Fall Festivities

We've had another really beautiful fall up here so far. (Side note: I cannot believe Wes and I have been in Buffalo for just over a year now and that this is our second fall here!!) The leaves all of a sudden started turning and it happened really fast over the last couple of weeks.

This past week we have had a couple of fun days going to new places we've never been. The Trippie family, Wes, and I went to a little village called Niagara On The Lake. It is actually in Canada, but it's only about 40 minutes from our house. It is a very charming place with lots of little shops, restaurants, and bed and breakfasts. We only spent a few hours there, but Wes and I definitely want to go back for maybe an overnight stay sometime. Here are just a few shots of Niagara On The Lake and the beautiful scenery. (I wish the pictures did it more justice, but you'll just have to come visit and we will take you there!)

This is Fort Niagara:

Lake Ontario:

Wes and Dan walking down the street:

And just one of the many gorgeous hotels there with a horse and carriage out front:

Yesterday Wes and I had a fun day going to The Great Pumpkin Farm! Here we are being goofy:

Giant pumpkins that weigh over 1,000 pounds!

Notice me there on the left, and you can see how crazy tall this thing was:

We got to feed these cute llamas!

And these guys were really cute and sweet too.

Oh my goodness, the cutest of all:

Fun times! I will be posting soon about our fun Halloween day we had today, and what we dressed up as, so check back soon!

It's gettin' real, folks!

We have a crib in our house. Yikes! It is pretty crazy to see when you walk through the room, and it makes us realize that there will be a baby in there in about four months!

When my mom and dad were here visiting last week, they wanted to buy us our crib and mattress, which is a HUGE blessing! Thank you so, so, so much mom and dad! Your granddaughter will now have a very nice place to sleep because we would not have been able to buy this on our own.

We were able to get a beautiful crib that we both love, and it also converts to a daybed and a full size headboard which is awesome. Wes could hardly wait to put it together! Of course I wanted to document the process, so here it is:

TA DA! First dad project complete and it looks great!

I also bought Wes a little surprise the other day...

So slowly but surely, the reality is sinking in for us. Not totally yet, but we're getting there!

Maid of the Mist!

First of all, I wanted to share some pictures of our sweet puppy (who just turned 6 years old). He likes laying under Wes's hoodie, and he stayed under there for several hours one day.

And here is Wes and Boston laid back enjoying a football game.

So cute! Anyway, this past weekend my mom and dad came up to Buffalo for a (too short) visit. We were all very excited to ride the Maid of the Mist at Niagara Falls for the first time! If you're not familiar with it, it's a big boat that you ride around the base of the falls, and the name is very fitting because you definitely experience the mist! It was a pretty chili day - in the low 40s - but it was a sunny and beautiful fall day.

Here we are waiting to board the boat wearing our cute Maid of the Mist ponchos.

And here are some amazing shots of the falls from the boat. There were so many birds flying around and a gorgeous rainbow from the mist. It was really awesome.

So here is the picture of Wes and me and the rainbow. The sun was really bright, and I was turning to say that I couldn't even open my eyes, and my mom took the picture anyway. Oh well.

Just gorgeous!

Mom and Dad (and the falls and the rainbow):

And here's a better one of us with the falls and rainbow. You may not be able to tell, but we had just gone through the mistiest (is that a word?) spot and got shot right in the face with water so we were pretty wet.

Oh, it was so much fun and I am so thankful we had such a beautiful day to experience this.

I didn't do a very good job of taking a lot of pictures when Mom and Dad were here, so this is the only other one I got! We had dinner at Famous Dave's bar-b-que one night and it was delish.

We had a great time, Mom and Dad! Thanks for coming!

And finally, here I am at 21.5 weeks (taken October 16, 2009). The bump is quite a bit bigger than the last pic I put up here a few weeks ago!! She's moving around a lot now and it's crazy.