Ghostly mantle

Those are some scary feet, I  mean ghosts!!!!!!!!!!!!

All about Hannah

Where do I even begin with Hannah Bug?  She's growing up so fast, too fast for my comfort.  She's a talkative, precocious, sweet, funny, energetic, smart, caring, lovable, 3 year old.  THREE!  Wowza.....where have I been for the last 3 years (work!?)?  Her energy and her ability to talk from 5:30 AM to 8:00 PM never ceases to amaze me.  You would think her jaws would be tired.  She's quite outgoing and loves to be active.  Recently, she attending a cooking class with Nana (with Brownie) and made fancy mac n' cheese and herb salad.....then came home to eat a pb & j sandwich with chips.  That's my girl.  She's an eater.  She certainly has her own mind and personality.  She knows that her favorite dress (and the only one she's wearing these days) is the green dress and she knows exactly how she wants me to fix her hair every day (tall pony with a braid) and don't let that uber sweet smile fool you, she knows how to push all of the Mommy and Daddy buttons, but also knows how to give the sweetest of hugs to bring us down from the ceiling.  Oh, Hannah Bear, you're a hot mess, but we wouldn't change one thing about you! 

It's October!!!!!

 The Halloween wreath on Hannah's door. 

 The mantel with the candy corn trees

And everyone in my world knows that means only ONE thing.........it's PUMPKIN TIME!  I love pumpkin time.  Love.it.  Pumpkin bread, pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin candles, sweet cinnamon pumpkin hand soap, pumpkin patches, pumpkin cookies, and of course PUMPKINS!  Let the pumpkin madness begin! 

Meet Miss Quinn (and blog hello to the fabulous Miss Kate)!

Quinn entered the world almost 2 months ago!  Her Mommy is my good friend Kristen (also the Mommy of Jack and Kate).  All I can say is that Quinn is a cutie pie and Hannah was smitten from the very beginning.  She and I fought over who was going to hold Quinn first.  She wanted to "pet" the baby, hold the baby, and if Hannah could breastfeed, she would have fed the baby too!  Hannah and I spent an afternoon with the Turpin clan and had the best time.  We ate lunch, made ghost feet prints, and got some love from Kate and Quinn.  Speaking of Miss Kate.  I just love her.  She has the cutest, most excited way of saying my name, "Traaaacyyyyyyyyy".  She's very excited to say "Tracy"......I'm very excited to see Kate too! 

Hello, blog, it's Tracy.

I cannot believe how much of a blog slacker I have been.  I'm so ashamed.  Life certainly got 100x's more busy since school started.  My work life has taken over every ounce of free time I have.  It's quite sad that I'm "that" mom that is struggling with balancing work, home, Hannah time, Richard time, running, social time, and finally  Tracy time.  I read about "those" mom's in magazines, in my online mom's group, see news stories about them, and here I am.....THAT mom that is juggling every ball and trying really really hard to not drop any of them.  So, I'm sorry blog for not updating you more often and SORRY to my family and friends (especially those with newborn cuties) that I haven't been a very good friend lately.  Now, on to massive blog updating!

xoxoxox,

Tracy

Birthday Fun!

Cupcake Theme Birthday Party

I'm proud and glad to say the 3rd Birthday Cupcake Theme party was fabulous!  We shared it with friends and family from all areas of our life that's know us and Hannah since she was born.  Anyone that knows me knows that birthdays (and Halloween) are my favorite holidays.  I love to pick a theme and carry it all of the way.  This year I chose a "cupcake pink and brown" theme for Hannah's birthday party.  Who knew the world of cupcakes and cupcake accessories exploded since the time I had cupcake parties as a kid?!  Holy moly.  It was really hard to not go overboard with the cupcake glory of http://www.etsy.com/ or Wilton!  I had a great time picking out the paper for the cupcake wrappers and cupcake toppers.  Regardless, Hannah (and everyone) and a great time.  The cupcakes were delicious even down to the last crumb!