hints of fall

You know it is fall in my house when a few regulars come out of hiding... 

Turkey platter {maybe an antique... found at the Big Flea} and a scented candle sitting next to a bowl filled with pine cones.

Turkey plates replace our everyday dinnerware for a few months {His Majesty by Johnson Brothers}.

Vintage Plates that if I ever host Thanksgiving dinner I would use but for now they look pretty next to my Ironstone {Harvest Time by Johnson Brothers and these are antiques and cannot go in the dishwasher which is why they just look pretty on the shelves :)}

 Yellow mums sit outside my kitchen door. I usually go for orange or red but this fun pop of color was to hard to resist.

 Gourds and mini pumpkins from the farm stand.

...and a few new fall items have joined our home this week

 New pleated burlap and green wreath I made for above the sink.

 {Green "flowers" are just stripes of pleated fabric I twisted to look like a flower}

 Homemade cinnamon applesauce for Will.

And apple cinnamon bread for the adults :)

I just cannot get enough of this season!

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Will's new favorite post nap activity... pull down as many alphabet flash cards as he can reach. Whatever keeps you entertained and happy little guy :)

dinner lately

 Most of my time these days is spent avoiding one of these.... 

 

and the last thing I want to think about is dinner. So this is what we have been eating a lot of recently and I am pretty sure my husband would be okay with it {most every night} since we LOVE Mexican food. Quick and easy equals my kind of dinner.

Quesadillas:

-leftover grilled chicken
-fresh shredded cheese {a must in my opinion}
-tortillas
-refried or black beans {optional}

Side Sauce:
-1.5 cups of sour cream
-tsp of cumin
-pinch of chili powder {a little goes a long way}

I love that I can have this on the table in less then 10 minutes because right now long involved meals are just not going to happen in my house. Thank goodness it is also crock pot season :)

our fall weekend

This past weekend Dave and I decided to try and take advantage of Will's 1-3pm awake time and head to our local farmers market. I love the town I live in especially in the fall when the local farm stands have all of their fall gourds and pumpkins out. I wanted to try and get the classic picture of your baby with a pumpkin {you know the ones you have been seeing all over facebook} but Will was not cooperating that is until a crowd of women came over to comment on how cute he is. I swear that boy understands and he started flirting right back with them. So basically smile photos are the ones with his fan club nearby and the non smiles one are where I was jumping around like a crazy person trying to get him to smile and got nothing :)

This next one cracks me up because I spotted a hay stack and thought it would be cute to get a picture of Will sitting on it. I guess we do not get out much around hay/grass because Will would not take his eyes off of it. Seriously, all of my pictures are him staring/playing with the hay. {Thank you Aunt Katie for the hand me downs.}

We decided to take a back road on the way home from the farm stand and I think I spotted {one of} my dream homes. It is hard to see but this estate was built in the 1920's and the property is amazing. It sold in 2005 for 3 million!

And in case the huge house, trees and fields were not enough of a seller this is the view they have. Yeah, that is the Potomac {in very sunny sunlight}. Can you imagine!

I did spot this beauty for sale right down the road which is a little less the one above. If you have 1.5 million this home could be yours ;) It has a basketball court, putting green, swimming pool and seriously have you seen a cuter home. I love houses that have the cute little side mudroom entryway.

When we got home from our adventures I made these for dinner. Oh my goodness they did not disappoint. Garlic bread on the outside and yummy pizza on the inside. Nothing says fall to me more than comfort food {and babies with pumpkins :)}.

And lastly, we ended our night with entertainment from Will.  Playing with his shadow {this was entertainment for at least 20 minutes... love it!}

What is more fun to a 9 month old then a classic game of hide and seek? Although Will does not quite have the hide part down.

Where is Will?

There he is!

I wish fall Saturdays were year round. Life seems so much better in crisp cooler weather :) Hope you all had a fun weekend as well!

lazy sunday

Watching football on a chilly Sunday is so much more fun when you are snuggling :)

pretty in pink

I feel like I probably give you all way more details then you ever wanted to know when I write a post. I always give to many details when I am telling a story {so my husband/family say} so today I am taking a break from extra details, updates on my house and tons of pictures of Will to share with you all some fun pretty pink pictures of a shower I threw this past weekend for my friend Leah. I will let the photos speak for themselves :)

 I cannot wait to meet baby A!

go dukes

Sorry I was MIA last week. I was working my hiney off {unfortunately not literally} getting ready for a baby shower I gave for my friend Leah this weekend. My mom was so generous and came up to watch my Will while I got all the last minute details together. Before I forget though I wanted to share some pictures from last weekend.

The three of us took a little day trip to Harrisonburg for homecoming and it was so much fun seeing our college friends. I loved going to JMU and sometimes I still wish I was still there {but with Will and married to Dave of course}. I made the best friendships that I still cherish so much even 5 years after graduating. Each year a few of Dave and my friends get together for homecoming and in the past 5 years we have only made it to 2 which makes me so sad. Last year I was sick {thanks will ;)} and the year before Dave and I were both sick {thanks flu} and the first year we were married we were in Italy {thanks mom and dad} so this year while we were planning on going I was not going to get excited until we were on the road there. Will almost put a hiccup in the plans when he came down with hives on Thursday but thankfully they started to get a little better by Saturday so we decided to go with the thought that fresh air does the body good.

Here are a few pictures from our weekend with friends.

  I love this next one. I guess we all thought something was really fun... or at least I did :)

These two are only a month apart and it was so sweet to see them interact. I think Britt was telling Will something really funny about what not to do....

 and next she thought it was a little cold and wanted to zip Will's jacket up more... isn't she thoughtful...

and Will just really wanted to stick his fingers in her mouth... oh boys!

Will must have been really keeping a close eye on Britt and watching/learning all of her crawling moves because ever since we got home he has been on the go. Lets just say my days of getting tons of stuff done are over! Will be back this week with pictures from the baby shower! I love getting an excuse to use a little pink in my house :)