Today was so wonderful. I don’t know if I’ll be able to sleep…I just want to bask in it. If you’re reading this and you celebrated with me today, thank you. Thank you so much.
I only have these pictured for you now; a gift basket from my mom, a collage by Krysta, and a basket from Lynn and Niki. I’ll try to post more tomorrow!
I just have to say “my baby shower is today! Yay! My baby shower is today!!”
I updated my planters with some pretty fall colors…
A Halloween cauldron full of mums, black heart, and coleus for the season.
It’s unusual for me to wait this long before decorating for Halloween. I am typically decorated sooner, but I’ve been focusing on just getting the house clean and back together after the kitchen remodel. This is really all I’ve done! But as it’s October 1, I plan on decorating soon!
Now that we are done with remodel phase 2, I have been wanting to show it to you in a better, easier way…so I made a video walk through, which hopefully will show you all what it looks like better than photos can.
The video is on YouTube right here.
Books like The Hunger Games and Twilight are being made into movies, but they are also being banned.
Find out why, here.
Fingers!
We went with the help and support of Jeff and TJ (Josh’s cousin and his wife) who loved theirs, and gifted us toward the ultrasound so we could get the “extras” like this cd of pictures!
He was a very stubborn baby, so it was really kind of nerve-wracking at first thinking we might not get a single good picture. His face was squished up against the placenta and he wouldn’t budge. You’ll see that in the pictures below; it looks like an enveloping cloud or a scallop shell. Finally he moved a bit and we got some glimpses of his face. We saw him make some facial expressions, wiggle his fingers, and move his mouth around. We were curious to see whose nose he would have, and in some pictures, it looks like he has Josh’s, in others, mine.
Josh's nose?
My nose?
Napping...? This looks like my nose!
So who do you think he looks like?
Here are ten banned children’s books that might give you some insight as to how book banning works. For example, the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? has been banned because the author’s name is the same as that of a known Marxist?!
Read the article here.
“Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.”
-Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach
The bookends are almost done! To see the first post on them, click here. Here is the one you have seen (in that post): 
I added a bag of rocks inside to weigh it down, and a door to hold the bag inside safely.
Here is the second one, which you haven’t seen:
Someday, I think I will make pennants for the top out of fabric, but for now, I think they are ready to use!
To continue on our book theme, I would love to know, in the comments, what you are reading. I’m always looking for recommendations!
I am reading World Without End by Ken Follett. It is the sequel to The Pillars of the Earth. I’ve been reading it for a while because it’s really long, but it’s really great, too! It is similar to Pillars in that it takes place in the same town and with the same general ideas on architecture, building, and the politics of the late middle ages, woven into the storylines of several characters.
So…what are you reading?
Josh and Korey 