Vala's Pumpkin Patch

   

       
    Last weekend we went to Vala's with my friends.  It was fun going out with all four of the kids.  They look so cute next to each other.

     Adrian liked the hay and wanted to crawl around the whole time.  He was filthy by the end.  I tried letting him play in the corn pit but he just wanted to eat it.  So mostly he either rode the stroller around or made me hold him.  We watched the pig race and Adrian and Anakin's strollers were side by side.  They held hands for a few seconds, which was adorable:

     We rode the hay rack ride and Adrian liked the tractor the was pulling us.  He got mad towards the end and I had to distract him with food.  Always food.  After a little while the high school crowd started trickling in.  We noticed that 90% of the girls were wearing leggings as pants.  I didn't realize that was such a strong trend right now and it made all of us feel really old.  In my day, you covered your ass.

     It was hard without Matt because Adrian was fighting me when I tried to put him in the stroller, so I had to carry him around most of the time.  My friends were helpful but I always feel like a single mom when they have their spouses and I'm alone.  I'll make sure Matt can go with us next year because I think I would enjoy it more.  I did have fun though, and Adrian had a blast.  He was passed out in the car on the way home.

     Matt, Adrian and I will go closer to Halloween so we can have a family outing and take more pictures of Adrian with pumpkins, and go through the Pumpkin Mine.

     Adrian is standing by himself, and then taking 2 or 3 steps forward.  He is doing so well and will be walking any day!

Countdown to fall

    It is taking everything I have not to put out my fall wreath and buy some mums right now.  Only 9 days until fall starts!  I am so excited.  Fall is my favorite season.  I love the colors of the leaves, and pumpkins, baking pies, wearing long sleeves and jeans, and the holidays are just around the corner.  I think Adrian will appreciate the season a lot more this year.  He needs to start walking so he can fully participate!  I will love it if he is walking at least a little when we go to Vala's Pumpkin Patch.

     Speaking of my little angel

This is what he has been up to lately:

He likes to pull every dvd and book off of the shelf.  Then they get stepped on.  Don't worry, the shelf is tied down.

Note the Cheerio on his head

 I put a napkin on top of his head and he laughed and took it off.  Then he put it back on his head.  Monkey see monkey do!

 I gave him pasta and peaches.  He ate all of the peaches and threw the pasta overboard.  This boy loves fruit.

For Grandparent's day I made framed scrapbook pages with Adrians handprint and poems.  Matt helped me pick out the items for his parents' gift:

For Grandma and Papa Carlson:

Nona and Grandpa Bobby John:

Getting these handprints was a lot of work.  I ended up sticking his high chair in front of Kipper so he would be distracted.  Voila!

Daria

This is the Daria reference I made in my last post:



That is all.

Date Night

     Adrian is better and has his appetite back.  As hard as it is to chase him and clean up after him all day, it sure beats seeing him sick and crying every couple hours because he feels so awful.

     This weekend Matt and I went on a date.  Matt's parents watched Adrian and we went to a hibachi grill.  It's a fun place to have a date, but both of us were a little nervous because we had three other couples at our table that we didn't know.  They were nice though.  The whole time I was dreading the part that always happens: when they throw shrimp so you can catch it with your mouth.  To me, this is gross and inappropriate in a restaurant.  It doesn't bother me when other people do it, but I don't want to.  Call me a prude, call me a party pooper, I will own that. I have all kinds of hang ups.  The list would be very long. So when the time came he asked if I was ready:

Me: "I don't want to, I don't like shrimp"
Him: "That's okay" (proceeds to take some of my chicken instead)
Me:"I just don't want to do it at all, it grosses me out"
Him: "Are you sure?  Just try it" (starts to get ready to toss)
Me: "I'll duck" "have you ever seen Daria?"
Him: "party pooper" (turns to Matt and says something about feeling sorry for him, in a joking way)
Matt:"Help me."

So even though I'm LAME everyone else had fun.  The food was delicious and I got my fried rice kick for the week.

After this we were going to walk around the outdoor mall, but we took so long trying to find a parking spot that we gave up.  So next we went to a comic book store because I agreed to it beforehand.  I ended up getting the first comic of Buffy from season 8 and Matt got nothing, so who's the nerd now?  I've read what happens in the comics and it gets insane and I refused to accept any of it as cannon.  I've decided to give it a chance.

After the comic book store we got ice cream and parked and talked while we ate it.  Was our date like a high school date?  I don't care, it was nice.

On Friday we were supposed to go to a concert at a vineyard but it got cancelled.  So we played video games together.  I suck at current video games.  There are too many buttons!  I can't keep up.

     Adrian has started this new thing where he squeezes his fingers in and out like he's milking a cow.  He uses both hands and it means "come here" "pick me up" or "give me that food".  I think he learned it from Matt, who motions "come here" with his fingers in a similar fashion.  It's so cute, I'll have to get a video.  Of Adrian, not Matt.