Santa visit

We went to visit Santa at the mall early again this year to avoid the lines! Ry and I knew it might not go well since R has been getting a bit nervous around strangers lately! But we went with positive thoughts and a cute outfit!:)

Got this coat and hat at consignment! She looked soo sweet!

See her Halloween purse? Had to bring it! Matches well don't ya think? Haha

Her dress was another consignment find and I just love it! She looked so pretty! She loved it too! She kept twirling in it! She's also wearing her new bracelet from grandma!

Going to see Santa!

And our reaction! Poor thing! We snapped a few pics and I picked her up and she immediately waved and said "bug bye" to Santa like "get me the heck outta here"! Haha she did good though and we had to get a pic to remember! I hope she likes him better next year..

What a difference a year makes!

We decided to have a fun mall date after that! We walked around and got her favorite for dinner..pizza and French fries!

And she rode the carousel with daddy!

Sweet baby! I don't think we scarred her too bad with Santa!

Family photos

We did a family photo session a few weeks back just to capture our last few moments as a family of three and my growing baby bump! I have always wanted pictures in a cotton field and was so excited we were able to get some! They turned out sooo good!!!

adventures with Bug

I made this little collage when I did R's 18 month pics! 

It's her as a newborn, 6 months, 1 year and 1.5 years! crazy how different she looks! my sweet little bug!!

chickfila date

we went to a fun storytime "H is for haunted house" they read a few books and we did a craft and had fruit snacks!

this is lily wearing one of R's hand me downs I sent them! so cute.baby comparisons!

loving on her new bunny from aunt K!

playtime at the mall

a new fun game..hiding in my closet!

at her 18 month checkup..she got bubble guppy stickers! her favorite show!

there were alot more tears this time and there wasn't even any shots..poor thing is starting to realize what the doctor is now!

playing on brothers chair!

painting our pumpkin from the patch! she had alot of fun doing it! wouldn't look at the camera for the life of me though..it's getting harder and harder to get pictures of her!

kid loves anything with red sauce, spaghetti, lasagna, ravioli! she's an Italian!

opening another package from grandma and grandpa! halloween marshmellows!

going to pick up grandma at the airport..poor thing was exhausted!

we made a pit stop at steak n shake..it was yummy

we had a fun visit with grandma, we went shopping and out to eat and enjoyed halloween with her

another favorite activity of hers...pulling out alllll the tupperware from the cabinet! yes there is a child lock on it..she figured it out..now we gotta figure out how to double baby proof!

what? haha

this is called the selfie game..she loves to watch videos of herself on our phones and see herself in pictures..we turn the camera around and just take lots of selfies of her as she makes funny faces..she loves it and it cracks us up..she did these on daddy's phone! crazy kid

that belly!!!

we recently bought R a new carseat and she loves the box way more!

little monkey eating her breakfast on her box!

watching a movie with grandma on the ipad..cause thats cooler than the big screen tv directly behind her! haha

a waffle house lunch date

picnic in the living room with grandma

loving the food at Jap steakhouse..she ate all our edamame and rice!

the fire they do scared her a little bit..but mommy protected her!

mm leftover jap steakhouse

she loves allll athentic food..mexican, italian, chinease/Japanese

this was under daddy's watch this time!

we decided to start decorating for Christmas a little early this year because of the new baby coming soon. we decided to put up our old little tree on a table because we knew that if we put up the big tree..R would destroy it! She is into everything..plus it was much less of a hassle! R loves the lights and ornaments and kept saying "wow"

we are teaching her no touch though...sometimes it works..and sometimes it dosen't..haha luckily all the fragile ornaments are still packed! this mommy is prepared!

excited for the holiday season..R will understand so much more than last year!