Ryan's home video

About a month ago, Ryan decided that he wanted to make a video of himself (for the sole purpose, of course, of being able to watch it afterward). Anyway, I keep forgetting to share it, but here we go! As you can tell, he wasn't so great at coming up with his own things to do, so we did a lot of prompting... but he certainly kept us entertained!

Pumpkin Patch

Going to the pumpkin patch was one of my absolute favorite things that we did with Ryan last year, so I knew that we would have to find a time to go again this year. We planned to go last weekend, but there was something about going to a pumpkin patch in 85 degree weather that just didn't quite seem right. So, we held off until today. The weather was perfect - cool & sunny... an unbeatable fall day!

As you'll see, there was a lot to do and many, many pictures to take :-)

Ryan was hesitant about the corn pit at first, but liked it when Daddy buried his legs!


Can you believe how much he has grown in one year? This one was from last year's visit:


Cotton picking was something new to Ryan:


Of course, we had to take a hay ride - Ryan was pretty stone-faced the whole time, just taking everything in, but he said afterward that he liked it.


And seeing it from the outside was just as exciting:


Time to pick out our pumpkins... Ryan did a great job helping Mommy & Daddy, and he picked out his very own little one - just the right size for him!



In between activities, there was plenty of frolicking to be done:



We even ran into Ryan's friend Landon while we were there, and they spent quite a bit of time just running together. Ryan told me later that this was his favorite part of the morning! He loves his friends :-)


And of course, we needed some more "formal" pictures of our beautiful fall morning:



(compare to last year):





nearly 38 weeks pregnant... come on out anytime, baby!

Days like this...

I feel so blessed to spend my days with my sweet Ryan and get to share in his excitement over the little things... a tiny toad in our yard that jumped "way way high" out of Mommy's hands, a pea that fell down his shirt during lunch & tickled him to hysterics, a fire truck along the road on our way to the store... I love this boy!