taylor and caley : October 2012

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Monday, October 22, 2012

Brown's Harvest

The weather was gorgeous on Saturday and we went to Brown's Harvest for our 2nd annual Hayride and "Pumpkin Picking" trip with the Harris'. Kate and Shane joined us this year :)

Taylor wasn't feeling 100% herself this weekend, unfortunately, and was initially very apprehensive about our outing. It wasn't quite as easy as normal to get her to crack a smile!

She started warming up to the idea of having fun when she stopped to smell the mums, and by smell i mean pick the flowers when we told her not to, and then smell them by sticking them up her nose...

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

goodies for Caley

Work had a delicious lunch for me (and Caley). Caley received some very adorable gifts!! She's a lucky girl :)

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Omi and Grandma Cristine used the carseat from Pat's car this past weekend while we were in Newport, so after they left we had it inside the house. Taylor has decided that this is her new favorite spot to lounge and watch Dinosaur Train...

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Count Down

We officially have less than a month before Caley is due... :)

Marble House Mansion Tour

Newport, Rhode Island - Marble House

Unfortunately, we were only allowed to take exterior photos of the Marble House, which is a mansion on the water in Newport (but is referred to as a 'cottage'). Marble House was built between 1888 and 1892 for Mr. and Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt and cost 11 million dollars to build!

Alva Vanderbilt commissioned the construction of a Chinese Tea House at the back of the Marble House property in 1912. She celebrated its opening with Chinese costume ball at Marble House. When the U.S. entered World War I in 1917, Alva closed Marble House and the Tea House and never reopened them. When Marble house was turned over to the preservation society, they re-opened the Chinese Tea House for events. Today you can have private parties or events at the Tea House. It was open for lunch when we did the Marble House tour, but we decided not to eat there.