growing up pumpkins.

I finally realized why I love the the pumpkin patch. It's not because it takes way longer to get there than a trip to Superstore for a pumpkin, not the over priced admission, or the 2 minute tractor ride, or the animals in the barns. Its because we go every year and there are picture perfect moments everywhere. The beautiful fall colors with the bright orange pumpkins and throw in my little crazy babes, I can't stop taking pictures. Now I have enough pictures of 4 years of pumpkin patching just to truly appreciate how quickly my beautiful pumpkins are growing up!

I remember two years ago when Noah was born, he was only 4 weeks old and I was determined to make it out the pumpkin patch. It took an hour to drive out to Abbotsford and it was so stressful. I was trying to breastfeed my newborn while traisping thru the pumpkin fields and negotaiting with my toddler which pumpkins were too big to take home. Then  trying to keep a baby asleep in the carrier while carrying a toddler on my hip (who was too tired to walk anymore) and hauling a big pumpkin in the other hand. I seriously was questioning why I did not just to go Safeway.  But I am glad I did because now I know that its true that moms (especially of Little Ones) possess super powers and that I have photographic evidence of these escapades.

Last year Grandma and Grandpa had to hold Noah's hands through the pumpkin patch because he couldn't even walk on his own yet. This year his go-to phrase is "No Help!!!" and when I try to help him he likes to hold up his hands up high like this photo (on the right) which is his way of signing "I'm BIG and I don't need help!!!"

 And in this photo down here, I see that little Miss Natallie changed so much from baby to age 3 and apparently has stopped growing taller or bigger since 2014. Ha ha. She is wearing the exact same coat (size 3) as last year and I think it might still fit her next year. I know based on how tall Simon and I are we aren't expecting her to be on the school basketball team but I hope she will at least be tall enough so she can go in the ball pit at Ikea one day.

And this photo here just makes me smile. I can't believe 3 years ago I was just cuddling my little pumpkin and now she is so big (well not size-wise big) but bigger than she was used to be and continues to radiant joy into our lives.

I am so looking forward to doing this every year...at least until the kids are old enough to tell me that it's totally stupid to drive such a long way and pay too much money just to take pictures with some pumpkins. Then I will start taking pictures of us with pumpkins at the grocery store instead.