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In an effort to challenge myself on a weekly & daily basis, I am participating in two photo challenges this year. One is simply to take a photo everyday and post it to Instagram (I plan on using just my iPhone for this challenge). The second is hosted by my favorite camera rental company, LensProToGo (here in MA!). Their photo challenge is a 52 week theme based project and I intend to use my Nikon for this one.

Week One - A Self Portrait Without You In It

Fall at Home. Beckett, 14 mo.

Our front door is rockin' this wreath for the holidays and I love it. It's also probably the only holiday decor my home will see this season. Since moving to our new place, I seem to be dragging stuff out of boxes on a daily basis (or trying to at least) and so I still don't feel settled. Don't you hate that feeling? I do. I'd like it to be done… yesterday. But such is life with a now 14 mo. old, things get pushed and before you know it Easter will be here and I'll still have "take down x-mas lights" on my to-do list.

Baby Corr

Back in the spring (after deciding to move) we had a huge 3 day garage sale and my beautiful & then newly pregnant friend, Neian, came by to see us looking so ridiculously cute that I just HAD to grab my camera. I mean, seriously, I didn't go out looking that cute my whole pregnancy. I'm so thrilled that this is their birth month and I can't wait to meet their baby girl. Cheers guys!

Beckett Turns One!

Ok, so… I thought I had already posted this. That's how bad I have mommy brain right now. It's been sitting here just waiting for me to hit "publish" for weeks. For Christmas I'm asking Santa for some extra brain cells… and a few more hands… and some extra hours in the day. Yep, that would be just great.

Please enjoy these pics from Beckett's first birthday. Mathew's mom & dad drove up from Ohio and got to spend some quality time with the birthday boy!

Punkins, Pumpkins & Death Pie

I've been in the mood for a Fall weekend for a while now, so on Saturday we took Beckett to pick out his pumpkin. He walked back & forth between the rows and I'm pretty sure he licked every stem (you're welcome Winchester!). I always enjoyed Halloween as a kid and I hope he will too. (keep reading for death pie)

Me & My Punkin…

In our backyard…

"The Pumpkin Church"

A very nice lady offered to take a family pic for us, but Beckett wanted to keep licking pumpkin stems!

My handsome boys…

 Walking through the rows of pumpkins… so many choices!

They had some very unique ones too…

Hmmmm, maybe this one?

Pumpkin picking is hard work!

Found one! Our big family pumpkin in the wagon…

He's got 4 teeth!

And now he can lick his own little pumpkin…

In addition to getting a couple of pumpkins for us, we picked up some delicious muffins from the Gingerbread Construction Co. which we promptly devoured and therefore not pictured. Also not pictured is Sunday dinner with my sister-in-laws which consisted of pork tenderloin, baked butternut squash & roasted brussel sprouts. YUM. And sadly… I must mention the (un-pictured) death pie. What is death pie you ask? Well, Mathew's sister brought over a gorgeous homemade apple pie that was to bake while everything else cooked… except… about a minute into baking our oven thermometer exploded. It was a very sad moment and glass was all over the bottom of the oven. So, Death Pie is pie that MAY or MAY NOT be riddled internally with glass. It was too good looking to toss so we decided to bake the sucker anyway (after a thorough glass inspection of course). However… it was relegated to the bottom rack to make way for other dishes we were baking and as soon as it started to bubble over the drippings started smoking. A lot. And of course our oven vents INTO the house. Of course it does. And although every indicator said we shouldn't eat the Death Pie, we still ate bits from the bottom and it was DELICIOUS. I can't wait to enjoy another.