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A Fun October Weekend

Whew–this weekend was jam packed but it was also so much fun!

Saturday we were up and at ’em early. We left the house at 7 am and dropped Banks at my mom’s house. We can’t wait to take him to an Alabama game one day, but that’ll be a few years down the road LOL.

Our first stop once we got to campus was to walk over to the Super store at The Ferg (student building). There was a sweatshirt I wanted the last game we went to, and Dustin said to wait until the TN game since it’d be cooler. Harrison wanted a picture by the fountain as we were leaving.

He also wanted a picture by this elephant inside the Ferg because of the lights–I used to spend a lot of time inside this building!

Had to get a picture in front of Denny Chimes along with 5 million other people

Dustin stopped off to watch a little SEC Nation, so Harrison and I stopped and took a little break on some steps

Another obligatory picture 🙂

Here we are ready to watch the Tide beat Tennessee–which we did, but I wasn’t sure it would happen after living through that first half LOL. It was the best Rammer Jammer to sing 🙂

We forgot Harrison’s hat in the truck, so once the sun hit our seats, Harrison grabbed Dustin’s hat and also took his jersey off because it was a little warm.

Sunday morning we were up and at church. Dustin was at work, and I always am really proud of getting the boys ready for church by myself after a long game day–especially while pregnant. I know it’s not a big deal, but it’s a lot to me.

After church and after a nap, we had our small group Halloween Thrift Store party.

The babies all showed up at pumpkins!!! It was totally unplanned but also the cutest. And I don’t know why Banks decided to do his mouth that way.

Sweet Banksie!

These are some of the kids–we were missing a good handful. Harrison is wearing his dinosaur costume from 2 years ago because his costume this year isn’t ready yet–that’s why his legs are so short haha!!!

My hat and outerwear came from the thrift store. I wore leggings as my pants to stay comfy :). We missed our friend Hope who was home sick.

Simple Joys No 7

I’m back with another Simple Joys post! I went and looked and my last Simple Joys post was maybe back in 2021–even though I haven’t been posting them regularly, I’ve had LOTS of Simple Joys!!

One

I actually have two simple joys from this picture….first, I love matching clothes for these boys. Literally such a dream come true in this picture. And now that we’re adding a baby girl, she’ll be matching along with these boys soon!

My second simple joy from this picture is the fact that I look at it and see God’s goodness. These boys are brothers because of God.

Two

I was cooking dinner one night and letting Harrison practice cutting with scissors and I had to stop and take pictures of him because this is how he concentrates…with his mouth open and his tongue out. I got several pictures of him like this haha! So much joy looking at his precious face and also watching him grow in his learning.

Three

I shared this on IG the other day, but Banks woke up SO EARLY on Sunday morning after we had been out late Saturday night for Dustin’s high school reunion. Banks typically doesn’t wake up until 7 am on days we’re not going to school, but Sunday he decided to wake up before 5:30 am. I decided to let him lay in my bed for the first time (Dustin had to go into work super early so he was already gone), and he laid on his back next to my pillow for the longest just staring and smiling at me. Then he decided to turn over and smile at me–he’s always in the best mood (unless he’s tired or hungry LOL). Banks truly is such a happy baby!

Four

My last simple joy is the fact that I’m back drinking my morning cup of coffee and I am truly enjoying it. My coffee has always been something that I’ve enjoyed in the morning and when I couldn’t drink it because it was making me sick, it was not the same doing my morning quiet time drinking water. So now I’m spending time in the Word and sipping my hot coffee and all is right in the mornings again ha!!

Life Lately on a Saturday!

Happy first Saturday in October!! Y’all, I love this time of year so much and as I’m currently typing this early on Saturday morning, it’s 53 degrees outside! Ahh! Last weekend I pretended it was fall by watching my two favorite movies–When Harry Met Sally and You’ve Got Mail!

Speaking of being able to watch my two favorite movies in one day, the only reason I was able to was because this cutie and his daddy went to the hunting club for a club work day. He was having the time of his life and Banks and I hung out and played all day!

While September marks the beginning of my favorite time of the year, October gets me really excited because it’s also my birthday month!

I snapped this the other day to send to my friend–I felt very fall with my brown dress and my fall apron. Now that my energy has come back, I really enjoy cooking a homemade dinner. That night I was making turkey pesto meatballs, mashed potatoes (I haven’t made those in years!), and a homemade gf Mac and cheese made with Banza noodles and Tillamook cheese….so good!!

We took Harrison to see the Paw Patrol movie on Thursday night. He was so excited and I was excited to see him so excited. I’m also proud to report that Dustin and I stayed awake during the entire movie haha!!

Banks wants to be everywhere Harrison is–they are so much fun to watch!

And earlier this week I posted a first trimester recap blog post–check it out here!