september scrapbook
It has been another busy month in our household. I love writing and posting to this bloggy-blog of mine, but it is hard for me to keep up with it as much as I wish I could between work and time with my family. So here is a little roundup of the last month or so of what has been going on in our lives.
As some of you know, I graduated from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, once upon a time. I now work in downtown very close to the school, and I try to stay as involved as I possibly can there. Because I was a student once. And when I was a student, I wanted to know how all the professionals I looked up to got to do what they do. I am asked to participate in a variety of activities periodically at FIDM, the most recent actually being late last month where I went to the campus to speak to a group of the Premier Product Development students about what I do and my career path. It was fun to meet the fresh young faces and learn more about what the school is doing now with more advanced programs that were never available when I went there. So, if you want to read more about my visit there, my career path, and see a really bad mug shot of me, check it out here on the FIDM blog.
At the beginning of the month, we went to Colorado for my niece’s wedding. First of all, let me just explain that I am not that old to have a niece who just got married. She is my oldest half sister’s daughter and my baby sister is the same age as my niece. You may want to read that again. Are you still with me? Weird, I know, but important to me that you know I am not that old. ; )
We always love going back to Colorado because both my husband and I both grew up there. Even though Colorado will always hold a place in my heart (of course, since our families are both still there), I do not think we will ever move back there. I only say this because everyone always asks. Yes, it is hard to raise a young family without extended family around to help. Sometimes really hard. Sometimes my husband and I look at each other and think “what the hell are we doing?” Here, in this big city. In our careers. With our lives. But then we look at those angel faces and we just keep doing what we do so that they can be as fortunate someday as we have been so far in life. I personally love this city and all the opportunities it has given us. We have built a good network of lifelong friends here, even if they are not blood family. And someday we will figure out all the answers to all those hard questions and life will be perfect. Maybe. But probably not.
The week we were in Colorado was actually the first week of my big A’s preschool. But he goes year round, and it is his second year there, so we felt ok about him missing the first week. Still, the beginning of the school year is a marker on time that has me feeling sentimental. He is such a good kid and is growing up so fast, it astounds me. I love watching his little personality continuously emerge, his brain making connections, learning things for the first time, and his imagination blooming. It all just makes my heart burst with pride.
Oh and another time marker: this little thing turned ten months old this month. I just wish I could pause time for a little while to really enjoy these moments even more.
It has been so hot here all month, as you know if you live in Southern California. Now that the month is nearly over, we are looking forward to cooler temps (finally), falling leaves, and the approaching of some of my favorite holidays. Thanks for reading! More sentimental mommy posts coming your way soon…
Oh, and if you follow me on Instagram, you may have noticed I am way into baby fashion right now. If you want all of baby A’s outfit sources, check me out over on IG and tap each pic there for all sources tagged!
