{Not} Living Vicariously

Barren Among the Fruitful

So my friend is writing a book and even though I'm late to the party I wanted everyone to see her book cover and read the story of how it came about. It is truly amazing to me the gifts God has given Amanda and I'm thrilled to watch her share this with the world. I hope you keep an eye on both this book and Amanda's career.

Walden Farm 2013 - aka Tadpole's First Trip

Our favorite pumpkin patch to visit every year is more than just a pumpkin patch. They are a family owned farm in Smyrna, TN which has won multiple awards for innovative marketing. We just know how much fun we have going there to eat, feed the animals, take some great photos, and enjoy watching the families. We usually come home with some local honey as well as a pumpkin or two. And now that we have a kid (yay!) we'll get to experience more of the fun and games at Walden Farm. We've blogged about this before at THB and even on this blog back in 2008.

This year we went early (this past Sunday) and took Grandpa. After he found out about the funnel cakes, he thought we might have to go again once Nana comes to town. Twist my arm why don't you? Anyway, Tadpole had a blast! He watched us feed the sheep

had a blast at the chickens

and thought the goats were pretty neat as well.

He decided on a pumpkin rather quickly

and even suffered through a few photo shoots

while showing off how tall he is (why yes, we will make this a tradition)!

He also sat on a pile of corn for us, so patient.

Are his pirates socks not the cutest thing ever? They match his diapers!

Hope you enjoyed this look at our trip to the Walden Farm Pumpkin Patch :-)

Weeks 31 through 33

Time keeps flying by and sitting down at the computer is harder than ever. Partly because Tadpole is no longer sleeping through the night (thanks teeth!) so I tend to fall into bed shortly after he does since I know I'll be awake in the middle of the night and I don't get to take as many naps as he does. However he is so stinkin' cute at this age that I forgive him. Some favorite shots from week 31 include

Beep Beep at a friend's house and attempting to hold my bottle for the 237th time.

Those would be in addition to the two months height photo.

Some favorite shots from week 32 (in addition to our football cookie photo) would be

getting my photo taken with R2D2 at the Nashville Mini Maker Faire and eating my first paletas.

Tadpole's first paleta was a watermelon one.

Then from this most recent week we love figuring out the baby gate

and Goodnight Moon with Grandpa

and my new pirate diapers from The Honest Company.

Then there was also the trip to the pumpkin patch on Sunday which deserves a whole post of its own . . . I hope to get that up tomorrow night!