Tate Farms Cotton Pickin Pumpkin Patch

We went to the Cotton Pickin' Pumpkin Patch at

Tate Farmslast Saturday and we had a blast.
We rode on a hay ride to get to the pumpkins and then you can pick your own pumpkin.

We decided not to get one since I had already bought one at the store.

We did however take TONS of pics of JM in the patch.

I found one, Mom!!!

My Pumpkin!

Two cool Dudes!

JM and the Llama

JM and the sleeping goats

The pigs that snotted JM's shoes
they were dirty pigs :)

This is where the rabbit almost jumped outta

J's hands cause JM was holding it so tight.

Just a swinggin'...I really don't like that song.

This gourd looked like a swan.

I love the ugly gouds/squash/thingys.

Apple gourds, I like these, they were neat looking.

Mini pumpkins!!!!!

JM in the corn crib.

Not as comfy as you would think...

Mom and JM in the cotton

Now this is comfy...maybe a little itchy.

Two cool dudes again!! They seem to follow me where ever I go...

maybe its because I keep feeding them ;)

A 2 headed scarecrow!!!

Gotta have a pic of the guys and the firetruck...

and the tractor.

Time to go!!

By the time we got home JM was passed out!

We had tons of fun at Tate Farms.

Roll TideRoll!!!

JM loved the Alabama shaker. Everytime he "shook" it he laughed at it.

Roll Tide!!!!

More pics

Here's more pics as promised....

My little blue eyes.
All I did was make the pic b&w and make the blue show through.
That is the color his eyes were in the original pic.

Hanging with Dad on the couch, look at that belly peeking out!

Ready for food!!!

Play time turned into nap time

Little Carhart overalls...so he can be like Dad!


JM's Christmas outfit...note Santa's feet in the chimney.


JM's Halloween costume...lets hope he'll still fit in it by then.

Tummy time with the Hungry Catapiller...

"Uh, mom I think we're done here"

Uncle J and JM. Uncle J does the best blast off with the jumparoo.

Watching UA beat Ole Miss...ROLL TIDE!!!

Catching up

I know, I know, its been a while. We've been having so much fun here lately that I havent found the time to blog. JM is doing something new everyday it seems.
He loves food now, more goes in and stays in his mouth than what comes out! He eats carrots, avacode, apples, bananas, rice cereal, and next he'll try peas. Its funny when he eats he lunges for the spoon with his mouth open. Sometimes it's like I can't feed him fast enough! I have decided that instead of using a bib when he eats, I just strip him down to his diaper and feed him. Makes for an easy clean up.

The aftermath of the avacado.

Who you talking to ??me??

Roll Tide!! (he's in his game day getup) You can also see his 2 bottom teeth in this photo.

He loves this monkey Crazy Aunt J gave him. He can be crying and we'll walk over to the monkey and he'll start laughing at it!

That leads me to the next fun thing...laughing. Its so funny to hear him laugh. I mean he'll get so tickled at stuff! J's mom gave him an Alabama shaker to hold the other day and he would move his hand and then laugh cause the shaker moved too. I'll post the video, its too cute!

JM had a BIG week and weekend. First my mom came up to keep him Tues-Thurs while our sitter was out of town, then Fri J's parents came up and stayed until Sun. We also had a group of Scrambler owners in the southeast (and Kansas) come in to town to go ride. Sat they all came over for dinner. Mr S and Mrs S occupied JM while I finished cooking. I really need to be better about taking peoples pics with JM. JM thought Mr S was really funny, he'd laugh at everything he did. On Sun and Mon JM took 3 long naps, usually its just 2 hour long naps. I think he was wore out!

This coming weekend we're going to the pumpkin patch at Tate Farms. I'm debating on taking JM's halloween costume with us for some pics. He's going to be a Chili Pepper, as long as the costume still fits then :) He's growing like a weed!!

I'll be posting more pics in the coming days.

6 Months Already!!!

ROLL TIDE ROLL!!!!!

JM on his 6 month Birthday!!!

We love to bounce!

6 months have come and gone since JM was born...A lot has happened in those months.

Here's some stats:

As of 9.14.09 JM weighs 18 pounds even, is 25.5 inches long, and has a nice round head of 44 cm. If you look at that in terms of percentages thats 75% weight, 25% height and 50% head...so he's nice and square as J would say :)

He can sit on his own, he has 2 teeth (bottom front)!

He does NOT like cearal or bananas...but we're working on that.

My parents came up this weekend to help fix the inside wall where we replaced the firebox. The pervious owners put rock up on the wall and well, it wasnt the best of jobs. I'll just leave it at that. So, since Dad does drywall he came up and fixed it for us! It looks awesome now. Dad also got to feed JM some rice cereal...still doesn't like it.

I stayed up late Sunday night sanding and painting the wall. An apprasier was coming on Monday to appraise the house so we can refinance it. We only had 4 days notice so we did lots of cleaning. On Monday after JM's 6 month apt the appraiser called around 11:30 and asked if he could come around 12:30. Ok, sure, no problem. So I run around like a mad woman trying to clean up and after a massive blowout by JM (I had to make a mad dash to the garbage can so the house didnt stink), the appraiser arrives. AT 12:15!! Ok, thats alright, I had done mostly everything that needed to be done. So he walks around outside and then comes in. He takes off his shoes so he doesn't track in mud (it had rained that morning). So we talk and he starts walking thought he house. When he goes to the back of the house, our dog, decided that right then adn there she needs to Christen the carpet in front of the tv. Yes, my dog peed in front of me while the appraiser was walking sock footed around our house!!! I ran tot eh laundry room, grabed a towel, soaked up what I could, and threw the towel back inthe laundry room befoer the sock footed man came back to the living room. I didn't want to admit that my dog had just christened the carpet, so I just stood over the wet spot while he walked around. He probably thought I had some sort of facination with our tv! oh well. If he knew he'd probably thank me for saving his socks!

Before all this craziness JM had an apointment that morning at 9:15 for his 6 months shots. No fun! First we were running late cause JM decided to christen me and the changing table. That was a sign of things to come, I just didn't know it at the time. So we were already running a little late. It had been raining all morning so everyone and their grandmother decided it was a good day to run into each other. Out of the 4 entrances to our neighborhood 2 were blocked by the police and power company due to an early morning wreck. I didn't know this until I got to them. It took 10 minutes just to get out of our neighborhood when it normally takes 3. Really we should have just stayed in bed. So we get tot he apointment and its pouring down rain so J meets us there with an umbrella at the door. The apointm,ent went well, well that is up until the shots. poor little guy. He got 2 in one leg and 1 in the other. We still have to go back for his flu shot in a few weeks.

Dad and JM at the doctor...why must they keep it a cool 50° in a dr office where they make the poor kids strip down????

Charlie Brown in space bandaids...appropriate for Huntsville.
Bugs bunny bandaid...like a laughing crazy rabbit is going to make things better.

So it was a busy weekend.

Here's some shots tonight with JM and his monley from crazy Aunt Jane (we love you!!!). He laughs everytime he looks at it.

He better watch out...I hear monkey flu might be the next rage :)

We came and....

We didn't conquer. Cereal that is. It was pretty funny...I think next week we'll move on to some veggies. We'll save the good stuff (fruit) for last.

Before he tried the cereal he tried duck...plastic duck that is. I think he likes it better.