this and that

Yeah I know I've been a little absent again. Don't blame me, I was busy with the fam ;)
The weather has been somewhat bearable and so we cut logs into boards at J's parents' place and I got to bring home some awesome scraps for projects that are floating around in my brain. If I ever actually find the time to do them... 


Today we got the little guy his passport so that we can take him on his first visit to Oma and Opa's house this winter. We had to have passport pictures taken, which was pretty interesting considering he is only 4.5 months old. While we were at it we had them take a couple of him in his Halloween costume. 
I am usually not very big on posed studio photography but we got a free session fee and 8x10 so that's all we ordered. Yup, I felt perfectly fine doing that this time. I usually don't like going somewhere just to get a freebie.
Anyway, after we got that done I sent some orders off in the mail and we went and got lunch. Then we decided we really did need to get new Iphones and didn't want to wait any longer. So we ended up driving to the Apple Store and getting new pretties. 
Siri is wondeful and so polite, haha


The little man just let us drag him around town, napped on almost all the car rides and went to sleep at 8.15 pm tonight. 10 minutes of whining and then he was out. Ahhhh :) 


I listed Etsy lgoodies all night and now I am ready to get some sleep myself. 


I will leave you with my fave picture from our first shot at getting some Halloween pics in the back yard. Enjoy ;) 


XOXO
Soph

precious moments

{style files} more stripes

I wore: Striped dress from Target, Gray T-Shirt from Gap, Shirt from Motherhood Maternity, Vintage Belt, Silver Birkenstock's and Kenneth Cole Sunglasses

yes, i am so not back to my pre-pregnancy weight... yet! i will get there, slowly. 

This past weekend we went to a festival called Christmas in the Woods. Not the hubby's favorite thing to do but it was fun and got us out of the house. Lots of Christmas decorations and crafts. Beautiful weather, family and yummy food :) 

Just look at that Apple Cobbler. That could be why I'm not back to my pre-pregnancy weight yet ;) 

Best of all: I got to wear more stripes ;) I'm just a little bit obsessed.

Baby L had a great time too. He was very interested in the cobbler. I am really trying to exclusively nurse him for 6 months so he's just gonna have to wait a little bit longer with the solids. 

giveaway winners

Happy Monday to you all.


Here are the lucky winners of the Missoni Giveaway...

Winner of the Floppy Hat is Shannon from Worley Blurbs :) 

The Gloves go to Candy at Candy's Clothes Closet :) 

And the Socks were won by Nicole at Blissfully Blessed :)

Congratulations to all of you. If you see this before you get an email from me please send me your shipping address so that I can get your goodies out. 

Thanks to everyone for entering! 

{style files} stripes

Wearing: Cardigan from Target, Shirt from Target, Whit Shirt from AE, Jeans from AE, Boot Socks from Sockdreams.com, Watch by Michael Kors and Hunter Boots

Awkward

• Picking monster boogers out of my little guys nose. It's funny how once you become a mom things like that don't even phase you anymore. 
• Your neighbor calling you to tell you that her son will install a camera in an apple tree right next to your house because he wants to take some pictures of deer during the night and not to be alarmed by a red flashing light... Oookay. 
• The dog eating a pacifier yesterday... Really??? She eats stuff a lot. Like vacuum cords, paper, toys, dog beds, pens, anything plastic really. Oh yeah and she drinks coffee out of our mugs. 
• Entering a one-way street parking lot at a restaurant the wrong way and then being forced to steal someone's parking spot because well, you simply couldn't go anywhere else. Whoops ;) 

Awesome

• The sun is back :) It's even warm outside. People are mowing again. It's almost like summer returned. Getting to soak up the sun and hoping she sticks around through the weekend cause we got some plans :) 
• Watching your hubby be all cute and cuddly with the little guy.  
• Breastfeeding :) We are so good at it now and we do it everywhere, haha. We are not afraid! 
• Sleep training Baby L. We started putting him to bed while he is still awake so that he can learn to soothe himself. He is doing great so far. Doesn't cry for too long and sleeps so much longer. What a relief :) 
• Finding out that wonderful friends of ours are expecting their second child next May. What a great time to have a baby ;) 
• Getting to have lunch with those friends while the little man was being the perfect baby. Yay for getting to enjoy a meal without interruptions. 

{style files} rainy day

I'm wearing: Ralph Lauren Tweed Blazer, AE Plaid Shirt, JCrew T-Shirt, LOFT Jeans, Knee Socks from Sockdreams.com and Hunter Wellies. The Little Guy is wearing Oshkosh B'Gosh and 77Kids Beanie. 

Yes, I need a haircut and color. I am making an appointment for next week, promise. I'm one of those girls that started going gray at age 15!!! No kidding. I am afraid to know how gray my hair would be if I didn't color it. Color doesn't stick to those coarse suckers for more than 4-6 weeks and I've been going well over 2 months now. Last haircut was right before the little man was born and then I managed to throw some at-home color on like 10 weeks ago... 

I honestly have the worst relationship with my hair ;) It is pretty flat and dry and I don't have too much of it to begin with. A couple of weeks ago I tried to recreate a hair style off of Pinterest... Not a good idea. I ended up realizing that I simply don't have enough hair to braid the sides and pull the rest into a bun. My bun looked more like a hummingbird's nest. Bummer.

Do any of you have any experience with hair extensions? For fullness, not so much length. 

In other news, we went Antiquing on Sunday. It was cold and rainy and the hubs said I only wanted to go out because I wanted to wear my new Hunter Boots. No way... Not this girl ;) 

This rainy, cold weather is giving me more than enough opportunities to show off those boots. 

Seems like we went straight from August into November here in PA :( 

Wishing you all a sunny day :) 

last week

We went out of town and spent some time in the mountains in West Virginia. It was nice to just relax and enjoy some time away from everything. Unfortunately, the bubs got his first ever cold from his grandpa :( Poor thing is still coughing. The snot that comes out of that tiny little nose is unbelievable... ;)