You know you're not a newlywed anymore when. . .

. . . your wedding gifts start breaking.

Something is up with our toaster. The coils get so hot that a bright orange light shines from inside and anything that's in there for more than a couple of seconds starts on fire. Time to replace it.

A couple of weeks ago, the floor lamp in our living room just stopped working. It's not the lightbulb - definitely something electric and too complicated for us to figure out. Thankfully, we had an extra floor lamp upstairs.

A few weeks before that, our VCR broke. Andy and I rarely used it, but we had some tapes that Bella liked to watch. Oh well. We have plenty of DVDs.

My Moms Club had a Halloween party this week. Here's Bella in her costume. My sister bought this for her and it's really cute. She'll get two more wearings out of it as our playgroup has a party on Tuesday and then we'll go trick-or-treating on Friday night. Bella was definitely eyeing up the treats beforehand. One of the moms brought these fun Halloween straws. . . or as Bella discovered, whistles. I don't think they were meant to be whistles; but once Bella discovered the fun sound she could make with them, it was all we heard for the rest of the day.We made a baby purchase!!! Here's what the crib bedding for the baby's room looks like. Back when we had Bella, we lived in a one-bedroom apartment and Bella slept in a pack-n-play in the corner of our bedroom. There was no bedroom to put together. This time around, the baby definitely has its own space. We've been waiting to purchase this because I had a coupon for Babies R' Us that was only good through certain October dates. Now that we've gotten the bedding, we can finally settle on a color for the walls. After the painting is done, I think the room will come together pretty quickly. SIXTH ANNIVERSARYPUMPKIN FARM