the colors of new england

In case I haven't previously gushed about how much I adore this beautiful northeast corner of the country, I'll do it now.

I. Love. New England. 

For many, many reasons. But autumn? New England autumns?

They are gush-worthy. They are breathtaking. They give meaning to the word splendid. 

Even this little guy thinks so:

On another note, trying to get a sweet photo of Ben and me lately has turned out to be... not so splendid.

It either comes out looking like this:

or like this:

Now that this kid is on the go, a cute mama/ baby photo just ain't happening.....

So we settle with blurry:).

He is growing so fast. He will be 11 months in just three days. Eleven months. It is so hard to believe how quickly these months have flown by. 

Matt and I aren't particularly what you'd call 'car' people. But Ben is obsessed with cars. His favorite game now is 'howmanytimescanbensaythewordcarinaminute'. He's beating his own record with 58 times. No joke;).

Happy mid-October and weekend to you. We'll be home chasing the peanut around, doing outdoor chores and admiring falling leaves (then blowing them out of the way so our grass can get some late-season sun:))

My favorite leaves are the red ones:)

xox

October Chill

There is a slight chill in the air that can only mean one thing: October has made his way here...

We ran our insert yesterday, although probably a little more out of excitement than necessity:). I wanted to try out the 1/2 kettle that M&B gave me for my birthday. It looks so pretty sitting up there, warming on the little stove:).

We've been taking morning walks and have been trying to soak up all of the crisp, colorful goodness that only autumn can deliver.

pumpkins grace our doorstep :)

Ben has been walking.

He's been cruising for about a month now, but it is just so funny to walk into a room and see him vertical. Without holding on to anything.... it's amazing (we call him Frankenstein because he kind of sticks out his arms in front of his chest for balance:)). It's really, really cute. 

This weekend, summer will apparently make one last appearance; it's going to be 80 degrees....

We're going to head to our local botanical garden to check out the foliage... sans sweaters:).

Happy weekend!!

xox