:)

this made me laugh and laugh and laugh! she fell asleep on sean and this was the result.

p.s. aren't those cheeks just outrageously scrumptious?

i think i need to do this in serena's room. love it.

post.

this is a very random post. lately i feel like i have nothing to blog about. i'll try to be better. i don't want to disappoint my lovely readers, do i? :) well first things first: i made a delicious apple bread today {recipe here}. isn't fall the best??? i've been loving the changing colors and the weather and the apples. especially the green apples. they are the prettiest.

i took a picture of this the other day because Air is the only nickname i've ever had. and i can probably count on 2 hands the number of people who call me that. i have decided that i am really really not a nickname kind of person. i hardly EVER call people by a nickname. even my closest friends. maybe it's because i'm secretly upset that i never had a good one. there's not much you can do with ariel.

i promised some pictures from chuck e cheese and i'm finally getting around to it today. here is my child on tv. she was a good sport about it :)

and here she is with grandpa. she was a little worn out from chuck e cheese. there's a lot going on there and i think she was a little over-stimulated by the end!

let's see. what other random pictures can i come up with? ah. here we go.

this is one of my latest projects. a baby blanket. can't decide if i will keep or give it. considering all of the time it has taken, i'll probably keep it :) oh and coming soon are some new headbands for the cooler seasons. plum, dusty purple, sage green, chocolate brown, etc. i'll put them in the shop as soon as my model can do a photoshoot with me!

and that's all of the photos i can find. in other news:

1. ikea makes a surprisingly good greek salad.

2. i ♥ community {minus the chevy chase. he bugs}.

3. my bedroom is a total disaster. to the point where it will be such a huge task to clean it that i keep putting it off and i'm tempted to sleep in the guest bedroom.

enjoy your thursday!

oh my.

today was possibly the funniest day ever. we had a "cabin" weekend with some friends which included some delicious papa murphy's pizza, monster house, sleeping at our own houses, a great big breakfast AND:

segways/jazzies/golf cart at the thanksgiving point gardens. my face hurts from laughing so hard. basically we zoomed around and acted like teenagers for two hours. i really can't remember the last time i laughed like that! we had a total blast. oh and the gardens were beautiful. i highly recommend going to the gardens. but be warned that the jazzies are not nearly as fast as the carts or segways {and there are only 2 segways. and the season ends on october 31st}.

i am so glad our cabin weekend was relocated :)

five months.

here's a little about serena breanne at five months:

she rolls over {when she feels like it}.

she'll smile for pretty much anyone.

she likes pulling her mama's hair and feeling her daddy's beard.

she won't take a binky anymore.... which is nice most of the time... except for when we're at church and we need to plug her up :)

she wears mostly size 9 months clothing.

she likes licking things. not so much sucking on them, just licking them. especially the tags on her toys.

she eats rice cereal every day and loves to get it all over hands and then all over her eyes & hair, which is a joy to clean up. {i know, i know... it will only get worse.}

she still sleeps a solid 10 hours at night.

she LOVES going for rides in the stroller.

she laughs when she's sleepy. i guess she gets the late-night sillies from her mom?

she's still into the excersaucer... and she plays with the toys on it a lot more. she likes to get her face right up to the mirror and lick it :)

she loves to be out and about. she's usually only cranky at home when her mom needs to do chores!

she doesn't hate tummy time as much as she used to.

she watches the mickey mouse clubhouse every morning while i get ready, and she seems mildly interested in it.

she likes rolling around on the floor, playing with toys.

she likes to have her face smashed up against the side of her crib while she sleeps.

she loves to feel everything and is always scratching her nails on fabric, which kind of drives me crazy! {kess, you would die!}

she hates wearing socks and somehow always finds a way to get them off.

and some names we call her:
serena bee, baby girl, sweetness, missy, missy may, chubber, chubber girl, chubber legs, chubber cheeks, lover, girly, serenie, serenie bo beenie, s, baby s, puke face gremlin, whiney face gremlin, stinky face gremlin, drool face gremlin {basically whatever she happens to be doing + face gremlin... don't ask}, stinker bum, girlfriend, blue eyes, and the list goes on . . .