Audrey's Blog

5 Moments at Mr. Bone's Pumpkin Patch Today: 1: Roaming around and exploring it with my fellow piglets 2: All the hay they use to make the ground covering 3: You are almost guaranteed to see some kind of celebrity if you stay long enough 4: Paparazzi's are outside at both corners of the entrance 5: Pumpkins the size of my head cost $5 and $10 for watermelon size. Unlike any other Monday, today my little piglet buddies met at a pumpkin patch in Beverly Hills. I had a lot of fun and really enjoy exploring the different pumpkins, all the hay on the ground and being pulled around in the wagon.

          On the way back from visiting Great Grandma Johnson in Santa Maria, parents took me on a mini road trip to celebrate my 11 month. Dad drove through the back countryside where we visited a couple of U-Pick farms and ended the trip by driving through Solvang. Mom said there were a couple of other farms we didn't stop in because I was sleeping. I would have loved to see the ostrich farm and mini ponies that are in this area. Although I was sleeping, I am glad mom woke me up when we arrived at the apple farm. I have never seen so many apples! There are rows and rows of trees and every branch on the trees were full of apples. Big ones, little ones, green ones, and yummy ones. Mom picked the first few apples and I helped her put it in the bag. After watching her with the first few apples, I was able to pull one off the tree myself. It was so much fun! Mom even let me taste it afterward, yummy, I really like apples. Everything is going well and at El...

On the way up to Great Grandma Johnson's house, we stop by Pete's Pumpkin Patch. It was more like a big garden with acres and acres of Orange Pumpkins that comes in all sizes and shapes. Mom and Dad took me to my very first Pumpkin Patch visit and I had so much fun. I really enjoy riding on the wagon, looking around at all the different pumpkins, and sitting on them. I look forward to visiting a few more pumpkin patches before the season is over.

    Instead of going to classes today, we went down to Orange County for some errands. While waiting to pick up some accounting files, we went to Southcoast Plaza. It's my first time to this mall, and its really big. We went shopping at several baby stores before I saw a big musical thing that went round and round in the middle. Mom and Aunt Thu calls it a "Merry-Go-Round". I really like to watch the thing go round and round as kids were sitting on their horses. Mom thought it would be fun to take me on there. There were so many colors and these horses look so big up close. I was not quite sure what to make of it at first. Mom strapped me on and the thing started going in circles with the music on really loud. Every now and then I would look out and see Auntie Thu, and before I know it, she was gone again. We were playing peek-a-boo in circles. Mom made all the motions a little less scary, but as soon as the horses started going up and down, I reached out for her. Mom...

  October is around the corner and we are practicing for Halloween. Auntie Thu got me this little jack-o-lantern, but instead of carrying it in my hands, I like it in my mouth. I had a lot of fun making all these different expressions and scary faces. Mom says that she'll soon take me on a hunt for my Halloween costume. I wonder what will I end up being?? In the meantime I really like carrying this little Jack-O-Latern like this while walking around the house.

  Happy Birthday Big E! We went to Elijah's Birthday today at the local park. I really like playing with him in the ball pit and crawl through the tunnels. At the end of the Birthday, I even got a little plastic train to take with as a souvenir.

  Today after swim class and Farmer's Market we headed over to the Santa Monica Library. Mom let me explored the Children's section and I even picked out my own book. I really like the shelves here, its really easy to pull up on and walk around. Although I have taken my first steps a couple weeks before, today was different. They have these neon green tables at the sitting area where mom was sitting. It was the perfect for me to walk around and let go to get to the next table. I was so proud of myself when I was able to let go of the table and walk on over to the couch. It was about three steps, but I did it without falling. Mom was so happy she went for the camera and try to document it. Although this new found skill has kept me up at night, I am having a lot of fun landing on my tush. Thank goodness my friends and I all have these diapers on.