Pumpkins, Fair Rides and Elsa’s! Oh My!

October is always a busy month for us and this year was no different.  Here’s a quick photo recap of what we were up to in October…

My parents, Katie and Parker came up for a long weekend so we could go to the State Fair.  This was the first year for the girls to actually ride the rides and they (mainly Hadley) had a blast!

We had some friends over for trick-or-treating this year and the girls had a blast.  We weren’t sure what Harper would think but she jumped right in there with the big kids saying “tik-teeeeeeet!” and “hap weeeeen!” (trick or treat and happy halloween in case you don’t speak toddler.)  This first picture below cracks me up – Harper can spot an airplane in the sky before anyone!

Hadley is obsessed with lollipops this year – as evidenced by this first picture.

Hard to believe October has come and gone! Bring on the holidays!!

Another Month Gone By

Well, I fell off the wagon again.  Can I bribe you with some cute pictures from the State Fair while I try to get back to blogging yet again?  Between moving, being pregnant and chasing a toddler around I just haven’t taken the time to sit down and document our lives recently. 

I promise I want to have pictures of our new house to show soon, but I feel like there are so many things I want to change before posting a “house tour” – would y’all rather just see all “before” pictures?  I have so many projects floating around in my head, but being pregnant doesn’t exactly make it easy to check them off my list. 

I’ll try to get a catch up post written soon to update on what we’ve been up to, but we just went to the state fair this past weekend with my sister/brother-in-law and I want to get those pictures up now before I forget! 

Right when we walked into the fair we noticed a little pitching mound where you could pitch and it clocked your speed.  Matt and Eric obviously had prove their athleticism.  Eric actually got his name up for having one of the fastest pitches that day! 

Sweet girl checking things out from the safety of her stroller.

She loved these tractors… too bad she couldn’t reach the pedals.

This tractor, however, was not as fun…

The petting zoo at the fair is legit.  We saw a giraffe, zebra, ostrich, emu, kangaroo, camel and about 10 other animals that I can’t remember now.

She was so proud of herself for feeding the goats.

And once we saw the ostrich we were done.

I should have known the ostrich would do her in… see last year’s picture in the exact same spot as an example…

Annual picture in front of Big Tex

And last year for your reference…

And Hadley’s FAVORITE part of the fair… the Merry-Go-Round! Unfortunately, I couldn’t go on this with her due to “my condition” according to their rules.  Seriously, what can happen to a pregnant woman on a merry-go-round??  Aunt Katie stepped in to save the day and Hadley was so glad!

I just love this time of year!  We’re off to the pumpkin patch tomorrow so hopefully I’ll have some more fun pictures to share soon!

Texas State Fair

This past weekend was the last weekend of the State Fair.  It snuck up on us this year, but we decided to brave the crowds (which, at least in the morning, were NOTHING like they are for the TX/OU game, so I was happy).  I woke up with a sore throat, and Hadley fought her nap with everything she had, but we still managed to have a good time. :) 

We figured Hadley would sleep in the car since we left just before her morning nap time, but no such luck.  We arrived with a cranky, tired baby, who eventually crashed in her stroller while we just walked the fair grounds to keep her sleeping.  Once she woke up, we were able to get our picture in front of Big Tex, enjoy some Fletcher’s Corn Dogs, fried cookie dough, fried snickers and fried cheesecake!  Ugh – it makes me kind of sick just typing that.  But it was delish. 

We took Hadley into the petting zoo.  I was surprised by all the different animals they had there.  We saw: sheep, goats, antelope, zebras, ponies, an ostrich (those suckers are scary!), pigs, kangaroos, cows, and others, but I can’t remember what else was there.  She really enjoyed seeing the goats and sheep at the Pumpkin Patch, so we thought she’d enjoy all the different animals here.  Not so much. 

In true Hadley fashion, she was ready to go by the time we were halfway through.  Oh well – maybe next year she’ll enjoy it a little more! 

It’s taken 2 days to get her back on schedule, but it was a great time!  I just love this time of year and all of the activities that come along with it!