my dream autumn wardrobe for seth

so, seth was taking a nap, the house was clean, i was ready, and what i was going to do didn't work out (i was going to take pictures of things that are not in our house.... not very possible). i'm a dreamer and i love to shop, but i haven't been able to in ages for seth. i mean, i just want to go crazy! here are my ideas for a seth wardrobe for fall. it's beyond perfect and adorable! yes, i realize it will never happen... but isn't it fun to dream!!

i see a trend in what i'm loving: yellows, dark-wash jeans, greys, stripes, layers, preppy/sporty, and of course, totally adorable! check out the yellow shoes i have everywhere... are they not to die for!?

another trend: expensive! i priced items out in outfits and boy oh boy, pricey! but, as i said, i can dream! it's fun to imagine them on seth :)

After looking online, it really looks like old navy and gymboree are the way to go. yes, gap is SO SO cute, but unless something is on major sale, it seems way too expensive unless for a special occasion and i'm sure once things go on sale the way cute things are already gone or the sizes won't work out.

sethy is waking up... better run!

2 Days at the FAIR!

well, hello!

ok, so the past 2 days have been so much fun! loving my free days off, although i always had saturdays off. seth and i decided to call grandma denise on friday to see if they wanted to go to the davis county fair. last year we went, but seth just slept the WHOLE time! granted, he was like 6 months, but i was so excited for him to see the animals and he just couldn't care less. forget about the rides! this time was so much different!! i love his age right now. he is so excited to learn about everything and the fair was full of new and exciting things for him to point at and wave to.
as i said, the first day we went with denise. she was watching boston and jeremy's aunt, marsha, was watching little morgan... the three of them are freakin adorable together! when seth decided it was a good idea to try to jump in the water while on the boat, i was done. i think seth was as well... he had a terrible case of red face. i'm sure the ride operators were thrilled when we left! we had so much fun, missy and i decided the next night we should bring the hubby's with us so the kids could have one more day to play on the rides.
i tells ya, the safety of those rides are craptacular. the kids are expected to be held in with a flimsy piece of twine. real secure. we had one too many scares when we decided to call it quits. here you can see the extreme safety measures DC fair goes through. those kids are their #1 priority!
the children's safety aside, those rides were so cute! i love hearing seth squeal... and i think he has his first crush ;)

The past 6 months in digiscrap

ok, so i've been trying out the whole digiscrap thing. i've been spending way too much money on scrap supplies and i make all these pages to give to seth's grandma's and great grandma's. i end up not having the energy to make some for myself, so i thought it would be brilliant to digiscrap and then i can just print doubles of everything so i can actually have a record of my son's life. i do like it, but i'm kind of cheap and so the only elements and papers i have collected are all freebies... not that there's anything wrong with that, i just think they could be a lot cuter if i had more of a selection of things to choose from (sadly, most, not all, of the freebies are cheesy and not my style completely). i do love photoshop and my camera SO much, but i need A LOT more practice. i really want to take a class! who's with me!!

anyway, these are some of the pages i have made of the past few months. this is a very new hobby of mine... i'm sure they will get better over time as i find my "style". then, maybe i will actually buy elements and paper! i've just been trying everything, and i must say, i have been having SO much fun doing it!

if anyone knows a cheap way to print 12x12, let me know... holy cow $2.00/page sure adds up!

also, because i am new to the blog thing, is there a way i can get a different font than what they offer? i have a type font i am loving and would like to use, but i don't know how to add a font or if it's even possible. meh, maybe i'll just google it. love me some google.

hmmmmm, where am i going with this?

for starters, i know the blog title is lame. bite me. i was on the spot.

i've never done this before, but it seems ever so fun! really the only reason i had a blog profile in the first place was to blog-stalk others; which, i love to do by the way! i am sitting here at work and realizing that in a couple weeks i will no longer be a working mom, just a "mom". that scares me. going to work was such a great excuse for my pitfalls as a mother. "oh, you still sleep with your 16 month old!" "well, i work so i need to get all the sleep i can get and can't be bothered with letting him cry it out" "oh! yeah! totally!" another scary realization is the fact that i rely far too much on titles. let me explain: growing up, i was a smart kid. 4.0. all honors and AP classes. i was GOING somewhere! i was going to BE something (doctor, president, on SNL, animal rights activist, etc). on days in school where we were suppose to dress like what we wanted to be when we grew up, i dressed like an archaeologist and scoffed at those dressed as moms. who in their right mind wants to grow up to be a MOM?! lame! ask anyone, i was terrified of children, never made anything aside from cereal, was moving to scotland, didn't want to get married until i was 30, and definitely didn't want to stay in utah. well, 5 years after graduation i've been married 4 years, have 1 child with one on the way, living in Utah and i LOVE it! it's so strange! i WANT to be home with my baby. i WANT to learn how to make healthy meals with crazy ingredients like grains and spices and olive oil -- all things that i thought were just used to keep your cabinets full until they expired 10 years down the road. BUT, i still want to be me. the crazy spirit is still inside of me but it's used to make my home happy and to teach my child how to be a great human beings. i want to use that to create adventures that will last them a lifetime! who woulda thunk it?

this is my first post. oh, i hate caps. get used to it. punctuation in general is not favorited by me. ok, i lie, i use commas, exclamations points and (...) far too much. lots of run-on sentences and unfinished thoughts. i just type what jumps in my head and go on... don't turn around and re-read to fix any grammar problems. my mom would be so ashamed!

oh, speaking of my mom, today is her birthday! happy birthday mother! 29 years old today and she looks fabulous! i got her a book called "passive aggressive notes"... SO up her alley! my mom is my luncheon buddy. we love trying new restaurants that are little holes in the wall with fresh, local food! we keep talking about making a blog documenting out eating out adventures, but alas, that has not occured. it's fun to talk about but when you get into the logistics of creating one, the fun seems to fade away. oh, we had it all planned out. we'd rate the food, atmosphere, take pictures, rate how kid friendly it is, etc. maybe someday. maybe this blog will encourage us to make that leap. ah, love her. lovely love my family... but maybe there will be more posts in the future to tell of their shenanigans.

here is a lovely picture of my close and awesome family that made me do the 180! jer wanted kids from day 1 and i was SO not interested. by the way, how awesome that i have a guy that loves and wanted kids!? well, wasn't awesome at the time, but now it is :)