Dear Fall.

Dear Fall,
We have been waiting for you for a little over 8 months now. Josh and I have been excited to sleep with the windows raised. It will also be more pleasant to walk to down town with Teagan with the weather being the perfect temperatures that you seem to bring. The biggest thing we have been waiting to do with you is to introduce you to our Little Bear. Our Teagan. She has been anxiously awaiting the chance to play in the golden crisp leaves that have already begun to fall in the yards. And as much as we will play with and watch her she is sure to manage a sneak taste of those golden crisps. Like sand on the beach maybe we'll let her taste just one. She also can't wait to go camping with her boyfriend Miles David! Supervised and in separate tents of course! She is also excited about strolling along the fairgrounds and smelling all things fair like. Another special thing we, as a family, are excited for is Teagan's dedication at church. This is when Josh & I along with family and friends and our church family basically give Teagan's life to the Lord. We promise to raise her and teach her and love her and be examples of good Christian people to her the rest of her life. We promise to give her the right tools to grow and become an amazing Christian woman. Her Grandma even made her a special dress for the occasion! I am also especially excited for a day of fun family photos with a mister Jonathan O'Brien! Oh the ideas I have for that day...
So, Fall, welcome back. It's so good to see you again. This time take off your boots and stay a while, will ya?

Love,
The Reid Family

Conversations with my husband.

You know you've married your best friend when you can catch each other's sarcasm over a text message:

"So, what did you decide about the fair?" -Josh
"I really want to go." -Me
"What do we do with Teagan?" -Josh
"Leave her in the car." -Me
"Okay." -Josh

Remind me what sleep is again? Please?

Yeah...we had a few nights of almost uninterrupted sleep. I think we got played. By our 8 month old. The night before last she was off the chain. She wasn't hungry. It wasn't her diaper. Bless her heart I don't even think she realized she was awake. There were still no teeth in sight (I'll get to this later). I just don't know what is going on. We have toyed with the idea of getting some sort of noise making contraption but then we get a few nights of half way decent sleep. We don't really want to get something that she needs to help her sleep so we don't have to worry about the lack of sleep if we happen to forget it when we travel. I think sleep deprivation is the new black for the Reid household.

Date night!

Last night we went out with Jeana & Seth & Miles Heavner. As most of you know, Miles David, is Teagan's boyfriend. They happen to have been born 2 months and a day a part so we try to celebrate their "birthdays" every month. We went to Buffalo Wild Wings (where Teagan goes crazy because they have a million TVs on and she doesn't get to watch TV at home). The last time the babies were at BWWs they looked like this:





Now they look like this:

*don't forget to enter in the Urban Munchkin give away!!! Details in a previous post!!*

Fall Resolutions

I've never been a big resolution maker. I've always been the one that makes the general resolutions. Lose weight. Eat healthier. Read a certain book. Blah blah. I've decided to make a few fall resolutions that I will attempt to get done before the new year and then we'll see how that effects my New Year's resolutions.

1) Send "snail mail" birthday cards and keep up with it.

*I used to be that person that sent cards just because or when it was somebody's birthday or anniversary or whatever. Since I've been married and especially since having a baby I've let that fall by the wayside and I really miss being the card person I used to be*

2) Take more pictures of Teagan and I.

*Josh always complains that I'm either the one behind the camera or I just make sure I'm not in the picture. I tell him it's because I'm not happy with my post baby body and I would just rather not have to face it. Truth is, I'm going to regret the fact that I'm not in pictures with Teagan and so I'm to suck it up and say Cheese!

3) Dress up more often or stop wearing blue jeans and a tee so often.

*I work in a job where if I "dress up" it almost looks to my clients like I'm "uppity" and then I'm not as affective in my teaching as I could be. I also know that if I dress like a college student every day then I might not be as respected as I could me. It's been difficult for me to find that fine medium. Also, I've just gotten lazy when I'm at home and out and about. This has to change. I'm tired of this fashion slump.

4) Take some "Mommy time".

*Even if this means taking my 15 minute shower and not listening for the monitor and trusting Josh to get it. Or going to a girls outting without Teagan (which is SO weird for me). Or getting in a run a night or two a week. I've got to have some me time.

5) Start back cooking more.

*I'd gotten back into the habit of cooking more at home. Fresh food. Fresh ingredients. Yummy dinners. We've slowly gotten back into the lets just pick something up or call something in or go out with so & so. This is okay occasionally but it's gotten to be habit forming. It's showing on our budget and my waistline (yes, mine and not Josh's because he has the metabolism of a 6 year old marathon runner).

6) finish some projects.

*I have a few project ideas that are really good but I've never given myself time to do them. I plan on starting on Teagan's room, starting the old t-shirt project, the pillow covers for the living room and the chalkboard paint project soon. I plan on finishing them by Thanksgiving.

I'm not going to overload myself with tasks. There are plenty more things I would love to get done but I don't want to stress about them. I want them to be fun for me. So, I will leisurely complete them and I'll let you know when I do. 1st on the list: grocery shop!!

What are some of your fall resolutions?

*don't forget about the Urban Munckin give away!!*

Teagan's Urban Munchkin onesie!

Teagan loves her Urban Munchkin onesie!

We have hair!! Kind of.