We have been really sick and lazy around here and things seem to be moving at a snail’s pace, although it’s the middle of October.  It seems like I just put the first of the month post up two days ago and now I have to think about Halloween.  The quick passage of time never really bothered me before:  can’t wait to be sixteen, eighteen, twenty-one, married, a mom.  Every year got me closer to something I wanted.  But now that I have a child I find myself desperately trying to slow down.  Like trying to hold light in your hands.  She grows so fast.  Within two weeks she has gone from dragging herself around to crawling to pulling herself up to standing to turning away from the table thinking she might walk.  Sigh.  Children never really belong to us, they are their own.

She helped me clean out her closet (i.e. eat tags and hangers, plow through piles, and tip over laundry baskets) the other day in search of winter clothes that will fit her.  I folded and put away her summer clothes; tiny socks and dresses, sun hats, shorts and rompers.  So little.  I cried.  What if she’s my only girl?  My only child?  I hope not.

Ah, move on Andria, because she isn’t waiting for you.  Que sera, sera.

So now for some favorite things for this week:

Polyvore. Highly addictive. I found this site last year and like to mess around with it.  I used it this week to put together outfits for me and Evelyn for my cousin Ingrid’s wedding tomorrow. (Don’t ask me what Scott is going to wear because I don’t dress him, only helpful suggestions.)

Modcloth.  I love this store, great pieces. I should have these cute shoes by this afternoon.

Lastly, my new Cuisinart mini food processor and Beaba freezer tray.

Evelyn is starting to eat chunkier foods these days and I’m trying to get better about making her meals.  I know it seems silly, but I would really like a baby food cook book for some ideas, or be directed to some websites if anyone knows of good ones.

Have a good weekend!