Weekend in Review

This weekend we traveled to Charlotte, yes again. We had to take some mattresses down and we got to celebrate Ryan's birthday (a few weeks late). Hailey got to ride down with Ryan in the truck and she was thrilled, to say the least. Now every time we go somewhere, she asks if she can ride in Daddy's truck.

We had to run to the mall while we were there and of course to Hailey that means she can ride the carousel. This time she had an extra surprise because Mimi let her ride the train too! She wanted to ride in the "engine" but only the driver was allowed to so she settled for the caboose.

She loved it!
Then of course we had to play with Mimi's toys. This time she found a horse to ride! It was a little too big for her but silly girl still made it work. Her favorite place to play at Mimi's house is on the screened in porch and patio. And we can't forget Bobo watching her. He follows her around wherever we are in the house. They love each other.

That night Rebecca and Pawpaw came over for dinner to celebrate Ryan's birthday. Check out sneaky girl with the cake as we were waiting to sing happy birthday...

Ha! You would've thought we were singing to her with how excited she got during the birthday song and Daddy blowing out the candles.

 Saturday morning we went to my parents' house. Ryan said as they drove up Hailey said, "That's Grams' house. See the rocks on it?" (bricks) This girl doesn't miss anything! She got to try her hand out at hammering nails while we were there,

and crazy girl wanted to swim! We didn't let her in at first, but then it got to be like 85 degrees (no joke) so we stripped her down and let her put her feet in...then it went to this

She wasn't fazed at all!
We had a little concert before we left consisting of the ABC's and "Only a Boy Named David" too!

We had a great weekend in Charlotte again! And Hailey and I will be back in a few days!

Side note: Hailey is now obsessed with The Lion King. It is the only movie she has ever watched so my mom got her a Simba. She has.not.put.it.down! Did you notice it in the hammering picture? Well now she wants a hyena, and a hairbrush! She says she wants to brush his hair but she will be careful not to let it bite her fingers. I'm pretty sure the hyenas are her favorite part of the movie. It's so strange to me...I think they're scary. She also says that she needs a piggy bank to save up her money to buy the hyena and hairbrush because she doesn't have enough! Ha! Daddy's lessons on saving are wearing off on her. Das is so proud too!

 Here she is snuggling with Simba before bed one night. He now sleeps with her and Hippo.

And Simba had to ride in the car with us to church yesterday too.

Silly girl loves The Lion King! Too bad we can't find any Lion King toys or movies because it's in the Disney vault...Oh well, Christmas is still a few months away...maybe by then...

Pumpkin Patch

This weekend we visited the pumpkin patch. We went to one close by our house and they had so much to do! There was a corn pit, big hay slide, animals, hay ride and pumpkin picking and a corn maze (which we didn't do). We even saw some neighbors/friends there! Which we weren't expecting but we had a blast hanging out together and seeing the kids experience fall together.

Hailey says her favorite was the corn pit. It took her a few minutes to warm up to it because it was so deep that it was hard to walk in, but then she didn't want to get out!

Our friend, Linsley, took this one. What a perfect shot!

After convincing Hailey to get out of the corn pit, we looked at the animals and played on the hay slide and tunnel. Here are Ryan and Hailey being silly.

My clowns! Linsley took this one too.

Then we went on the hayride! Hailey just wanted to throw hay, which wasn't quite going to happen. We tried to keep a tight reign on her, but I have to admit, the people behind us did get a few mouthfuls of hay...

our group waiting for the hayride. I love that these three kids (and more) will grow up playing together Linsley and I are both expecting babies in February.

Linsley actually caught us all smiling!

Then the part we came for...pumpkins! Hailey had so much fun finding the perfect one.

Then I tried to take her picture...Not quite what I was going for...

Really Mom?!

As we were waiting for the tractor to take us back to the main area to leave, Hailey asked to sit in the driver's seat. She immediately tried to turn the key and drive! Too soon little girl!

 We had so much fun with friends at the pumpkin patch! I can't wait to see what else we can get into this fall!

Last Week

Busy week for us. Here are a few highlights:
We decided it was time to take away Hailey's paci. She only had 1 left and it had a hole in it, so we decided it was time...We decided to just leave it in Charlotte when we came home so that I wouldn't be weak and give it back to her ;) She did great until bedtime the first night, she ended up crying for about 45 minutes until she fell asleep. It was heartbreaking and I felt terrible. The next morning when Ryan went in her room to get her he found this...

Do you see the raspberry paci? Like you give a baby for teething. Yep, she found it in some toy basket in her room and used it at some point in the morning. Stinker. Well, then I had to hide that one too. But since the first night she hasn't cried for it at bedtime. She will ask for it during the day, when she's tired but I think she's come to terms with the fact that it's gone.

Hailey made me "animal crackers" one morning for a snack. :)

We celebrated Daddy's 30th birthday!

And I got brave and let Hailey use real paint (not watercolors) for a craft. I think it turned out pretty cute!

Then of course she had to paint something else too...

And now she wanted to paint all.the.time!

I'm loving getting to do crafts with Hailey. She has the BEST time! I'm still having to watch myself when it comes to the mess because I know it can be cleaned, but when she's this excited it's worth it!

It's A...

 There's about to be less bows and jewelry and more helicopters and cars around here...It's a BOY!

Apple Picking

On Sunday we went apple picking with Grams, Das (my parents), Julie, Trey, Tucker and Mack. Hailey was so excited and talked about it constantly all day on Saturday. Sunday morning we went to church and then left for the mountains. Every time we stopped on the way there (and we stopped a few times) Hailey asked if we were at apple picking yet. Needless to say she was thrilled when we actually arrived!
She and Mack got to ride in the wagon and Trey got the job of pulling the very heavy wagon...

 Of course Miss Priss had to carry a basket some too.

All of the kids were dying to pick the apples so we stopped at some trees that were loaded down with Honey Crisp ones and let them go to town.

Of course they had to sample their loot!

 I think Mack ate more than he picked! He was happy as long as he had an apple in his hand.

They also got some entertainment watching Das climb the trees for the apples way up high

We tried to get a picture of all three of them but you see how well that worked...Hailey and Mack didn't want to give up their apples for a picture!

After we had picked enough we went on a hay ride around the farm. The kids were all so tired but loved seeing the trees and animals. I tried to get a selfie with Hailey but she was not having it.

real life people ;)

Before we left we got some apple donuts and Tucker showed off his muscles picking up pumpkins for Hailey. It was cute

One more attempt at a cousins picture...Nope, not happening

We had a blast apple picking! Now let the apple-baking begin!