glorious october

sophia was supposed to be born on november 22nd. i had all these idyllic visions of her birth date. it seemed like the perfect date to me. all warm and cozy. the date appealed to my senses. when i realized that in fact she was coming early. the first thing that ran though my head was "what day is this?" i realized the date was october 13th. ohhh nooooooo i thought. this is so wrong. I wished she could wait one day or have come one day earlier. i just really didn't like the 13th in october. i have often felt guilty for secretly not liking her birth date. i am so wierd. i only told my mom and sisters how i actually felt. so ridiculous to get hung up on that. believe me i know. i just have some random quirks. i should just be rejoicing that i was given this amazing girl. which i am. but i would have liked to receive her one day later. see? issues.


but this year on her upcoming third birthday i am coming to grips with it. (i love how i am talking like this is such a big life shattering deal)


i was talking with my mom the other day about just how much i adore fall. everything about it is awesome. then it hit me. duh! october is glorious and sophia is so lucky that she gets to celebrate her birthday in the best month ever!! none of this november stuff. it is all about october!! as for the 13th? i will get there. baby steps people.


so to start the month off right we headed to our local pumpkin patch. which honestly is the best patch ever!! when we lived in calgary they didn't even have a pumpkin patch (gasp, the horrors!) perhaps that's why this year i was reminded about how glorious and beautiful october is. because in calgary it went from summer to winter without any autumn. im sorry my fellow calgarians for having to endure that. such a shame.


get ready for a massive influx of pumpkin patch pictures!! seriously dudes this isn't even half of them. also my camera died just as we were about to enter the actual "patch". who takes 307 pictures in a pumpkin patch?? apparently i do! thank god for the digital era!!

... and now i am wiped out from uploading so many pictures ;) like i said my camera died so you don't get to see the pumpkins we chose. chris got a big ol' pumpkin, sophia chose two little ones and i got a white pumpkin (i always wanted a white one, it makes me happy!!). apparantly i was lucky to get one as only a few grew this year. see the early bird does get the worm!!