Quiet down cobwebs

I have had a week where it seems like I never made any progress with my house. This morning I woke up with resolve to get it all done TODAY. But then Emma was giggly and we were having too much fun. She usually takes a nap around 9:30 so I thought I would just lay her down and let her fall asleep on her own like usual to buy me some extra time to get things cleaned. But as I walked her into her room and she looked up at me with a big grin I decided to sit down and rock her to sleep. Read a book with her. Sing a song. The stuff that I sometimes don't do at naptime because I get caught up in getting things done instead of enjoying what I have now. It reminded me of a saying that my Grandma Callister hung in her house,

"Quiet down cobwebs,
Dust go to sleep.
I'm rocking my baby
and babies don't keep!"

So if you come to my house and it is a little messy, just know I'm enjoying my baby too much to clean!

I love fall

Never thought I had a favorite season. Normally I just enjoy every new season as it comes along. But today I walked out my front door and stood there for a minute and thought, "I LOVE fall!" It is the best! I can just open up all my windows and it is the perfect temperature for the day. I love taking in a deep breath of fall air. I don't have to water my lawn as much, or mow it as much. I can bust out the hot chocolate some mornings, and wear a cute jacket/sweater if our walk is early enough. The colors are beautiful. My absolute favorite, though, is when there is a light breeze and all those leaves crackle. Love it. Love fall!


P.S. I promise that I will get all caught up blogging soon. I lost my cardreader so I'm behind.

Eric & Katie's New Baby

Since they don't have a blog, I thought I would take the liberty of posting a few pictures for all of you of their beautiful baby girl... Aubrey Lynn Callister! 6 lbs. 9 oz., 20.5 in. (born 9/17/09 at 8:37 p.m.) Congrats, Katie and Eric!

Bittersweet sale

Yep, we sold it. Yesterday. And as excited as I am to not be making a payment at the end of this month and every month, I'm still a little sad. This is the first vehicle Jared and I purchased together and there are so many memories with it. Drive-in movies, snowstorms, Christmas tree hunting, etc. Although Jared liked having it and driving it (he is a guy, after all), I am and always have been a truck girl. In fact, I talked him into buying this. So I am in mourning for a few days. :) We are going to see how long we can get by with one vehicle and when the weather gets cold we will buy a fun old beater as our 2nd vehicle. I think Jared already has his eye on a pretty cool one down the street...

Cute and funny

My sister-in-law Julie took a couple of really sweet pictures of Emma with her cousins, Heidi and Jackson and with my mom a few weeks ago. Why can you never get 3 kids to all look at the camera?



And this hilarious picture of Emma and Heidi... "I didn't do it!!"

Julie Morgan's Baby Shower Open House

Just wanted to invite everyone who knows Julie to the baby shower open house we are having for her and her new baby boy, Jonah! It will be at Julie Barlow's house(1184 Monaco) on Thursday, September 10th, 2009 from 7-8:30 p.m. Stop by for a few minutes or stay the whole time! We are just going to chat and eat some good food! Please leave me a comment or contact Julie Barlow to R.S.V.P. Thanks!