Fall Festival

We went to the Chattanooga Nature Center this evening for lots of fun fall activities. Sorry ahead of time for all of the pictures, but we loved seeing our little boy having so much fun and feel so blessed that we can do these things together as a family. I LOVE FALL!!

   Riding on the hay ride (Andrew thought he was riding on a tractor because we were being pulled by one. He kept saying "tractors nice" because he was scared and had his sweet little hand resting on Chad's leg. He only wanted Daddy and once he had been riding for a while he loved it and talked about his tractor ride the rest of the night.
           The duck pond (he got to pick a prize "fetchal tweet" after choosing a duck
                                                    Dancing to the Ghost Busters song
                                                                Fishing for prizes
                                            My boy is a natural , he bowled a strike!!

                                                               Ring toss
               More dancing (as people walked by I heard them say "Awwww, look at that little boy dancing" and I just thought yep, that's my little boy..... and my goofy husband!
                                                         Petting the "baby cow"

 Petting sheep, goats, donkeys and llama's with Mommy...remember Daddy is worried about petting zoo's!
Riding a pony with Daddy....Mommy hates horses (yes I said it, no comments please)

The Barn, Pumpkins and Wagons

Chad and Andrew usually go to the Barn Nursery without me but Chad wanted me to go today to see how much fun Andrew has there. He loves pulling around the wagon and gets so upset when anyone tries to help him, sounds like someone else I know! He loved all of the pumpkins and after pulling around a heavy wagon full of grasses he wanted Mommy to pull him around in the "buggy". We bought some pansies, which we planted while Andrew took a 4 hr nap (Ahhh) and some new grasses for around our deck. I'm sure everyone was dying to know what kind of landscaping we did this weekend!

Coolidge "Park"

Chad and I took Andrew to Coolidge Park yesterday afternoon, but Andrew was still saying "I want park" while we were there. He thinks that if there isn't a slide and swings, then it isn't a park! We had snacks, played soccer and just enjoyed laying around being silly with our little boy. Sorry for the large amount of pictures on this one, but I just love seeing Andrew laughing with his Daddy and I thought everyone else might too!

Galen Picnic

Saturday afternoon we went to Chad's company picnic and had so much fun. Andrew rode a pony for the first time and loved it once he got going. He's been talking about riding a horse ever since then and also says he wants to ride a cow! There were 2 bouncy castles that he had a blast in and I really didn't have to watch him much at all. Chad's nurse, Nicole, has 2 daughters who were so sweet to Andrew. Avery carried him on her hip the entire time and was such a big help. Andrew loved watching and cheering for his Daddy while he played softball and got to wear his medal for winning! They won both games and Chad was an excellent pitcher...I do love an athlete so it was pretty cool seeing my hubby show off his skills and hit 2 home runs! 

What Happens at the Boathouse......

Mimi came into town this weekend, so Chad and I were able to enjoy lots of alone time together. Friday night we went to the Boathouse for dinner and had a wonderful time. We enjoyed a bottle of wine, lots of talking, and didn't make it home until 7am! We actually got to enjoy a nice breakfast alone on Saturday morning with no screaming kid or cartoons in the background. Mimi went on a date with Andrew to the Chinese buffet then kept him up playing until 10pm.....what in the world. My child has never been up that late, so of course he is all about Mimi now! Thank you so much Mimi, you have no idea how much you helped us this weekend.

                                               Did I mention it was a good bottle of wine!!

If I Was Half As Good......

My friend, Stephanie, takes amazing pictures and I wish I was half as good as she is. She makes photographing 3 boys look like a piece of cake, when I hear it's actually quite stressful! I loved the recent shots she got of her boys at this abandoned tire store by our house, so I asked her to take some of Andrew. She's been sick with 104 temp, her boys are finally all 3 at MDO, and she offers to meet me to take pictures of Andrew...thank you so much Steph ! I think they turned out great, of course, I love all pictures of my little boy!