...and they say spring time is motivation to get things done

There are TONS of pictures this week. With house projects, fall family pictures, Halloween, and more - it was hard to choose which ones to post. It's been a pretty typical week for the most part - I watched Dylan most of the week days, Sam and I worked on lots of projects throughout the week, and well - Sophia is still just so darn cute. This week I have noticed some big changes in her. She is moving around like crazy...she does not sit still. She scoots, crawls (we're still not very good at this one yet), and rolls anywhere and everywhere. She starts to whine, and sometimes throws a little tantrum, if she can't have what she wants, when she wants it. Some examples are: the cat, to be fed instantly, to be picked up, etc. She also has started to really understand when she's being "reprimanded" so to speak. If I tell her no (like when she is nursing and decides to bite me) she gets a big pout lip while looking at me, and then just starts bawling. Of course I feel badly about her crying, but I have to be serious when I say "no" otherwise she just thinks I'm being funny.

Projects we accomplished this week: painted and rehung all the shutters, painting the railing and light post in the back of the house, painted the mailbox, painted the light post in the front of the house, and put up our master bedroom curtains. I still need to hem the bottom of them, but that won't take long. I also caulked the kitchen (between the countertop and the backsplash). Sam put the outlet covers back on and everything looks marvelous! We also flea bombed the house on Tuesday and mowed the lawn in the front. ...Hopefully this flea bomb was successful because I cannot stand the cats having fleas! We'll have to keep them from going on the screened in porch until it cools down and there isn't such a high risk of them getting fleas from outside. I also want to look into some flea stuff you can put in your grass.

Halloween fun: The day before Halloween, I babysat Dylan and we still managed to get some pumpkins carved before Sam went off to work. He did 1, and I did 4! They look great and I hope you'll think so too. On Halloween we went for a walk on the beach, hung the shutters and painted the mailbox and light post in the front of the house. Before Sam had to leave for work we managed to take some great family pictures on our front steps - because the weather was beautiful outside! After our mini photo shoot, Sophia and I headed to Tyler's baseball game. When the game was over, we came home so we could pass out candy to the trick or treaters. Trick or treating went from 6-8 and by the time it was over - Sophia was definitely ready for bedtime! Sadly, I didn't get to see any family for trick or treating :( Hopefully next year Sam will be home and we'll see either his parents or Kristin & the boys!

Enjoy the pictures!

The back railing and light post before...

And after!

Hanging out at Grandma & Grandpa's for dinner.

Just playin' on the floor with the toys at Grandma's

Sam did the bottom jack o lantern and the spider is one of mine

My other 3 jack o lanterns...

The shutters before...

....And after!

Family picture on Halloween

She loves her daddy...

...and her mommy!

Sharing an apple with Mommy at Tyler's baseball game

Look at the wind blowing her hair lol

Just hanging out with Kristin...literally!

Ready to hand out candy...errrr eat it?

Waiting for the trick or treaters inside...the mosquitos got too bad outside

She loved standing at the door watching for kids. She'd see them and start banging on the door and making noise. She had a blast!

Her first bath in the big pink tub

Good morning Mommy!

The front light post before....

...and after!

The mailbox before....

...and after!

Wearing her new green leggings from Grandma

Finally got the curtains up in our bedroom! Check out the curtain rods - they consist of $1 dowel rods that we spray painted and finials that were on clearance for $3 at Target! Awesome!