finally fall!

I love love love fall.  Its definitely in my top 4 favorites of the seasons.  Even though we are well into October, fall is just starting to sink in for me...the evenings are a bit cooler and I have reached into the sweater drawer a few times.  Here are some of my favorite things about fall:

1. cross country
2. mosquitos are going into hiding
3. soup for dinner
4. scarves & sweaters
5. the warm color tones hanging from the trees
6. turning the AC off
7. fun sized candy is everywhere
8. Celestial Seasonings Tea with every meal, and then some
9. TX football
10. winter is on its way (one of my top 4 favorite seasons!)

Hope your fall is fabulous.

until next time,

Brit

i bring awareness

Do you ever google yourself? or google image yourself? hehe. I do. Well I image searched myself and up popped this picture of me, and so I followed the link to the Lubbock Avalanche Journal.  I had forgotten about this article that the AJ did a couple years ago about me and running and my mom and breast cancer.  To kick off breast cancer awareness month every 1st of October they print the whole paper in pink & throughout the month they focus on stories relating to breast cancer. 

Never thought I'd make it to the front page of the sports section! Here's the article if you want to read it.

until next time,
Brit

3 months!

Rylee is 3 months old today!!! So hard to  believe!

Here is a run through on a few of her milestones:

1. Lifts her head high when on her belly
2. Talks constantly
3. Stands when holding onto someone
4. Can grasp all sorts of things - her favorite is my hair
5. Big smiles
6. Rolls to her side

2 weeks



12 weeks

Some of her favorite things lately include:

1. Singing and rocking with dad
2. Taking baths
3. Hanging out in the buff
4. Looking in the mirror
5. Going on mid-morning walks
6. Distracting everyone during church with all of her cuteness
7. Chomping on her fists & our fingers

Happy birthday Ry!!!!!!!!!

until next time,

Brit

haha

saw this post on a cup of jo!

Durring my sr year of college the semester before we have our student teaching assignment we are in our methodology courses - and it is quite a grueling experience...anyways, our proffessors were the best in encouraging us through their kind words, prayer, pajama partys & laughter! One of my professors actually took us through this laughter exercise & it was such a euphoric experience!



Nothing like a good laugh! Really try it!

until next time,
Brit

daddy's girl

He is head over heels for that little girl.

until next time,

Brit

awareness is yummy

Here are a few tasty ways people are spreading awareness...



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Yumm!

until next time,

Brit

reality

"I do nothing all day, but still I can't seem to find the time to get anything done"

That is exactly how I would describe my life right now.  Over at Jenloveskev they just welcomed into the world little baby Rowan and the quote above is how another mom explained her feelings of parenthood to Jen. Though I could never put it into words - that has been the constant disturbing feeling that has lingered over me since becoming mom.

I knew since before pregnancy that I wanted to be a full time - stay at home mom, that would be my job - I just pictured it a little bit differently... I had this idea that I would always keep the house clean, the bed would be made everyday, dinner and maybe lunch too would be cooked daily, the laundry would never pile out of control...and maybe I could even iron something before I decided to wear it, I could walk the dogs, possibly get in a good refreshing run, read a book, comment on parenting blogs, always have stamps to mail out the bills, bake cookies on a regular basis, have fun experimenting with my decorating ideas and of course take a nice shower and wear my hair in any way but a messy bun all while caring deeply, compassionately, more lovingly, and educationally too for little Rylee...

I guess I was completely delusional because in reality I usually only get one of those things done in the day and that's lovin' on Rylee, and maybe two if putting a frozen pizza in the oven counts as cooking dinner.

I have learned in this process that even though I was completely wrong on my perception of being a stay at home mom I was right about one thing, I love it. I am so thankful that we have the means to make it possible for me to have a job taking care of Rylee. Because at the end of the day if loving on her is all I got done, then the day was all worth it.

until next time,

Brit

Breast cancer awareness month

This month is breast cancer awareness month. I am most often quite aware of breast cancer and the impact it has had on so many people directly and not to mention all of those people who are indirectly impacted by it, through family members and loved ones. Just mention it in a room full of people and you will find in some way each person has been affected by the frightening disease.

This month more than most other months I am aware of just how many people are affected by this disease, and not in just a negative way. It shows more now than ever just how many people out there are stepping forward to try and help support and spread awareness.

(Broncos + all NFL spreading awareness)

This month ill be trying to post the ways I notice people are spreading awareness. Be aware!

until next time,

Brit

up close & personal

until next time,
Brit

making the switch

Rylee will be 3 months old  in just over a week, and amazingly we have yet to go out and purchase any diapers! We were gifted the perfect amount of diapers in the perfect sizes that have moved along with her rapid growth.
I always had cloth in the back of my mind but wasn't too rushed or concerned about it because of the massive amount of diapers we had stocked up in Rylee's closet...anyways after much research and online shopping we are going to attempt the gdiaper

I ordered some for Rylee to give a trial run before our diaper stash has depleted...and I think we are sold.

Have you seen a cuter hiney? To see more precious baby bottoms take a peek at gdiapers website and all of the great things they are up to!

until next time,

Brit

love!

Well I love cards and I love running.  and I love runner Kara Goucher...as you may know. Speaking of the three - that awesome runner designed her very own card.

Pretty cool huh? Even cooler, if you buy the card - that money will go to benefit the Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

until next time,
Brit

PS - Kara is due to have a little runner baby boy any day now! (He'll be just 2 months younger than Rylee...)

boppy bed

I have ordered new dog beds for both of the girls, but have yet to get Bosley a new one...

Boppy should make dog beds. Bosley would go for it.

until next time,
Brit

lazy day

We started off the day by waking up in time for lunch.

Then we decided to take a nap...we were up in time for dinner.

We will probably be up until breakfast now.

until next time,

Brit

advice.

In our baby announcements (that Jer's sister, Heather, so wonderfully designed for us) there was an advice card included to be sent back to us.

(picture from Quite Like It BLOG)

We have just started getting cards handed and mailed back to us, and it is so encouraging and refreshing to hear the advice from our closest friends, relatives, other new parents, and parents who have been around the block a few times already. I can't tell you how thoughtful and insightful everyone's words of advice are. And no one card is the same! Every piece of advice that we have received have each been unique and especially appreciated, as well as put to use!

So keep the advice rollin'! & Thanks for all the great parenting tips!!!

until next time,
Brit

picture wall

I have nothing on our walls yet - mostly because we have COLOR on our walls, and I am being very picky about where I put holes in the wall...

I have been drooling over all sorts of things to put up (again with the indecisiveness) but I keep coming back to doing a photo wall. Not your grandma's kind of photo wall, but better! (fyi: I adore my Grandma's photo wall.)

After researching and clicking over all sorts of different framing and design options I found this nifty site - thepicturewallcompany.com - this site does it all for you, all the frames are ready matted and sized to fit into one tight display on the wall...no matching and measuring of frames and space to get the look you want & best of all it comes with a template to use before hanging so there will be no un-needed holes in my colored walls!


So indecisive me has decided!...now just to get Jer to agree to pay for it :)

until next time,
Brit

which one?

I waited on getting a mobile for Rylee's room, now that she is so aware and studies all that she sees I am anxious to get one and get it up for her... but which one? etsy has so many great mobiles that I am struggling with which to get!

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So what do you think? I am an indecisive person anyways...but trying to make a decision between these, they're all just too cute! I'd love to hear which one you would chose!

until next time,
Brit

weekend photos

This weekend we enjoyed the high school homecoming football game, a very special house guest, grocery shopping, grilling out, and lots and lots of Rylee lovin'. Perfect.

until next time,

Brit

doting parents...

have you seen just how cute she is?

thanks again to wonderful photographer Brandi for documenting this mass amount of adorable. Feel free to dote along with us.

until next time,
Brit

laundry.

Laundry is boring...

Folding is the worst...

until next time,
Brit

made with love

I appreciate so much all of the handmade, homemade goodies Rylee has received from friends. Here are pictures of a few:

Along with appreciation I also am quite envious of these peoples awesome-incredible talents. Add that to a list of things I need to learn...

until next time,
Brit