Fall, Pumpkins and Redskins....

Before I launch into my weekend recap I want to tell you about the best Monday morning I've had in a long time. Allison has been fighting a cold and has been really snarky (my word for snotty & nasally) and she decided it was time to get up at 4am today. Why in the world would this make for a good start to my day you ask? Well, Matthew is leaving today for a conference in Las Vegas and I know he's really going to miss Ally so he decided to get up with us today. We crept up to her room together, had a big hug and kiss fest, changed her and cleaned all the dried buggies off of her nose (lovely!) While I was working on feeding her the first bottle of the day Matthew and I watched the Saturday Night Live episode that we'd DVR'd over the weekend. I loved that Tina Fey and Sarah Palin both made guest appearances in the same episode- too funny. I digress.... anyway, we hung around watching TV, talking and yawning until about 5:45 when Matthew went back to bed and I actually had to start getting ready for work. Although I'm really tired this morning, I'm thankful that we had that time together as a family today- it was a special treat for us all.

It's officially fall here in in Southeastern Virginia. We had high temps in the low 60's this weekend and lows in the upper 40's and it felt great! We had some pretty strong winds on Saturday and Sunday so it felt a lot cooler. We turned the heat on for the first time since it got down to 67 degrees in the house and poor Ally had little ice cubes hanging for feet! What better fall time activity than a visit to a pumpkin patch?!?

We bought 5 pumpkins! One for each of us including the dogs! I think we'll only carve one or two of them, but we sure had fun picking them out together. Ally liked picking at the grass & the straw too. After visiting the patch and running some other errands we came home in time to sneak in a quick walk before it got totally dark. We all bundled up against the wind- Ally was snug as a bug in the BOB.

On Sunday we went to church in the morning then brunch with Bonnie. Ally was very snarky yesterday as wasn't a good eater so I spent much of the day battling with her to take bottles. We still found some time for some fun though and a little photo shoot in this adorable outfit from Grandma Dee that it is finally cool enough to wear.

At our home, Sunday equals football. Given Matthew's obsession with the Redskins, it was only a matter of time until Ally became a fan as well.

It was a fun and tiring weekend for our little pumpkin. Ally and I will certainly miss Matthew this week while he's away in Las Vegas but we're already looking forward to another fun weekend together soon. Hope it is fall where ever you're reading this from and that you're enjoying it as much as we are!