election day.

hope you've gotten out there and voted! DJ, Sweet Penny and I battled the weather and the lines and hit the polls this morning.

this time of year is always exciting - and it's crazy to think this is the first election in 12 years that I won't be spending the evening watching the results roll in on a college campus (2000: freshman year of college, 2004: grad school, 2008: residence coordinator). It's a bit bittersweet to not be spending this evening with college students... but hey, I'm also VERY okay with watching the results roll-in in my sweats, drinking beer with my husband. here's to an interesting night. hope your guy wins - but only if he's my guy, duh.

penny's first halloween!

Another holiday under Penny's belt (onesie?) -- Halloween, check.

PJ was an adorable kitty at school and then we broke out her real costume and strolled around the neighborhood and headed to the park to have a little photoshoot.

here are some of our favorite snapshots of PJ's first halloween - enjoy!

up next?

thanksgiving!

can't wait for PJ to be dressed in her fall finest and get her first taste of turkey and mashed taters!

eventful halloween week...

what have we been doing all week? wearing all of our halloween outfits, duh!

more pictures to come of our sweet little Penny in her halloween outfit/costume but these were too cute not to share right away... oh and big news -- guess who started SITTING UP BY HERSELF this week?!?!

that's right ---

that gal!

crazy huh??

time flies, I can't believe she's 5.5 months already.

hellllooooo.

helllllloooo out there.

oh man.

is this really my second post of October? I felt like I couldn't let a whole month pass and only post ONCE [bad, hita]. Thanks to Audra for giving me a good kick in the rear. I really cannot complain, life has been great but it sure has been hectic. We've had tons of amazing friends come visit and we're getting settled in our amazing cozy little place and work has been extremely challenging but rewarding for both DJ and I over the past month.

so yeah, I've sucked it up at updating the wee ole blog but I'm getting into a routine with work/momdom and we're almost done working on our place (blog posts with pictures coming soon) so I promise to post more in November than October. Hah. Shouldn't be too challenging? Fingers crossed.

Well, I'll leave you with what you really want - pictures of our sweet, sweet, girl! ENJOY! :)

doesn't she just make your heart melt?

just me?

well. I hope you enjoyed the latest installement of lazy/tired mom blogging aka the iPhone photo dump [not calling any of you that do that lazy, just myself].

real blog posts coming soon... hold your breath.

hah.

I know.

I kid.

seriously.

I promise.

coming soon.

is this real life?

A little something to make you smile on Monday morning --

just when you thought she couldn't get any cuter...

this happens...

...I know.

...ridiculous.

oh penelope.

I love you my little sleepy girl.