It’s the first Saturday in November and while I wish it were nice and cold, I’ll just pretend it is while I’m sipping on my coffee.
I know I normally don’t blog on Saturdays, but it’s hard to find time to write a blog post with three young children :). Today I’m sharing a few things that bring me joy!!
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This is me! I’m decorating for Christmas today! Dustin and I were going to at least put the tree up last night but we were both exhausted. In between the errands I’m running and housewarming I’m attending, I’m going to get the fall decorations put away and get the tree put up at the bare minimum. Banks really loved the light up pumpkins I had with my fall decorations, so I’m excited to see his reaction!
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I bought a small set of drawer organizers before Harrison was born, and I’ve put off needing to buy more. These drawer organizers will be delivered on Sunday and I’m going to finally move Banks’s clothes out of Merritt’s dresser and into the big one in Harrison’s room since they’ve been sharing a room since Merritt moved out of the bassinet into her own room.
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After I finished listening to the Branch Basics episode on the Primally Pure podcast Grounded Wellness, I looked up their blog and found this natural fever reducer bath. Now I wouldn’t use this for high fevers, but for those lower grade ones that make you feel yuck, I’m going to try it out next time!
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This crockpot recipe looked so easy and healthy, so I’m trying a variation of it tonight for supper! I will also probably use minced garlic and then add in onion powder. Hopefully it tastes as good as I think it will haha! Has that ever happened to you? You have an idea of how a recipe will turn out and then it’s not that great–never fun LOL
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And last on my list of joy but most definitely my #1 joy in life, these Halloween babies! We had Catboy, a dinosaur, and a baby duck! And because it’s now November, you may not be aware that November is National Adoption Awareness Month. I’m going to talk more about it over on IG this weekend, but adoption changed my life in the best way possible. I became a mother because of the gift of adoption. I love talking about it and encourage everyone who has that tug on their heart to consider it and to not be afraid of the cost (which honestly should be reformed but that’s a whole other conversation). You can search for adoption on my blog to read older posts if you’re new here.
I hope y’all have the best Saturday and find something that fills you with joy! For me, I’ll be listening to The Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack!
You have some pretty cute trick or treaters there! I wish I had known about those iodine baths when my boys were younger; I would have given them a try. We did use hydrotherapy as suggested by my son’s neurologist since he had febrile seizures but we had to be so careful with using baths to bring down his fevers so that we didn’t inadvertently trigger seizures ourselves by trying to ward them off that way.
I sure hope they work!!