Fall Apple Orchard Trip

On Saturday we decided to head down to an apple orchard near Katie and Mike's so we could pop in and drop off a gift for baby Max afterward. Apple orchards just aren't apple orchards any more folks! They have just about everything a kid (or adult) could want! Right away Trevor spotted the horseys!


And of course, got to ride one! His first time riding a real horsey!


As you can see, he loved it!


Smiles the whole time!


And then he spotted a big horsey (aka camel) and made sure to let us know that it was over there...probably wanted to ride that next but he soon forgot about it and enjoyed his horsey ride!


There was a hay stack for the kids to play in:


Well, adults too! Dada took Trevor up to the top and as they were coming down they went boom!

Next up was a tractor ride out to the pumpkin patch. I think when we go to Aunt Alice's and Uncle Steve's house a tractor ride request may come up - he was enthralled with the tractor!


And then he spotted all of the apple trees. Can you hear him screaming 'apples, apples, apples'?


He even knew the word pumpkin and raced to find the perfect one...tripping on all of the vines didn't slow him up one bit!


Lots of 'ooohhs' and then he spotted a super large one and sat on it!


Well, sat on it before trying to pick it up! He thinks he has Superhero powers!


And then he spotted two pumpkins, and for those of you have heard his adorable word for two (think twoooooooooooo) you can picture him saying 'two pumpkins' very proudly!


Off again to find the perfect pumpkin!


And back to the Superhero attempt - he was intent on carrying two pumpkins. He didn't succeed but he sure tried to lift both!


And there it was, Trevor's perfect pumpkin - just his size. We put it in a special spot so we could go back and get it when we were leaving but we forgot....guess we'll have to go back!


And guess what else there was? A choo choo!! Trevor's other favorite word these days!


He was so happy to know that Mommy was riding along too!


Hi everyone!!


Seriously, he's growing up way too fast!


Of course, Trevor wanted to ride it again and this time all three of us rode together!


You could hear Trevor squealing in delight riding this choo choo, even saying 'choo choo' and 'beep beep' throughout the ride.


And on the ride Trevor decided that it was too hot for his hat (which by this point it was getting warm in the sun) so off it went! Apparently the hat helps tame down his hair :)


There were tons of scarecrows displayed and while on the train he spotted an Elmo one, so we went to check it out afterward!


Yep, they even had a slide!


And a 'bike' as Trevor calls them. Just hanging out waiting for a push!


Thanks Dada! He's so serious here because he's watching all of the big kids use the pedals and he's trying to figure out how to do it!


There was a petting zoo as well and Trevor wasn't sure what to think of this goat climbing up on the fence. He may have even said 'down' (which he often is telling Randle)!


We found a few spots for great photo ops but Trevor wasn't into saying cheese for these!


In this one he's like, really Mom? More pictures? Isn't the camera card full yet?


But anywhere they have these cut out signs, Trevor's got to have his pic!


And after all of that...we finally venture out to the apple orchard!


With Dada's help, Trevor picked an apple!


And to top off the perfect outing, a caramel apple!


So all in all we packed in most of Trevor's favorite things at this point in his life in one outing - horseys, tractors, apples, pumpkins, choo choo, Elmo, slide, bike, Mama, Dada and animals. What a fun day!

Welcome to our newest family member!

Introducing our 'nephew' Max Stephen Miller who was born in the afternoon on Tuesday. He was just a few days past due and weighed in at 7 pounds, 13 ounces and was almost 20 inches in length. Sara got to go visit him last night at the hospital - what a precious peanut. He captured her heart instantly but we've loved him since the moment we found out Katie was pregnant (even though we didn't know he was a he or a she until he was born - what an awesome surprise!!)

The cousins and Max :)

He didn't make a peep the whole time she was there - he was all bundled up and cuddly!

And check out Katie - up walking around, popping up to give Sara a hug and everything! Can't tell she just had this cutie!!!

So, he's all bundled up except he likes to have his feet out! This kid is going to be tall like his parents - you should see his long and skinny feet!

Wonder what he's dreaming about? Hmmmm......

Precious, precious baby. We can't even remember Trevor this small!

And the two best pictures for last - Max got the Nelson dimples. Well, maybe they are Miller dimples. Not sure. All we know is that they are ADORABLE!! We have a future lady's man on our hands!

And the best for last - Mommy with her new son. You can feel the love through this image :) Happy day!!

And there would have been more pictures except Sara's camera battery died after just 15 pictures - GRRRRR!!

Horseys Again....

No, we didn't go to the horsey races again....

Instead we got to see the real horseys that are in town for Cavalia (a Cirque du Soleil type show) a few miles from our house. Trevor has seen the tent go up recently as well as all of the billboards hyping the show for what feels like months and months. "Horseys, horseys, horseys" is what he repeats over and over upon seeing the billboards with the one horse on it! And boy, he can spot those billboards from miles away!

Anyhoo, on Sunday night we drove by and low and behold, the horseys were there!!! Ooooohhh!


He was enthralled with the horseys. He waved and shouted 'hi horseys'....


...and was super excited that one came over to say hi back!


When it was time to start thinking about leaving (it's a process these days to leave anywhere), Trevor started blowing kisses to the horseys!


Pretty sure we'll be seeing the horseys again soon - how fun to have this not too far from our house!

Twins Game

On Saturday we took in the Twins game and as usual, Trevor was a trooper! He fell asleep in the car on the way there so we let him sleep until the 2nd inning and then joined the game. Well, he apparently woke up starving - Trevor wanted 'chicks', so he got his wish and got chicken strips and fries.

Chicken and baseball - the American past-time in Trevor's eyes:


Make that two chickens...at the same time...and then he polished down the last one too. That's 4 chicken strips (and fries) for our big guy:


He loved having his own seat for a while:


One of the coolest moments - a guy a few rows behind us caught a foul ball. A few minutes later he gave it to the kid behind us. He couldn't stop smiling. We heard the gentleman say that he was giving it to him because his son was in Florida and this kid reminded him of him. The guy then asked the kid if he played baseball, what position, so on and so forth for a good 5 minutes. He even wanted to take his picture with the kid. So he walked away and we heard the kid say to his Dad, 'now that is a really nice guy!' And we couldn't agree more. Stories like this make our hearts smile!


Overall, Trevor really enjoys baseball games. He takes it all in!


Took some time to explore the stairs and capture the attention of most everyone around us.


And he just laughed and laughed and fed off all of the attention he received!


Funny guy!

Weekend of Sam!

On Friday night we ventured out to see the horseys one last time this season and what do you know? We got to spend the evening with Sara's cousins, brother, sister-in-law and families! It was great! And yep, Sara was totally one of those people (per Katie's husband Mike) that took pictures at the race track!


As you can see we are pretty excited about Katie's soon-to-be son or daughter!! She is due September 17 or so and the jury is still out on what she is having (personally, we think boy!). In any case, we can't wait to meet the little one very soon!!!

Sam and Trevor always have a lot of fun together and tonight was no different! They would stand by this fence and then run down...sometimes tripping, falling or running into one another, but getting back up and doing it again and again!


Run, run, run!


Run, forrest, run!


On Sunday we went over to Jim and Annie's to watch the Vikings game. Trevor sure enjoyed spending time getting tickled by Dada!


Even when Dada took a little nappy-poo during the game, Trevor brought over some toys in an attempt to keep the fun going!


After the Vikings loss (boo!) we headed to the backyard to partake in some slide time.


When out of nowhere Sam shows up with a squirt gun!


Trevor wasn't sure what to think!


Getting shot at point-blank range:


After many giggles were had over the squirt gun we started to leave for home until some toys were spotted in the garage and more fun was had in the front yard!


Sam was in the 'coupe'


And Trevor (aka McNabb) was on the little fire truck that could! It started out innocently with just 'riding' the truck.


When he soon started pushing off to gain speed on the way down the little hill:


To going faster and faster!


To full-blown 'weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee'


Feet up and all!


Sam wanted in on the fun too so got the hang of putting his feet up and going 'weeeeeeeee!'


When it was really time to leave so Trevor could get home to bed, Sam took his turn on the little truck which Trevor wasn't a fan of. Sam is looking back at Trevor here in shock because as you can see, Trevor is stomping his feet and screaming in disgust!


Make him get off the truck, he seems to say. Oh Trevor, we have to share!!