fall weekend

i took the kids into waupaca friday after lunch- we thought we'd show up at my mom's work (at the high school) and surprise her!

it was homecoming week, though, and the food service department got out a little early, so by the time we got there, she was already gone. we missed her by mere minutes, though.

(madi didn't understand that she had already left, so when we left the school, she started crying and calling, "gamma! gamma!")

we stayed over friday and saturday night, and came back home sunday afternoon. the weather was perfect, so the kids had a blast playing outside.

i love that they're old enough to play and imagine together now.

sometimes madison's a little "out of the loop" but she tags along with her big brother anyway.

cole spotted an airplane... every plane he sees is "gweat-gwappa's airplane"!

saturday we spent most of the day outside... my mom let the kids and i tag along to the grocery store with her, and then we stopped by a local apple orchard on the way home.
after that, we raked pine needles. mom and dad have a rather large yard, so there's lots of raking to do!

cole and madi were so eager to help, taking handfuls of needles and trying to put them in the wagon. little miss madi was so cute- she had a little bunch of pine needles in her tiny hands, waiting very patiently for someone to help her put them in the wagon.

grandma came to her rescue and gave her a boost.

(this one's out of order- it was sunday morning, and we were trying to keep settled down before meeting [our first since being switched to mom and dad's!], and our sweet littles were sitting so nicely together, giggling quietly at the bob the builder "lap top".)

in the afternoon, after the kids were down for a nap, kayla and levi came up to the farm for an engagement photo session. the fall colors were great, and the woods were nice and quiet, so it was a great day for photos!

this is one of my favorites... there are more posted here.

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we all had a fun weekend, even with the sinus colds we all came down with. nothing major... it'll pass, and in a week or so, we'll all be back to normal i'm sure!

yesterday was my 14-week prenatal check... everything's right on track, baby's heartbeat is great (right around 150 bpm) and we scheduled our ultrasound for november 23rd. we may change that to the 24th, but that's where it's at for now.

oh, and i've only gained a pound this entire pregnancy so far! almost three months of nausea and no appetite will do that... the last week and a half, i've been finding that i'm able to tolerate just about everything again, and i'm starved. i thought for sure that i'd have put on at least 5 lbs, but i was pleasantly surprised. my track record is around 12 lbs by 14 weeks, so this is a nice change. but... baby's healthy and that's all that matters!

(6 weeks till we can "meet" him or her, and find out what this little one is.... oh, that seems so far away!!)