The Month of October - where to begin?

I feel like its been so long since I've updated my blog that I'm not quite sure where to begin!  The fall is always such a busy time of year for us with football season and traveling back and forth to Alabama and while it can be stressful traveling so much with two kids, it is worth it to get to see family! 
The month started out with the Florida game.  I actually took a week off and stayed home with the boys, while Lance headed over to Alabama with his dad.  Harrison and I watched the game from home and I thought this was a cute video...he did this for about 30 minutes straight!

When Lance got back from Tuscaloosa, we took the boys to a pumpkin patch.  This was one of the most random experiences of my life!  We picked the one that looked the closest to our house and when we pulled up the drive, this is what greeted us...

Who would have thought that you would find camels at a pumpkin patch in N. Ga?  They were also accompanied by zebras, chickens, some other birds I didn't recognize and goats.  Random.  Harrison had fun looking at the pumpkins but he was definitely more entertained by all the animals!

After the pumpkin patch, the boys celebrated the season in their halloween jammies.  I love this picture...Harrison just can't resist laying on Davis's mat anytime I put Davis on it.

 Here is another video clip of one of the funniest things that Harrison does right now.  He came home from school one day, looked at me very seriously and said "Hey mom, look, this is how the boys dance" and then he did his little dance.  I assume he learned this from school, but it cracks me up b/c he does it all the time now...

Poor Davis...I walked into the kitchen one day for a minute, and when I returned this is what I found...Harrison decorating Davis in his jack-o-lantern stickers...

 

Next up was Alabama's homecoming.  It has always been such a fun weekend, but is even more fun (and completely different!) with kids!  On Friday night they have a big pep rally and bonfire on the quad.  We took Harrison last year, but I think this was the first time that he actually understood what was going on.  My Uncle Kim and cousin Emily also came down this year, so here is a picture of Harrison w/ Uncle Kim...not the best picture but the only one with the bonfire in it!

My BFF Teresa's daughter, Madeline, hangin with Harrison.  Love this one!

Another sweet picture...my sister Julie and her oldest son Trey...

Harrison just loves his big cousin Jack...

Mom and Dad with baby Davis...

The next morning, well this year it was afternoon b/c the game was so late, is the homecoming parade.  The real estate company that sold my sister's house always has a big party and they are located right along the parade route so we always get to hang out there to watch the parade...here is some of the gang.

"ROOOLLLL TIDE!!!"

Lance's dad somehow convinced his mom to come tailgate for the weekend.  She swore off tailgating a few years ago so it was nice to see her there too!

Harrison spent about an hour playing by this tree.  Its kind of funny b/c this tree will have been a little part of our tailgating story.  We always tailgate in the same area and a few years ago, it didn't really catch on fire, but started smoking.  Since we were the closest tailgate, all of our tailgating neighbors blamed us for the "smoking tree" when the firemen came...we still don't know how it happened.  Now we have Harrison, and he was having so much fun playing in the same hole of the tree.  Just made me laugh to think about it...

Harrison was such a trooper.  He stayed out on the quad with us all day until my mom took him home at 7 pm.  I think this was only the 2nd time in his life that he did not have a nap and I have to say, he did remarkably well!  He didn't fuss once but when we walked to the car, I put him in his seat and he crashed before we even drove off!