Pumpkin or bust! lol

Well today is Halloween and we have been putting off the pumpkin patches because it has been sooo hot. Waiting for cooler weather to make it a fun fall activity. But with no cool weather in sight and Eric in Iraq for a week, I was determined to do a fun pumpkin day with Harper. Starting at the Mall for a party at Build a Bear ...terrible no one showed up, then down to Sarasota to a pumpkin festival that was just a bomb beer a funnel cake galore. So luckily it was in a nice big park. Even though it was hot and sticky we walked the trails and Harper was just happy drinking her thermos of water. When we got home mommy ate lots of corn candy and called it a day.

Finally I win!

So lil punky has this mommy up everynight. If I'm not asleep I'm waiting to be woke up. As you all know Harper is still in our bed. Which would not be bothersome if she actually slept, but she does not. Today after many months of no sleep I decided to let her "cry it out" in her crib of all places. So after a long crying battle she finally lost and I win! Although I'm afraid it is just the battle and not the war...

Just sweet!

Fiffer 1

We went to the Ga state fair to have something for the kids to do. William really wanted to win a gold fish, so he got his gold fish. When Eric and I looked at it we looked at each other and said "how about we name it dead" and William said no let's name it Fiffer one. Um Ok!?? We explained to him that fair fish only live for a few minutes and not to be upset if he dies later. At neenees we put Fiffer one in a bowl and he perked rt up. Unfortunately he didn't make it through the night. Poor Fiffer one...

Harper has such a wonderful time with her big bro and sis. William always gives her big squeezes and Lauren is becoming more fond of her. She even let Harper hold her hand. Lauren was also quick to say " Jjjngr (ginger) Barper (harper) and point when Harper started crawling away from the crowd. The three chalk drawings are pretty much a common playtime event at neenees but Harper was part of the fun this time. William bunny ears, Lauren elephant ears, and Harper antlers.

Harper had her first plane ride, and she did great. The only complaint was she didnt sleep until the descent into LEX. Papaw and Mimi left the car at the airport for us to drive to their house, and she got to sit facing forward too. Big Trip!!!

Harper's aunt Natalie has lots of toys and this mommy does not approve of Harper riding any of them. But I reluctantly caved and she was able to ride the rhino. Against my wishes she also rode the four wheeler, but not the motorcycle. Dad also had a little fun with the John Deere.

So Natalie's husband is an excellent archer. They let us have a try with their bow and arrow. I think we did pretty good. I wooped the target, got a couple of kills and Eric did as well. Unfortunately when I stepped back to 30ft. my shot was not quite as straight and I actually lost a couple of arrows. Oops! not Eric, he is a real "Boggy Boy"!

At Mammy's

We went to visit Harper's great grandmother while in Kentucky. She loves her mammy. She was also quite excited about meeting Bambi. I think we all remember her... bambi is quite possibly the toughest dog alive. A heart attack, seizure, gangrene, hit by car, lost at NeeNee's house for week many years ago, lots of chocolate, a couple of hurricanes later sheww you name it! Here she is in retirement at Mammy's.

Bluegrass baby

The weather in KY is so nice right now. Unlike Tampa, it is mostly in your face snake free and not as hot as the pits of hell. So we had some rolling around in the grass time. Ofcoarse we brought a blanket to make it a bit more comfortable. Papaw thought it would be fun to swing H in the blanket and she approved. Harper also likes to raise her arms when shes proud of herself. Again in the spirit of being a country girl they handed her a toy gun to study.

We have been working with Harper on her crawling, finally while in Kentucky, a light came on and she figured it out.