We're in the waiting time of my cycle so nothing to report on infertility. Next week I'll be in San Jose for my best friend's wedding (I'm the co-maid of honor!) so (in)Fertility Friday will pick up in a couple weeks!

We've been hitting Disneyland up hard the last couple of days which is always fun. Yesterday after Blair's nap I decided to do some crafting with her after getting inspired on Pinterest. I chose a couple simple Halloween projects and the Candy Corn Mosaic is the one that turned out the cutest. Take a look!

Materials: black paper, white crayon, yellow/orange/white scrap paper, glue stick, scissors

Honestly if you are looking for some free time from your toddler, this kept her occupied for quite a while. She only really needed my help adding sections of glue (if you do it all at once it dries too fast). Cutting up the colored squares took me no time and drawing the candy corn on black paper with a white crayon was a cinch. I glued one of each color in the correct spot so she knew what went in each section. The rest was history! She had fun and I got some dishes/kitchen cleaning accomplished. Win-win! You'll have to let me know if you guys try this at home this weekend!

Blog life has been slow around here lately...aka I've been spending too much time at Disneyland (insert smiling teeth clenched emoji here). As a matter of fact we are there again today...two days in a row! And all I have to show for my Anaheim visits are a picture of Blair at Chic-Fil-A (not in Anaheim). Sigh. You can't win all the blogging posts!

I'll get back on the blog train soon I promise! ;)

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I mentioned yesterday that we visited our friend's coffee shop, Arcade Roasters, last weekend for some lattes, pour overs, and cold brews (and donuts!). It was super fun hanging with our friends while the kids hyped up on pumpkin donuts (I ate most of Blair's after I ate my own). Check his coffee out over HERE. If you're hipster you're gonna love it. ;)

Have you had your coffee yet today? I bet I know the answer to that question. ;)

We had a weekend of fun and rain and both of those things make me happy! First we went to Disneyland without our munchkins (minus the newborn) to celebrate a friend's birthday. After we left the park we went to the Anaheim Packing House and had some BOMB cajun food. I can't wait to go back and try some of the other restaurants they have there too!

Poor M had to come straight from work. One of the cast members said he looked really nice today. Hahahahahah

On Saturday morning we had coffee at our friend's roastery along with some Sidecar donuts. My day could have been complete after that but that evening we went to the pumpkin patch with my family. Blair had a crazy tantrum at dinner so we had to forgo the pony ride this time. Sigh. We're headed back there again today to go with some friends from church so we will see if she gets to ride one this time... Isn't discipline fun?!

My cutie nephew who's family is expecting TWINS in spring!

Of course she picked out a pumpkin for Dirty Baby.

Blair's shirt: Carter's, pants: vintage Carter's, boots: Old Navy. My dress: Target, boots: vintage Sam Edelman, necklace: Kendra Scott

The goats were actually super naughty this year and did a lot of jumping to get after the food. B didn't like that one bit and spent most of the time koala-bearing any adult that would let her. Poor thing.

Sunday was a lazy day indoors because we had some RAIN! We played with lots of duplos, watched some Angelina Ballerina on Netflix and cooked some dinner in the crock pot. I would say that fall is finally here but it's supposed to be 99 here again by the end of the week. So, Booooooo. 

Blair wore her Peruvian sweater from Gramma. How cute is it?!

How was your weekend? Seems like everyone on Instagram hit up the Pumpkin Patch too! Did you?

Medical
M and I had our blood drawn last week to prove we don't have infectious diseases so we could do IUI today. Turns out Kaiser couldn't process our results fast enough so we had to forgo IUI this month. I'm actually not broken up about it. Less money to spend and we will get the results in time for our IVF consultation at the end of October. I did have an ultrasound done yesterday to see if my eggs (2!) were mature and they were nice and fat. I had one on the left and one on the right...go me! So the nurse gave me my HCG shot in the tush and they expect me to release the eggs in the next 24-36 hours.

Before I left my appointment one of the head honcho doctors called me into his office. I think he called me in because he saw that I requested that my medical records be sent to another fertility clinic. He's not stupid...he knows we're shopping around for the best price and the highest success rates. He said he wanted to review my file and when he did he said there's no reason for me to be in there. He can't believe I'm only 31 and am struggling to get prego. He said there's no reason for this...that I'm young, healthy, and have already had one child. Preach, doctor, preach! All of this to say that he swears with just one IVF cycle I'll be pregnant. If I had money for every time a doctor told me I would be pregnant soon...

He wants our business. I know that. So, he offered us some free testing for M (one last check) and said if we aren't prego after this month he wants to review our case one more time. AKA he doesn't want us to go somewhere else. M and I feel like the ball is in our court now. We're planing on going in there with guns blazing and telling him that we found a cheaper place with a higher success rate. It's amazing how bold you get when you want a kid. ;) Time to put on my bartering hat!

Emotional
I've had a lot of pregnancy announcements this week, all from good friends and one extra special announcement that my sis-in-law is having TWINS!!! And I have to say I'm truly happy for each one. This is surely grace from the Lord. I think I'm so hopeful about IVF that I'm choosing to be positive and not compare my life to others around me. My time will come. I'm confident God hasn't forgotten about me. I know He has a good and perfect plan for me. And I know when our time does come I'm going to be a puddle on the floor, weeping over how good He is. I just can't wait for that!

Spiritual
This week Romans 1:21 really spoke to me, "For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened." This was a good reminder to me to thank God even in the hard times. I don't want my heart to grow hard/bitter/resentful and one way to avoid that is to be grateful every day for what I've already been blessed with.

I realize it's OK to have the occasional pity party but I don't want to live my life in a constant state of depression. It takes work, but with God's help I know I can fight against this and that the Holy Spirit will bring me peace. 

And with that we are headed to Disneyland tonight to celebrate a friend's birthday...yippee! We're hanging with my family a bit this weekend and headed to a pumpkin patch. All things to be happy about. I hope you all have a great weekend!

It's no secret we love a good holiday over here and since today is October 1st we busted out some festiveness. :) The other day I was at Target and stumbled upon the cutest Halloween washi tape...I had to have it! Of course when I brought it home M rolled his eyes over my can-only-use-once-a-year tape. Hey, six bucks ain't gonna break the bake, Scrooge. ;) Here's what we created...

We decided to make a complete treat package and add some cookies to the mix. I just use the Betty Crocker sugar cookie bag mix and make my own royal frosting. You can get the recipe and directions for that HERE. The card is super easy...I just added washi tape to a blank card that I bought as a box set at Michaels. I use them for every occasion and really save some money from spending $5 for each present I give. And *bonus* Blair and a couple of her friends were over while I was doing this and they LOVED the tape (and they were boys!). These would be great stocking stuffers...always planning ahead. ;) Happy Thursday!

Over the weekend we rang in fall at Riley's Farm. It's a local apple farm that puts on a huge spread for dinner and then performs the Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The play is pretty cheesy but the food, contests, dancing, and hay ride make up for it. Clearly based on what we are wearing in the pictures the fall weather hasn't arrived yet...

They have a seed spitting competition along with apple eating, pumpkin carving, and pie eating contests. There was about 10 of us in our group and we almost swept the competition entirely. We were basically robbed from the pumpkin carving contest. : /

Her snail even had a trail of pumpkin seeds!

Have you done anything festive for fall yet? I still want to take Blair to the apple picking orchards and the huge pumpkin patch that's close by. Maybe make some fall cookies and donuts too?! So much fun so little time...