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Linking up with Jamie to share what I'm loving this Wednesday! It's a bit of a home decor edition - which is mostly what is on my mind right now (I wanted to go sofa shopping tonight, but it didn't rain enough to cancel Wyatt's soccer game). Anywho, here are some of my current interests...

 I love, love, love this sectional from Haverty's.  Our current couch is a sectional, but it doesn't all fit in our family room!  It also has some sharp pieces sticking out from where it's supposed to connect.  This sectional has the chaise that I love!

I also like this couch from Lazy Boy.  I'm not sure if I'm brave enough to go green, but I really like the big chair that matches this.  And I've actually tried this out.  It's really comfy.

This is the kitchen set that we both love.  It would look perfect in my kitchen, and I love the bench.  Our table is really tall, and I constantly worry that one of the kids is going to fall off.

But I also really love the look of this!  I've been thinking a lot of building a bench like this with storage underneath.  I think this is beyond cute!

I really need to find an area that a cute desk space like this would fit for me.  I've been thinking about using a corner in my room.  And I love this!

And finally - what's a new couch without a new pillow?  I adore this!  I obviously wouldn't want California since I don't live there - but it is awesome!

Hoping to pick out a new couch and have it delivered by Hudson's birthday party next week - but I that's a lot to ask!

Wordless Wednesday

LOVE HER!

Reese's First (Almost) Goal

Last week (and today too, actually) we had a conflict with Wyatt and Reese's games.  Brian took Reese to soccer, and Hudson and I took Wyatt to his baseball game.  I was really bummed because I missed her first attempt at really trying to play soccer.  I'm so proud of her for trying so hard!

She did a really great job!  Tonight we are splitting up again, and we're splitting them up that same way.  Wyatt stays focused on the game no matter what, and Reese definitely does a better job when her daddy is there to cheer her on!  They usually make it in time for the end of Wyatt's game anyway - and he has a game tonight, Wednesday and Saturday!  Busy, busy, busy!

Our Weekend

Like I mentioned, Wyatt had his first soccer game in 4 weeks yesterday.  4 weeks!  They had two weeks that were ruined by rain, and then they had two weeks off.  His baseball games have gotten in the way of his ability to attend soccer practice, but he was able to go to practice this past week and he finally had another game!

 Wyatt doesn't spend nearly as much time practicing or playing soccer, but he loves it.  He still has some ball hog tendencies though.  It usually works out in his favor when other kids (like his little sister) don't really want to play!

 This little cutie crawled on to the field (during snack time)!

 This was Wyatt last goal.  We had a court show down yesterday when his team played two of our neighbors! Ha!

After soccer we came home and I cleaned stalled, I worked on a few things around the house, and did some things for Hudson's party before my mom came over.  Brian and I went to see The Ides of March, which I thought was really, really good.  We went to the local movie theater/restaurant to see the movie, so we killed two birds with one stone.  Fortunately we have a plethora of passes for the place, so we get to see a lot of good movies!

After we gorged ourselves on pizza, we decided to take advantage of the sunlight that was left and went to a local park to walk.  The path around this lake is a mile and a half long, so hopefully we burned a few calories :).

 I always see this huge fish when we're on the highway, but I've never seen it up close before!

 It was beautiful, and really fun because the leaves are starting to change colors.  I'm definitely taking Reese because she loves to collect leaves!

 After the walk around the lake we went furniture shopping!  We saw a few couches that we like, but we saw a kitchen table that we love!  We'll have to revisit that at a later date.  Our sectional is in decent shape, but we need a new one because there are some sharp sections under the couch that could hurt the kids.  We'd like to move this huge couch upstairs and get a smaller sofa and a chair for the family room!

We spent today hanging out at home after a Target run this morning.  I also worked on the balloon wreath for Hudson's birthday party! A lot of cleaning took place - bathrooms, cabinets, laundry - I'm actually kind of exhausted!  But this little guy's smile certainly cheered me up!  Here he is playing "eek-boo" with Daddy!  His two new words this week are "eek-boo" and "whoa!"

I'm off to finish laundry now - it's picture day at school tomorrow, and Wyatt's clothes need to be ready in the morning!

Saturday Morning Bullets

• I'm bulleting this because I don't really want to write paragraphs.
• We just got home from Wyatt's soccer game.  He scored 6 goals.
• After the game we practiced saying "thank you," to people who congratulate you on a good game.  We're hoping that it will replace, "Yeah, I know."
• It's never too young to teach them good sportsmanship.  And the importance of being humble.
• I have a lot of cleaning to do right now before we go pick Brian up from the baseball fields.  Yeah, he decided to take on the role of Field Director.  Lots of fun field dragging takes place.
• A lot of cleaning.  I might be stalling.
• My mom is coming over this afternoon to watch the kids so Brian and I can have an afternoon together.
• Our afternoon together will probably include a movie, dinner somewhere, and furniture shopping.  We need a new sofa.
• Always make your room mates pay for damages that they cause to your brand new sofa when they move out. (Especially if it's noticeable that the couch is sagging in the place they always sat.  Just saying).
• We listen to the Foo Fighters in the car a lot. This is what Reese told me the other day: "Mom, Wyatt and I said 'whatever,' but only because Dave Grohl did.  We don't say 'whatever' to you.  Because that would be talking back.  But we're just singing."
• I need to look up movie times for the Ides of March.  George Clooney and Ryan Gosling probably made a good, quality film.  Because that's what's important when you're seeing a movie with George Clooney and Ryan Gosling.
• I have to go.  I really need to clean.

More Pumpkin Patch!

 This post has so many pictures it's ridiculous, but I couldn't choose which pictures to upload from our trip to the pumpkin patch on Sunday.  Before we went to the pumpkin patch we went and had family pictures taken at a local university.  Let's just say that getting pumpkins was a lot easier than getting three kids to cooperate with getting pictures taken!

 Reese and Hudson look precious, but my favorite part of this picture might be the way Wyatt is staring at them with a sad look on his face like no one invited him to sit with them.  He actually refused to go sit down at first.

 Daddy saved this picture by making faces in the background.  Hudson does not look amused.

 Wyatt wanted his picture taken with this cornstalk!

 Daddy and his boys!

 Me and Reese....and all her pumpkins.  I swear she was loading up pumpkins in our wagon faster than I could take them out.  Seriously, she had about 15 pumpkins in there at once!

 Like Brian said, there is no way you can take a bad picture of a baby surrounded by pumpkins!

 So cute!

 Mommy and Hudson!  On last year's trip I was so incredibly pregnant that I wouldn't allow Brian to take a picture of me, and this year he's almost a year old!

 Our big boy.  I can't believe that he is going to be 5 in five months!  So crazy!  He is also a ladies' man.  He has a little girl in his class that he loves to chase, and while she didn't respond nicely the first few weeks of school, they apparently play together all the time.  He talks about her constantly!

Reesie with her pumpkins.  A Daddy pumpkin, a Mommy pumpkin, and one each for Wyatt, Reese and Hudson.  This year we also decided to get one small pumpkin for Noelle at her "special place."

I love fall and all the fun things we get to do together this time of year.  We're hoping to make it to Busch Gardens this weekend to get at least on last trip in!

What I'm Loving Wednesday!

I am in love with the fact that I scheduled our trip to Disney World this week!  Instead of another stay at the Wilderness Lodge (which we absolutely love!), we will be staying at the Animal Kingdom Lodge this year!  Disney World during the holiday season is amazing (of course, I'd like for it to be warmer this year!) - and I'm totally ready to tackle the challenge of preserving our Christmas activities here in addition to our trip.  Of course, I'm also making a million lists now!

Brian and I both love Disney World, but I am so much more excited that Wyatt is going to have another chance to battle Darth Vader himself!

 And Reese will get to have another chance to chat with Ariel.

 That all three kids will get to hang out with Winnie the Pooh, since Hudson was only 4 weeks old on our last trip!

 And of course, we'll all get to hang out with Mickey Mouse!  I can't believe how tiny Hudson was in that little Moby wrap!

This time of year I always fall back in love with my pink Uggs.  I don't think I've ever worn them out of the house, but I love them as slippers.  Seriously.  I got them on clearance at TJ Maxx a few years ago for next to nothing, and I have loved them every fall and winter since!

I love my Target Ultimate Tees.  Is it ridiculous that I have two of these in white (and several other assorted colors)?  I love wearing my collection of cardigans and sweaters over them, and sometimes I'll throw on a scarf instead.  But being a stay at home mom, I like simple.  And things that are easy to wash!

And finally, I LOVE Wednesday!  Not only does it mark the halfway point of the week (and Brian's birthday is tomorrow!), but we also have a full night of my very favorite shows - Survivor, Modern Family, and The X Factor!

Kind of all over the place, I know, but that's what I'm loving this Wednesday!