I have to say, this October was way better than last October. Last year I was on the couch all month trying to get through all the nausea that came with being pregnant. This year we had a beautiful fall (my favorite season) that I could enjoy with my baby.
One of my favorite things about fall, and really one of my favorite things in general, is harvest. I had been back to visit Illinois a lot so I didn't feel like I could really justify another road trip just to ride in the combine. So I decided that if my cousin who was expecting a baby had said baby before harvest was over, I would go. And she came through for me! Off we went- just me and Summer. I was pretty excited to take her on her first combine ride. I'm pretty sure she was just as excited:)
She did like it... that corn is pretty mesmerizing to watch! She watched for quite a while and then took a nap while I continued watching. And talking to my brother. Way back in the day when we were both single, we would talk for hours. Even after I moved out of my parents house, we had about the same hours at our jobs and it was common for us to call each other on our morning commute. Then he got married, I moved away, life changed and so on and so forth. So to have the chance to just sit and talk again was pretty special to me.
And of course we had to meet little baby Archer!
One weekend we took a little date to a corn maze. It wasn't the most challenging maze since the corn really didn't grow this year...
Then we came home and carved pumpkins!
And while I sure don't like all the gory stuff of Halloween, I have to say it was really fun to dress up the babe! (She was a gumball machine, not a clown.) Oh- and to have trick or treaters! I've never had them in my life and I was really excited! But our candy ran out about halfway through:( So then we shut all our lights off and creepily sat in our bedroom while we watched everyone walk by in their costumes!
Happy October, everyone!
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