Fall Fun 2012

Holden and I were supposed to go to a Fall Festival yesterday, but with the lovely impending Hurricane Sandy, mommy spent most of the morning working.  But we managed to get there in enough time to ride the 4-wheeler train, see the pony rides and kick and scream our way to NOT enter the jump house.  I guess he is not into bounce houses just yet.  And it was even one for little kids.  But we had fun either way.

And today we enjoyed a nice breakfast and then some fun in the cool sunny weather at the Pumpkin Patch!



Waiting on the hay ride



Looking at the horses

 

 

Loads of fun on our Family Fun Day!

And last, but certainly not least.....Holden has a secret

Well, although normally he is all over telling you "yes" I am going to be a Big Brother, and "yes" Mommy is having a baby, Big Brother Holden was not as cooperative with the announcement.  But Chuck and I are very excited to finally share our news with everyone!  Baby H2 will arrive at the end of April and we couldn't be more blessed and elated to make our family of 3 a family of 4.

Mommy and Baby are doing well

SePtEmBeR/OcToBeR 2012

Although there will be more to come for October, as we have lots planned over the next few weeks here are just a few things we've been doing:

This will be the last year that we attend the State Fair on our usual Columbus Day holiday.  When it was just Chuck and I, it wasn't all that bad as most of what we wanted to see, hear and do was not occupied by 1000 of kids that were out of school for their fair day.  But now that we have Holden, we'll have to rethink our Fair day.  The lines for everything were awful, but we made the most of it non the less and had a really good day at the fair.

Holden had his first train ride experience, we decided to avoid the traffic and took the DCTA train this year.  Holden LOVED the train, especially as we would arrive at each stop and the engineer would blow the train horn.  This might be something we add to our annual Fair day.

Not only did Holden get to have his first train ride, but he also got his first pair of CowBoY bOoTs!  I always thought it was cute when little boys would wear boots with anything and everything.  Now of course, I'm the mom with the son that wants to wear his boots with everything.  But he is just too cute NOT to let him do it.

Just FYI- he does have on his diaper

And finally, Holden went to the dentist this past week and man, they didn't have dentist offices like this when I was a kid.  They had a waiting room for kids, one especially for adults.  Tons of games, books and toys to play with.  Holden got to tour the office, see all the many tropical fish tanks and after his exam he got to pick a prize from the huge toy box!  And above all, the staff was amazing and Holden has beautiful, healthy teeth.

I know this picture does not really support my post, this was taken after all the fun stuff when Mommy was trying to make him sit in the chair when he wanted to stand and slide down it.

Catch Up

Wow!  Time has flown by, I actually had to re-learn how to update my blog!  And the last blog I had was from May.  You would think that we had a busy summer, but we really didn't do anything exciting.  But chasing after a toddler and working, keep us pretty busy.  Here are just a few of the highlights:

Backyard sprinkler fun

Love the swings at Kids Kastle

Kiddie pool at Grammy's

Chilled watermelon to keep you cool

Yes, I'm the parent who let my kid play in the fountains

Watching some fireworks

Mommy's date to Kristin and Brandon's wedding in Giddings, TX

First haircut at Cool Cutz

Motorboatin' with The Davis' (Lake Whitney)

Jacie's 4th Birthday party

More fun in the sun

Splash Park fun!

Popsicle to keep cool

Mommy's Birthday Girls Night Out- August

After my 2nd Cool Cutz haircut

Daddy's 40th Birthday (Sept. 2012)

That pretty much sums up our summer of fun 2012.