The Great Pumpkin

We took the kids on a hayride to hand-pick a pumpkin from the patch.
We had a great time and Violet was very excited. On the other hand, this was tough work. It's a good thing we brought Aunt Hadda or we wouldn't have had enough hands to actually pick the pumpkins. What I learned . . . until my kids can actually carry their own pumpkin, we'll be buying ours from the store!

The hayride was great and even better . . . the apple cider donuts and pumpkin pie ice cream.

7 months old

Here they are: both at around seven months old.








Looking through Violet's old pictures overwhelms me. The love is incredible. I can barely remember what our days were like when she was Scott's age and I can't begin to imagine what Scotty will be like when he's almost three like Violet. Being a parent really is an incredible experience.

So I'll always remember . . . I know Violet is almost exactly 7 months in this picture because she only learned to sit up the week before they were taken. Also, she got her first bottom teeth one week later. Scotty will be seven months tomorrow and still won't sit up by himself but already crawls. I predict Scotty has his first teeth within two weeks. He is showing all the signs.