Ramsey Six Weeks

I can hardly believe our baby girl is six weeks old! (She is actually seven weeks today as I am writing this so I am a little behind.) Nevertheless, I am sharing pictures of her from weeks 4-6.

Aunt Atlee was anxiously awaiting to visit. She claims she is Ramsey's best friend! Look at that face! :) 

And I think she is right!

Another cute Husker outfit to add to our Saturday apparel.

These two took lots of pictures together! 

Atlee got a great picture of her smiling! 

And this one just makes me laugh! Do you think we take her picture too much?? She has had enough!

Fun times at home with mama. :)

So beautiful and ready to help her parents greet at church. She is the youngest greeter ever! We are getting her service minded early. Do I need to start her college resume now?? (kidding, not kidding) 

We took her on her first hike!

We went to South Mountain, back to the same spot we took our pregnancy announcement photos.

Life is way better as a family of three!

After an afternoon of watching football we took a walk to the park. All the girls on the swings!

Then it was Halloween week and Lovie came to help her celebrate her first holiday! They were matching on Monday. 

Such a happy girl! 

Tuesday we were all decked out in our Halloween shirts!

Our front porch was ready for trick-or-treaters! 

I had two costumes for Ramsey this year because, why not? I was going to have Ramsey wear her cheerleader outfit for a little bit, but she was a little fussy so we went straight for the pumpkin. We took her trick-or-treating at Jenny's. 

Then Ramsey and I walked around with Jenny and Abby as they trick-or-treated the whole neighborhood. It is the perfect size neighborhood for young kids! And some of our neighbors really go all out for Halloween! 

Matt made it home and finished trick-or-treating with us. There is one other guy in our neighborhood that is a Husker fan and was giving out candy from his garage so we took a picture with his Husker mural on the only day of the year it seemed appropriate to ask! The door was open so it's okay, right?! 

Elena of Avalor and her cute pumpkin friend after a fun filled night of trick-or-treating. Ramsey fell asleep right after we got to Jenny's and slept the whole night! I think she was nice and warm in her costume. 

One last family pic! 

Onto November and time to pull out our cute fall clothes! I cannot get this picture turned, but this outfit is just too cute not to share! 

So happy with Lovie!

Matt had a potluck at his office so we thought that would be a great time to take her in to meet everyone! 

We even got out her giraffe booties! 

It has started to get a bit chilly here in the mornings so we had to bundle up for our walk! 

She is really starting to enjoy her hanging toys on her play mat!

She was ready for some basketball with daddy.

Another Saturday means more Husker cheering! 

We met Vinnie and Jenny at a new brewery next to the Mesa airport and were able to watch lots of airplanes take off and land including one of these!

Such a relaxed sleeper!

Another week of greeting at church so we are always trying to look our best! It's been so fun to let everyone meet her as they watched her grow in my tummy for so long. Everyone that comes through our door has been anxiously awaiting her arrival and definitely enjoy the extra face at the door!

We went over to some friends' house to watch football and they had just gotten this seat from another friend. Their two year old moved it across the house for us so we figured we better try it out, and Ramsey loved it! 

Another cute warm outfit! 

I have really missed out on a lot of Thanksgivings with my family, but this year we are going to get to celebrate with them. So I bought her this festive outfit for the occasion!  

We love fall! 

Ramsey had her first play date with her friend, Charlotte! Ramsey looks like a giant compared to Charlotte, but she is twice her age (they are three weeks apart so this was the only week I can say that!) ;) 

Showing off her cute new headband she got from Charlotte and her mama, Lauren! She also loves getting into her car seat because then she knows we are going somewhere, and this girl loves to go!

In other news, Ramsey started rolling over!! I know it is entirely too early, but she loves her tummy time! As my PT friend reminded me, it was basically like I gave birth to a three month old based on her skill level so it only makes sense she is rolling now. At this rate she will be crawling before I go back to work! I am so proud of her, but can time just please slow down?!? Stayed tuned for our two month post soon! 

Halloween!

Hello friends! I hope you all enjoyed your Halloween and even more are enjoying all your leftover candy! We had the most beautiful night for Halloween. 

There was also such a beautiful sunrise the other morning when I was on a walk. I love pretty backdrops!

Friday night we headed to a high school football game. I was feeling very nostalgic and missing out on one of my fall past-times. One of my families had an older child that is a senior in high school. It was homecoming at their high school and the outside of their house was covered in decorations in preparations for the game. We headed to the Chandler-Hamilton game. Both high schools are located on the same road, about 4 miles apart. The rivalry was intense! There were 12,000 people there!! A little bit different than a D2 game in Nebraska! The ASU coach also flew in on a helicopter to watch the game.

On Halloween we headed up to Mesa to watch some AZ Fall League baseball action. There was a costume contest so all of the kids were dressed in their costumes. They also were collecting tons of candy! The game was fun to watch, and it was seriously the most gorgeous day!

We headed back home to prepare for our trick or treaters. I guess I forgot to take pictures! We actually got more visitors this year than last year and most came in a 20 minute period. It was nice to see some neighbors including the new baby down the street! We went over to our friends' place to have a bon fire. They also made cotton candy which they passed out in addition to tons of candy. In the time we were there I saw multiple kids come back to their house for seconds!! I would too-best house ever! Our friends are also in the process of becoming foster parents. One of their siblings also foster children and one of their kids was there. He was the cutest! All in all it made for a great Halloween! Happy November!!

Halloween Decor

This year was our first Halloween with trick-or-treaters. I was SSOOOO EXCITED!!! I wanted to try to put together a few fall decorations. Here is what I came up with.

I saw a post with some adorable lanterns filled with pumpkins I have been wanting to put together for a really long time!

I found the lamps at IKEA and the fillers at Hobby Lobby.

I plan to change these out seasonally. So simple!

I also threw our pumpkins on the table with a few leftover leaves.

I went to go buy pumpkins to put outside, but as I was looking I saw some fake ones for about the same price. I figured I can maybe use them for a few years. If nothing else, I can keep them out longer this fall than real pumpkins. They totally work for Thanksgiving too! I threw them on a pedestal and called it good. I had to have something so people knew to stop at our place on Friday!

Friday, I made sure I scheduled my appointments to get home early enough to not miss a single trick-or-treater. (I was about two hours early!) As soon as I got home, I opened our front door and got the candy ready!

I also made some festive food for Matt and I to enjoy while we were passing out candy.

I made this simple taco chili found HERE, 

and yummy scarecrow treats, found HERE! 

It was a great first Halloween. I was so happy it landed on a Friday! Hope you all enjoyed your Halloween (I know you have all probably moved on to preparing for Thanksgiving and Christmas, but it is nice to reminisce on the October fun, right?) Talk to you all again soon! :)