So to catch you up on our week...it was more of the same...I worked, Josh worked, Ella gets waited on hand and foot (ahhh the life of a baby!) Grandma (my mom) came and watched Ella on Thursday as Josh or myself were not able to pick her up by 5:30 on Thursday (she has to be picked up by 5:30 from the sitters). Then Friday rolls around...so normally I am off on Fridays...but I was asked to work to help cover some hours as other employees were out. So we do our normal routine of getting ready...I start running a little behind...seriously some baby clothes are hard to get on! It took me a whole 20 minutes to get Ella dressed...but she looked cute! :) So then I let the dogs out...and I go downstairs...out of the corner of my eye I see a huge dog in our back-yard...great! I race up the stairs in my PJ's...prepared to run outside to rescue my little chihuahua's...but thankfully they were standing in the front yard by the door and came bounding in when I opened the door...I get them put away, finish getting myself ready and out the door we go...I called my work to let them know I might be 5-10 minutes late...then again I might not be...there is just a possibility of it and I wanted to let them know...so off to the sitters. I get to the sitters, get Ella out, carry her up the front steps, knock on the door...and then I am greeted by a crying baby-sitter! She's crying...her dad is there...says, "I'm sorry I just can't watch Ella today." She apologized over and over (clearly something was going on)...ok on to plan B....ummm which there wasn't one since I was not prepared for that at all!! So Ella...looks like you're coming to work with Mom! :) I am all panicky and nervous...because I am not sure what kind of reaction I will get when I pull in with a baby with me...Ella isn't really just a sit around baby...she likes to be laying down so she can kick her legs...or sitting up and seeing all thats going on. So I get to my work...and Ella joins me! I apologize profusely and say I know that you're not going to want me here all day...obviously this wasn't a planned thing, etc, etc...so I did the few things I had to get done and then Ella and I came home :)
Saturday rolls around...it was kind of a lazy morning...we talked about what we wanted to do...we talked about maybe going to an orchard...or maybe we'll do that next week...then we decided no lets do that today...its 60 and sunny...beautiful Fall day! So we went to Carters Mountain Orchard in Charlottesville, VA (about an hour from our house)...it was so pretty up there (it's truly on top of a mountain!) They have a fall festival every weekend in October. We got there just in time for lunch...so we had cheeseburgers (yes I ate a cheeseburger...salad wasn't an option!) Then Josh bought Apple Cider Donuts and apple cider. So I splurged and ate 2 bites of a donut...it was tasty!! We walked around some and then went and picked some apples! If we were 8 feet tall we would have made out great as all the apples were at the top...the pro's had their "poles" with them...or whatever they are that they could reach up with and pick the apples. They had hayrides, a pumpkin patch to pick your own pumpkins, a country store, and also wine tasting. The downside to the day...it was so windy!! It wasn't that windy in Lynchburg...so I didn't even think to pack a hat for Ella...I felt bad once we got there! But we kept her pretty bundled up in a blanket in her stroller....
We did get one smile out of her....
Ella slept the whole way home...I think we tired her out! We got home and Josh took right off...it's open range day for LPD (with all the ammo provided) - he was all over that! So Ella and I got ready to go to the store...we had to get stuff for Apple Crisp!
Now we're home...and she's sleeping away in her swing..she only slept for about an hour this afternoon on the ride home...that wasn't a long enough nap!
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