Hazel's First Halloween

At dinner before the costume (She's wearing the shirt you got her!)


With Mommy, the tree, and the Obama sign in our front yard.



With Daddy in her costume (the Zipper broke!)


With Anna at Beth's house.


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Overall, it was a great Halloween! I really thought Hazel was going to be a grump (since she hadn't really napped all day) but she was great! She even cried when we took her home. I think because she was having so much fun. :)

Not As Bad As I Thought...

Doug took what I told him pretty well. He did NOT call his mother this morning. I'm sure she'll be calling me again this evening. I won't answer. He's going to talk to his brothers first and then hopefully tell his mother to mind her own damn business.

I Haven't Forgotten

I've been looking at baby clothes in my free time and I haven't yet found the perfect dress for Miss Hazel, but I've found a lot of cuteness!

Here's an example.

This is cute too, but doesn't necessarily look "holiday."

Not a dress and not very dressy, but still so adorable!

Here it is in a dress, shhh...I know that sash is satin!

I just love this dress, just because. :)

Or maybe you could just figure out something for her to wear under this shrug.

Okay, I'll post more later. Now I have to go and get ready for work...ick. Have a good day!

P.S.
I haven't told the girls you are planning to come down for Thanksgiving. I'm afraid they won't want to make the drive if I do. Or maybe they will. I don't know. Do you think I should mention it or should I wait and let you tell them when we are already up there?

She Won't Wake Up! :)

Snap, Snap

Got a new camera over the weekend.

I'm totally in love with it.

Holiday Dresses

Okay, so I'm probably starting this too early, but I'm trying to find the perfect Christmas dress for Miss Hazel Dumpling. These are the rules:

• No Velvet
• No Velour
• No Satin
• Would prefer it not to be too "mature" looking
• Doesn't need to be super dressy
• REALLY don't want to spend more than $25 (but I would for the perfect dress)

So far I've found this for inspiration. The problem with this dress is that it violates two of my rules: velour and price. Care to help me search?

Ack!

I just found Baby Gap's newest collection. And I had just decided to start saving money! Help! Steal my purse!

Oh, and she NEEDS this shirt.

3 Weeks!

Scattergories Part II

1. What is your name? Carmen

2. A 4 Letter Word: Care (Carebears, care!)

3. A Boys Name: Caleb

4. A Girls Name: Catherine

5. An Occupation: Cowpoke (ok, not exactly an occupation)

6. A Color: Chartreuse

7. Something you wear: Cape (I'm super woman!)

8. A Beverage: Carrot Juice (YUCK!)

9. A Food: Chicken! That was too easy!

10. Something found in the bathroom: Crimper (In 1990)

11. A place: Caribbean (Ah... warmth)

12. A Reason for being late: Can't get out of bed!

13. Something you shout: Could you PLEASE pick up your socks!

Scattergories!

Here are the rules:

• Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following questions.
• They have to be real places, names, things. nothing made up!
• You can’t use your name for the boy/girl name question.

1. What is your name? Misty

2. A 4 Letter Word: Most, as in, I am MOST excited about the conversation with my husband yesterday!

3. A Boys Name: Max

4. A Girls Name: Miranda

5. An Occupation: Musician

6. A Color: Misty Rose (haha!)

7. Something you wear: Mini Skirt (actually, I wouldn't wear that!)

8. A Beverage: Margarita (better drink them while I can!)

9. A Food: Mushrooms (so yummy yesterday at lunch)

10. Something found in the bathroom: Medicine

11. A place: Madison (hopefully next month!)

12. A Reason for being late: Misplaced my keys

13. Something you shout: Mommmm!!!!!!

Your Turn!

Crazy Week...

TGIF!!!! This has been the craziest week. Doug went back to 2nd shift. I had an interesting dinner with the girls on Monday evening (call me for details!) I went to Maryville on Wednesday to see my sister and of course worked on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Tonight, I'm going with Angela to see Jay do his Talking Show. It sounds pretty interesting so far and after that we're planning on getting out for a little bit. Saturday, my brother and I are going to go purchase my mom's birthday present (a stand mixer) and Sunday we're taking her out to dinner (shh...it's a surprise!) So anyway, that's been my week.

I can't believe that Hazel is 3 months old already and I can't believe that I still haven't sent her package. There's really no good excuse for me, so I'll just apologize. I'm so sorry! I do plan to send it either Saturday or the first of next week and I'm sending it priority mail. There's still one more thing I want to get for her. They have these adorable Halloween onesies at Wal-Mart, hence the reason for the priority shipping! :) I'd hate for her not to get it in time for Halloween.

Be on the lookout for a package. I'll let you know the day I get it in the mail. :) Talk to you soon!

Weekend With Geeks

We went camping this weekend!

Josh's medieval fighting group had a national event in northern Illinois, so we loaded up the bus and hit the road. There were SO many people there. I had no idea there were so many geeks in the world. ;)

Here's Josh in his uniform:


Battlefield:


Hazel with our friend Sorcia (Not named after our cat):


And the best picture of Hazel EVER!

Pumpkin Carving

I <3 Target!

I was at Target last night and stumbled upon a really a great clearance aisle! All kinds of bedding for under $20! At first I thought it was just twin size stuff that was left over from back to school sales, but I looked a little closer and found this set in full/queen for $17.48! Yay! And Angela was with me and she found a comforter for herself for $7.48. It was a good shopping night.

So, I've yet to actually decorate my bedroom since we've lived here (3 years now) and so now I'm having a dilemma. I love that particular shade of green and the bedskirt that went with our old set matches it nicely and is multicolored. I'm at a loss for what to put on the walls though. I like this and there is this one that matches it and that would give me many more colors to choose from. I'm also thinking just going with a chocolate brown would be really pretty, but then what to put on the walls?

Veggie Foods!

Since Hazel's been here I've been feeling the need to introduce healthier meals. After all, how can I ask her to eat her veggies if I don't even like eating them?

So, Josh and I made the commitment to eat two meat free dinners a week. We haven't adhered to the two dinner rule, but we have had at least one meat-free dinner in the last two weeks. So far we've had:

Butter Bean Burgers (super yum.)
Chili w/Boca Crumbles (super-duper yum)

Saturday I'm making Lentil Burritos. Next week we're having Artichoke and Chickpea stew.

I've also been cooking fish alot lately. In the last month I've made Mahi-Mahi, Tilapia, and Orange Roughy. The Mahi-Mahi was by far the best of the bunch. It's so darn expensive, though!