Friends, it’s officially moving week! We’re essentially LIVING off of pizza at this point, and it’s so much harder to move with a toddler than it is to move without one :] Ollie is all up in our business when we try to pack or paint or put together furniture. He’s been showing how much he’s a little boy lately instead of a baby!

This past week was all about heaping on lots of grace! Pretty much everything we tried to accomplish fell through at one point on another. It was either too complicated IKEA furniture or random circumstances or Ollie keeping us up all night. So we tried to find rest where we could and tried to pack boxes when it was practical. Goodness, we’ve got a ton to do! It’s super boring to detail our packing exploits, so instead let’s talk about what we did with some of the time that wasn’t devoted to house tasks!

We snuck in a little trip to the pumpkin patch yesterday and it was quintessential FALL out. Pumpkins and crunchy leaves and 65 degree weather and lots of hay for Ollie to throw. It was super special to be there because it is both our wedding venue AND last year it’s where Ollie learned to crawl :] This year he was sprinting around and staring at animals and tripping over pumpkins. So much can change in a year right? We also had a sunrise engagement session for a wedding next August! It’s so tough to meet our brides and grooms and know we don’t get to see each other again for another 9 months, but obviously, it’s worth it! We had a blast with Steven and Leaona and they can make 7AM fun no matter the temperature :] Also we had a perfect morning…check out the preview below!

Now for feels:

• I feel like IKEA furniture should come with a time expectation. Like for some reason we thought we could put together 5 pieces of furniture in two hours…when we really finished just one.
• Also if they could issue one free replacement item for a part that will inevitably be broken or damaged in the assembly process…that’d be great.
• Sunrise is always worth it. The light is a different type of beautiful and the fact that you get to see the sunrise as you drive to the shoot location makes it even better!
• Come onnnnnn FALL! Where are all those orange leaves at? Is anyone getting tired of this back and forth nonsense?
• Last week, I powered through John Green’s new book “Turtles all the Way Down” and it was fabulous. Such an important glimpse into the conversation that needs to keep being had about mental health. 10/10.
• Ollie is in an exhausting, but sweet phase. He can’t make it through a few minutes without throwing something he shouldn’t throw or climbing something he shouldn’t climb and as soon as we discipline him, he dissolves into tears. Big fat crocodile tears and a big loud scream. After a few seconds, he runs to whoever is closest and snuggles on our shoulder. I guess we should take the snuggles when we can get them?

That light, right?