November

Thus far in November, it's already proving to be nearly as busy as October!

We started by taking the playgroup bowling for the first time - Eric got 2 spares in his first two frames and ended with a score of 83! A new talent found??

Since we won't be traveling after Thanksgiving due to the pregnancy, we went to Snowshoe for the weekend with Nana and Papa Boo. It was a gorgeous weekend and it turned out we got to do things that we don't normally get to do.

We got to go to Greenbank and see the enormous radio telescopes.

We also got to hike the Greenbrier River Trail and have a picnic. Eric did very well 90% of the time - for 3.5 miles, that's not bad!

October

In October, we got to do a LOT of fun activities. First, Eric went on his first field trip with his school and went to Pumpkin School! We went to the local pumpkin patch where he got to pick out a pumpkin, learn about pumpkins, have homeade donuts and juice and play on the hale bales. What fun!

We also headed out for our annual trip to the apple orchard, where Eric had more fun eating the apples than picking them!

We also got plenty of opportunities to celebrate Halloween. Here, Eric goes to the Dublin Spooktacular celebration.

We got to go to the pumpkin patch with Daddy, too, where Eric got to pick many many pumpkins!

October is a milestone for us also because of starting soccer! Eric absolutely loves it. With no real games, and more of learning how to play, this is the perfect class for Eric to run and let loose some energy!

We were lucky to spend time with Grandparents!

And had plenty of time to play with leaves

We carved pumpkins (and made cookies!)
Eric's class had a Halloween party (here seen with friend Jenna)

And of course, the big event itself...Halloween!! Eric did fantastic this year. He walked the whole way (in the freezing cold) and went down 3 streets - his bucket was FULL when he got home!

And finally, we've started to track my belly growth! Here you can see what I looked like just a few weeks ago at 20 weeks. Keep watching for updates!