Currently.

Making: up excuses to get out of the house and enjoy the nice weather
Cooking: up plans for a winter vacation
Drinking: sweet tea - it's my new thing
Reading: about French parenting and trying to copy it
Wanting: a new sweater or two
Looking: out the window, at the trains
Playing: peek-a-boo (Wren's favorite)
Wasting: time pinning Christmas gift ideas
Sewing: strings of lace onto onesies
Wishing: Jon had more weekends off
Enjoying: Fall TV
Waiting: on Wren to wake up
Liking: my new hair
Wondering: what I should eat for dinner
Loving: breakfast + homemade pumpkin spice lattes
Hoping: the wind stays chilly
Marveling: at every new thing Wren learns 
Smelling: a salted caramel candle (that my husband hates, but I love)
Wearing: jeans with too many holes
Needing: new jeans with less holes
Following: dinner with dessert (chocolate covered marshmallows - yummm)
Noticing: my nails are entirely too long
Knowing: I need to drink more water
Thinking: about this blog and keeping it up to date
Bookmarking: quotes about motherhood
Opening: my computer every morning to work
Giggling: with my baby bird
Feeling: happy

Life Lately

1. Weekend dinner // 2. Frisbee Golf with friends

3. Post-dinner Baskin Robbins // 4. Baby kicks

5. Sleepy cat // 6. Coloring fun

Jon's daughter, Rowan, spends most of the year in Texas with her mom, but since she's out of school for the summer, she was able to come up and hang with us for a few weeks in Kentucky. She'll be heading back home in August. Until then, we plan on coloring a lot of pictures, eating a lot of ice cream (no complaining here!), visiting a few water parks and learning a whole lot about life with a five-year-old. Above are a few snapshots of all that we've been up to lately.

Life Lately, According to Instagram

1. Mexican food cures all after a bad day // 2. Hanging out in parking lots

3. Cajun gets in the bed when I get out // 4. Snocones discovered on Fort Campbell (!!)

5. Lazy Sunday // 6. Afternoon by the Cumberland River

(You can follow along on Instagram if you like - username charisseadams)

Life Lately

A few photos of life lately - which has been ca-razy! The holidays are always a busy time of year, but with the move, I'm pretty sure the craziness has been doubled - maybe tripled. However, I am happy to announce that I got our Christmas cards sent (with five days until Christmas!), our shopping done (what did we do before Amazon??) and everything washed, packed and ready to head to Washington for the holiday (thank you, thank you, my very own washer and dryer - I love you).

So, all in all, I'm calling this holiday season + relocation a huge success (and I'm choosing not to focus on the fact that our tree only has one ornament on it - it is a really great ornament, after all).

Now the only thing left to do is wait.... for Santa!