I’ll be honest – I’ve been praying for fall to come for nearly the entire summer.  It’s not that I don’t love the summer months, but fall takes the cake for me.  Or pumpkin cookies.  Whatever.  The weather has been so pleasant.  Even though we have had some stormy days, that doesn’t stop Sloan and I from enjoying the dreamy temps.  
Sloan loves to see the decor in our neighborhood.  I take her down the same street on our walks so she can enjoy a few of her favorite houses in all of their blow-up glory.  

We spend almost all of our afternoons at Danger Park – swinging and sitting on the forbidden rocks.   I am just trying to soak up every last minute with my 11 month old.  It almost doesn’t seem possible.
This last week I conned Zach into going back to Cubby’s in Sugarhouse for another tri tip salad.  He obliged – but his tri tip was in sandwich form.  Give Sloan a straw and she’ll be as happy as a clam.   She also has found her singing voice.  She sarenades us [and all of the other customers] while we dine.  Dinner AND a show, I guess. Cooking has become a lot more fun with another mouth to feed.  Every meal is Sloan’s “first”.  This week she tried manicotti for the first time and nearly out-ate Zach.

At least I found a meal that I can make that they can both devour.

I also baked.  Baking and fall go hand in hand with me.  I rarely bake goodies at home anymore [trying to eat fairly clean] but pumpkin chocolate chip cookies have been calling my name.  So there was no stopping me…  I spent a lot of time this week prepping for an upcoming Hendo Girls Trip.  But priority one before I left was mailing out all of Sloan’s first birthday invites.  My father-in-law has never been prouder to see a name he picked out for a grandchild stuck enough to plan a birthday after.  Work stuff hasn’t changed.  Most days I feel a little overwhelmed with the projects I have taken on.  But I don’t regret it when I see all the fun development.  Custom awards for the Alder executives got cranked out this week.

Along with the outdoor signage being installed.  This was a huge one.  I designed this MONTHS ago and production has been rather slow.  It’s so fun to see these things happening, finally!

I’m looking forward to a week [almost a week] off from work stuff when I travel to New England with the ladies in Zach’s family.  What I’m not looking forward to is being away from my two little BFFs for that period of time.  By the time I return home I will have a one-year-old on my hands.