Christmas is Right Around the Corner...

I've been so busy at work and at home. This pregnancy is FLYING by! It seems like we just found out we're pregnant and we already get to find out the sex of the baby in a few short weeks! On top of that, I have not been thinking about the holidays at all....UNTIL...I got an email from Shutterfly the other day with a discount code for Christmas cards. So that got me thinking that I should just make one, get it ordered, & be done with it! So, I just placed my order and I'm actually excited to get these in the mail!

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Simple Things: Autumn

We're only a couple of weeks into the fall and it feels like it's almost over. It's been (what I consider) ridiculously cold out! I'm always cold, so 40 degrees seems VERY cold to me! This week, we headed down to a state park that we live near and got some pictures of the beautiful leaves. Our little guy loved the crunching sound the leaves made when he walked in them!

 

 

My Simple Things

Holy cow! It has been SO long since my last Simple Things.  The summer just got away from me and now it's almost October!! Wow! We had so much going on this summer, with friends' weddings, mini-vacations, work, our own wedding, Greyson's 1st birthday this last weekend, and finding out that #2 is on the way! I have so many pictures that I love from the last few months, but I will spare you the time of looking at hundreds of pictures and only post a handful! :)

In June, we went to Kansas City for a wedding and while we were there we took Greyson to the zoo. I'm pretty sure if he could talk, he would tell us that this was his favorite part. He loves petting animals and this sheep was no exeption!

Early in the spring we cleaned up our tree line and got all of the over growth out of there! Fun work, let me tell you. We planted a ton of wild flower and sunflower seeds and the sunflowers finally started to bloom in July. They were beautiful!

 

We are very lucky to have some close friends that also have little boys within 2 months of our own little man and we love getting together with them for Friday night BBQ's. By August, the three boys were mobile and found our deck stairs to be very entertaining! Little Brecken and Max got some exercise that night!

 

Once we found out that we were going to have another wonderful little baby, my photography mind went crazy and scoured Pinterest! So, below is what we ended up using for a baby announcement. Pretty simple, but worked well for Facebook.

 

 

 

So the rest of the pictures that I'm putting up, I did not take, but they mean an awful lot to us since they are from our recent wedding. Which was VERY small & VERY simple. And there are a couple from Greyson's 1st birthday party yesterday. My cousin was ever so nice to join us for both occasions and take photos for us!

 

Our wedding was nice and simple. We went to a cute little church an hour north of where we live and only had parents/siblings there. We went to the Little Brown Church, which is a historical place! The church is 152 years old and the pastor told us during the ceremony that we were the 73,591st couple to get married there. It was a very neat little place and the leaves were turning/falling so that made it even better! Here's some info on the church.

 

 

Love both of these and the little scrunched up face that he makes when he is overly excited!

 

 

Lastly, Greyson's 1st birthday party was yesterday and I was ready for it to be over before people even showed up! I was absolutely exhausted by the time the shindig started, but the day ended up being great! We had a ton of good food, which we will be eating for the next 6 months, he got lots of fantastic, entertaining toys, and he successfully made a mess of himself!

 

 

 

So sorry about the overload of pictures! :) I need to start doing this more regularly again! Hope you all have a great week.

 

Bailey.

 

 

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We've been so busy the last few weeks that I haven't gotten around to doing my simple things!! So this week, I am making time while watching the season premier of the Bachelor Pad. Gotta love smutty reality TV!

In the last few weeks, Greyson has become a huge fan of hanging upside down! He just giggles uncontrollably which makes my heart happy!

Despite the ridiculously hot/humid weather we have been having, we still have some wild flowers in our yard! Unfortunately, the wild flowers bring bees which aren't my favorite but I know that they are good for our garden.

At the beginning of the month, we had a surprise 50th birthday party for my mom! We got together at my grandpa's house and Greyson played with some of the kiddos that were there. Avery was such a little mother hen. She followed Greyson around and made sure he didn't get into anything that he shouldn't. She got out a bunch of 'boy' toys to entertain Mr. G.

New blog name!!!

I'm so indecisive....so.....it's time for a new blog name!

It's the simple things that matter most...

Tyler had to work at the police department the last two nights, so it's just been me and G hanging out most of the weekend. I love the weekends we have to ourselves! Little mister climbs over me like a jungle gym and lets me chase him through the house while he giggles hysterically! He has the most perfect laugh in the whole wide world.

We started our Saturday morning off with some light reading in our "vast" library. We're Going On A Bear Hunt is a classic that we always enjoy!

Reading was so mentally exhausting that it was time for a snack and a cuddle with mom.

With a full tummy, soft blanket, and an awesome mommy, it was time to end our morning with a nap! (My personal favorite!)

Best Saturday morning I could possibly ask for!

 

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Happy Father's Day!!!

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