Pumpkin Patch.

We took Charlotte to a pumpkin patch earlier this month. Something we will want to do every fall. I researched to find the best one in Colorado. There are several, but many had delayed openings due to the recent floods. We finally decided to go to the pumpkin festival at a working farm run by the Denver Botanical Gardens. It was perfect fall weather (although colder than forecasted) and it was a lot of fun. There were a lot of activities other than just picking pumpkins that Char will be able to enjoy as she grows up. They had two pumpkin patches: a baby pumpkin patch where Char picked out two baby pumpkins and a big pumpkin patch where we picked out two regular pumpkins. We had a lot of fun and will go back next year. The only downside is that it's not even Halloween yet and all of our pumpkins we got are already rotted! I think part of that was that we have had several hard freezes already and the flooding we got didn't help anything. But, it still was worth the trip!

Less than thrilled about this.

Baby pumpkin for our pumpkin!

I asked her to smile and she did this.

Followed by this.

Family Photos.

As mentioned in a previous post (be sure to read down - I've added several today!), we have a lovely friend who takes pictures. Brianna Doby of little o photography takes gorgeous photos. She took Charlotte's cake smash photos. So, we knew we were going to use her for our family photos. We met one morning at a park downtown Denver and she was so patient with trying to get Charlotte to warm up (literally and figuratively). She seriously catches the best moments. And fun fact: our family pictures were taken one year to the day after we had taken Charlotte's newborn photos.

First Birthday Party.

Charlotte's birthday party was the Saturday after her party. I had been planning for awhile. Pinning ideas on Pinterest. Trying to come up with a theme. I finally settled on a pink and chalkboard theme. I made as many things for her party that I could, because that felt more special to me. Several friends and family came to help us celebrate her first birthday and we feel so blessed for all of the love!