"Game On"

From the words of a friend, it is "Game On" in my house...baby C is moving! She has realized she can crawl and is trying more and more. She still gets frustrated with it and attempts to stand and walk. It will be interesting to see if she is going to master crawling or skip it in a little while for walking. I am so not ready for a moving baby...I have got to get a gate up fast! I am so nervous about CR's toys too! I will survive right?...this is not uncommon...babies don't normally get choked on siblings toys right???...can you tell I am stressed about this?!

Fun on the Farm

Today we enjoyed a little Fall festivities, something we haven't had a chance to do this Fall as much as normal and I would have liked...I can only squeeze so much into a month and all this Mickey Mouse stuff is taking priority. Anyways...we enjoyed a little QT time with Mema and Mammie today at a Farm in Lowry's at their Fall Festival.

I was attempting to get a good shot that matched her outfit...too bad I didn't have anything that wasn't too hot for some good orange pics!

She decides to check out the hay after checking out all the pumpkins...you can guess where it went next...her mouth

I think she thought the pumpkins were balls

He thinks he is too big to smile these days are something

But she makes up for it with her smiles!

Or he does this silly face...would have been a really cute pic if he would have smiled right

No farm would be complete without some animals

These small pumpkins were being shot from some sort of sling shot thing...when they were shot in air they were traveling about 300 mi/hr.

The cotton fields looked like they were covered with snow...a pretty site and nice change from city sites

The pumpkin patch

CR loved all the farm machines!

She loved the snow cone...she couldn't get enough of it. Think it has something to do with me craving snow cones my entire pregnancy...too weird but so cute to see her sling her arms and kick her feet while eating this...um, umm she was "saying". If you look carefully you will she her purple mustache.

CR going through the maze...I didn't feel like I needed to venture into the adult one/bigger one with 2 kids.

Good old school fun

He could have sat here all day...his favorite tractor

but we still had to try them all out

Having fun on the hay ride...baby C liked it too!

My sweet babies! It was nice to get away from "life" and enjoy the day with my kids in such a laid back place! I am looking forward to going back to this area for the Christmas parade in a few months. Today we passed by our tailgating place (where we like to set up and watch the parade...of course with some cooking/eating involved). I will have to find baby C some pink John Deere wear before then.

Calling All Pro Traveler's with Kids

For all you people that travel long distances with kids, I need your ideas on the best ways to keep CR occupied on our long trip to FL. He is so excited that I know we are going to hear "are we there yet?" at least 200 times and the already long trip is going to seem like eternity! So please...I am begging...send me some good ideas to keep him entertained so I will not be insane before we get there.

October is FINALLY HERE!

And the countdown is on til our Disney cruise for CR's 4th birthday! He has counted down the months forever and now he asks me at least twice a day when it is time to go. I am so excited about it too! I know he is going to have a great time and it will be a nice getaway. I will miss my baby girl SO much though! Now it is off to checking things off my to do list before the 17th arrives!

CR holding our cruise tickets the day they came in the mail.

On the Verge!

Baby C is on the verge of everything these days! She has teeth that are all but popping through the gums, she can make a few crawl movements before flopping down, she is pulling up on things (me mainly)...even standing a second or two without holding on to anything. She also has decided (thanks to Dada) that better food exists than baby food. Needless to say with all of these things, life in our house is very eventful right now. I am becoming more nervous about her movement/lack of our house being conducive for that, and I am becoming exhausted from a whiny baby with hurting gums...teeth just come through already! I am having to clean myself and the kitchen more, too, as she spits baby food at me each and every time I try to give it to her. While some of this makes more frustrating times and some exciting times, for sure they are all cherished memories that I am reminded of in Darius Rucker's song...It Won't Be Like this For Long. So I will cherish them all!