Hello, Fall.

Autumn sneaked up and pounced on us this year, so we've welcomed it in with gusto! Bring on the cold weather, sweaters, apple cider, pumpkin patching, piles of blankets, thunderstorms, and changing leaves!

Gracie and I started our fall celebration by making a wreath for our front door, inspired by my friend Robyn. We got everything for it on sale, so it only cost about $3.50. Take THAT Pottery Barn! Gracie played with some spare leaves while I channeled my mama, pulled out a glue gun and stuck these babies into place.

She also munched on some lunch... Personal time is fleeting sometimes, so we overlap projects and mealtimes any way we can. :) Stay tuned to see it on the door.

For Christmas last year my parents gave us this super cute baby-footprint-as-a-ghost. (Ironically, we gave them the same thing, and both of them were made with baby Gracie feet--she was the only one who knew and she couldn't say anything!)

Gracie likes to greet it by pointing and yelling "Boo!" at it. We don't know how she learned that.

Glass pumpkins that mom mailed to me this time last year festive-up our kitchen table. She always sends excellent fall treats. This year we got a package with Gracie's loved and adored owl shirt, and yummmy chocolate bars for Steve and I.

Gracie and I made some Halloween mail for grandmas and grandpas. (Either she is advanced and can draw ghosts and write, or her mom got bored of sitting still while she scribbled.) This was her first time wielding a crayon and it entertained her for a lot longer than I thought it would.

Yummy, crunchy, crusted bread with hot soup for lunch. I love how your tummy feels warm after you have soup or cider or hot cocoa.

And this makes me smile every time we come home. Gracie always wants to touch it, and yells "ree! ree!" (wreath! wreath!) until I let her touch a leaf. I love her enthusiasm.

Hello, Fall. We're glad you're here. Get comfortable and stay a while.