The arrival of Fall

Fall is finally here!!

Ah, time to blog. Where did this come from? This lovely time is brought to us by some distracting noisy toy that my son loves. So I decided to take this time to update, so you lovely readers actually have something new to read.
So let's jump in the time machine and go back to September.
Not much happened in the beginning of the month, but on the 22nd we packed up and drove over to Gatlinburg for the 2nd Trollvention. Info for those that don't know Mike and I collect Smoky Mtn. Trolls otherwise known as Arensbak Trolls. We think they are cute, some others may not feel the same way. We'll let you decided. So Nathan got to spend the day on top of troll mtn. with other collectors and the Arensbak family. He also picked out his first troll, he was really drawn to the stargazing troll. So that is what he got. Here are some pics with Neta Arensbak ( the wife of the man who first made the trolls) and also with Marianne (Neta & Ken's daughter) & the big troll by the door.


On Sunday we went to see the Smoky Mtn. Aquarium since Nathan likes fish so much. We had a really great time seeing all the big fish swimming around.


We went up on top of the great Smoky Mtns the next day and went to the top of Clingmans Dome. Whew, what a hike! But not for Nathan. No he had the easy ride, we got a good family pic on Clingman's Dome and some cute pics of Nathan by the Appalachian trail.


We also did some shopping, looked at a lot of crafts, and took a short hayride through downtown Gatlinburg. There was also a mirror in front of the bed which Nathan loved to run at and bump his head.




Hop back in. we've got to jump to October now! :)
So near the end of September. I signed up for several mommy meet-up groups. And in the beginning of October we went to a Pumpkin Patch. Where we got to get on a hayride, see lots of farm animals and Mike & Nathan got to pick out some pumpkins. Here are some of our fun pics.


In the middle of the month we went up to New Jersey to see Grandmom and Grandpop Kent.
The day after we got there we went over to Strasburg, Pa with the Grandparents and rode on the Choo choo train and went to the RailRoad/Big Train Museum.

Nathan spent five day with them while Mike and I went up to North Jersey for a friend's wedding . Mike and I went into New York for our anniversary and saw the Broadway show Chicago and went to eat at a fancy steak restaurant, mmm mmm.


Later when we came back from North Jersey we took Nathan back to Underwood Hospital to see his old NICU nurses and doctor. They really enjoyed seeing him. And they were happy to see him so healthy and big.


And of course for Nathan' s first Halloween we had to dress him up like a dragon.

We went to lots of fun little parties with the mommy groups so Nathan got to wear his costume a lot. The first party we went to was a halloween party at a mommy friends house where there were lots of other kids and toys to play with.


The next party we went to was one at Cheekwood in Bell Meade. We we all went trick or treating and had lots of fun.