And speaking of dolls, check out these two rolling around together this morning. She rocks the baby hair much better than I!

...I'd throw it away! Trying to peek into the future only leads to sleepless nights. Being that I was awake until after 3am last night dreaming about the future, I'm an expert on this, so trust me. The excitement of what is to come when Dustin gets back as we prepare to move to Texas left my mind spinning and my eyes wide open staring into the darkness that I hoped would be my crystal ball. That whole idea of being in the moment is a big one for me. When I exist only for what is happening around me, not only do I live happier, but I sleep happier, too. "Like a baby", they would say. After I had kids, I wondered what in the world the person that thought up that phrase was smoking. Babies wake up constantly! But now I know what it means. Babies are in the now, they are not mulling over the latest happenings and over analyzing what is to come. They are laying in their fluffy bed with their eyes closed peacefully and sleeping. Until they wake up 5 minutes later... but that is in the future and not of concern to them as they fall into sleep.
























Once upon a time....












It's like Christmas in the fall around here! Our wood floors are officially laid down in the entire upstairs and tools are headed back down to the garage so the floors can be finished! Dustin did an amazing job on the floor! I'm so proud of him. It's almost like we have a new house now. One that we will get to enjoy for six months or less, but it looks a heck of a lot better than it did when we bought it two and a half years ago! I'll post before, during and after photos when the floors have the finish on them.
We also have pumpkins on our front porch from our trip to the pumpkin patch yesterday (more to come on that, later), which is so much fun!!! And to add to the fall decor around here, I made the picture above to frame from a photo I snapped in the corn maze. I'm digging this harvest season so far!!!




















She also seems to like her dress... at least she likes to grab at it and suck on the hemline.
I call this one, "Spreading Dad's Anger"
This one has been titled "DROOBLE" by Dustin. It should be known that he does NOT like drooble. At all. Not even pictures of drooble, like this one.
I'm missing spring a little bit now that we're heading into fall. I want flowers and rain and the prospect of an entire summer with a new baby back. This spring, spending my last few months with Lawson as an only child and looking forward to Naomi's arrival was wonderful. I spent day after day feeling her kick and watching Lawson grow into what would soon become a big brother. It makes my chest ache thinking about it. I went to sleep each night reminding myself to slow down and enjoy life in it's current state because each day seemed to have gone by quicker than the last. It's only sped up faster and somehow we have reached the end of summer and the end of Naomi's newborn phase. She sat up without me holding her today and that made me sit up and take notice that she was no longer that fresh little baby with the frog legs and tight fists. And that made me long for time to slow down. She no longer wears her tiny little newborn diapers, she rolls over, she "talks' to me all the time and takes naps on her own just like her brother. I also put away a big box of clothes Lawson has grown out of and realized that he's nearly three feet tall. I don't put a big cuff in his jeans like I did just a few weeks ago and new words are coming out of his mouth all the time. He looks like a little kid and just yesterday he was my baby!
Seasons are changing, the kids are growing and time isn't slowing down for anything. And although it all happens gradually, sometimes it slaps me in the face and grips my heart with the realization of what has already passed while I was busy with life.