Right Now + A Layout

Good morning!

First up, I want to share my Tractor Love layout for Scrapbook Circle's July Sketch Challenge. 

If you didn't catch my blog post in May about these photos, you can read it here.

Now, here's what's happening right now.

I am...

• Loving this slow cooker enchiladas recipe.  So delish!

• Watching The Cider House Rules, which I checked out from the library.    

• Reading Tell the Wolves I'm Home.  Only 30 pages into it, but so far, so good.

• Mailing off my Teddy Roosevelt article to Highlights.  Fingers crossed they accept it!   

• Considering signing up for the Run to Remember 10K.   

• Munching on  Boom Chicka Pop sea salt popcorn.  Total yum!  

• Processing a slew of photos from June + July.  

• Creating a second scrapbook layout using Scrapbook Circle kits. 

• Polishing a children's article on geocaching.  

• Driving to the Roseville Costco to pick up pictures.  Did you hear?  Costco is coming to Auburn in 2014--I am {SO}excited! 

• Looking forward to taking 18-month photos of Noah in my new quasi studio downstairs.  For now, my set-up is pretty sparse--I'm using a backdrop stand and a roll of white seamless paper--but I hope to add some lights down the road.    

And one more photo of my layout because, well, it just makes me smile.


Wishing you a beautiful Monday!

You

Dear Baby Noah,
YOU are now officially five months old. 

Woohoo!

Here's what I know to be true about YOU:

YOU love when I kiss your neck over and over again as fast as I can.  I'm certain you must be ticklish there because you giggle and squeal uncontrollably. 

YOU are not quite sure what to make of solid food.  Right now, you're eating pureed peaches from a spoon once a day.  You've tried mashed up avocado, too.

YOU would spend all day, every day outside in your Bjorn baby carrier, if you could. 

YOU haven't the foggiest idea what bubbles are.  When I blew some at you a few days ago, you didn't smile like I thought you would.  You just had this perplexed look on your face.   

YOU are the king of slobber these days.  For that reason, you almost always sport a bib.  

YOU can roll over.  The photo above is what I saw on our video monitor at 7:00 a.m. yesterday morning.  I couldn't believe my eyes, so I ran into your room, looked down into your crib and there you were on your tummy.  

YOU adore toys that light up and play music like Mr. Happy Snail and Mr. Seahorse.

YOU love when Daddy slides you down his leg.

YOU have brought such light and love and joy to our family.

Love,
Your Mama