Lately......

1. We purchased a new (used) truck for Jason that he is absolutely in love with. I was bad and teased him all day that the truck had sold when I went to buy it. He was bummed all day, so much that I started to feel guilty. When he came home from work I could still tell he was sad. After he showered I had my brother pull into the driveway in Jason's new truck. It was the BEST surprise! He called me a jerk and then kissed me. :)

Here it is:

2. I set out some of my Fall decorations last week. I always do this while watching Practical Magic. Don't you love that movie? The soundtrack rocks too! The Fall is my absolute favorite time of the year! I splurged on a Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbucks (no whipped cream). Yummmmm. I am working on decorating a pumpkin that I will post about later. I am pretty excited with how it is turning out. (Yes, Jason brings me pumpkins, not flowers, in the Fall) He knows my heart and how I love him!

3. Christian is growing so fast! He weighed in at 21 pounds last week and is 31 inches tall. Yesterday I tried him in the size 5 shoes that his Uncle Casey and Auntie Tita bought him back in March. They fit! They also bought him these adorable boots. Christian wants to wear them at all hours of the day. He even wore them while taking a nap! I am so happy these fit him and just in time for the Fall weather to arrive.

4. Jason and I ate at Bonefish Grill for Misty's birthday dinner on Saturday. We had never been there before. It was really nice and the food and service were A+. I ordered Bang Bang Shrimp Tacos and Jason ate Coconut Shrimp. We definitely will go back because we really liked the atmosphere and the service.

The coolest thing (that we actually missed out on) is they had cozy outdoor seating with a man sitting in the corner with his guitar and mic. singing "Jessie's Girl". How cool is that? We didn't know they had live music out there till we were already leaving. I would love to go back and listen to that guy sing. He was actually really good. He inspired Jason and I to crank up the radio and sing at the top of our lungs all the way home. Our best duet was Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer". Ummm...we don't get out much. :)

We also decided that we would buy guitars in the next year or so and learn how to play them. Maybe we will be naturals?

5. We are moving forward with learning sign language together as a family.

6. When my dad was here a few weeks ago he helped us reinforce our deck so that the railing was not leaning out. It is so sturdy now. We are working towards rebuilding our deck (a few boards at a time).

7. We are looking forward to Esmeralda taking our family photos at Columbia Crest winery in a couple weeks.

8. Jason and I got new cell phones yesterday and we played with them all afternoon. :)

9. I went to Tri-Cities with my Mom on Saturday to go to Bath and Body Works. We stocked up on hand soaps in all our favorite Fall scents. She bought me a body mist called Harvest Berry. I can not stop spraying it on myself. It smells amazing! Seriously, if you were to hug me right now you would be surrounded by the enticing smells of woodland berries, bergamot, white citrus, and jasmine. The smell makes me want to throw on a sweater and snuggle up to my handsome hubby by the fire.

10. Today I plan to start working on Christian's photo book of the past year as well as his annual birthday video. I can hardly believe our little pumpkin will be two in a month. I have already dug out my Halloween cookbooks and party ideas. I am so excited!

11. I will be painting my kitchen cabinets soon and will post all about them later. Also, we are researching colors for our bedroom but that may be a Spring project.

12. We cleaned out our garage (finally) and our downstairs room. I moved in my large tables for scrap booking and other craft projects. I am so excited to get started on some projects and know that I have room to work and won't have to put everything away (until I finish).

That is all I can think of right now but before I go I wanted to share this picture:

Can you say CUTE????