really [too] quick.

I can't believe how fast time is going by. I feel like the last half of the year is always so short! In less than 11 weeks it's going to be Christmas! Not even two weeks later my baby will be...one. ONE, PEOPLE! ONE YEAR OLD! Holy...

Not cool.

My best friend's baby is also due right around Slade's birthday. She is measuring big [for lack of a better word, sorry noodle] and in November we find out if they are changing her due date or not. I'm pretty excited to hear the news! Seeing that precious teeny thing is going to make me nostalgic. I am not ready for Slade to walk, talk, drive, or do anymore growing up. It's all happened in the blink of an eye.

Which means I'm also getting old...fast. Not looking forward to that either!

We have so many fun activities planned in the coming weeks, and it seems like the more fun stuff you have to do the quicker life goes by.

This weekend I am super excited because we are going to Mike's pumpkin patch with Dane's cousin and her little girl who is 6. I can't wait to share the beautiful pictures she is going to take!

The following weekend, we are heading to good old Winston-Salem. We haven't been since June- and even though I have seen my immediate family multiple times since then, it's always fun to see everyone [and go home]. That weekend is also Halloween [well, kinda. It's on a Monday] but we will be celebrating on Saturday night. We are also doing a hayride with cousins, grandparents, parents, etc. Which is going to be a blast! And of course we're taking our little Slade bear [he he] out trick or treating, or rather...trunk or treating. I've never done it before but I've heard about it and I'm pretty darn excited to see my little guy all dressed up!

To top it all off...
I'm throwing Nadia a baby shower at mi casa the first weekend in November. I am so stoked. It's going to be so much fun! I already have everything purchased to decorate and I can't wait to play games- and hopefully make her cry with all the hard work I'm putting into the set up the perfect day for her.

Sometimes I wish I could hit pause for just one minute though.
Today Slade had his 9 month check up, and thankfully he is in the clear. We had sort of a scary appointment last time. His doctor was sort of concerned about how much his head had grown in 3 months, and said if the same thing happened again he was going to send us to have a CT scan and a whole slue of tests done. Um, did I say "sort of scary"? It was freaking terrifying. Thankfully though, as I thought- He's perfectly healthy and they just like freaking out parents for fun. Guess my little buddy just has lots of brains in there. I got the okay that he could have any food [with some exceptions, like honey and nuts] and today he tried peanut butter for the first time. He loved it!

We also were told he needed to be in a big boy car seat [still rear facing until one]. Thankfully we were given a very nice Britax by a family member so it was just sitting in our garage waiting to be used! I didn't think today would be his last day in his infant car seat when I put him in there this morning, so I got pretty sad when I took it out of my car. The nurse even said today, "he's turning into a toddler!" NO. He's going to be a little baby forever. Don't confuse him.