Botanical Gardens and A Chase

A few weeks ago Hadley and I went to the Botanical Gardens with some friends and my mom's group. Odd, but the Botanical Gardens have a little zoo area with animals and small orchards. We spent most of the time in that part this time, and Hadley had so much fun. To prove it, she was covered in mud and dirt by the end. There were chickens running around free and Hadley and her friends had a lot of fun chasing them. It was time to go home when Hadley tried to get in the pen with this giant cow and threw a huge fit when I prevented it. Oh, and when she was chasing the chickens she kept going over by these wooden boxes which turned out to be bee hives. And when I tried to keep her away she only became more persistent. I finally swooped her out, and neither one of us got stung, thankfully. This and the cow pen incident were led to a melt down. I am getting used to those daily, though.

Why does my girl always have this same look in most of her pictures? No, it's not just the sun.

They chased the chicken under this old wagon.

The Pumpkin Patch!

Today Hadley and I went to the Wagner Farms Pumpkin Patch. Hadley found a pumpkin (Ok, I found it. All she wanted to do was pick up these dinky half-rotted ones) which we will carve tonight. We took a very bouncy hay ride and saw the animals. Hadley got to pet a goat that was sticking its head out of the pen. She even tried to give it a kiss. And I discovered a little gem. The city this farm was in is Corrales, New Mexico. I totally love it and want to live there! It is about the same distance to get there from where we live now as our new place where we are moving will be. There is just this one-lane road that takes you to Corrales, but it was really pretty, with lots of farms and acerage. Cute little markets and shops, lots of feed stores, but not that far from 'town,' I think I may want to check that place out in the future. For now I will be excited to live close to there! Wish I had discovered it sooner!

As for the move, it looks like we will close on Friday. I will then take some pictures of the place and post them.

Just Because...

My little girl and I have so much fun together (most of the time). We went to the zoo with some friends last week, and for the most part Hadley just had fun running all over the place. She didn't want to sit in her stroller and she has no fear of running out of my sight. Good thing it wasn't a crowded day and I could easily catch up to her. She did have fun making some animal noises. She has gotten really good at certain ones...cows, goats, ducks, dogs, and cats. The mountain lion exhibit was pretty creative. The lions walk right overhead and they were out and active the morning we went!

And of course each week we go to the park numerous times during the week. Hadley has learned to climb up the stairs on the little slide and go down it without any help! She gets off the slide and starts again. I discovered this when I was talking to someone and Hadley decided she didn't have the time to wait for me to assist her.

A few other things we have been up to lately...getting aquainted a bit with the potty. She goes a few times everyday in it, but I don't think she is really 'getting it' yet. We have also been working on a house, and the inspection is this week. It was slightly delayed, but we will post pictures once we have gotten the inspection report back. I am sure it will have no serious issues. This one is newer than the last one we went for.