Baby Visits the Pumpkin Farm

My grand daughter enjoyed a day at a country pumpkin farm recently.

She is now 15 months old.

It was a perfect coolish downcast day

 which made for some wonderful pics that

my eldest daughter took.

Vivian seemed fascinated by all these colorful orbs!

She took a real shine to that little heirloom one -

she picked it out herself and carried it around with her

the entire visit....along with that stick she found.

She didn't set it down often, but did here.

(But not that stick, haha.)

I love this shot

with her wee gourd in the forefront.

♥

Here Vivi's auntie and momma

 are making her laugh in this shot.

That's her momma's arm - she just finished

"hugging" the giant pumpkin to ease Vivi's reservations

about such a huge weird scary thing taller than she!

Funny how hugs make everything alright.

Notice the wee playhouse on the right

and the two black cows in the background.

And Vivi still holding that stick.

Perhaps she will one day be a conductor

since she's comfortable holding a wand.

Because we really don't want a wizard in the family.

We're Muggles.

:-)

She's getting so big so fast; but not quite big enough

 to pick up that huge green heirloom pumpkin by herself!

Can't blame a girl for trying!

I adore her little black chucks shoes-

they're just like the ones her momma wears.

We called those "fish-head sneaks" when I was young.

Our darling grand daughter is growing so fast!

Seems like just a moment ago

 that I blogged about

 her first visit to a pumpkin patch!

Thanks so much for your visit today.

Smiles, hugs and prayers to each one of you!

♥

~Michele

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Happy 1st Birthday, Granddaughter!

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY, VIVIAN!!!

Oh my, oh my! What a happy and special day!

We celebrated our granddaughter's first birthday

 at her Auntie Eve and Uncle Dan's on Saturday.

Auntie is a real crafty gal and hand-made every item for the party-

and it all tied in to the adorable personalized invitations, too.

There were banners and streamers and balloons everywhere!

Here's auntie now
 sneaking in a kissy-selfie with the birthday girl!

And didn't we have a nice and festive welcome out in front!

(Their entire garden is English Country Garden style -

and so much was in bloom this past weekend.)

This is only a portion of the food-
these early pics were taken before all things were put out.

Candy, cookies, krispie bars and cupcakes.....

But as wonderful as the party atmosphere and the food was

the Princess of the Day was definately the highlight!

One of the few smiles captured on film-
cuz she's looking right at her Grammie!

She's growing way too fast.

She walks now. She speaks more than a few words. 
And she's getting her 7th tooth.

Her Momma and Daddy are so happy and proud.

I love that her Auntie Eve took the time

 to even decorate her high chair!

But baby was much more interested

 in tasting sweets for the first time

than in posing for the camera.

She didn't even know what to do with it at first.

I don't think she liked the sticky/gooey mess on her fingers.

Her Momma broke off a small piece of cake sans frosting

and took the rest of it away.

NEXT year she'll get herself a whole big 'ole piece, 
won't she, Mom????  : -)

The tables were so pretty with bright

 happy potted sunflowers on them.

They matched the sunshine we had all day!

Some of the guests got them as favors from the hostess-
and Katie (baby's momma) made home-made berry jam
from berries from her gardens and Eve's mulberry tree!
Everyone got a canning jar of it as a favor;
 and it is FABULOUS!

Here's our sweet grand-dog Derby.

She was so good with all the commotion yesterday.

And, thank you, too, dear Derby (grand dog)

 for sweetly sharing your lovely home with us.

We know it's much more noise than you are accustomed,

but you were such a well behaved girl through it all. ♥

Auntie Eve and Uncle Dan spoiled the birthday girl big-time

 with many wonderful vintage and new gifts -

 but my very fav was her cute wee 

table and chair set that Auntie re-did for her.

This was a trash-to-treasure save - and it is a solid wood antique!

I told you my eldest daughter is very crafty! 

It's funny because the baby wasn't much interested

 in her presents at all... till she got some new books.

She loves books!

She was "reading" them aloud to herself.

I was next to her and could hear it all- 

babbling away quietly in baby speak - it was so cute.

I just adore the determination she shows on her face as she is opening it up.

Look at those pursed lips!

But the pic below wins the prize! 

LOL!  Book up-side down, too funny!

♥

She really loved her fuzzy birthday card, too!

It has a pink and sprinkled cupcake with a 1 on it.

Thank you, Evelyn and Dan for hosting
 this very special birthday party!

♥

We love you, sweet baby girl!

As always, thank you for your visit.

I'll try hard not to stay away so long next time!
Miss you all.

♥

~Michele

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Sweet Baby in a Pink Hat

Greetings to everyone!

Just popping in to share an adorable pic of the grand

in a sweet pink gingham and white sun hat

 touching grass for the first time.

She just turned 8 months.

She has fattened up beautifully and is the picture of health.

She has two bottom teeth, is crawling and occassionally

 pulling herself up to a standing position.

She giggles and is so happy - and sooooooooo reminds me

 of her sweet and funny momma when she was a baby!

♥

Like the way she sleeps once she learned to roll over.

(Just exactly like her momma when she was this size.)

I just love her cute pink pig pajamas!

Here she is in pink again- 'tho another grainy pic sorry

 - back lighting is awful in pics-

wearing a cute pink bib with bugs on it.

Some of you may remember her nickname is

"Baby Bug."

I snapped this pic fast with my phone the other day

because I caught her in the beginning stages about to make

what we lovingly refer to as "poop face."

i just ABSOLUTELY adore that face!

Her lips disappear and she kinda stares.

Oh my, yes, we do know what that means, don't we?

Let's just say that I don't think potty training

 will be difficult with this one, either.

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We're appreciating your prayers lately with our sad troubles.

 And to top it off: yesterday I think I broke my toe. 

Please: keep those wonderful prayers coming, we need them.

XXOOXXOOXXOO

I hope you all are having a wonderful Lenten Season.

I miss you, and hopefully will be back soon.

Until then, enjoy springtime!

God bless!

Michele

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Happy Val Day & Winner of Teacup!

HAPPY ST. VALENTINE'S DAY TO YOU ALL!

Sure hope your day has been going fabulously!

♥♥♥ Love is in the air ♥♥♥

As promised, I am announcing my teacup giveaway winner

~by Random Generator~

The winner this time is Mona Gabriel

 of Hidden Art of Homemaking blog!

Mona - just let me know where to ship this

and I will get it out for you asap!

Thanks for all who entered the giveaway!

Hugs and prayers!

♥

~Michele

BABY BLUE EYES!

Sharing pics of my sweet wee grand baby today.

It's been over a month since I have shared pics of her,

so thought it high time I show you how she's grown!

You cannot tell in the pic above

 but her Aunt Eve knitted those leg warmers 

that are being used as strap covers for her tender wee neck.

Since this pic was taken regular covers have been purchased, 

so now those warmers are working to keep baby's legs warm!

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This is baby's last visit to the doctor in pic below,
 just happy moments just before 3 new immunizations.

She cried only once for a millisecond on the second one.

(It really welted up, so it had to really hurt!)

She's looking at herself in the mirror talking to that baby.

"Hey! I believe I know you!"

And at 6 months she is growing perfectly well.

Her pediatrician gave the go-ahead to begin cereal in her diet.

She's to continue nursing; also taking 6-8 ounces of formula per day.

You can see she is ready to feed herself -

 pic was taken the first time she ever ate from a spoon.

Her momma says she's a natural born eater. 

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Aren't her eyes soooooooooooo intense?!?

She looks right into my soul!

I love she is chewing on her auntie's rubber spatula.

I love even more all the drool on it, haha.

ALSO:

For all of you who asked about the Gerber Baby contest.
I sure do wish I would have mentioned it earlier on the blog,
and not the last day for voting! We found out today she didn't win -
but the good news is a local boy did make runner up-
 so that's good, huh?

Maybe next year she can win.

Thanks for voting if you were able! ♥♥♥

Credit: All pics on this post taken by baby's Auntie Ev's phone.

As always, thank you for your visit!

♥

~Michele

Anything Goes

Baby, it's COLD Outside!

We have had such sunny warm and mild temps,

 but it just recently turned blustery!

I just had to share our most adorable

 Abomidable SnowBaby

in the history of ever.

Just sayin'.

♥

HAPPY DECEMBER 1ST AND ADVENT BLESSINGS TO YOU ALL!