Pumpkin Farm

It was a beautiful weekend here! It was close to 80 degrees on Saturday so we took Rilee to the pumpkin farm. Mom, Dad, Grambo, Big Poppy, Aunt Ashlee, Unlce Bill, and Champ all went with Rilee. She was a little overwhelmed at first, but warmed up quickly. She had to look at EVERYTHING! She went through all of the rows of pumpkins, walked through a maze, went down the slide, went on the hayride, looked at the goats, chickens, and dogs. She had a great time!






Rilee especially loved the goats. She pet them, fed them, and yes even tried to kiss one!







The Toledo Humane Society was at the pumpkin farm. Rilee LOVES dogs so of course she had to pet at least one of them. She chose the pug since it was just her size. Champ also loved to see the other dogs. Poor Brutus would have loved it too, but Mom and Dad thought it would be a little too much to handle with Rilee, Brutus, and Champ all at the farm at the same time.





Rilee loves to climb so she loved getting to the top bleacher of pumpkins and looking out at the field of corn. She loved looking at all of the pumpkins and gourds. She even had to kiss a couple!








We all went on a hay ride (except Uncle Bill because he had to stay back with Champ). Rilee loved looking at the corn, pumpkins, and all the scenery at the pumpkin farm. She pointed at everything!




Rilee thinks she can pick up anything that she wants...even if it weighs more than she does!



Worn out from all the fun she had!

Getting Ready for Halloween

Rilee helped Mom and Dad put out the Halloween decorations yesterday! She is very into Halloween this year. She is constantly playing with a Frankenstein that Mom has in the house. She also loves to look at the rest of the decorations. Mom and Dad can't wait to take her to the pumpkin farm!

Maumee Bay

Last weekend Grambo and Big Poppy camped at Maumee Bay. Since Maumee Bay is only 10 minutes from our house we visited Grambo and Big Poppy Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Rilee loved feeding the ducks in the pond behind the campsite. She also loved going to the playground. It was a great weekend!

Getting All Caught Up

It has been awhile since Mommy posted anything about me. She is back to work and has less time to "blog." Here are some pictures of what I have been up to the past couple of weeks. I had my 15 month check up at the end of August and I weighed 20 pounds and was 31 inches long! I am learning new words everyday. I also know a lot of animal sounds like the elephant, which is my favorite. Since the elephant is my favorite animal that is what I am going to be for Halloween (Stay tuned for pictures). I can also tell you what daddy's car says (vroom vroom). I hope you enjoy my pictures.

Here I am reading or should I say singing the Monster Mash book. I love to get this book out and "sing" while looking at the pictures. The book is the lyrics to "Monster Mash."




Spaghetti for dinner!



Being silly with Dad



Getting ready to head to church!



Having a great time in a bubble bath!




Great Grandma's Birthday
Last Saturday we went over to Great Aunt Karen's for Great Grandma's birthday. I loved Great Aunt Karen's piano. I also loved playing with Craig and Eric's bucket of animals that they played with when they were little.

Mommy's Last Days of Summer

Mommy had to go back to work this week, so last week we took advantage of Mommy and Daddy's mutual days off and went to the park and to the zoo. Rilee loved Daddy's superman ice cream and going down the big slides all by herself. She also loved the train at the zoo.

The Park







The Zoo

Camping at Mohican

We went to stay with Grambo and Big Poppy at Mohican State Park for a couple of days. Rilee loved swimming in the pool and playing in the river with the dogs.









Rilee enjoyed a lot of walks with her sunglasses on! She thinks she is hot stuff with her shades on! Before we went swimming we let Rilee go crazy with a piece of watermelon. She loved eating it without a fork! We then headed to the pool. Rilee loves jumping off of the side of the pool and letting Daddy throw her up high in the air. We then took the dogs to the river. Rilee took a ride on Brutus to get her out of the water.








I know it is hard to believe, but Rilee IS wearing a Notre Dame shirt. A couple of weeks before we left for Mohican Rilee got a surprise in the mail. Great Aunt Judy sent Rilee a Notre Dame shirt. Aunt Judy has been the only ND fan in the family for a long time, then Uncle Bill came along. Great Aunt Judy figures while Rilee is young she can try to get her to cheer for ND so she sent her the shirt. Rilee loved wearing the shirt. It is still a little big so she got to wear it with only a diaper! She helped Grambo cook dinner with the shirt on and even got to wear it home. Once we got home she played some games with Dad. Daddy turned around and found Rilee sound asleep in the chair, so she even got to sleep in her ND shirt. I don't know, it kind of seems like Great Aunt Judy might be swaying Rilee to cheer for the Fighting Irish. I'm sure Uncle Bill would be happy too.