2nd Annual Apple Picking

Today we went apple picking! I have been waiting to do this all fall. We went to the same farm we did last year, Tougas Farms. And we also went again with Sara, Doug & Noah.
Seth loved the tractor ride to the orchard, loved running up and down the orchard and loved eating the apples.

Seth and Noah had a great time. Seth even started saying "Noah." Although it sounded more like "NO." Still very cute.

We brought home 20 pounds of apples. Now we have to figure out what to do with them. Applesauce, apple crisp...

After eating some lunch and some cider donuts we went to see the animals. It was mostly goats but the boys loved them. Seth giggled every time he got to touch one of them.

It was one of my favorite days!

More pictures and video to come!

Fancy Night Out!

Long story, but we have owed Jerald's brother, Josh, and his wife, Sara, a fancy dinner for years. Tonight we paid up! We took them to dinner at L'Espalier! What an amazing experience.

First off, we had a very big accomplishment before even leaving the house. After Seth's bad sleeping - we are finally back on track - and our new babysitter even put him to sleep without us! How amazing?

Anyway - we had an 8:30 reservation and after something like 9 different courses we got home at 1:30 am! But it was amazing. The food, the atmosphere, our waiter, our sommelier, and of course the company were out of this world.

I am getting hungry just thinking about it!

Seth and Nana

Playgroup at our house

We had a lot of fun today with so many of our friends over to play. Seth was a great host. He shared his toys very well and seemed to enjoy having so many people to play with. Thanks to Mae, Clyde, Eli, Dylan and Joshua for coming over.

SLEEP!!!

After a week and a half of very bad sleep - we think we are finally back on track. Seth is once again falling asleep on his own, sleeping through the night, and napping!!!

Merry-go-round

At the playspace yesterday

Playspace

With Jerald home from work and it being a rainy day we all checked out this fun indoor playspace close to our house.

We all had a lot of fun in the big playhouse, building with blocks and on the slides.

Notre Dame!

To celebrate Notre Dame's first football win of the season (hallelujah!) Seth wore his new shirt from Grandma and Grandpa. We had a nice morning reading stories and playing in Seth's playroom. Thanks for another great weekend Grandma and Grandpa!!!

"Ma" & "Pa"

Seth's Grandma and Grandpa came to visit this weekend. Seth calls them "Ma" and "Pa." He sounds very southern!

We spent the afternoon in our yard playing with toys and doing some much needed yard work. It was really fun being outside and watching Seth explore everything.

Seth had a lot of fun with the hose and the piles of leaves.

Grandpa had fun too! (this picture just makes me smile and laugh out loud! it was even funnier at the time).

At night, Jerald and I went out to a yummy dinner with some friends while Grandma and Grandpa gave Seth a bath and eventually put him to bed.

Rough Week

Between transitioning back from our weekend in DC, a little cold, and four more teeth coming in - Seth has had a rough week of sleeping and not napping.

We are hanging in - and looking forward to getting back on schedule very soon!

Ice Cream

First taste..

More...

YUM!!!

Brunch and Accordions

To finish up our wonderful visit to DC, Suzanne and Frank hosted a yummy brunch! And Suzanne and Seth wore matching outfits.

We then got a tour of Frank's accordion business. It was so cool to see all the hard work Suzanne and Frank have been up to.

Sadly, it was time to say goodbye to the law school crew. We had such an amazing time!!!

Teen tour reunion?

One of my oldest and best friends met up with us at the Zoo as well. Matt and I met when we were 16 and on a teen tour of the west coast. We hit it off immediately and have been great friends since. I am so happy we got to spend time together!

In DC at the Zoo

Our whole law school crew met up at the Zoo! We had so much fun walking around and catching up with everyone.
After the Zoo we went to Nicole's house for a yummy bbq and then back to Suzanne and Frank's for drinks and dessert while Seth slept.

Trip to DC

Seth had so many firsts on our big trip to DC. Seth had his first bus, plane and subway ride. He did great during all of our adventures!

Here is Seth on the metro with our gracious hosts, Frank and Suzanne (whom Seth adores)!

All dressed up

My boys, on our to dinner at our friend Dave's for sukkot.

How cute are they!

At the neighbors

This afternoon, we stopped by our neighbors who have a daughter 3 days older than Seth named Ellah. Seth played in the sandbox.

And got kisses from our downstairs neighbor Baxter!

Explorers

Seth has been enjoying class so much. Today, he spent 15 minutes crawling, climbing and running up this structure. He had so much fun! I will try to put some video on of this soon.

He also had fun in the ball pit,

and his first time finger painting!

Shout-Out to Brian!

I just learned some very disturbing news. Our very good friend Brian, has never been mentioned on the blog. I decided this had to be remedied immediately. Not only is Brian one of the most faithful readers of this blog, he has also been one of my closest friends since High School. And as some of you may know, my prom date (see picture).

So now Brian is either laughing very hard and happy that he has now been mentioned on the blog - or very upset that he brought it up in the first place.

And if you want more space on the blog - just come up and visit us!

Schmutz

I apparently use the word schmutz a lot. So much so that Seth has a face for when I say the word or for when he finds garbage on his own.

Sunday Football