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October was a very busy month for us in 2014! Not only is it my most favorite month of the year (and so I cram a lot into the month anyway) but we were also able to spend about two weeks of the month in Utah visiting friends, blessing Chayse and doing a TON of really fun activities!

All of those posts are on their way, but first I thought I’d put up our typical Month in Review post. So this post is basically all of the photo’s that didn’t fit into the fifteen other posts I have to get up from October 2014! (I know, I know…I’m like 6 months behind!)

And the photo overload starts now… 🙂

At the beginning of the month we decided to try out a restaurant that was recommended by our neighbor called Mama Randazzo’s. It’s a little ma and pa type Italian restaurant over in Altoona, PA. Apparently Sal’s Six Packs (which is basically a beer and bevarage store) which is right next door to the restaurant is owned by the same owners and so the two places are connected. As we pulled up Titan’s first words were, “Um guys! I don’t know about this. Look at all those beer signs!” LOL He thought we were going into Sal’s Six Packs!

Once we convinced him that we weren’t going in the beer place, but rather to get some pizza or other yummy italian food, he finally was ok getting out of the car.

This place was definitely an older place but their portions were huge and the food was really yummy! The picture of the calzone above was HALF of their medium calzone. We started out ordering a large and the waitress quickly explained to us that a medium would probably be sufficient!

My two cuties waiting for dad to get home from an all night shift at the hospital! I saw Chayse’s adorable headband and glittery spider leg warmers for sell through an online shop and couldn’t resist getting them for the month of October! Especially since all of October she was still in her Pavlik Harness. Her super cute “I’m FABOOLOUS” onsie was surprisingly a $3.00 Walmart find. Loved the saying and the super cute polka dot sleeves!

Baby girl getting kisses from dad after his long shift! We LOVE hearing his keys in the door after he’s been gone on a 16 hour shift!

A quick picture I snapped at the beginning of the month as everything here in PA started to change color. We missed the peak of the changing colors when we were in Utah but, all in all, what we did get to see was gorgeous! I still can’t believe how lush and green it is here in PA. Definitely different for someone like myself who grew up in the desert that is Utah!

Shopping with the little man at our most favorite grocery store here in PA. We love ALDI! Titan was looking over the ad as I was checking out to make sure we hadn’t missed anything on our list. I love taking him with me because I can tell him what we need while we are driving there and 9 times out of 10 he can remember the list perfectly while we are in the store. No need for a day planner or written out list when he’s around. 🙂

I went to make eggs one morning and realized our egg carton had a scripture on it. “This is the Day which is the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.” – Made my morning!

Another thing I was loving in October…lots and lots of hot chocolate with some french vanilla creamer mixed in! So yummy! Our Cocoa Motion basically had a permanent spot on our counter all month long.

Twice a year in April and then again in October our church has General Conference and I almost always make a batch of blueberry muffins that Sunday morning. In fact, we’ve probably had them so many times, now we could probably start calling it a tradition. 🙂

October is also the month of our anniversary! This year it was our 8th anniversary. For our anniversary we (and the kids) went to dinner at a mexican restaurant we’d been told was good (it wasn’t! but it was nice not to cook that night!) and then made a trip to Coldstone for dessert and to Toys R Us for some browsing for Titan! Things sure do change when you start adding more kids to the picture! 😉 (At this time Chayse was still exclusively nursing so she couldn’t be left with a babysitter for very long and if we were taking her along, we figured Titan may as well join us too!)

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Chayse checking out her photos while we pass more time in the Mother’s Room at church. This girl…she cracks me up!

When we left for Utah, this tree was still 100% green. Coming back from Utah though two weeks later, we were greeted with this gorgeous and bright yellow tree! So pretty and such a fun surprise!

Each year I try to pick up a couple new Halloween books to read all month long. Over the years our collection has grown quite nicely. Little did I know, Titan would want to read every single one almost every night! LOL

And here is a quick shot of what our front entry looked like a day or so after we got back from Utah! I debated posting this, but this is real life at our house! 🙂 We got in at like 2:00am and just dropped everything in the entry. Then, the next morning it was back to work for both Broc and I, and back to a normal schedule just in general which doesn’t leave a lot of room for spending an hour or two unpacking. So yes, this is what our front entry looked like for 2-3 days until I could get all the laundry sorted out, the pumpkins back on the front porch and everything just back where it belongs.

Titan’s birthday is the first week of November so the last week of October he requested a visit to Game Stop to check out their games and to do some window shopping in anticipation of some birthday money he knew was coming he way. As you can see, he takes his window shopping quite seriously! 🙂

Ti Guy, our little man that is/was 5 going on 25! (I say was because’s he’s 6 1/2 now that I’m typing this up in May! LOL) It was killing me how grown up he was looking in his flip flop and jeans checking out the games. Pretty sure this site won’t change much between now and his teen years! We definitely have a gamer on our hands!

The lighting is awful in this photo, but I couldn’t resist. My adorable little work buddy every morning. She loved laying on the boppy looking up at mommy work and I loved looking down and seeing her sweet face!

Titan had been requesting chocolate chip cookies for weeks and I just never quite had the time to make them from scratch. So it was Pillsbury cookie dough to the rescue one afternoon! Love how they even have themed cookies for each holiday and that all I have to do to make them is pop them on a cookie sheet!

Broc’s grandma always puts together really cute treat boxes for all of her grandkids (and now great grandkids) for Halloween! Chayse was of course too young for candy in October and so she very nicely sent Chayse a new toy rattle in her treat box and Titan couldn’t wait to show it to Chayse.

Baby girl getting the hang of her adorable new toy and still rocking the Pavlik Harness on her favorite toy mat!

…and this is probably my favorite photo of the month! Watching Titan be a big brother has definitely been one of my favorite things! He adores his little sister and seriously thinks the sun, moon and stars all revolve around her! 🙂

September Favorites 2014

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Happy October 1st everyone! I cannot even begin to tell you how excited I am for this month. It is literally my most favorite month of the year!

Today I thought I’d hop on real quick before we begin out Gilmore Girls marathon on Netflix and our Halloween decorating, to share with you some of my favorite things from September. Because as much as I love October, September was a pretty great month as well.

First up, one of my favorite things about Fall is all the new scents! I love scouting out what new scents come out each season.

Some of my favorite scents right now are Acadia Sweet Vanilla & Pumpkins by Air Wick & Pumpkin Pie Dinner by Glade. (I also came across a Cashmere Woods scent by Glade as well that I only passed on because it didn’t look like it was limited edition like these others. It’s definitely on my shopping list for this Winter though!)

The past week or so I’ve been using the Pumpkin Pie Diner wax melts and I have been amazed at how much scent one of those little wax melts packs! One fills up almost our entire house! (Maybe my Scentsy cubes are just old, but they don’t give off nearly as much scent as these ones from Glade?! I am still using my Scentsy warmer though).

And those scented oils will be getting plugged in down in the basement and upstairs… just as soon as I can find my holders for them! We still have some unpacking to do around here!

(Note: To find these scents in stores, look for a Limited Edition display on the air care isle. That’s where I found them at our local grocery store.)

Second, I am really enjoying the book The Brainy Bunch: The Harding Family’s Method to College Ready by Age Twelve. If you are a home schooling parent or even just someone interested in different ways to educate, this is a great read! Love reading about their philosophies, experiences, etc. So much great information!

I actually picked this up at Barnes & Noble a couple days before I had Chayse and have slowly been making my way through it since then. It’s taking me a while, not because it’s a hard book to get through, but because it’s hard to find longer than 2-3 minutes to read each day with everything else that’s going on. 🙂

Looking at this photo also reminds me of another favorite thing, my leopard print coasters from the Dollar Store! So cute and useful!

Third on my favorites list, is our new car seat cover for the baby girl from Ivory Kate! I ordered this limited edition cover right when they came out and I about died when it arrived. So gorgeous and well made! Plus, it’s a thicker material so it will be perfect for winter!

I don’t believe you can order these anymore (I think only like 3 or 4 were made) but what you can do is follow Ivory Kate on Instagram and Facebook to see if the owner ever does another set. (Side Note: The owner of Ivory Kate, also has an Instagram account called latewithkate where she shares random tidbits about life and she is hilarious! When I’m up late nursing Chayse, her account is one of the first I check!)

Fourth, are these ridiculously addicting and yummy Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups from Trader Joe’s. When we went to Pittsburgh for Chayse’s appointment with the Ortho Specialist we were right by a Trader Joe’s and decided to stop in real fast for a couple things.

The store was PACKED and crazy busy so we literally ran in and out, but I did manage to grab a couple things on my list…and these delicious things! If you ever find yourself in a Trader Joe’s, grab these and then thank me later! 🙂

Fifth, are these garbage bags from Glad that neutralize odors with Febreze freshness. Maybe I’m late to the party but I seriously am so excited about these and I came by them on accident.

I purchased these really fast one day on Amazon because they were a good price and we were out of bags for our kitchen. When they came and I opened them I was really surprised by the scent they had. They smelled SO good! (Like I wish you could smell through the computer screen good!) I hadn’t realized I had purchased ones with any thing extra on them, I thought I’d bought just plain old garbage bags.

I’ll definitely be watching for another deal on these to pop up. I mean, now that I know these exist…not so sure I can go back to the regular ones! (Especially when the price is comparable!)

Last on the list for this month is this Chevron Chenille Throw from Kohl’s that I was able to grab for around $5.00! (Reg. $50!) We have slowly been putting our house together little by little. And while we want it to feel warm and inviting, we also don’t want to invest too much in things just for this home because we will only be here another 8 months.

Enter the accessories! I love blankets scattered around our home for the fall and winter months and this one was perfect for this little area.

That sums up my favorites for this month, well a few of them any way! I also want to put together a post of New Mom Must-Haves and a post of Favorite Baby Items and so I tried to stay away from those categories! Hopefully I’ll get those done sometime this month as well though. 🙂

What were your favorite things in September? Please share in the comments below! I love hearing about other things people have found and love!

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I LOVE having fresh flowers in my home. What I do not love though is often how expensive it can be! Even at Costco where prices are awesome, you still can end up spending at least $15-$20 for an arrangement that will only last maybe a week.

Enter my all time favorite flower, the orchid! I have loved orchids for a long time now and when our budget is tight, I fall even more in love with them. The reason being, they last a long time! (And, they require very little maintenance!) Some will even last for a few months.

For example, the orchid pictured above I purchased back on January 6th for less than $20 and I just barely had to replace it at the beginning of this month. That’s right, I enjoyed it in our room for three solid months. Talk about a great deal!

So, the next time you want fresh flowers in your home, but want to keep it budget friendly, I highly suggest you go with an orchid…or two…or three! 😉 I always pick them up at our local King Soopers or you can sometimes also find them at Costco. In fact, Costco is my favorite place to get them because you can find them for as cheap as $12.99! That’s when you might pass me grabbing one of them for every room in my house! 🙂