A trip to Old Orange

Sunday we avoided yet another Open House. We met Auntie Krista and In N Out in Tustin and then headed to Old Orange. We walked around, doing some "window" shopping. Amelia had her first tumbled in the stroller. It scared the mommy to tears!!!! I think mommy shed more tears then she did! She's a big girl, thank goodness. One of us needed to be strong:) The International Food Festival is coming up in two weeks! We've already picked the streets of food we'd like to walk down. Mark your calendars: August 29th weekend.

Phase 1 of Fall Y'all

As most of you know, I'm a fall fanatic! I LOVE the fall. Maybe because my favorite color is orange? Yes, honey, it still is:) I have a gallon of Pumpkin Spice Benjamin Moore paint I need to paint somewhere:) So August is when I bring out the grapes, the dried grape vines, the eggplant and green fabrics to drape around the house, more wrought iron and the wonderful scent of Mulled Wine from Illuminations. September I add a harvest touch with mums and such. October I did it last year and plan to do it this year, but go white and black! I love that look. November turkeys, feathers and so on......Well, due to the move, I have neglected my fall decor. I actually got rid of a lot of decor. Not just for fall, but I wiped out Easter and St. Patty's Day. Downsizing is tough my friends:) I have decided though to go more green in decorating:) It's so easy to do so for fall though, and you don't have to store it in the garage! Use candy corn in vases with a yummy vanilla candle, lots of pumpkins and gourds, acorns, oh and a few mums and corn stalk. Take a trip to Idylwild and collect the big pine cones or have connections with people on the east coast who can send you lovely fall leaves. Mom and Dad, don't forget mine on your yearly trip to the east coast! Replace your framed photos with seasonal photos from last year. Oh, did I tell you about the new scents at Illuminations? So word to the wise, you always try to burn a sweet and spice or warm scented candle at the same time. For the summer, I love gardenia and lilac. For fall I love mulled wine and pomegranate and for winter...well this year the new scent Cinnamon bark and vanilla. I usually go for chestnut and pumpkin. Lighting is huge for decor. I love to get the new light bulbs that have the amber tent to them. Not it's not green savvy, but oh so pretty! Spend the extra $25 and put a dimmer switch on some of your main lights. Or you can stalk up during Christmas will all of the cool light gadgets. Last year I bought this 3 switch remote control. I have two lights on the piano hooked up to one, the champagne rack and the Christmas tree. With the touch of a button I can turn them on and off. In the nursery I have the pedal plug switch for the two scones I hung on the wall. I didn't have to pay to have electrical boxes installed into the wall. Anyway, I'm rambling. I could go on about decor. It's so easy to do. Even if it's just your dining room table or entry, welcoming you home. Decorate!!!!

OH NO Papou the market is down!!!!

So I was working on the computer this morning with Amelia sitting on the desk. She proceeded to pull the camera wire out from my computer. I thought it would be best to put her in the chair and play with the keyboard. I started asking her if she was being like Papou and playing with the market. Her first response was shocking. Then I asked her about Putts and Calls and she stuck her tounge out and banged on the keyboard. Must not have been her lucky day in the market:) She's still learning.

No more cameras MOM!!!!

Amelia grabbed her new stuffed bear "Amelia" off her shelf today to play. She gave her an ear full of jibber jabber and then attacked the camera.

Play time...Bath time...

Ava came over for a visit. Amelia and her played ball. It didn't last too long, since Miss Ava is a walker! She took a few independent steps on her own!!!!! Soon I'll teach her the S walk:) Ava turns 1 next week! Bath time, is Amelia's favorite time! She loves playing in her bubble bath. I was tempted to put her in the bath today, in hopes to adjust her attitude. She's been Miss Tude the last couple days! Is it the red head in her:) I love her dearly, attitude and all.

Sunday the family was avoiding the Open House...

We had a busy day, but a fun one, making our rounds. I think the dogs were tired of the car:)

Last week at Ruby's Amelia, Hazel, Miller and I...

avoided the Broker Preview. We were there for two and a half hours, eating lunch, reading a book and playing with ice cubes:) Indi was at the beauty parlor.

Where's Amelia???? 7 Months old today!

Some of you may be wondering where's Amelia? No photos...what's up with that. Well Mommy's computer is full! It states..."Some recent changes may be lost. Make sure your hard disk has enough space and that iPhoto is able to access the iPhoto Library folder." Any idea what that means? I cleaned out all my files over the weekend and still no luck! I think I need to get a separate hard drive to down load my photos to. Not sure how to do it though. So please be patient:) Amelia is 7 months today. She gets to start eating meats! We're off to the store today for turkey, chicken and whatever else looks yummy. xoxox

Bad Godmother, bad Godfather!!!!

We are the baddest godparents! Our precious Aubrey's birthday was August 1st. The same day we had our insane photo shoot! I'm so sorry sweetie!!!! Happy Belated Birthday!!!!! I wasn't able to view the photos on your blog, but I'm sure they're amazing! I hope you had the most specialist day!!!! You are a wonderful young lady, who's heart is so caring! The way you took care of our baby girl while were we camping. You're so precious with her, it melts my heart! I was so lucky to be there when you entered this world. I'll never forget your arrival! Oh and your mommy negotiating with the doctors for a pepsi, or when she glared at me while breathing. I had no idea I was standing between her and her focal point. We've are so blessed to watch you grow and blossom to a beautiful young lady! We love you sweetie!!!!

Playing with Amelia

Amelia was showered with gifts from "Coe" Straty's golfing buddy, Tuesday night over dinner at our house. In that photo she's sporting her JMU onesie. She's ready for college! Yesterday we went to Central Park. Amelia enjoyed the swing. She looks forward to many more days swinging in her new park. This morning I walked passed our guest room and stood to admire it. It's of course clutter free, so I grabbed Amelia and did a mini photo shoot:) She's always willing to smile or what have you, at the camera. I love her rolls")