october's over.

were finally getting over a very nasty cold, which has stuck with our whole family for over a week now. the first few days were the worst, sore throats, fevers, lots of boogers everywhere! but were starting to feel better finally. ella was supposed to have her 15 month check up on the 26th of october, but since she was sick they ended up turning this doctors visit into a sick visit, and postponing her well baby check up until the 9th of this month. we found out that she was starting to get an ear infection from the cold so were prescribed some amoxicillin. she's almost done with the bottle now, thank god. she cant stand taking that stuff...

my little sickling. :(



but since i haven't updated in quite a while i guess i should start at the beginning of october since that's the last time i'd posted a blog..

we took a trip to biloxi at the beginning of october to visit my opa and his wife. they were spending a few days there at the casino and wanted us to come up there so they could see ella. we stayed and had lunch and hung out for a bit, we went up into their hotel room on the 26th floor, looking over the gulf of mexico, ella was in love with looking out the window and seeing ocean as far as the eye could see. :) she didn't want to leave the side of that window.





a friend of mine kasey welcomed her beautiful baby girl into the world on october 22, her name is autumn avery. ella and me took a little trip to visit them while they were in the hospital, no way at all did it help my baby fever. :P seeing ella give her kisses and keep pointing at her and saying baby, baby, over and over again. seeing my baby pointing at a newborn and calling it baby, it was love. and it wasn't even my child. thinking about how it will be when she'll be a big sister. oh i know she will be wonderful.

in this picture ella was showing me where little autumns toes were. :)



we also went to a vw car show this month. called rare air, we had a good time and saw lots of nice aircooled vw's.



i've been crafting a lot, and not just little things, but like big things, well not huge, but like a table.. that's pretty big for me. :) i've fallen in love with the beachy cottage type decor, and the old distressed and vintage look. and this table turned out exactly how i wanted it to! it used to be my parents living room table. a table that was used when my little brother was between the age of 5 to 11. so it was pretty beat up as you can imagine. lots of little nicks and cracks, but it worked perfectly with the look i was going for! the color just wasn't working for me, it wasn't an ugly color just not my style, it was a dark dark stained wood.. well i got to sanding and sanding and sanding, and then painting and painting.. and then, i was finished! and it was perfect! absolutely PERFECT. i am so in love!



oh and just cutsie little crafts too.. like this awesome little rosettes i've learned how to make, and cant get enough of. and this cute little felt monkey that i made on this rainy day.



we carved pumpkins only a day before halloween since the weather has still been so warm here. rotting pumpkins before halloween would have been no good. yuck! i think ella's is the cutest of course ;)



and halloween was alright, we went to the mall where i was told was a great place to take the kids trick or treating, but she ended up only getting at most 10 pieces of candy, and most of them being things that she couldn't even eat. :( this is probably because we didn't end up staying long since we were still all feeling pretty crumby from this cold. but it's ok. she wasn't very much into it this year, next year i definitely plan on taking her somewhere else. so we headed home and just let ella prance around the house in her little kitty costume and give all the neighborhood trick or treaters all their candy.







so now october is once again over, and november is here. i'm hoping for some cooler weather which finally looks like it's happening. high's in the mid 60's over the next few days! that's what i'm talking about. :) time to pull out the hoodies and put away the flip flops.. oh wait.. i always wear flip flops...


well i'm tired. everyone is asleep. it's late, i guess that's all i really have to say. which is quite a bit. :) but i'm glad i was able to. goodnight for now. :)