Pumpkin Patch

Well, it has been too long since I have updated our blog.  Sorry about that!!  I'll be playing "catch up" over the next couple of days.  Starting with my parents' visit to Memphis!  They came towards the end of October, and we had some great fall weather.  We spent the majority of time outside, even taking a trip to Priddy Farms in Bartlett.  They had a great little pumpkin patch with lots of places for photo ops!   They even had stations for kiddos to make their own scarecrows--very cute!  We look forward to taking Ruth back when she is a little older.  Who knows, maybe we'll make a yearly visit out of it!

Ruth was rather interested in the pumpkins on her dress...
This was one of the many tactics used to try and get her to look up for a picture!

She also enjoyed gnawing on the Ruth sized
pumpkins she could get her little hands on

Fall is in the air

Houston has two seasons... Summer and SUMMER. Memphis has much more of a seasonal change, and I have come to love Fall the most. Our dear friends, the Fernandez family, had us over for dinner a couple of weekends ago. Their boys built a fire pit in their backyard, and we had smores for dessert! Since that night, JM and I have gone into major Fall mode. He got us a fire pit, and we had our first fire the night he brought it home (with some spare wood from the Fernandez fam--thank you)! I am just loving the Fall weather and see the fire pit quickly turning into a weekend tradition!

Freidan thought the firewood was for him.

Getting it started!

Football!

Well it is official, I have been sucked into the football culture here in Memphis.  Growing up, it was never really a huge deal.  If it was on, great.  If not, I certainly didn't feel like I was missing anything.  That is definitely not the case in SEC country! Even JM's younger brother's high school football games include tailgating beforehand. It is SO fun and I love witnessing the rivalries that stem from so many SEC schools being close to Memphis. Ruth likes it too... we may have a future athlete on our hands--she is always enthralled when we are watching sports :)

Go Brothers!

Go Brothers!

She wouldn't even take her eyes off the game for a picture!

Checkin' out the game with Papa...
Two peas in a pod right there!

Saturday Mornings

Saturday mornings are a sweet time for our family.  We take a break from the busyness of the week and enjoy a big breakfast, coffee, and just being outside together! I have come to cherish these times and am looking forward to when Ruth is a little older and can enjoy it more with us! She certainly seems to love it now, though!

Baby Feet

We are all about the feet in this house. Actually, we're pretty much about anything we can get into our mouths. Within the past week, Ruth has mastered the art of getting her feet in her mouth. It's quite impressive!

Scootin'

Ruth has become a scootin' machine! When we set her down on her back, she immediately flips over onto her tummy and starts trying to move. I think I'm going to need those running shoes sooner than I thought I would. This girl is going to be crawling before we know it!

Five Months

Ruth is now five months old and has gone from an infant to a baby right before our eyes.  She is super chatty and loves to growl back at us when we growl at her.  Which of course we do all the time because we love it too :)  She is a huge smiler and melts my heart with her big gummy grins.  And she is LAUGHING.  It is so fun to figure out what kinds of things crack her up.  Ruth loves to be thrown up in the air and to "fly".  We love to make her laugh!  It seems like everything is a delight to her, and it is fun to see the world through her eyes.

It has definitely made me think more about all the many ways the Lord blesses us.  I am quick to forget about daily things such as food, but seeing how excited Ruth is about eating oatmeal (which she absolutely loves), or her awe and wonder at trees and flowers when we go for walks, helps me to remember that the Lord is our provider.  I am so thankful that we can trust in Him and His faithfulness to His children!

25“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?g 28And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. 34“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

SO BIG!

Adorable bow from her Gigi!

Cute monogrammed shoes from her Honey

Lovin' on her Papa

Hangin' with Mama