Thanksgiving Kitty

We're back from about 3 weeks of travel + we are dang sleepy. We visited family + though we were comfortable, there's no place like home. It will be good to be home for the holidays + not mess with traveling like we had originally planned. We got home yesterday but I didn't feel like unpacking, washing, editing, uploading, posting and everything else in between so my usual procrastination has set in right on schedule. Thanksgiving is this Thursday + I hope I can stay awake to slap some makeup on my face + finish up fall posts before the end of November. 

I bought these corduroy kitten ears in October when I thought she might want to be a kitten for Halloween. She didn't but she loves cats so much they're good for anytime in the fall because they're brown spots not black like I thought they were. She won't be growing out of them anytime soon + she'll be able to use them plenty next year. Her daddy calls her top her pilgrim shirt. What better week to put her in it than Turkey week. Plus the skirt won't fit Ms. Mama Long Legs much longer. After I washed the skirt the brown color bled + the white trim is now an odd hue of purple. Fail. I bought them both last year + since I have my own made up, wonky math equations to figure out if the value of an item was worth it, both items equated to a yes. Now I wish I would've put boots on with it but when I took these pics, it was still too warm for brown combat boots. I think I figured once winter comes she'll only wear boots because she's a texas girl now + well have to shelve the cream high tops until warmer weather in the spring. Lets just hope they'll still fit her by then.

headband + top + skirt // high-tops

Camera Roll: October 2013 Edition

This girl is such a joy. Don't get me wrong, she can be ornery as I'll get at, but she's pure sweetness, just very willful. She's been that way since before she was even born. The Halloween a couple weeks before she was born, I couldn't feel her moving. When you're in the last trimester it's suggested to count the baby's movements in your belly to make sure they're active + ok since they have less room to move. Halloween morning I couldn't feel a thing. I even shook my tummy a bit + even tried to move her myself. Husby talked to her + tried to spook her by saying "boo" on my tummy. Nothing. So I panic. Duh. We checked into the hospital to make sure everything was ok. After hours of monitoring + watching monitors, my doctor concluded she was fine + we could go home. As soon as we get home, she started doing her usual somersaults + karate kicks. Trickster. 

She just turned 3 while we were in SF + she's still the same. She likes to test me + her limits. She's stubborn like me + silly like her daddy. She loves adventuring + is afraid of nothing. When I look at my camera roll, I giggle thinking of each day she's just being her + going about her day as a normal tot. These pics are some of the last ones I have of her being a 2 year old. Still can't believe she's no longer a baby + is now a mini person. It's all happened way too fast. 

She Just Keeps Growing + Growing

Watching this girl grow up has been such a privilege. Though it's mostly been through pictures + FaceTime + only about four separate times in person, it's still so exciting to watch her change from month to month. She is now 10 months, a milestone we got to witness while we were visiting CA. We are all now in our hometown of Kansas City + then to TX where we will send them off right before her 11 month birthday. We always figured we would have the opportunity to be a part of her 1st birthday but they will be moved by then. It's all very surreal. Even when we visited + helped pack up their belongings in a crate to travel the sea, I kept forgetting what the end result would be in this whole process. Maybe it's part of my denial. I know we will see her soon after but we will inevitably have to say goodbye again. Goodbyes are never easy but she's going to a great place so that makes it all ok.