MY FAVORITE SEASON + BABY'S FIRSTS

I have seriously been looking forward to fall for MONTHS. Ever since the very early stages of being pregnant last winter I imagined what it would be like this year. I just knew that this fall, with our new little bundle of joy, would be so special. I looked forward to all of the "firsts" our baby would get to experience during the best time of the year (fall and all of the holidays that follow). It has definitely been as sweet as I hoped!

Baby's First Pumpkin Patch
We took Charlie to Joe Huber's Farm a few weekends ago. Not only was this his first time to the pumpkin patch, but it was also at this same place almost two years ago to the day where Husband and I got engaged. So it was extra special to visit Huber's Farm on our two year engagement anniversary with a plus one. :) We rode the tractor to see the pumpkins, had a picnic lunch by the pond, and ate caramel apples from the farm market store. It was a perfectly fall outing.

Baby's First Camping Visit
Fall also means camping season is nearing its end. Oh how I have missed camping. Since we hadn't visited any of my family's campouts yet this year, we drove out to the campground they were staying at last weekend for potluck, s'mores, and Halloween festivities. It was Charlie's first campground visit! Otter Creek campground has the best activities on Halloween weekend. This weekend there was trick-or-treating, a campsite decorating contest, and movie on the big screen!

campsite decorations

the winning campsite!

Halloweentown on the big screen

Baby's First Halloween
And of course, it was baby's first Halloween! I could not wait to dress my baby up in some sort of fuzzy, cozy, and just stinking adorable costume. We went back and forth about what he was going to be quite a bit. I feel like there is some unwritten rule that babies have to be a pumpkin for their first Halloween. We almost went with this baby carrot costume (HERE) because why not? But we ended up going with a football outfit that we already had because it had yet to be worn! It was a Christmas gift from his Aunt last year before he had even arrived. Our plan was to take Charlie trick-or-teating on Halloween night in his football costume and enjoy a walk around the neighborhood ourselves.

Little did I know that our Halloween weekend wasn't going to go quite as planned. Come the Saturday night before Halloween, Charlie was so sick with congestion and a terrible cough that we were pretty much out of commission for the next few days. Baby's first halloween was spent indoors, cuddling, and sleeping his sickness off.

We did get to dress up on Friday night for a party before he got sick though, and it was SO much fun. Our family costume was actually Husband's idea. I made this all DIY. It was super last minute and easy because we had almost everything we needed in our closets already (except for the yellow shirt and black fabric paint that I got at Michael's Craft Store).

Don't his socks and shoes just make this Charlie Brown perfect?!  Y'all, I tried for like thirty minutes to put pin curls for bangs in my hair, it never worked, and #ImAMom and don't have time for that. Hence, the mom bun we ended up with.

Thus ends October and all of the fall festival and Halloween festivities. I hope you had a great month and are off to a good November!

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