First steps!

This morning Addie decided to take her first unassisted steps! She was holding onto a laundry basket, I was playing the "I'm gonna get you" game with her and she happily looked at me, let go, took three steps towards me, then whoopsboom, she was down. I caught her a few more times today on video. She still prefers crawling (er....her style of scooting) and doesn't go more than a few steps without falling, but...yay!!

Despite the temperature being a high of 80 degrees today...

....they tell us it's officially fall. So what better way to celebrate the season than hitting a fall festival? We headed to Cox Farms this weekend. I had visions of a happy Addie petting baby farm animals, dancing to a banjo player on a hay ride, swinging on rope swings (okay...maybe in a few years). We had a lot of fun. It was a gorgeous day, but not all went as idealized in my mind :)

After a long car ride and standing in line for tickets, the last thing Addie wanted to do was pose in front of this autumnal scene--I'm cracking up because she's trying SO hard to get out of my lap.


Once she was down and standing, she was much happier. Mmm....so THIS is what hay tastes like.

We headed towards Goat Village....

Addie was a bit nervous around them and decided to stay safely in the arms of her daddy.
Here they are off to ride the big slide. Woohoo! Addie will love this, right? Well..she didn't HATE it, but she was more confused than anything :)

Me trying to pose for a cute momma/daughter picture but all Addie is interested in is stealing my kettle corn.

So we had some crackers for a snack, did some people watching, decided against standing in the long line for the hay ride....

...and headed home. This is what we found the minute we pulled out of the farm....

Happy fall, everyone!