thing I always missed from NY, such a great grocery store, so when I found out that we were getting one built I was pretty excited. The wife of our friends is also from NY so she knew just what the excitement was all about, so we decided it was something we needed to do together! I think next time the boys will be staying home and we will be going alone : ) We had some cool weather this weekend so Seth experience his first bundling! 

And his little elbow pad sweater for church on Sunday <3 

Dada does have to do some work over the weekends, but Seth is a great helper! 

We have also gotten very good at our new trick. Mommy finds me like this most mornings now (even at 3am sometimes : ) 

Love our time together as a family! 

I can't believe how big our boy is getting!