Virgin Islands

I just couldn't have a post without a couple of pics of my sweet baby girl! I took these two the day before we left for St. Thomas and probably looked at them a thousand times during our trip.

The amazing girls I got to spend the week with!

A friend took this pic while we were there and shared it with me. This was taken from our hotel. It looks like a postcard!

We toured St. John and it was the clearest water I've ever seen!

Nikki and I at the farwell dinner. So glad I got to spend time with this girl! She's so much fun!!


The guys snorkling at St. John.

The whole gang!

Out to dinner at Fishtails.

The infinity pool overlooking the beach at the Ritz. So beautiful!

Overlooking St. John

Matt and I had the opportunity to go to the Virgin Islands mid October. Matt works so hard and because of his efforts he earned this trip through his company! His company paid for our flight and stay at the Ritz Carlton so as hard as it was to think about leaving our sweet girl for five days, we couldn't pass it up. We went to St. Thomas and it was the most beautiful place I'd ever been. We went with some other couples from his company that also qualified for the trip and we had so much fun hanging out with them! It was such a fun group of people and I'm so glad I got to spend time with them. It was weird not having to think about feeding and nap times and I really missed Mattilee but it was great for Matt and I to get to spend some time together. Mattilee spent the first part of the week with my parents and the second half with Matt's parents. She did great! Both grandparents said she was perfect, so hearing that helped when I would call to check on her. I also got them to text me pics periodically so I could see what she was up to. I'm really glad that both sets of grandparents got to spend lots of quality time with her and I know they are too!

Fall Fun

We went to the pumpkin patch with our small group and had so much fun!

Here's Matti with her pumpkins:)

Petting Zoo!

I made this dress for her and my sweet friend Courtney monogrammed it. I'm hoping that at Christmas time I can put a red shirt underneath and maybe in the spring a pink shirt. As long as she doesn't grow too quickly we should be able to get a few good wears out of it.

She's getting to be such a big girl!

The picture below is of the kiddos from our small group at the pumpkin patch, minus a few.

Matti and Willa are a little outnumbered by our boys:)

This is a picture of my twin brother Pat and his sweet fiance Ashley at a wedding shower for them. They are getting married Nov. 20th; just another reason this fall is so much fun!

Mattilee is now 7 months old. Everyday is so much fun with this little angel. Her fun little personality is showing more and more each day. Her latest thing is to get on her hands and knees and rock back and forth. She usually ends up scooting backwards. I feel like she's going to crawl any day now. Matt and I are going on a trip soon and leaving her with my mom for half of the time and Matt's mom for the other half. I told them not to let her practice crawling too much or if she crawls to just not tell me about it so I'll think she did it at home with us for the first time:)

Fall is such a great time of year! I love the sounds and colors of fall and since Mattilee loves to be outside the nice weather makes it so much more enjoyable. We've already had so much fall fun and it's only the first of October!