Busy weekend!
This weekend, we ran around like decapitated chickens. Dad arrived Friday night to spend the weekend with us. Now, this weekend was the 13th annual Piedmont Farm Tour, and we've been attending ever since the spring I was pregnant and woozy. So, not wanting to break tradition, we loaded Sadie and my Dad in the car and visited two of
our regular farms- Celebrity Dairy Goat Farm and Benjamin Vineyards. You might remember the two other years we blogged after visiting these two farms.
Then, on Sunday, we joined some friends over at Dana and Finley's house in Raleigh to meet their new daughter, Amelia. She is between 2 and 3 months old. Dana and Finley are Griffin's parents. While Sadie was happy as a clam for the farm tours, she was a bit cranky and fussy on Sunday. I'm not sure what was up with that- she still can be a bit out of sorts in crowd situations.
We were chagrined when Dana called us when we had almost arrived home to tell us that we left our diaper bag and my wallet at their house. So, after we put Sadie down for her nap, I had to turn around and drive the 30-some odd miles back to Raleigh to pick it up. And I treasure my weekend nap opportunities, let me tell you!
Sunday night, I took a candidate for our Serials and Electronic Resources Librarian out to dinner at the Washington Duke Inn. On the way to Durham, there was a severe thunderstorm that passed overhead and dropped some big, scary hail on my windshield. It sounded like rocks!
Here are some pictures from this weekend...
On the way to the farms... Sadie heard we'd be seeing goats and she was quite excited.
Dad makes his way over to the chickens.
Sadie first spots the chickens.
Every year, the peacock shows his stuff!
Sadie's reaction at first goat sighting...
Sadie chases a rooster.
A couple of films of Sadie petting a baby goat. In the first one, she tentatively touches a goat. In the second one, a lady actually offers to let her hold the goat. Watch how she reacts at the end of the clip! I guess she'd had enough baby goat.
Baby goat, part 1
Baby goat, part 2
Still pictures of said goat petting...
Sadie looks as if she's conspiring to run off with a baby goat...
This little guy was quite a nibbler!
As were these two...
Sadie enjoyed feeding the goats...
This little baby goat was only one day old... So cute!
I think we may have to weed Sadie from watching the Wonder Pets. Each episode has an animal in trouble, and the three little pets always sing "There's an animal in trouble!". Note that Sadie is concerned about this...
Here we are at Benjamin Vineyards. Sadie spots a tractor and makes a beeline!
And plays on it- just like Mommy used to do on the farm in Vermont when she was a little girl...
Sadie rides a tractor
There she is, "driving the tractor".
Peepaw makes sure she doesn't tumble off...
In her own world...
And running around barefoot....
On Sunday morning, we headed to Raleigh. I'm not sure if she was horrified or yawning when Redmond snapped this picture... I was in Bruegger's Bagels, picking up something for brunch..
She still likes the baby swing sometimes...
Griffin, driving without a license...
Here is little Reilly, Sean and Siobhan's little girl. She's about 18 months old. What a cutie!
Here is Sadie on the steps, right before she tried to sneak indoors. For some reason, she didn't want to stay outside with everyone else. She tried to play a bunch of musical instruments, and we had to stop her and say "Shhhh... the baby's sleeping." So whenever someone walked through the living room, she'd loudly say "SHHH! THE BABY IS SLEEPING!!!!"
Sean, Siobhan and Reilly
Here is Lila, who is about 18 months old as well. Look how much she's grown! She has such a sweet smile.
Sadie playing peek-a-boo.
And admiring the beautiful azaleas. She kept telling me there was an owl in the garden, and I finally realized she was referring to Dana and Finley's gargoyle statue.
Dana, Amelia, Lila, Missy, Reilly and Sean.
Amelia is just starting to wake up...
Sadie and Griffin play in Griffin's bed. This is acceptable behavior now, but in 10 years or so, it won't fly.
There's Amelia! What a darling! She looks so much like Griffin.
our regular farms- Celebrity Dairy Goat Farm and Benjamin Vineyards. You might remember the two other years we blogged after visiting these two farms.
Then, on Sunday, we joined some friends over at Dana and Finley's house in Raleigh to meet their new daughter, Amelia. She is between 2 and 3 months old. Dana and Finley are Griffin's parents. While Sadie was happy as a clam for the farm tours, she was a bit cranky and fussy on Sunday. I'm not sure what was up with that- she still can be a bit out of sorts in crowd situations.
We were chagrined when Dana called us when we had almost arrived home to tell us that we left our diaper bag and my wallet at their house. So, after we put Sadie down for her nap, I had to turn around and drive the 30-some odd miles back to Raleigh to pick it up. And I treasure my weekend nap opportunities, let me tell you!
Sunday night, I took a candidate for our Serials and Electronic Resources Librarian out to dinner at the Washington Duke Inn. On the way to Durham, there was a severe thunderstorm that passed overhead and dropped some big, scary hail on my windshield. It sounded like rocks!
Here are some pictures from this weekend...
On the way to the farms... Sadie heard we'd be seeing goats and she was quite excited.
Dad makes his way over to the chickens.
Sadie first spots the chickens.
Every year, the peacock shows his stuff!
Sadie's reaction at first goat sighting...
Sadie chases a rooster.
A couple of films of Sadie petting a baby goat. In the first one, she tentatively touches a goat. In the second one, a lady actually offers to let her hold the goat. Watch how she reacts at the end of the clip! I guess she'd had enough baby goat.
Baby goat, part 1
Baby goat, part 2
Still pictures of said goat petting...
Sadie looks as if she's conspiring to run off with a baby goat...
This little guy was quite a nibbler!
As were these two...
Sadie enjoyed feeding the goats...
This little baby goat was only one day old... So cute!
I think we may have to weed Sadie from watching the Wonder Pets. Each episode has an animal in trouble, and the three little pets always sing "There's an animal in trouble!". Note that Sadie is concerned about this...
Here we are at Benjamin Vineyards. Sadie spots a tractor and makes a beeline!
And plays on it- just like Mommy used to do on the farm in Vermont when she was a little girl...Sadie rides a tractor
There she is, "driving the tractor".
Peepaw makes sure she doesn't tumble off...
In her own world...
And running around barefoot....On Sunday morning, we headed to Raleigh. I'm not sure if she was horrified or yawning when Redmond snapped this picture... I was in Bruegger's Bagels, picking up something for brunch..
She still likes the baby swing sometimes...
Griffin, driving without a license...
Here is little Reilly, Sean and Siobhan's little girl. She's about 18 months old. What a cutie!
Here is Sadie on the steps, right before she tried to sneak indoors. For some reason, she didn't want to stay outside with everyone else. She tried to play a bunch of musical instruments, and we had to stop her and say "Shhhh... the baby's sleeping." So whenever someone walked through the living room, she'd loudly say "SHHH! THE BABY IS SLEEPING!!!!"
Sean, Siobhan and Reilly
Here is Lila, who is about 18 months old as well. Look how much she's grown! She has such a sweet smile.
Sadie playing peek-a-boo.
And admiring the beautiful azaleas. She kept telling me there was an owl in the garden, and I finally realized she was referring to Dana and Finley's gargoyle statue.
Dana, Amelia, Lila, Missy, Reilly and Sean.
Amelia is just starting to wake up...
Sadie and Griffin play in Griffin's bed. This is acceptable behavior now, but in 10 years or so, it won't fly.
There's Amelia! What a darling! She looks so much like Griffin.
posted by Sadiebug at 6:01 PM
1 Comments:
Sadie is getting so big.
This was the first year we didn't do the farm tour, so a tradition was broken. We hope to see you out in the country (or in the big city) soon.
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