fall moments

The sights and smells of fall make me happy. I can't say that the allergies that often accompany this make me happy of course. This is Lilian's first fall to really enjoy the leaves. She had been walking about 2 months when the leaves fell last year and it was a very wet fall. Daddy showed her how to rake the leaves and mommy got to join in the fun a bit when I got home from work. I miss being a larger part of moments like this but am glad Elgin gets to have more of them. It's not a horrible trade just an adjustment for now. Enjoy your fall moments. And don't forget that Christmas is only 7 1/2 weeks away!

made me think

This picture really made me think. the caption on her shirt is "find a cure before I grow boobs." Sure it's cute and funny but I do hope a cure is found before my 1 year old has to think about breast cancer. My mom and grandma both had breast cancer and Elgin's grandma had it too. Unfortunately that raises Lilian's risk as well as my own.

one of my favorite pagan "holidays"

So, halloween isn't exactly a holiday and it has no relevant meaning to my life. However, now that I have a child I find such joy in dressing her up. I didn't put a lot of thought into choosing a costume. Basically, this was the cheapest on the website I used last year, babystyle.com and had relevance to our summer since we loved the elephants on our first visit to the zoo. I also thought since she has always been small that an elephant would be adorable and as you can see she was adorable! We had a blast at our church's harvest party. Not the best turn out but Lilian ran around and played games with all the kids. I am also happy that she didn't even care/know about the candy that was everywhere. I decided a long time ago that she was too young for candy. There is no point except loads of unnecessary sugar and she's not even 2! Moving on...my costume this year was almost non-existent ( I threw on my apron and said I was a chef) but all my focus went into Lil and I had fun doing it! No clue what we will do next year but I'm sure we will find the perfect costume!