What do you do when life gives you apples?

You make apple pie! I suppose this post is a logical follow-up to the last. I have never made an apple pie, as I do not particularly care for it, but my husband LOVES it. So, with freshly picked apples in the house, I decided to give it a try.

It came out pretty well!

Probably the happiest I've seen Phil in quite a while.

It was love at first sniff. (I know this photo is a little creepy...)

Phil had his first taste this morning and gave it his official stamp of approval!

Tukens Orchard and Farm Market

It was a beautiful fall day today, so we decided to go apple picking at a little farm near out house - Tukens Orchard and Farm Market. It was such a fun little place!

Adam inspected this apple for most of our time in the orchard. He had a couple of little bites and then proceeded to suck the juice out.

There was a petting zoo, which Adam enjoyed very much.

"Hello, Mr. Llama."

He really liked the baby goats...just his size.

We played in the little pumpkin patch. We'll probably go get our pumpkins next weekend.

I really like this picture for some reason, even though he isn't looking at the camera.

They had a store with lots of yummy treats as well as arts and crafts. I picked out this hand painted gourd. I'm pretty excited to incorporate it into my Thanksgiving centerpiece. Stay tuned...

I'm also going to try making an apple pie for Phil with the apples we picked today. Wish me luck!

Some News to Share!

Adam has some GREAT news to share with you!

He actually slept through the night for the very first time in his whole life on Friday, October 2 (but hey, who's keeping track?) However, we celebrated extra hard last night because he slept all night without even waking up to cry for a while! There is still room for improvement, but I think we are FINALLY coming out of Adam's sleeping troubles and we are so glad!

Dear Everybody,

Thanks for praying for me!

Love,

Adam

Share?

Here's Adam's latest trick that Phil taught him. I think this is the cutest one yet!

I asked Phil, "What's gonna happen when Adam realizes that sharing isn't as fun and he thought it was?" We'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

Vikings WIN at Buffalo Wild Wings

Don't ever say we're not committed! We didn't get the Vikings game at our house, so we headed over to Buffalo Wild Wings to watch the fourth quarter (after Adam's nap). It was the only place we could think of that would have the game and wouldn't make us awful parents taking our baby to a bar. Adam was still the youngest fan in there by far, but he soaked up TONS of attention and had a really good time. He was a hit in his jersey.

There was quite a roar when Favre threw his pass for a touchdown to win the game in the final seconds. We looked down at Adam (after high fiving each other), but he actually seemed to enjoy the excitement. That's our boy!

He gave Daddy a celebratory high five after the amazing victory!

Ok, I guess Favre can stay...for now.

Faux Pas

Apparently Adam missed the memo on how awkward it is to shop in your underwear!

Adventures with Grandma and Grandpa Swenson

Adam got to visit Albert Lea for the first time while we were in Minnesota. There is so much for him to see and do there - he had a great time. Grandpa Casey had a great time showing him the sites of Albert Lea and showing him off all over town. Beware, this post has a lot of pictures, but I wanted to show you some of Adam's adventures.

Adam got to pet a chicken!

This experience ended when Adam grabbed a fist full of Mr. Rooster's feathers! Adam held on to those feathers for quite a while.

He got to meet Shelly - very exciting!

He was fascinated with her big eyes.

The lucky boy got to take a bath in Grandma's giant jacuzzi tub! He wasn't really a fan of the bubbles, so we turned them off, but he loved all the space he had to swim around.

We played out on the grass. This is his new thing, by the way - sticking out his tongue. Pretty funny.

We went for a little hike through Grandma and Grandpa's land. Here are Phil and Adam in the pine tree forest. I always love this place.

The ponds - the water was so low! Phil and his brother used to play here all the time. We saw lots of raccoon and deer tracks.

It rained while we were out for our walk, so Adam got a little bit wet and a little bit muddy. It was a good time.

Hangin' out on the deck with Grandma.

We had Peg and Casey's good friends the Ericksons and the Aspers over for dinner. It was great to see them. Sue brought Adam a present - a moose! Adam was instantly a fan of Mr. Moose and it was nice for him to have a new toy to play with in the car on the way home.

It was raining during our drive back to OH, so we couldn't really let Adam play in the wet grass. We had to get creative with activities for him to get his wiggles out. He got pretty good at driving the car.