octobers

Octobers are for a lot of things. They are for making you fall in love with fall all over again. They are for introducing colder weather without making you freeze your little (or big) booty off. They are for changing leaves that coincidentally mimic the inevitable life changes that come with the tenth month of the year. 

They are seeing friends off as they embark on adventures. That's my dear pal Chad and he just left to go on tour with The Head and the Heart. He'll be back in five weeks and I can't wait to hear all of his stories. 

Octobers are for making applesauce and using cute little measuring cups. I just love Russian dolls. Did you know that? I just think they are the cutest. Oh, and somehow a bunch of these apples ended up on some vanilla ice cream. It was delicious.

                                      

Octobers are for seeing surprise shows. This show was "The Blow." I didn't think I knew their music, but it turns out that I did. You probably do to. They put on the weirdest show I've ever seen and that's saying a lot because I saw Prince at Coachella. Prince has nothing on these women. 

One of my most favorite parts of Octobers are that it is completely acceptable, if not expected, that you bake anything and everything pumpkin. Those are pumpkin spice cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and a sprinkle of cinnamon. Heaven's to Betsy! I don't want to toot my own horn, but toot stinkin' toot. 

I do love October. I really do. I also love November and the cooler parts of late September. I just really love fall. If I could find a place where it felt like fall year round, I would probably spend the rest of my life living as happily as a person could be. 

we interrupt this broadcast to announce...

that I am going to be an aunt!

That little bean, in the sideways ultrasound (because for the life of me, I could NOT figure out how to rotate it), is my future niece or nephew! I found out today that my brother and his fiance are expecting. She's three months along and I can't wait to see her in two weeks! She's going to have the cutest little belly. I can't believe that we will be adding a little babe to the Novello family! This will be the first grandchild for my parents and I know it's a role that they will excel in! 
Isn't life just so exciting?