oh where, oh where...

...has my little blog gone?  Oh where, oh where can it be?  

(Yep, I have a toddler now and we listen to songs like that on vinyl a lot.  I've enjoyed re-learning these old children's nursery songs...they were stuck way back in my memory somewhere and its fun to have them be a part of my life again!)  But really, I miss my blog too.  Or blogging rather.  I've been a little overwhelmed these days by: 1-taking care of a busy toddler/baby, and 2-getting an iPhone.  Hub recently made the leap for both of us (we were holdouts until he lost his phone somewhere in New Mexico on a business trip) and now I've become a little obsessed with it and with instagram.  I never thought I'd want one, but now that I have one I really really like it.  And instagram seems to me like a nice, quick, micro-blogging sort of format...which is perfect and about all that I can manage for my busy life right now.  (Although most everyone can't see those photos so its a little bit pointless except for the personal satisfaction I get from it right now!)  It's such a quick, easy way to capture little wonderful life moments...which have seemed to multiply since having this amazing little boy.  At 15+ months, everything is new and fun now.  Going to the apple orchard, taking him on a little Fall hike, playing with cousins, going on a picnic, holding a color crayon!  Everything is a new adventure for him, and therefore for me too!  We've been enjoying the last bits of nice weather and spending as much time as we possibly can outside before the long winter months hit...making things with homegrown tomatoes (a lot of things! salsa, sauces, soups, oh my!)...taking little trips (up the shore, to the Cities)...and I've been trying to feed my creative side when I have a few moments (knitting in the car, making homemade cards in the evening).  Life is so full and good right now.  I feel so thankful to spend each day with my little guy, and I know that although some days seem entirely too long, each one, each week goes by entirely too fast.  So prioritizing what I need to do/what needs to get done is more important than ever now.  Being present for him in each moment, soaking in all his little boy wonder, and tending to my family...which is such a gift, such a blessing...are top priorities for me. So in the meantime, while my blog lays a little dormant, thought I'd share some of my instagram photos to fill in the gaps.