Eckert's

Today Josh had the day off for Colombus Day. We decided to go to Eckert's farm in Illinois. It's about 45 minutes away, it has apples and pumpkins in the fall, christmas trees in the winter and peaches in the summer. The farm also had little carnival rides, and there was no height limit! They let us ride all the rides with Bridget! But first, we played on the swings! They had these cute horse swings

They also had these huge tire swings

Haybells make for great photos!

Bridget loved the petting zoo!

Josh bought some food for them, he gave a piece to Bridget and she just ate it. hahaha

Feeding the camels carrots

I could not get this girl to crack a smile!!

Have you ever watched a pig race? We hadn't, but it was hilarious!

Lovin' some apple cider!

Getting every last drop!

On the big swings!

I thought this picture was cute that Josh snapped. Bridget started putting her hand out and showing some excitement. It was so cute.

Saw this view of the city from the parking lot

Rodeo

Last night we took Bridget to her first rodeo! We wanted to go this summer, but with Josh being gone it didn't happen. So we found this one, about 40 minutes away and decided to go! We were nervous about how Bridget would do being up late, but she did great! We got there early to eat dinner, BBQ sandwiches and AWESOME garlic fries. We wanted the full experience! There was a playground right there so we let Bridget play before it started. Josh went to go get seats, and when Bridget and I got there he had this cute cowgirl hat for her

Don't worry, this was during an intermission

We sat next to this girl who had this cute little dog! Bridget loved it and would laugh so hard when it came near her! The girl's boyfriend rides in the rodeos and she travels all through Missouri with him. I don't know how she watches him get flopped around in every direction, she said it's very nerve racking!

This last picture is Bridget being her cute self. Momements after I took this picture, Josh went to go get her and a fireman walked by and said "Can you please teach your daughter to respect the fire line?" Josh came back to me, and was like "You will never believe what he just said to me!" We thought it was funny that he wanted us to "teach" our one-year old something like that.

Can't wait to go to more rodeos next summer!

Lead by example

I don't have any pictures to go along with this post, but I just wanted to share something really cute that happend last night! As I was trying to get dinner ready, Bridget was being pretty winey. When it was done she saw me put it on the table, but I didn't want to put her in her highchair yet because I wanted to let it cool. She started freaking out and hanging onto her highchair (I guess someone was hungry?!). So I put her in it. She sat there patiently and watched me get her plate ready and cut it all up. She and I were talking and then Josh came to the table and sat down. As soon as she saw him sit down, she was silent and folded her arms! We hadn't even said "okay, let's pray now" or fold our arms, or anything! She just did it all on her own! It was the cutest thing ever! I tried not to laugh, but it was just too funny. So immediately Josh started to say a prayer, and she bowed her head and closed her eyes for a few seconds. We are quickly learning how much she is watching us, and it keeps us on our toes! I hope she keeps this up!

Caverns

On Sunday we took a drive to get away from the city. We drove west and ended up in the Shenandoah National Forest. It was so green and lush, it was beautiful! Near the park, we saw billboards for Skyline Caverns so we decided to go see them!

Like her parents!

She may not be into cupcakes, but this girl loves her ice cream!! If it had been more than 15 seconds since her last bite, she would scream at Josh and get another bite!

Just like her parents, we all love ice cream!

One

This is me trying to take pictures of my one year old on her birthday, in the yard of the Hotel. She just wouldn't stay still...so here she is showing off her walking moves
{got this birthday shirt on clearance @ Target for $3!}


When Josh was done with class that night, we went to a nearby park to let her play. They had a rock wall there, so of course Josh had her climbing it!

Then we took the birthday girl to Outback! She loved my Salmon with rice and veggies. We do classy first birthdays...no, that's just how it is when you are the only child! haha

After that we put a cupcake on the kitchen floor and let her go at it. Except she did the oppposite and crawled away. I finally held it up to her, she took a bite, and didnt want anymore. And that was the end of that. Oh well...

Happy Birthday Bridget!!! We love you and are so glad we are your parents!

D.C.

Kinda blurry, we're taking the metro to downtown.


At the White House

Bridget cranked her neck all the way when she heard the water from the fountain, and after that it was hard to get her to look away~

Washington Monument