Big Orange Pumpkin Farm

I finally got a chance to upload pictures!

We went to the pumpkin farm 2 Sundays ago with the Renfrows. The admission price included food for the animals, a hay ride, and a hot dog!

P was mooing up a storm and had a blast with all the animals.







They had a bridge for the goats to walk across.

The platform had a hole cut out so they could raise food up to the goats. Payton thought it was hilarious when the goat peeked down at her.

It hadn't rained in forever, but P managed to find the one mudhole on the property....

Mom's Group - Take 2

On Friday, Payton and I made our first Mom's Group since the spring. Her nap was around the same time and it was pointless for us to get ready and only be some place for 30 minutes. We met 3 mommas and 5 kiddos at the park. It was a gorgeous day, and P had so much fun sliding and swinging!


This Friday we're off to the pumpkin patch (it will be our second time) and the following Friday is a little Halloween party.

We Made It!

And Lane will be home in about an hour!! I'm so glad he's coming home early so we can have a family day tomorrow.

Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me?

Payton has been home from MDO for 4 and a half hours and so far I've:

• cleaned up Reesie pee
• tried unsuccessfully to put P down for her afternoon nap
• scooped about 1/4 cup of Reesie's food out of Payton's mouth
• cleaned up a just poured Tervis full of iced tea off my living room carpet
• been screeched at because I wouldn't let P go out the back door with the dogs
• listened to the best little laugh I could ever hear
• stepped in little dog poo on the porch because apparently she can't poop in the grass like normal dogs

Smarty Pants

While Miss Priss was at Mom's Day Out, I went and had a pedicure.
Normally, I choose this:

OPI Sweetheart

Today I was feeling a little crazy and went for this:

OPI something...

Payton noticed immediately that my toes were different and is insistent on touching them!

All By Myself... Don't Wanna Be... All By Myself

Lane left this morning for a pheasant hunt in Kansas. He should be home late Sunday afternoon. My parents and my sister are in Huntsville for my mom's best friend's daughter's wedding (say that 3 times fast).

Payton and I are holding down the fort with Scout and Reesie (my sister's mini-yorkie). Say a little prayer for us... that my patience doesn't waiver and Payton is a well behaved toddler.

I know that so many women have to do this all the time, but when you're not use to your husband and your "second string" being out of town at the same time, it's a tad nerve racking.

Patience...

...clearly something God thinks I need to work on!

Lane was out of town this last weekend having a ball at the OSU/Tech game with Jeff. Elaine and I put a Friday lunch date on the calendar months ago and on a whim decided to go to Canton for First Monday. with. the. kids. Well, with Payton and angel baby Grant! Reese was at school. Payton would not sleep in the car, wouldn't sit in the stroller, couldn't be pacified with anything but me holding her. It's hard enough to maneuver through the (fun) chaos of First Monday as one person... it's nearly impossible when you're carrying a very cranky one year old, pushing a stroller, and trying to do what you went there to do... shop!

Saturday, Payton woke up about 4:45, went back to sleep about 5:15, and you guessed it, I couldn't go back to sleep.

Later that morning, Payton and I went out on the back patio for a bit and I took off her diaper. When we came in, I knew I should've put a diaper back on, but for whatever reason, I didn't. I looked over from doing the dishes and saw P swatting by the back door. You know what's coming... I got to clean poop off the floor.

I started a load of laundry and went to play with P. For whatever reason, I looked into the foyer and saw standing water! Ummm, about 1/2 an inch of water from my laundry room to the front bathroom. It was seeping out the door to the garage and the front door. I didn't have enough towels or blankets to soak up it all up! Luckily, our neighbor had a (very small) wet vac that took care of most of it.

Scout dog decided he needed to get in on the patience lesson and threw up twice on the carpet. Nothing says patience like cleaning up almost 4 cups of undigested, slimy dog food!

Last night we slept with the windows open and I left them open today. We had a sudden rain storm tonight and I didn't really think a thing about it. When I went upstairs to go to bed, I went to shut the windows and the carpet was soaked! We've left the windows open when it rained before and this has never happened. Lane just got back from Walmart to by an 8 gallon wet vac so we can hopefully salvage our carpet.

I just keep telling myself that tomorrow is a new day!