Keeping busy while missing Daddy...

It's almost Halloween, I can't believe it! The days seem to just be flying by so quickly, and the holidays are approaching! It's hard to believe that we haven't gotten to see Chris since the beginning of September, and it's probably a good thing we are so busy, it makes it a tiny bit easier (but not by much, we miss him terribly!) Rylie will ask me at least twice a day to "See Dada?" I have to explain that he's taking care of us, working hard on the Choo-Choo train! :) We are hoping come November, we will be able to head down and visit. It will be nice to see some cooler weather, as we are still pretty hot here right now! So, here's what we've been busy doing lately...

Hanging out at home, just the two of us...

Helping Nana water her plants (always a favorite of Rylie's, anything messy is good!)...

Playing in the plants at one of our coffee meetups with other mommas & kids
(they have been great, I'm so happy to have found such an awesome group of moms!)...

Spending time helping to babysit this little munchkin...

And even holding him for a couple minutes (melt my heart!)...

Visiting old friends in Las Cruces, New Mexico
(and seeing my great friend Kim getting married!)....


Getting a little more brave by the day...

Hitting up the pumpkin patch on a (HOT!) Fall day...


Enjoying the occasional popsicle (ok, like everyday but who's counting?)...

Riding a pony all by herself, GO Rylie!!! :)


And of course, playing outside... we miss you Chris, we love you!

Snapshots of September

September is here and we have been busy! From Chris traveling back to Trinidad, CO for his job to having many visitors this month already, and much more traveling to come... here are a few snapshots of our month so far.

This reminds me that I need to get my camera out more often, I've been slacking!

Open for Business!

So, for those of you who don't know... between my mom, sister and I, we have recently opened some shops on ETSY (handcrafted goods & supplies website). They aren't to make tons of money or anything (we wish!), but really just a place to sell some of our creative stuff we love to make. If you have some time, check them out!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/scrappytwins


http://www.etsy.com/shop/sillybananas


http://www.etsy.com/shop/ToyRainDesign

And if nothing else, at least go explore ETSY.com if you've never visited before, it's amazing!

Fall... are you there yet?

Ahhh... this Phoenix heat... it truly is something else. Wow, it's hard to do almost anything outside, walking to and from the truck is hard enough. Some days, we just don't even leave the house and I've been working hard to keep Rylie busy inside lately. Let me tell you, it isn't easy. Unless of course you don't mind picking up a room full of books and other scattered toys about five times a day. I'm really trying to work with her on helping me pick her things up, but so far I haven't found the trick to that. I'm thinking a sticker chart in the near future? We'll see, this girl is just so independent and really makes up her own mind about when she is going to listen or not. (Does that sound familiar to anyone? I'm going to say she gets it from her daddy... hehe).

A typical day in Rylie world:

Play-dough!! Why did I wait so long to introduce this stuff?!

Playing in the fan, a favorite pastime...

Sometimes you just need an ice cream after a hard day...

It's hard to get a picture of this kid sometimes, she's always on the move!

Drawing with daddy on one of his last trips home:

Awww ;)

We also got to visit Chris recently in Needles, CA for a couple of days. It was nice, we had a good time, but boy was it HOT down there (felt even hotter than Phoenix, yikes!) But at least we had the Colorado River right outside the door to cool off in :) Just had to make sure we had a hand on Rylie at all times, this kid is brave and wanted to keep on swimming downstream!





So, we are now just waiting for this heat to finish up and give us that wonderful fall weather that we love. Hopefully mom and Todd's pool will be done soon so we can play in it while it's still hot - Rylie is all ready with her new pool robe. And I'm totally enjoying my new "toy", our new treadmill! I think Rylie enjoys it too, these kids are just way too smart sometimes! (And no, I do not let her use it, it's always unplugged and off when I'm not on it).

Never knew Goldilocks was so funny!

This is still cracking me up! Enjoy!!