October

     We have had a busy month of pumpkin patches, illness, house hunting, house disappointments and halloween festivities.  Yet I don't feel very interesting today so I'm mostly going to post pictures.

     We went to a different pumpkin patch than normal, with mom and Michelle, Hudson and Coco.  It was fun but a little confusing to navigate.

I'm pretty sure this is supposed to be a tree dude from Lord of the Rings.  So I took a picture for Matt. Notice Adrian at the bottom.

In the middle of the picture is a David Bowie chicken.  Check out his mane thing.  I'm not sure what he really is called but look at him!

At my parent's house, watching Sophie eat.  He just sat there and watched and she didn't care.  I stood there with him, don't worry.

Cuffed jeans on babies are to die for.

     In my last post I talked about how we were going to bid on a house; we lost the bid.  We had a different house that we bid on a couple weeks later which would have been perfect, but we lost that bid too.  So the search continues.  We have our eye on one right now that's right across from a park.  We are going to look into how much it will cost to make repairs before we put an offer in on it.

This is an adorable lion jacket I bought because I assumed it would be cold at the pumpkin patch.

     Matt and I went to Vala's pumpkin patch with some of our friends who go every year.  We had Matt's parents babysit Adrian because he is no fun in public right now.  He just wants to crawl around and eat whatever is on the floor.  I think he enjoyed being at his grandparent's house more anyway.  We only took a couple pictures and they aren't very good.  So no pictures for you.

     Yesterday was my birthday so my mom made a cake and Michelle decorated it.  It was beautiful and delicious!  Matt had to work so we are going out for my birthday tonight.  I keep seeing commercials for Olive Garden that look delicious so we might go there.  I'm not very adventurous.

     I finished Adrian's Halloween costume, which is Charlie Brown.  He looks so cute!  Tomorrow we are going to a nursing home with my MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) group and the residents are going to pass out candy to the kids.  So at least he will get some use out of his costume.

Happy Halloween everyone!

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!