Pumpkin Patch

Mommy and Preston spent some quality time together this past weekend. Daddy went tailgating for the Iowa game on Saturday and then stayed overnight at his friend's house, so it was just Mommy and Preston. We basically just played all day, didn't leave the house from Friday afternoon until Sunday- because it was too cold! On Sunday, Gma Diane and Aunt Molly came down because Gma bought us tickets to see Wicked at the Civic Center. It was wonderful and very entertaining! Sunday afternoon, we decided to bare the cold and take Preston to a Pumpkin Patch. Preston is getting so close to walking- we don't think it will be long- he is able to take 6-7 steps at a time now and is getting more brave every day. We are not pushing it though-we have enough trouble chasing him around when he is crawling and if he starts walking, that means he is not a baby anymore :( He is getting so smart also- this weekend I asked him to bring me his socks to put on him and he crawled right over to them and brought them back to me. He kept trying to put his socks, hat, and bib on by himself this weekend also- which was hilarious. (He also kept trying to put his mittens on his feet, but hey, they look like socks, right?) Daddy also asked him to go get a book last night and guess what- he crawled over to his books and got 2 out to read. It is so cool to watch him figure things out like that- even if they are as simple as socks and books! Just one more short story about Preston- I tried to teach him wear his belly button is one day by pointing to his and pointing to mine. But now, if you ask him where his belly button is, he will only lift up my shirt (or whoever is asking) and point to it, he will never show you his belly button. I picked him up at daycare one day and the staff said he kept trying to lift up their shirts (embarrassing!). I had to explain the story to them and that he was trying to see their belly button by lifting up their shirt. So- now we are just trying to get Preston to only point to his own belly button because lifting up women's shirts' could lead to some problems later in life!

Mommy was giving Preston a bath on Saturday night and we were talking about how many touchdowns Iowa was going to score that night.Preston was so wore out from all the playing he decided to take a nap right on the living room floor- Mommy was trying to keep him up until after lunch, but he sure showed her! As you can see, Preston is still in his pjs- which both of us stayed in all day! It was so nice.
Preston and the gigantic pumpkins
Someone (Aunt Molly or Gma) said "touchdown"
Mommy and Preston with the pumpkins

"I want to go see those big pumpkins, Aunt Molly."

So many pumpkins

And Kitties!

We decided to go to the patch and pick the pumpkins out ourselves- here is the one that Preston picked out.

Walking back to the car after picking out our pumpkins