{October is here!}

It's finally October - Yaaaay :) - although, you'd never know it from the weather....

97 degrees at 5 pm...!? What the heck! It's been VERY hot around here these last few weeks of summer, so needless to say, we are ready for it to cool off so we can bust out our sweaters and cute fall boots (or at least I am). October is a fun month. I especially like sprinkling a little bit of Halloween cheer around the house. Here is my "Halloween style" this year.....

That is Oliver's first pumpkin :) Thanks Grandma Ellen!

....and some Halloween fun in the kitchen window....

It's not the best decorating I've ever seen, but it's fun enough for us :). So, aside from all that we have just been hanging out. Sweet little Oliver got his first cold the night before last. Poor baby (sniff sniff). I've never felt so helpless in my life. He was so stuffed up, he was having trouble eating, sleeping, and couldn't use his pacifier because he couldn't breathe. It broke my heart. He had a fever too (it only got as high as 101.2), but the Tylenol is helping. He is still in good spirits, but has been doing a lot of napping....

He is such a cutie pie.

He is growing up so fast. When I give him a bath now, all he wants to do it sit up and touch the water stream....

Also, I put him in his crib to play with his toys and watch his mobile spin, and he started to suck on his infant pacifier (that he hasn't used since month 2 - lol). He was sucking it for a long time....It was too funny.

Aaaaand.....I may or may not have purchased this hat for some Fall pumpkin patch pictures....(hehe).

He is still enjoying a little bit of tv each day, usually while I have my morning coffee. Today it was Elmo on Sesame Street...

...and he LOVES to look at himself (and talk to himself) in the mirror. Silly baby!

We went to watch Noah play Soccer on saurday and Ollie had a great time and smiled a lot, even though it was a pretty hot day :)

And we are still attending our "mommy group" and love hanging out with this little guy. His name is Landis and he is 3 months old :)...

(and at 3 months he is the same size as Oliver. He sure likes his Milk ;) )

We have been having a great time (despite the heat and Ollie's cold). Hopefully it passes SOON. 

 

In other news, we need a new entry way rug. The current "zebra" one we have smells like dog :/ not cool at all. Sooo.....these are my top two fav's at the moment.......

The "Rockville" rug.....I am literally OB-SESSED with this one....but the hubs is fighting me on it. He says 1) it plays with his vision :/ and 2) it looks "too ethnic". 

 

But I L-O-V-E it.....what do you think?.......

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and I love this one almost as much.....The Chevron Charcoal rug (it's more like a herringbone to me)...

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They are both from rugsusa.com and are currently 35% off, so if I am going this route, I need to pull the trigger asap! 

 

Question: these are both 100% wool. Does anyone know if wool rugs are soft? Or are they itchy like wool sweaters? Just wondering.

 

I hope you are having a great week so far. Happy October!

 

-L