Janae Says...

Good Decorations. I normally would decorate for Halloween the last week of September, but AJ has been celebrating Halloween for the past 11 months anyway. Seeing his excitement as we pulled stuff out on September 21 to decorate was so cute and fun. I'll take the extra week of decorations for him. I also got him some small pumpkin and ghost lights to hang around his crib. He is obsessed. I hope our street is fun for Halloween.  Audiobooks. I've been listening to my books at the gym (instead of music) and have gotten a lot more reading done that way. I started on my 9th book by the time September ended.  Garden. Lettuce, spinach, and carrots are coming up! It is exciting to watch. Frankly I was overwhelmed by the cucumber and tomatoes this whole summer, but I'm grateful that was the struggle and not the opposite. We barely got any strawberries, and bugs or birds helped themselves to several of them before they were ripe enough to enjoy. But it's been fun to plant, water, ...

9/1 was Labor Day. I always love having a Monday off. I went to the gym, which was frustratingly packed. We took AJ to the Aquarium, and he got very grumpy, so we brought him home, tried to feed him, and put him down for a nap. During his nap, I did some lunch prep. Matthew and I watched Andor. We realized during nap that AJ wouldn't be able to go swimming with his ears being treated for infection, and we knew we were in for it. He had a colossal meltdown after his nap when we broke the news to him. I took him to Midvale park to the splash pad, but it was turned off. I took him up to Sandy Amphitheater to that splash pad. He got a whole 20 minutes before they shut it down at 5pm for a concert. It's OK though, he was still happy with it, especially because someone started playing music from K-Pop Demon Hunters. After that we went home to change and went to Dollie's to meet with Jacob/Shelley and fam, Jarrett/Jenn and fam, Jacque/Steve and fam, and my MIL and her husband. It ...