Photo Story

I've been quiet. Too quiet. So quiet that I feel guilty. Guilty that I have not been sharing our adventures with friends and family. But even more guilty that I have not been keeping a family record to look back on 10-15-20 years from now. There are excuses (of course there are!!). For one, finding the time has proven to be difficult. But more importantly, finding the energy to put the words together is even harder. Being the mom of two very active little boys is absolutely amazing and absolutely exhausting. And because our almost 8 month old has decided to enter the world of sleep regression, the words are still not here.

So I'm going to let the photos tell the story.

I last left off with Andrew's first meal back in August.  Since then, there have been many more messy moments as he worked through the fruits and vegetable list.  There has also been baseball and clapping and weddings and sitting and pumpkins and crawling and trick or treating and teeth! It certainly has been an exciting Fall and we are looking forward to a fun and busy holiday season.

Family Fun at Burke Lake Park

Frying Pan Park Play Date

Nats Game with Grandpa

Pool Days with Friends

Birthday Party Fun

Happy Birthday, Grandma M.

Port Discovery in Baltimore, MD

Uncle Joe & Aunt LeeAnn Get Hitched!

Cox Farms Play Date

Fairfax Fall Festival with Grandma and Grandpa Q.

Pumpkin Picking at Ticonderoga Farm

Andrew's First Haircut

Lazy Saturday Photo Shoot

Andrew Milestones: Sitting, Jumping, Crawling, Teeth!

Brotherly Love

I'm going to try really, really hard to keep up with things from now on. And Andrew is going to try really, really hard to go to sleep and stay asleep so that my Mommy brain can put the words together to be able to keep up with things. Happy Tuesday! 

Cox Farms Fun

We bit the bullet over the weekend and decided to be one of the many to visit Cox Farms this fall season.  We hadn't been to a pumpkin patch yet and heard that this was the "mother of all farms" so we packed up the kid and headed to the farm.  And what a farm it was!  When we arrived, the parking lot resembled that of an amusement park - rows and rows of mini vans with attendants telling us where to go while we dodged many a stroller.

We headed to the mega line, paid the mega entrance fee and walked into the mega farm.  What a place ~ we didn't know where to look first!  From the 42 pound watermelon that took first prize at the state fair, to the variety of slides, to the many kettle corn stands, we were in awe.

We decided to check things out and made our way into the farm.  Along the way were all kinds of photo opps that we just HAD to take advantage of.  James was a big fan of the bales of hay that were scattered around the place.  He was so busy checking it out that he could not raise his head for a photo. I mean, come on people ~ it's HAY!

We made our way over the Milk'n Parlor and caught the final minutes of Farmer Joe milking good ole' Bessie. Okay, so I made up both their names but you get the idea.  :)  It was a cute show and got the bigger kids involved in the milking process.  James decided to pass on assisting and just watched with us from the side lines.  

After the show, we decided to check out some of the farm animals.  James has never really been around any animals other than Lucy (and we don't even consider her an animal!).  He was in awe - did lots of staring and actually reached out on a few instances to touch the cages.  My personal favorites were the piggies, but I think James really liked the bunnies.

In the end, we were able to pick out some pumpkins to bring home and get that always important "baby with a pumpkin" photo.  James was really more interested in mouthing on the pumpkin, but we managed to get a few pictures.

So there you have it.  Our time at the farm was fun, but I think that next year will be much better when the little man can take advantage of more of the offerings.  Happy Fall Festival!!!