Pumpkin Picking

Silly Daddy was under the impression that going pumpkin picking was actually about the pumpkins!!! He totally didn’t understand why Mommy was putting me in an adorable new outfit and had to charge the camera battery. Mommy even made him drive to two different farms, because the first pumpkin patch “wasn’t cute enough”.

Once he caught on to the real purpose of the trip he jumped behind the camera and took some beautiful pictures of me and Mommy!

The farm had lots of fun stuff to see and do! I got to see the horses and be a flower! I had so much fun!

Then Mommy and Daddy got to eat apple cider donuts and they bought an apple pie that they had for DINNER!!! With ice cream!!! That is so not fair! I bet they won’t let me eat apple pie with ice cream for dinner when I get bigger!! (Daddy says he will let me when Mommy goes out ;-)

I just wanted one little bite! But Mommy just teased me and ate it right over my head!

After we found the perfect pumpkins we went to the other part of the farm and picked fresh raspberries. It took Mommy and Daddy a really long time to fill the little bucket. Daddy says that we would all starve if we had to rely on our hunter/gatherer skills. All I know it is was a beautiful day to take a nap in the sling while Mommy and Daddy worked!

Jump Jump Jumping

Here I was thinking that laying on my back kicking and grabbing at my activity-mat friends was as good as it gets…..but Daddy is teaching me how to jump! And I love it!!

Not only to I get to “stand up” like all the big people, but when I get excited I start bouncing all over the place. When I get too tired to jump anymore I can eat the ducks head. Trust me this is more fun then it sounds!

Daddy says that jump-jump-jumping was his favorite when he was little! Mommy says that is just another way that I am Daddy’s Mini-Me.

The Party!

So apparently nothing important happens in this family without there being a party involved! Not that I’m complaining at all. I got to see lots of my wonderful family again. BG, Baba and Aunt Sara even came all the way from Pennsylvania to see me! It was such a fun day! And even though my Christening gown was SO beautiful, I couldn’t stay in it all day long, so I got to wear some more of my super fun outfits!



Grammy says this Ladybug dress that Miss Mary got me might be the cutest thing she EVER saw me wear. And with a wardrobe the size of mine that is really saying something!!

After I had enough of the big frilly dresses for one day I got to put on an outfit special for my Daddy! My very own kilt, same as Daddy’s, only smaller!

And I got to rock my super cute jean jacket! Is there anything I don’t look adorable in?? Although I think that Mommy’s little cousin Danny might have been stealing a little bit of my attention with his beautiful dress whites! But that’s okay, I was just excited he was able to leave the Coast Guard Academy for a few hours to come see us! What a wonderful day!!

The Christening

After several months of going to church with Mommy (albeit sleeping through most of the services) I finally got to “officially” become part of the church, and Aunt Nessa and Uncle Trey are now my God-parents! I got to dress up in my beautiful Christening gown and get the “special water” poured over my head.

Mommy had been practicing this move with me in the bath-time, so I was use to it and didn’t cry a bit! I was a little disappointed that I didn’t get to splash around in the special tub, maybe I’ll get to do that next week.

The Dress

So as many of you remember, when Mommy and Daddy got married four years ago Mommy wore a beautiful white dress that she proceeded to cut off at the reception after their first dance. Needless to say Grammy was a little upset about this and hasn’t let Mommy forget it! With my Christening right around the corner Grammy came up with a wonderful idea…..since Mommy had already rendered the dress pretty much useless, why not use the fabric to make my Christening gown? Mommy talked to Baba and Great Grandma Knaub (who happens to be an amazing sewer) about it and Great Grandma took up the challenge! Mommy asked for the gown to be as long as possible, and boy did she get what she asked for!

I don’t think anyone in the whole wide world has a more special Christening dress!!!

On the Road Again…..

So good ahead…..take your best guess…..how long do you think me and Mommy were going to Grammy house for??

If you said we were moving out and leaving Daddy forever, you would be VERY VERY wrong! This is what the packing looks like for a weekend (okay three days total) at Grammy’s house!

Now in Mommy’s defense some of this stuff was being brought down to leave there so that I would have lots of my stuff at Grammy's house everytime I come to visit.
So this of course would mean that the car was less full for the drive home??? Nope it just meant that there was enough room to go shopping!!!

Special Request

We interrupt this regularly scheduled story of “my life” to ask for some extra prayers and love sent down to our friends on the Texas coast. That mean old Ike was not very nice to my friend Blayne! First she had to evacuate her beautiful home and then she and her Mommy and Daddy came home to a real mess! You can see the scary pictures on her blog http://babyblayne.blogspot.com/

Any prayers or love you could send their way would be greatly appreciated!

Great-Grandpa’s & Great-Grandma’s Special Gifts

I know I have said it before, and I will probably say it again; I AM ONE LUCKY GIRL!!!! Just when I thought this trip out to Pennsylvania couldn’t get any better I find out that Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa both have presents for me. And these aren’t just your run of the mill presents; these are REALLY REALLY special presents!!!

Great-Grandma’s present can’t be shown yet because it is a surprise. But she is taking my Mommy’s wedding dress and making it into my Christening gown!!! I am going to look even more beautiful!

And Great-Grandpa MADE me my very own ride on doggie, just like my big cousin Sojourner’s!

I checked out every detail and I can tell you this is some very fine craftsmanship!

I can’t wait till I’m big enough to really ride it by myself. Sojourner is trying to get me to smile for the camera, but I'm way to interested in this bike to be concerned with that!

Thank you so much Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa! You guys are the best!!!