Happy Halloween!

Maddie the Monkey was in full force this year for Halloween.  She had lots of fun going trick or treating.  She caught on real quick as what she needed to do to get more candy!  With little prompting she would say “teet” (treat) and “ween” (Halloween).  Whenever she went to the doors she would say “knock knock” and we would ask her “what does a monkey say” to get her to say “eee eee” to the people.  Of course everyone thought she was super cute!  Maddie made the perfect monkey, because she loves “monk monks” and it is the first animal sound she could ever say.  Remember what she was last year?    Wonder what she will be next year?

 

Matching Monkey cousins!  Carter was not as thrilled as Maddie about Halloween.

 

Trick-or-Treat!

Right after we took this picture she said “Daddy” and ran over to Gabe and said “cheese”…this daddy’s girl wanted a picture with her daddy, too!  It was too sweet!

 

checking out the loot!

 

Hope everyone had a fun Halloween this year!

Pumpkin Patch

We visited Stewart Farms for our second annual pumpkin patch adventure!  Last year Maddie was barely crawling and now this year she was able to run around and pick out her pumpkin on her own!  Mimi, Natalie, and Carter tagged along and we all had fun picking out the perfect pumpkins.  Stewart Farms is a nice little farm located in Laurens County.  Hopefully, in the spring we can make it there to pick strawberries!

 

 

Look how much she has grown!!!

Baby's first Halloween!

We have just finished celebrating Miss Madison's first Halloween! On Saturday morning, Gabe and I took our little pumpkin to Stewart Farms. It is such a neat little place. We had fun walking through the pumpkin patch. Maddie picked out her very own baby pumpkin and we picked a big one for us. Honestly, it was the first time I had ever been to a pumpkin patch. I know that might sound strange (Gabe thinks so), but we just always got our pumpkins at the patch at Wal-Mart! As a kid, we didn't take field trips to the pumpkin patch like schools do now. Well I must say, I feel like I have been missing out. It was so much fun looking at all the pumpkins and picking our very own from the vine! We then visited the farm animals and walked through the corn maize. Maddie LOVED the sheep. She would touch them and then just laugh! She could have stood there all day doing that!
After the pumpkin patch, we got home just in time to see the second half of the South Carolina/Tennesse game. They had us stressed out again, but we came away with the win 38-24. We are now 6-2 for the season.
We relaxed the rest of the afternoon and then went to visit Nat & Ryan. We had Maddie dressed up in her costume to show her off a little bit. After visiting for a while, we took our little duck to see our friends Anna and Josh. It was a short visit, but of course always fun! We then went home, got Maddie in bed, and Mimi watched her while we went and ate fajitas at the Mexican restaurant!
On Sunday we ordered pizza and went over to Nat and Ryan's again for trick or treating. We had a great time. Maddie got some good treats. She tried her hardest to get into the candy and she did succeed in tasting a lollipop! Our little duckie was worn out after a busy day! She fell asleep in the car and I was able to get her out of carseat, change her diaper, and get her into her pajamas without her waking up!