Pumpkin Patch

The family had a lovely day at the pumpkin patch. The weather was wonderful. The pumpkins were huge and the fun was even larger. The pumpkin farm was really a fun place for young kids with lots of little tike rides and picture ops. Yee-haw! Ride em' Cowboy!


Playing in a tub full of corn was a special treat, because Case only gets to play in tubs filled with water at home.


Look at me. Roping the doggies.


Ahhh, fun.

Case was interested in the farm animals until this crazed beast bleated loudly in his face. Meltdown city. I don't think Case will be the same around petting zoo's again. Stupid sheep.

If we could of gotten a smile out of him for this pic it would have been my fav.

Moving Forward

Case is moving forward in so many ways. First of all, he is crawling forward. That’s right we finally have forward motion. That is not to say the boy hasn’t been getting around. Ever since he decided rolling was worth his time Case has been making some ground. Just the other day he crawled, scooted and wiggled his way out of his room, down the hall, into our room and then back to his room again. Last week he also has produced his second tooth and is currently working on his third.

In other developments, apparently Case has figured out that the camera has a flash. So whenever we get ready to take a picture and say, "smile" this is the face we get.

Case has also become a stacking pro. The other day I witnessed a tower he produced that was 9 blocks high! The tower below is only a few blocks tall but is still evidence of his brilliant hand eye coordination. And I promise, mommy didn't help build the tower.

Hot Air!

Labor Day weekend was full of excitement. First of all Aubrey came to visit and run in the American Discovery Trail half marathon. We finished 13.5 miles in 2:53 minutes. Don't worry, her visit wasn't all work and no play. We had a great time at the hot air balloon festival, checking out artists at an outdoor art festival in manitou, taking in the scenery at Garden of the Gods, enjoying practice runs before the big day, gorging ourselves on pasta and sitting by and outdoor fire eating victory smores. The weekend was great. Here are some pics of the balloon festival and running fun.

Filling up.

These things were huge!

There were so many!

Ta-Da!

All I can say is wow.


At the night glow.

Proud runners showing off their medals.

Silly Rabbit

Case has begun to develop a sense of humor and he is a card! His favorite prank is to hand you something and then pull it away right before you get it. Hilarity ensues. He even practices his little gag with the dogs. As you can see below, he is drawing the dog in with the idea she will get a tasty piece of cereal only to pop the morsel into his own mouth. Actually after a few gags, he was very generous with the dogs. He fed himself a bite and then the dog got a bite. Jaylynn was appreciative and so gentle with him. I hope his fun loving sense of humor and gestures of generosity continues throughout life.