Pumpkin Patch

Had  a nice time at the good ol’ pumpkin patch, again, this year.   We had Mia’s pictures taken there in her costume and they turned out adorable.  We told her she was going to get her pictures taken and then she could go see the animals, so she was just bursting at the seams to get it over with and was a little ornery  at first.  She does this thing now where she sucks in her cheeks just a little while lowering her jaw to try and not smile – the little booger.  So we had to do the usual blackmail of “If you be good and take some pictures, we can go see the animals.”  That turned things around real quick.  She brought out her bag of smiles, cheeses and sweet faces, but kept asking the photographer, “Now can I see the animals, Miss?”  and “I really want to see the animals.”  Needless to say, we saw the animals.  After that we let Mia go around and basically touch every single pumpkin there while saying “Maybe this one?  Hmmm, I think maybe this one.  Or maybe…or maybe...”  Yeah, we finally had to just pick some for her.  In true Mia style, she lost her hairclip (in her car seat, I found out later) before we even got there, so once again she had her hair in her face.  Half searching and half taking pictures, I finally found a bobby pin in my purse toward the end to pin it up.

These gorgeous pictures courtesy of Natalie at NYFotography.  She did a fantastic job and really captured a lot of Mia’s personality and “looks”

Courtesy of Mommy :)...

What a difference a year makes.  Still the same Mia - same smile, same part in her hair; still her Daddy’s messy eyebrows, God bless her; still has the chunk cheeks…but her face has changed.  It’s a little less baby and a little more defined.  And you see that?  Right there around the eyes.  Is that…..?  Yeah, that’s what I thought.  More attitude.