While She Sleeps

Sometimes I wake up early in the morning, and I just lie in bed waiting to hear Lyla's voice over the monitor. Would it be nice to sleep in....absolutly! But I'm awake, and the person I really want to see is still sleeping. So I lie and wait. I close my eyes and listen intently for the tiniest sound that suggests she might be awake. 

And the moment I hear something, I sneak in her room, crawl into bed with her and cuddle her as she wakes up. Then we read books until she's ready to get up.

She fills my heart with more joy then I even knew existed. I am so grateful that this sweet spirit chose to be apart of our family. Love, isn't a strong enough word to describe how I feel about this little one.......But I sure do LOVE her!!

Park Pics

We went to the park, to scout out places to do our Christmas family pics. We tested out a few places, but it was just nice to be there because Lyla loves being outside, and I want her to enjoy it as much as possible before it gets too cold.

Halloween

I think Daniel's favorite part of Halloween is the carving of the pumpkins. He gets so excited, and loves coming up with fun ideas.

 Last year we started the tradition of being M&M's. I enjoy dressing up, but I think spending a ton of money on costumes, is just crazy. So we just stay with tradition.
Last year, Lyla was a brown M&M

And this year we made her yellow. We keep the colors neutral on purpose.
When the girls at Daniel's work found out what Lyla was going to be for Halloween, they made her this adorable tutu to match her costume. It was perfect, and it added just that little extra!

I love Halloween in our neighborhood. We have families drive over to our neighborhood just to trick-or-treat. It's so fun. This year we had around 450 kids come to our door. It gets expensive when you have to buy that much candy, but it's so fun to be apart of. We basically just sit out on our front porch, because it's pointless going inside. The string of kids is so constant, that we wouldn't really have time to close the door.
Daniel's parents came out to sit with us, since they don't get any trick-or-treaters at their house. I think they really enjoy seeing all the kids come and all the excitement in the air. I think if we ever moved, it would be really sad to not have this amazing turn out.