Fall Fun

Exciting news: Garrett has taken his first steps! Every day since his first steps, he's taken more and more. I'm sure he'll be running within the month :). Garrett is becoming quite the toddler-- walking, climbing, saying new words. He can now say balloon and duck. In addition, he recognizes lots of objects and words.

Garrett is so darn adorable. Brendan and I are blown away by his cuteness; just when you think he can't get any cuter, it happens. He's quite rambunctious, also. This kid can romp like nobody's business, and climb and throw things. Welcome to toddlerhood!

This weekend we went to a pumpkin patch at Hidden Horse Farm. Garrett loves pumpkins! Before we went to the patch, I bought a pie pumpkin, which Garrett played with every day for long stretches of time-- 10 to 15 minutes or a very long time in toddler minutes.

At the farm, Garrett saw horses and ponies. He was very interested in the horses and even put out his hand to pat the noses of a few. Garrett loved watching the other kiddos at the pumpkin patch, and loved bowling with pumpkins. Many of the pumpkins were on a slight hillside, and Garrett would roll pumpkins, one at a time, down the hill. He watched each intently to see what would happen, then would go for another. Our own baby Issac Newton.

After the farm, we went to Stone Mountain State Park, near the Blue Ridge Parkway. It was gorgeous; there were bursts of beautiful foliage and lots of deer. We had a great time!