Happy Halloween!

Jameson's very first Halloween and I am following him around like the paparazzi! Poor guy. First thing this morning I dressed him in his Halloween monster shirt (which glows in the dark) and took him out to the porch to take some photos. Then we played and took a nice long nap. After waking up we carved pumpkins which Jameson decided ;) (LOL) to get in a pumpkin to take some fun photos! He then decided he was ready to start eating solid food and begin chewing on his pumpkin, there was no stopping him once he started. Then we were off to downtown Fair Oaks for a little carnival and Trick or Treating. We are now back for a little nap and then off to Boo at the Zoo.
He is being such a good little trooper with the crazy busy day! And Mommy and Daddy are having too much FUN!!!

Here are a few pictures.



Rotten Pumpkin

We took Jameson to the Pumpkin Patch on the 9th and bought a giant perfect pumpkin to put him in to take some adorable "Baby's First Halloween" photos in. So today I thought would be the perfect day to get my pictures taken and carve up the pumpkin. I put it off because I wanted the pumpkin to last until Halloween, and everyone knows uncarved pumpkins last forever. Well for the past couple of weeks our perfect pumpkin has been just hanging out on our front porch. So I have Jake pick up the giant melon and bring it to the back patio so I can prep it for our little photo shoot while Jameson is taking a little nap. Come to find out the whole bottom of the pumpkin is rotten! I thought well maybe it isn't THAT bad. So I proceed to cut open a hole in the top big enough for my monster child to fit into.... and boy was I wrong. The entire inside of the pumpkin was covered in nasty black mold.
I was so infuriated! No way was I going to put my child in a moldy ass pumpkin. We ended up calling the Pumpkin Patch and explaining our little situation. They explained to us that something to do with the early rain and weirdly hot days made alot of their crop go bad. They said please come back and pick out a new one, no questions asked.
Annoyed but with a solution in view we headed back to the Pumpkin Patch to replace our pumpkin. Man, oh, man. My fuse was shortened very quickly as we were searching through pumpkins that did not even compare to the beauty we had came home with just a mere couple weeks before. These pumpkins were puny and ugly to boot!
After hunting for 30 minutes I gave into the fact that the perfect pumpkin was sitting in the bottom of our green waste container at home and there was not going to be a replacement. I gave in and we brought home this hideous monstrosity that needs to be propped up in order to stand. I'm not even excited about the pumpkin pictures anymore. *sigh* We shall see if I even feel the desire to try and make this joke of a pumpkin work before Halloween.


At least before the death of the perfect pumpkin we got some cute pictures next to it.

Take Two

We retook Jameson's 6 month photos today. These are my faves.....

Picture People Disappointment

We went to the Picture People for Jameson's 3 month photos and they were fantastic, so we decided a repeat for his 6 months was a good idea. We spent a good hour and a half there... waiting, photos, waiting, view photos, waiting, leave. The horrible immature kid we had as a photographer was awful! He had no fun ideas, no clue how to get Jameson's attention, and half our photos were out of focus.
I am so upset. And now because the photos were so bad we have to go back tomorrow for retakes. Luckily we were able to request the girl we had last time.

6 months

I cannot believe my little baby boy is 6 months old today. A half a year... I have been looking at all our pictures of him and watching how fast he grew from this long thin string bean to a chunky little monkey. It's crazy how he couldn't do anything on his own, to now rolling over like crazy, sitting up like a champ, grabbing and chewing on everything within reach and is nothing but smiles and giggles. I am so proud to be his mother, I can't imagine my life without him. He is the light of my life.

To celebrate,we went up to Grass Valley to visit Nana. We went to the park and had a nice little picnic and went on the swings for the first time, all while wearing his very first pair of chucks. He had such a blast! We all did.

Picture Perfect Sunday

first time out on the boat

Picture Perfect Sunday

pumpkin patch

Picture Perfect Sunday

new shoes

Pinterest And A Glass Of Syrah

Every mom needs a little break every now and then. I never thought this was me. Fighting my husband to let me be a SAHM because of the horrible anxiety attacks I was having going back to work. I couldn't/wouldn't be away from my son for any amount of time.
I know finally feel as though I need a break. Not a long break but just a few moments of mommy time, and here it is. Jameson in bed after a long day of visiting with family and playing, and mommy has a big glass of red wine and is just goofing of on pinterest.... ahhh relaxing right?!?!?!
Now my mind is racing with ideas for my business, new things to make, the thought that Christmas is right around the corner and I have so much to do, ahhh..... and then I feel the need to blog about it.
I am now finding the one bad thing about making things to sell for money, I now find making stuff for me and my family almost impossible. I have a knitted billed beanie for Jameson half finished just sitting on my night stand..... staring at me. I. MUST. FINNISH.
Off to work! :)