August Life

How has it already been a whole month since my baby turned 1?! Also, how is it so quickly nearing the end of August and summer? I long for fall days all year long. I have already brought out all things fall at home and I don't regret it a bit. It makes the hot Texas days seem cooler somehow. The rain has helped me feel more inspired and less lethargic. We are drowning in our calendars and to do lists. So much is going on in our lives right now and we are trying to enjoy the rainy afternoons by hanging out at home just the three of us. So, here is a recap of what we have been up to lately...

Claire's birthday party was a success! We are so grateful to all of the family and friends that came to make her day so special. I think that she loved having all of her people around. She was surprisingly very interested in all of her birthday gifts. She kept saying "ooohh" every time we pulled the tissue out of the gift bags.

Claire loves all of the animals but she was a little overwhelmed by her trip to meet some cows.
She shows everyone her belly button all of the time. She has finished her first set of 100 books for her journey to 1000 books before kindergarten at the Decatur Public Library. She is constantly bringing books for us to read to her. She still loves her babies and ALL of her stuffed animals. It is usually a different animal every day. She still loves to eat fish best. She recently discovered that she really really loves cocktail sauce. We try to take her swimming at least once a week because she enjoys it so much.

We have been working really hard on our house renovation. Fingers crossed we can still move in around early November. It has been much slower than we had though but we are about to get the plumbing work finished. We are hoping to get the electric done in the next month then the fun stuff can start! I feel so overwhelmed with inspirartion and decorating ideas for this house. I try so hard not to buy anything except what we need to do renovations right now. I can see what it is going to look like and I just can't wait for everyone else to be able to see it!! Our goal was to have the whole house finished before we move but we are so excited about this adventure that I don't know if we will be able to hold out that long.

We are loving these crazy August rainstorms. We are  happy, healthy and looking forward to a few new adventures in September! Come on fall!!