Another Pumpkin Patch

This morning we visited a farm not far from our house. We've gotten pumpkins straight from the vine from their incredibly vast pumpkin patch for the past two years. We met our friends there and the weather was gorgeous - sunny and blue skies.

The Girl had fun with her sweet friend 'A' traipsing through the field inspecting various pumpkins and climbing a grassy embankment bordering the patch to get a glimpse of the river.

Baby Sister was the cutest lil pumpkin in the entire patch and slept through all of the activity.

Early Birds

These are my early birds this morning (this picture was taken about 2 hours ago - 5:45), neither of which went back to sleep. Sigh. I fear my leisurely mornings of sleeping in until 9:00 are quickly becoming only a distant memory...I'm in serious trouble!

Eyes for Daddy!

Baby Sister has eyes for her Daddy and at night she falls asleep instantly in his arms...too bad that those deep blue eyes pop open as soon as he lays her down.

Two Weeks

Here it is October 12th...Baby Sister's due date and she is already two weeks old. I can't even fathom what the last two weeks would've been like without her, nor can I imagine having been pregnant for another two weeks. What would we have been doing for the past two weeks had she not come early? Would the house have been cleaner? Would we have gotten the Girl a dresser so that we could move the changing table into the Baby's room? Would the horribly unorganized and messy office be clutter free? Does any of that really matter? Priorities become clearly defined with the addition of a new, sweet Baby to love.

Friday Fun

We took the girls to a pumpkin patch where we met our friends. Ah, possibly my favorite event of the fall...and the Girl's too. She loves to pick out pumpkins and had a wheelbarrow full before we made her narrow it down to just two - one of which was actually a squash. In addition to the pumpkins there were tractors, bouncy houses, hay and train rides and popcorn.

Daddy's Girls

Need I say more?

ADORED

A week has passed since the birth of Baby Sister and it seems as though she has always been a part of our family. The Girl A-D-O-R-E-S her and has been a bit of a 'baby hog' ever since we brought Baby Sister home from the hospital. The Girl loves to hold, play and most recently, read to her Baby Sister. This morning she woke up and came walking into the bathroom where J and I were getting ready for the day, the first and only words out of her mouth were, "Where is my Baby Sister?" When we told her that Baby Sister was downstairs with Grandma she immediately turned and walked out the door without another word to either of us. Who needs parents when you have a Baby Sister to love?!

Show & Tell

Baby Sister made her first public debut today since coming home from the hospital...she was the main attraction of show and tell at the Girl's preschool this morning. The Girl has been talking constantly all week about wanting to take her Baby Sister to school to show all of her friends. Unfortunately, she thought that Baby Sister was going to spend the entire morning in the classroom with her and was quite disappointed to learn that we would bring Baby Sister at the end of class and just in time for show and tell.