Halloween

Every year I say the same thing about Halloween...but this one was the best one yet! The boys are both big enough to really enjoy it and Finley just snoozed away in her wrap. The days leading up to the big day we painted pumpkins, slept in spooky jammies and had Hocus Pocus on repeat {seriously you guys....I am so over that movie now!}

 

 

 

 

Halloween Eve was super rainy and washed all the paint off of Ryder and Gage's Pumpkins, but I am happy to report that the clouds cleared and the boys didn't totally lose their minds when they saw them.

 

 

This year Ryder was Optimus Prime, Gage was Bumble Bee and Fin was a little kitty. I'm hoping that next year I can think of a fun theme for the whole family and have all of us dress up together.

 

 

It was so nice letting Ryder and Gage run up to the doors all by themselves as we watched from the sidewalk. I did wave and mouth sorry to the houses that Gage rang the doorbell a million times or took an hour deciding on which candy to pick out of the bowl. But they acted like it was Christmas morning after each house they left. Seeing a Holiday through a child's eyes is the best thing ever.

Now that Halloween is over I'm trying really hard not to be that person who throws up their Christmas tree...like I usually am most years. I did however pull out our Christmas jammies...let me live a little okay! But for the most part you will only see a few Christmas posts sprinkled throughout the month until after Thanksgiving...Unless I go weak and give in and I will go ahead and apologize in advance for that now. :)

{ Boys Jammies // Gage's Bed Bumpers // Bedding // night light }

 

I'll try my best to enjoy these Fall colors until then. Update on this big girl coming up next! 

 

Hope you all had a great Halloween!

Family Pictures 2016

Another year of family pictures down and I have to say this shoot turned out to be my favorite. I'm not going to lie I was dreading pictures this year and thought about canceling them. Being only 10 weeks postpartum I was definitely not feeling ready but knew I'd regret having photos of the kids. {Even though Finley mean mugged the camera the entire shoot. }

I usually tend to lean more towards cool colors. Shades of blue against a grey barn is usually my jam, but this year we did rich warm colors to match some gorgeous fall leaves and I am in love!

Baby weight and postpartum hair loss have nothing on those cute little smiles! I can't wait to stick these on Christmas cards- which by the way is only 2 months away today! Gasp. 

Xo

October Around Here

I've decided that the whole month of October is so good for the soul. I don't know what it is about this month that makes the sunrises, storms and just the air so much better than the other months. Not to mention matching everyone's clothes to those beautifully colored leaves. 

My favorite part about this season is that the weather isn't too hot or too cold so we can stay outside literally all day long. We are so not ready to hunker down for the winter. Can it just be October year round??

Halloween is just about a week away, so we are declaring it Halloween week in this house. My boys have been obsessed with Monster House and Hocus Pocus, So much that I almost am getting sick of both movies. Almost. But we had our first Halloween party over the weekend and it officially got everyone hyped up for the big day. It is also Finley's first Halloween and I have to say that baby's first Holiday's are my absolute favorite! It makes it that much more special knowing she is our last baby - She's the cutest little kitty I've ever seen!

Follow us on Instagram @whitrichins to follow our Halloween shenanigans this week. Nothing could kick off this week better than the premier of The Walking Dead! Amiright?? Xo