Johnny Appleseed

Yesterday we went to Windy Hill Orchard in York, SC to the apple farm. A group of friends went so we had a lot of kids and they all had a blast. We walked thru a sunflower maze and listned to Johnny Appleseed tell us a story.






After we found out how tall Hailey was we went on a hay ride and then our group made a scarecrow. Hailey wasn't interested doing that and just want to walk around and check everything out.




Then we got to pick out some apples and we had apple cider and apple cider doughnuts. I think Hailey's favorite part of the day was eating the doughnut, she ate most even though she was supposed to be sharing with mommy. LOL!!





After lunch we visited the pumpkin patch and Hailey picked out her own pumpkin that was just her size. We had a great time and can't wait to do it again.

Kitchen

Brian and I thought it would be fun to paint the kitchen this past weekend. Hailey spent the night at her Grandma and Grandpa's on Friday night and Brian and I went to Home Depot and bought some paint ( Spicy Cayenne) and some paint supplies. We stayed up till 3 in the morning painting the kitchen, we never realized how much detail work was in the kitchen and how much trimming there was to do. We got up about 8 the next day and finished all the painting and putting things back up by 4.

We are really happy with everything turned out and it is so nice to have some more color on the wall.

Mountains

Last week we decided to go to our friend Katie's mountain house. They built a nice house with a huge deck in West Jefferson overlooking the New River. We had a great time. We took the kids into Boone and did a little shopping.
Hailey was so cute chasing Tyler around trying to give him hugs and kisses. Her daddy better look out if she is already boy crazy.

A day at the office

We went on a spur of the moment shopping trip to Winston last week, and while we were there decided to drop in on Mimi at the office. Needless to say the shopping trip turned into a slumber party so while we were out shopping Hailey had to get some new pajamas. While waiting for our lunch date with Uncle Jason the next day Mimi put Hailey to work. Hailey's new official title is Residency Director, aka Mimi's boss. Doesn't she look so professional!!

Monkey's Uncle

We had a pretty uneventful week this week. There were some really early mornings because Hailey woke us up with her screaming. We thought she was cutting some more teeth but by Thursday she only wanted to sleep while being rocked and did not want to be laid down. We decided to take her to the Dr. on Friday and sure enough she has a slight ear infection. We tried out our new MOPS group on Friday as well. I think it will be fun and a good chance for me to get some time to visit with other moms and not have to be chasing Hailey around the room making sure she doesn't get into things she shouldn't be.

On Saturday Hailey spent the morning with her Grandpa while Gatha and I went to a consignment sale and Brian mowed the lawn. We all went out to lunch before we headed to king for the rest of the weekend. The weather was so perfect and we actually had to have long sleeves. Hailey looked so cute dressed for fall. We are excited about the weather cooling down so we can play outside more.


Sunday was Uncle Jason's birthday so we spent the day watching football and had a late lunch at mimi and popi's house. Hailey even had on her Panther onesie but it didn't seem to bring them any luck. We had fun hanging out, we got out some of mine and Jason's old toys for Hailey to play with and she loved them. It was weird seeing our old toys and it brought back a lot of memories.





By the time we got home we were all pretty tired Hailey grabbed her milk and went to lounge in her room and relax a little before bed. She is just too cute!!

Walking

The picture above is Hailey pulling a bow out of her hair. I thought it would be cute to see if a bow would keep in what little hair she has. As you can see, she didn't want anything to do with that bow. I hardley got it in her hair and turn around to take a picture before she was pulling it out and throwing it on the floor.







Well as you can see we really do have a big girl on our hands she is WALKING!! I can't believe it. She was taking about 6 steps on her birthday and then ever since then she just keeps doing it more day by day and getting better at it all the time. As soon as she hears the garage door open she starts walking to the door to say hello to her daddy. Of course he loves it, what a great thing to come home to every day!! This weekend we went out and bought her some shoes for her to wear. She now has 4 pairs of shoes so she has options for whatever outfit she wants to wear. She is still a little wobbly and the shoes don't help much but she is getting the hang of it. We are so proud of our big gir!

Labor Day

For Labor day we dropped Hailey off at her Mimi and Poppi's house for the weekend. Then Brian, Gatha and I headed to Virginia. We spent most of Saturday at the Hillsville Flea market. Hailey got a really cute piano from her Aunt Becky. Then on Sunday we went biking on the Creeper Trail. We had a blast and we already have plans to do it again soon. We rented bikes and then they take you up this mountain and drop you off and you bike along the trail back down the mountain. The path is an old railroad track and there are some cute stops to make along the way and a lot of nice views. You can also rent baby tent things to attach to the back of your bike, so next time we are taking Hailey with us. It took us about 3 hours to get down the mountain.



When we got back home we introduced Hailey to her piano and she loves it. She will bang on the keys and dance to the music she makes. Luckily Grandma has a small piano for her when she gets bigger just in case she decides to wants to take acutal lessons someday.