In Between Layers

My thoughts exactly kid. Uhh.

It is officially fall, as if you haven't noticed every shot on IG from all the ladies this last week. insert eye roll here. Now, I love season changes, but what I don't like are shorter daylight hours. Time goes fast enough lets not rush this yet. Well since we like to keep it real in these parts, I'm not going to stuff her in fur vests just yet knowing it still feels like eternal summer being this close to the equator. Yes, morning + nights are cooler but that big fire ball heats us up during the day. So, to make due with the bipolar weather, we hold out on cardis for a denim vest + high tops instead of flip flops but we haven't shelved all sandals just yet, especially when they are sometimes faster to put on while were headed out the door. Half summer + half fall, we're somewhere in between layers. 

Ordinary Days

Selfie hour. The last months as a 3 year old baby. As we wind down after a long season of a continued summer, so much is changing around us + mostly my little pearl.

Sugar + Spice before nap time. 

Shoe games. 

Morning shenanigans. 

Saturday snuggle nap time. 

What happens whens she's allowed to keep Lipsmackers chap stick in her pocket. 

Green Autumn

Talk about tired. Me, not her. She is never tired. Ever. After a couple of weeks of her schedule + her daddy being out of town for work this week + I'm the one that needs a nap! We're used to being able to push things back if we have to, just to play zoo animals for longer or skip errands if it's raining out. She loves what she does though so it's ok that sometimes I go cross eyed falling asleep after a busy day. Maybe once it cools down more, it won't seem like such an excursion to get things done. Everything seems to take 5 million times longer in the afternoon heat.  Luckily the mister comes home tonight + tomorrow is Friday, the start of a lazy, hopefully rainy, weekend. I love you sun, but give us some clouds universe.

Fall Day Date

We usually try to have a date night with Pea on the weekends when the mister isn't on call for that week. We will go out for dinner + rent a movie to watch while we eat chocolates. This past weekend we didn't have an early list of things to get done so we went for a lunch date + went shopping before getting the normal Saturday errands done. As I said in my last post, the weather was what fall dreams are made of. I have her fall clothes waiting to come out + I'm so happy her boots still fit her this year! Even if they don't by winter, I am happy she got to stretch them out a full year because I bought them last year around this time. If you're in the stage of a growing baby + having to get everything new for every season, it gets better. Since I bought some things bigger, she has had a lot of clothes that still fit her from the past two years. Some dresses are shorter + leggings look better than tights but hey, it works for me.
Now that it is cooling down just a bit, I am ready to do new things with her that we have put off because it has been so hot. A few picnics + afternoons at the market here + there. Her birthday will be here very soon + since we will be home + not in San Francisco like we have been for her second + third birthdays, we're planning on having an over the top day just for her. It will be very strange to be here + not with my sisters + brother in laws but it will be nice for her to wake up in her own bed on her birthday, even though were going to miss the Pacific Ocean just a bit.

Love dark denim as a basic. 

Getting better with her focusing skills. 

Coffee for us + milk for her after shopping. 

Camera Roll: September Weekend 2

I love that smile. This weekend had incredible weather. We woke up Saturday + it really felt like fall with a cool 64° temp + overcast skies. Perfect break from the heat. I don't think she remembers the cool weather from previous years because she loved feeling the difference in temperature.  The rest of the week it's back up to the nineties but who cares?! We ran errands + went to a mall we never go to because it's out of the way + we normally do our shopping elsewhere. Scoped out some leather goods but can't commit to anything but light sneaks or flats right now. I do miss the fall weather in KC but I would never trade the heat for snow + ice in winter.

September Safari

Originally I thought this dress would be for summer but with the green, which is a true emerald on the back of the dress that I forgot to take a snap of, I thought it was a good early fall piece with the jewel hue. Plus I kind of forgot about it because her white + super summery dresses were on rotation while about town. When I brought it out her eyes lit up because it is plastered with animals, her favorite. She likes to open her closet + ask about what she is wearing for the day. I give her choices but she never, ever objects with what I have picked out. Knock. On. Wood. I am sorry, it's just easier that she doesn't protest clothing because she protests pretty much everything else these days. 

Went for burgers + she matched the furniture. 

Far Far Away

Oh how I wish we could have park days with this bebe. Amélie has been having her own adventures across the pond with her mama + papa. This summer went by in an instant + I could have sworn we would have been visiting my now. It makes me feel better that my sister understands planning travel across the country with a child is not an easy task + the fact that my brother in law + my spouse have the busiest work season during the summer months. Hopefully now that autumn is here we can schedule something because the holidays are right around the corner + then before you know it is already a new year. Ame turns 2 in January (one million sad + crying faces) plus my birthday in February so it would make sense to go then but I am going to kick + scream if it's not a minute sooner.

Just love her so much + miss them. She is talking + saying our names when we FT. It breaks my heart when I can't give her a hug the second I see her face. She was just a baby when she moved + now a funny toddler singing songs. It feels so strange to have not visited San Francisco + be able to see them after a short flight. Pres keeps asking when we are going to Cisco + when we are going to see Amé + Kate + Ben. I show her the distance on the map when we do geography but to her it's just very far away. These two little girls haven't any idea the magnitude of living apart from the ones you love.