Country Living Fair

I went to the Country Living Fair in Columbus, OH on Saturday, September 17 with Mom and Anna... and Henry Jay, of course. The weather was so beautiful and we had such a great time together! Henry was great on the ride over and perfect while we were there. However, when it got to be about 8:00pm and he was stuck in a car seat and not able to stretch out in his bed to sleep, he was not too happy about it and let us know. Thankfully, I was able to nurse him and hold him for a bit at a rest stop, and he slept the rest of the way home.

I bought another two prints from the same artist I bought from last year (P. Carter Carpin). They are all for Charlotte's bedroom. Anna picked out two for her girls' room, and Mom bought one for her own room. I also bought two galvanized buckets. One to display the curly willow twigs I purchased, and the other to hold a large mum on my front porch (all I need now is the mum). Anna also found some drink holders that you can stick in the ground to hold a beverage of your choice while you play corn hole, or sit on the beach, or at a campfire, etc. She was very excited about her drink holders! So excited that she kept telling us how excited she was until we finally couldn't help but poke fun at her. :-)

We shared a delicious slice of pumpkin roll (pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting) and also buckeye roll (chocolate cake and peanut butter/cream cheese frosting). Then we shared fresh cut French fries. Also yum!

I wish I would have taken more pictures. Mom's are much better! It was too hard with carrying Henry and the stuff we bought and trying to look at everything that was there.

A quick pic before we left... and by quick I mean we took 34 before we found one acceptable on each camera.

Henry Jay was awake, alert, and ready to go.

A little glimpse of the fair

Henry's First Bottle

Jason was able to give Henry his first bottle on September 9. He seemed to take it pretty well. We were never very good at giving any of the girls a bottle, and I guess as a result they didn't like them. That meant that mommy and baby were inseparable for many, many months. Maybe we'll do better with Henry... It might interest you to know that ten days have passed and that was his first and only bottle! :-)

Henry's First Bath

Obviously, I am WAY behind on blog posts. Henry had his first bath on September 5. He really liked it and has like every bath he's had since then... that always makes it easier on mommy!

Labor Day

We went to my mom and dad's house for a Labor Day cookout (and to enjoy some quality family time). We had yummy hamburgers and hotdogs on the grill. Tom put together a delicious fruit salad. And all the brownies were eaten in record time... not even a crumb to take home! Dad and his friend Shawn challenged Jason and Tom to a game of corn hole (okay, I made them play) until the girls took over. Other than being windy, the weather was great for being outside all day.

Sweet Henry Jay

Three girls and a baby

My dad set up our old tent for the girls to play in.

Shawn was pushing Charlotte around the court in my dad's old stroller.

Double Trouble

Sleeping through family photos

My family

Sisters

Mamaw and Papaw with their grandkids

Time for funny faces

The McCollisters

The Nyes

Waiting

One day last week I found Charlotte and Pup waiting at the front door for the girls to come home from school.

First Trip to the Dentist

Last week Charlotte went to the dentist for the first time. Jason was still off of work, so he took all the girls to the dentist while I stayed home with Henry. Charlotte did great!