Fall is here!

Well, kind of.

We went from record highs in the 90's to lows in the lower 50's over the weekend. It was breezy and the sky was perfectly clear - not a cloud in sight. Just beautiful.

So, I got out all our (my) fall decorations and put them up, made a mental note to buy a new Pumpkin Spice Yankee Candle jar, opened up all the windows, cooked up some home-made apple cider, and made a pot of chili for dinner.

I may have jumped the gun.

Today we're back to 80 degree weather.

But either way, I am so looking forward fall. And all the holidays the season brings. Thanksgiving has always been my favorite - partly because of the meaning behind it, and partly because of the enormous quantities of FOOD.

But this year, when I get up early to reheat the breakfast casserole, make coffee, and get ready for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Josh will already be there. I'll coax him out of bed onto the couch to watch the parade with me, and although he'll probably sleep through it anyway, it will still be just the two of us. Well, and Abby of course. She'll be asleep as well, curled up right beside him on the couch.

And for Christmas, when I wake up extra early, say around 9am (ya... I know) because I'm so excited for the day, Josh will already be there. We'll open our stockings, exchange presents, watch Abby tear up Christmas paper, eat cinnamon rolls, drink eggnog (well, that will just be me)... and it will be just us. Our little family.

I expressed all this to Josh a couple nights ago over our chili dinner with the windows open to the cool air outside. Of course, he doesn't understand my sentimentality about it all, and that's OK. I think women get much more emotionally connected to holidays and things of this nature - the nesting/nurturing side of females that comes out. Or, maybe it's just me.

I just know I am so, so excited for all of these "firsts" as our own little "family" this year.

It's these memories that I was so excited about making with Josh once we got married. We always said that we looked more forward to "being married" rather than the actual wedding and wedding day itself. And that part Josh does understand and completely agrees.

So here's to fall, hoping it comes quickly and decides to stick around awhile. Cheers.

Josh, Kim & Abby