Fun Fall Day!!

Yesterday Sarah and I took Pax to Walter's Pumpkin Patch, which is right outside of El Dorado. It was the neatest place ever!! It was more than a pumpkin patch, it was a fun haven for kids of all ages! We were there for 4 hours and still didn't do everything they had to offer. There was a bouncy thing, a petting zoo, corn maze, playgrounds, paddle boats, train ride, tractor rides out to pumpkin patch, graveyard golf, you get the point. And don't even get me started on the food there!! Pumpkin chili, brisket and pulled pork sandwiches, caramel apples, pies and cookies, and it's all HOMEADE!! Of course being pregnant and ALWAYS hungry, this was the best part for me :) Pax had a great time, however, he would not ride the train cause adults were not allowed on it too, and being in the middle of a severe "Mommy phase", he was not going to let me out of his sight (the train goes all the way down a hill and a road and pretty far from the parents). We all had a great day, I was so glad Sarah came with us, it's so nice having her live so close now, she is in Wichita and it's about a 30 min drive from her house to mine. Pax loves seeing his "Shara" a lot more. We will definately be going back to the pumpkin patch quite a bit this fall, it was totally worth the $6!!

Pax and Mommy outside the corn maze

Runnin through the corn maze, I was afraid I would lose him, he just took off!!!

sittin on top of a big pile of hay bales.

Jumpin OFF the hay bales, hard to catch him with big belly in the way...9 weeks to go!!!!!

climbin through the tunnels in the hay bales.

Ridin a "horshie" with his "Shara"

Searchin for a pumpkin in the pumpkin patch.

Found one!!!

The following are just some black and white pics from the day, tryin to get FANCY with my photog skills...ha ha!!

My how things have changed!

Today I called my sister, Amber, while I was in grocery store to get the recipe for homeade chex mix. When she answered she said she was in Walmart with Aiden getting food for dinner. We had a good laugh cause she was getting a frozen pizza and spending the night at home with Mr. Aiden and I was getting chinese food and spending the night at home with Paxton. Later as I was driving home I thought about how much things have changed, 5 years ago, we probably would have been talking on the phone to discuss what time we were meeting up for drinks at Willies and now here we are talking about our kids and getting excited about a night at home in our sweats!!! My sister completely amazes me in her role as a mother. I can still remember very clearly the night she took that pregnancy test and got the news that would change her life forever. I will not pretend to know what she has been through, as my pregnancy with Pax was very much planned and I was married, but my sister and her boyfriend took on the challenge and have done a wonderful job raising a sweet and charming little boy that our family loves so much and cannot imagine our lives without. He may not have been planned or expected but he is truly our little blessing. Our lives as Mommy's may not be as glamorous or as exciting as our lives pre-baby, but we love every minute of it!! I am so happy to be sharing this exciting time with my sister, I thought it would be a while before any of my siblings jumped on the parenting bandwagon, so I enjoy having someone so close to me understand the ups and downs of being a Mommy. I am so lucky to have such a close family, I love my siblings very much and am so glad my son, and soon to be daughter, will have such great people around them their whole lives.

Cousins!! Aiden and Pax, already lookin ornery and causin trouble!

My sister and me with our boys!!