Deere Farms

We went to a pumpkin patch on Saturday Oct. 9, 2010 called Deere Farms in Indiana. It was so fun! We went with our friends Keith and Natalie and their little girl, McKenzie, who is almost 2 and one of Blake's friends. The farm had a hay maze, corn maze, corn kernel box (like a sand box), jump house, tube slide, ponies, hay ride, and a pumpkin patch! We got to do everything and Blake just loved it!

Here he is in the hay maze stuck in a dead end. Blake would run through it as fast as he could then all of a sudden get stuck at a dead end, his face is so confused.

Blake and Mckenzie in the corn Kernel box. They could have played in there all afternoon. What a good idea it was so nice to not have to clean sand off the kids. I want one of these in my back yard!

Here are the two pumpkins we picked at the pumpkin patch. We had to pull his socks up all the way to his knees cause the pumpkin patch had tall plants we had to walk though.
Here we are on the hay ride on our way back from the pumpkin patch to the hay ride.

24 weeks

I went in for my 24 week appointment and everything looks good! The baby is moving so much now! It already feels like she's doing flips in there. I feel good, not sick anymore, and not too uncomfortable yet.

15 months

Blake had his 15 month check up and i can't believe he is getting so old! He's still a baby but its still surprising how fast he is growing up! Here is a little about Blake... He loves puppies, the wii, outside, park, running, reading, bath time, fruit, friends (george, kenz, brynlie), playing in dirt and puddles, laughing, dad, and many more things but thats what i could think of off the top of my head. He has 6 teeth now, 4 top, 2 bottom, blond hair and brown eyes. Says momma, dadda, hat, and ba for bottle, bath, ball and bug. Theres a slight variation between each b word so i can tell the difference but i don't think anyone else can. He starts a word but has a hard time finishing it. i think he says more but i can't think of any right now. He moo's for a cow and arf arf for a dog/puppy. i can't decide what he should be for halloween a puppy because he loves them or a monkey because the costume is so cute! decisions, decisions... We have lots of fun things planned for the month of october so many fun posts to come!

Its finally starting to cool off here in louisville. We are so glad to be breaking off from the 90 degree weather.
Blake loves books! i often catch him in his room by himself looking through all his book or he follows me around the house saying momma momma trying to hand me a book. Of course i stop what im doing and we read a book, hopefully this love of books lasts!

Out with friends

A couple weekends ago tanner's dental school held a ball on a boat called the bell of louisville. Its a landmark for louisville being 95 year old cruise ship. Now people can go on it for dinner and tours, and events. We were so excited to go until we found out it was going out on the water at 8pm and not coming back until 11pm. Then we found out there was not going to be dinner but light snacks and an open bar. Since we didn't have any to watch blake that long and we didn't find the open bar appealing, we decided not to go. Instead we went to dinner with all of our friends in the same shoes as us. It was a great restaurant right on the river. There was a big deck outside where most people ate that lead right down to the water. The boats even docked at the restaurant and you could get off and eat there or they would bring your food to you on your boat. It was such a fun atmosphere and we had a party of 10 good friends. After we ate dinner we went and got ice cream with everyone and by the time we were finished we had to rush home to pick up Blake from the baby sitter. Its always fun with food, friends, and freedom!

staying busy...

I have done a few projects around the house to keep busy, and because i just liked them and thought they would add a little to our apartment. Here are a few...

I saw the idea for a Alphabet wall on someone's blog and thought it was such a good idea for a childs room. I changed it to what i wanted, and decorated them all different so the letters would catch Blake's interest. I made this before i found out i was having a girl, but at the time i didn't know so i made sure to make it gender neutral, and luckily i did!
When i had blake i had the hardest time finding crib bedding that i liked so i decided to just make some! It was quite the task since i don't sew very often but it was fun! I finished the bumper and the bed skirt a long time ago, but just recently finished the quilt. Its been put together i just was waiting for it to be quilted and then i had a good friend teach me to bind it. The binding was super intimidating but when i finally started doing it, it was so easy! and actually kind of fun!
Here is a close up of the fabric i used.
Here is my Halloween Trick-or-Treat banner!!! When i finished it was my very first halloween decoration up. I saw something similar on potterybarn's halloween decor and thought it was so cute but slightly over priced:) so i decided to just make one it didn't look too hard and it wasn't! I called a few friends to see if they wanted to do them with me and they did. We each did a banner but all of them are decorated differently to our own personal taste. They all turned out so cute and it was so fun to do with everyone!

Its a GIRL!!!

I had my 20 week appointment today and we found out we are having a GIRL!!! We also decided my official due date on the doctor records is 1-28-11 and I am 19 weeks 6 days today! We are so excited!!!

tan lines!

Blake has the best tan lines from his sandals! Its like he has his shoes on all the time! People get a kick out of it when they see his feet! He wears his shoes all the time when we are outside. Even at the pool. I had to take a picture because its so cute on his little feet!