Weekend Trip #4: Covered bridges

Last weekend we took a drive to some of the covered bridges in Frederick County, MD. It was twilight when we arrived, so the pictures didn't turn out great (my apologies!).

Thanks for the birthday wishes

Happy Halloween

Andrew and I went to Max's birthday party the morning of Halloween. Here are pictures of the pandemonium (including one of Andrew in one arm and their dressed-up chihuahua in my other arm).

Here is our little giraffe in the elevator on the way to the party.

Look out world, I'm one.

Thanks Katie for taking Andrew's one-year-old glamor shots.
Great work!

More birthday pictures

We first let Andrew play with the "pretty cake" for a few minutes (vs. the separate cake that was more baby-friendly). We took this one away once he started poking holes through the chocolate fondant.

The bottom tier of the cake lists some of Andrew's many nicknames ("the buddy"--thanks to Mike, "baby feather"--thanks to the Szmurlos, "baby anooo"--thanks to Emmie, etc).

Here Andrew is listening to the Utah Feathies sing him happy birthday. I love this photo because it encapsulates how most of Andrew's calls go: we put the caller on speaker, and he tries his hardest to grab the phone (so he can either put it in his mouth, or press all the buttons).

Andrew loves books now. He can sit and look at them for hours. One of his favorites is "My First Numbers." He stares at the "20 teddy bears" page. Go figure.

Happy Birf-day

More pictures to come.

Halloween Friday at Meadowood Regional Park

Andrew and I go to to the park every morning at 9:15am to work out with the Stroller Strides group. This Friday we dressed the kids up in their Halloween costumes.

Here are Andrew and Addison.

Andrew loves Maggie, Jill's dog.

There were two ducks, a punk rocker, a giraffe, and a newborn in our group. So precious.

Weber Farm

After working out last Thursday, the workout girls (Stroller Strides) headed to Weber Farm for playgroup. I usually don't go to playgroup since it conflicts with Andrew's nap, but I really wanted to see Weber Farm.

They had a vintage tractor that Andrew adored. He didn't even want to look at the camera because he was too busy turning the big wheel.

Weber Farm had big slides! I took Andrew for his first big slide on a burlap sack. We are on the far left track. At the end we slid around and Andrew went crawling off with an excited expression. (Keep in mind for the video that I am still in my workout gear, since we went right after our workout--embarrassing!)

After the slides, we went on Andrew's first hay ride. Andrew loved watching the tractor pull us.

At the end of the trip, we picked up fresh Apple Cider and Apple Butter for Mike, and a hubbard squash for baking. Andrew wanted to hold the squash, but of course it inevitably ended up dropping on the floor. We're lucky it made it home in one piece.

A picture in parting.

Happy Birthday to Andrew

Happy one year birthday to our little Andrew.

For those that care, we will be posting video of Andrew throughout the day to catalog the life of a one year old.

Click here: http://www.youtube.com/user/efeathr

It's fall in Maryland

I drive past this place every morning on my way home from working out. Today was too beautiful, so I pulled over and jumped out of the car to capture the moment (amidst squealing protests from Andrew).

Side note: I was reading Annie Reynold's blog the other day and she was jokingly complaining about all the people who profess to love fall, but don't actually live in a place that has fall (understood).

I hope Maryland counts as a place that has fall, so enjoy.