Pumpkin Farm

Last year we took Seth to a local plant nursery in FTW to take a few pumpkin pictures, but this year we went to the pumpkin farm in Grapevine (a city about 30min from our house) that I wanted to go to last year! Seth LOVED it and loved just running around and being free! Unfortunately he wouldn't sit down in any of the pumpkins, so the other backyard pictures will have to sufice. His favorite part of the trip...the big tactors! He loved climbing on them and sitting up high! There were also some little tractor toys for him to ride on. A good time can come to a halt pretty fast when a toddler trips and falls flat on his face onto dirt and some rocks. Yep, poor thing tripped and got a bloody nose and scratches on his face. It took a little bit to calm him down, but after that he was ready to run again! All in all the trip was worth it since admission was FREE! Seth and Daddy at Hall's Pumpkin Farm
Seth on the big tractor


He loves anything with a steering wheel!

His legs were a little too short to reach the pedals

so we ended up pushing him...he loved it

this is what he did most of the time...run!

I love this picture of him

loved getting in the wagon and riding

this was right before the big tripping accident

he wouldn't look at me, but if you look close you can see the scratches on his face and forehead, poor guy

it didn't take him long to get around to playing again...looking and staying far from the animals

one last run through the pumpkins before we head home

and this is what we saw on the drive home on Hwy 121...beautiful!!!

Fall Fun!

Early one morning about 7:30, I thought it would be a good time for a fall mini-photo shoot. Its still pretty chilly in the morning here so I didn't think Seth would mind wearing a sweater! The neighbor's dog was barking the whole time while we were taking pics so the whole thing lasted about 10 min. since Seth was a little scared. But here are the best ones. Enjoy!!

Let Them Eat Cake!

Today Seth went to his good friend Emma's 2nd birthday party. (Emma is the blonde in the middle in the first picture). Seth and Emma met when they were both about 9mos. old, now its hard to believe they will be 2 (they are about 4 weeks apart in age). Seth loves to play with her as well as Hope, but he is missing his good buddy Ethan who moved last month to Lousiana, but we are hoping to see him in Nov. for Seth's birthday party. These 3 little friends loved eating the strawberry and chocolate cake!!

Hope, Emma and Seth eating their cake!Seth loves cake!
sweet little Hope

I think he had about 2 pieces of cake!

Seth was excited to take home 4 balloons from the party!!

Rain Dance

Its been pretty dry here in Texas over the past few weeks! At a recent consignment sale here in Fort Worth I bought Seth some rain boots hoping he would get some good use out of them. Seth loves to wear these boots...everywhere and all the time. The other day he wanted to wear them to the kids club where I drop him off so I can work out for a bit...it was about 90 degrees haha (I am letting him have some freedom in dressing himself lately). So here's hoping it rains alot this year! Below is a picture of Seth just after waking up, he wanted his boots on almost immediately!Here is a picture of Seth wearing his boots this evening as he's eating his dinner (hot dog, bun, applesauce and pears...we have turned a corner with the eating!) As I am writing this...a storm is brewing outside...Praise the Lord!

A Day in the Life of Seth Plumlee

A lot happens at our house with this 22 month old! Never a dull moment! Here is our day in pictures...

yogurt for breakfast

this is how I find the yogurt after turning around for just a minute!

He found the wrapping paper--someone is ready for Christmas!

Dancing to music!

playing outside---everything goes on his head!

he's so talented!

after naptime--pretending to be 'Bob the Builder'

trying to turn the TV on --unsuccessful

Dinner date at our house with his friend Emma

studying thier words after dinner!

Spencer's blog!

http://www.spencerplumlee.com/

This summer Spencer decided to put his sermon series "Tough Questions" in blog form. He answers tough questions that Christians are sometimes bombarded with and left frozen and speechless when confronted by a non-believer...or even a new Christian. He has also started blogging about passages that hit him hard during his quiet time that day...take a look and read!
So proud to have such a godly man leading our family!

So Long Summer...Hello Fall!

Labor Day in Texas brought 80 degree temperatures! A great relief from the 100 degree temps all summer! It really made it feel like Fall! We can finally go on walks again in the morning and Seth can play outside again...he is loving it! Seth and Daddy playing outside
Labor Day breakfast!



Celebrating the final day of 100 degree weather by skinny dipping in the pool! (we were out of swim diapers)

Enjoying his final swim of the summer!

Thomas and Friends

Over the past year Seth's love of trains has grown! I knew when he played with the train table at Barnes & Noble that we had to get him at least a small track to play with. He got his first train on his first birthday as a gift and he has loved them ever since. He loves to watch the real trains go by close to our house and he'll point and say 'Te' (trying to say train). So I began my research of train tables just to see how much they were....not cheap thats what I found out! So I kept checking craigslist (a way for people to sell their used items online. Kind of like Ebay but you don't have to bid). After a few weeks of looking and not finding anything good, we finally found this one!! It was so cheap and had barely been used AND came with extra trains! Spencer and a friend of ours drove to north Fort Worth to pick it up after church on Wed. night. We put the track together so it would be ready when Seth woke up! Talk about a happy boy...he loves it! I eventually glued the tracks and other pieces down. Happy early Birthday Seth!!

watching Thomas the Train while holding the Thomas DVD cover and a train

about to ride on the Trinity Train

playing trains with Gran

putting his first train set together

this boy loves trains!

Privacy Please

We are by no means starting the potty-training process, but wanted to get Seth comfortable with sitting on a small potty. I wanted to get one that didn't look like a toy so I got the most plain one I could find (thank you Target!) He really liked it and seemed pretty comfortable trying to sit on it in his diaper. When we put it in his bathroom he pulled up his shirt and tried to pull his shorts down! Thats a start! Anyway we probably won't start the full process until next summer....I've heard it takes boys a little longer than girls so we will wait. Just wanted to share these pictures...he's growing up too fast! He loves to put the lid down!

sitting on his potty all by himself


lots of clapping and cheering from momma and daddy (seth clapped for himself too)

we have a long way to go!

he wanted to take it to the living room and to our bathroom