We went to a local harvest festival this weekend--something that has become a tradition with our family over the last few years. As I was flipping through the photos at the end of the day Saturday, I decided to look at photos from previous visits to see how much our girl has grown, and then it hit me: she's really not a baby anymore. While that simple fact makes me happy for a lot of reasons--I love seeing her character and personality develop and evolve, and I think she's grown into a pretty spectacular little girl--it also makes me a bit wistful for Savannah's babyhood. [Though, as I remind myself, particularly when this nostalgia has me thinking we should have another baby sooner rather than later, babyhood wasn't all rainbows and butterflies--Sav was a pretty easy baby, but there were some periods where she thought sleep was for the weak and/or wanted to nurse round the clock and/or would only cease crying if she was carried that definitely pushed me to my limits] I imagine all parents feel this as they watch their child grow up--it's so incredibly bittersweet...
2010 Festival [7 months old]
In general, not a big fan of pumpkins at this point.
2011--Still not digging the fall activities.
2012--She is finally warming up to the idea of Halloween and Harvest time!
And now, our photos from this year....
She looks like she's the same height as last year, but she's just slouching--she has, in fact, gotten very tall this past year!
I hope you are all enjoying the fall weather and the abundance of the harvest season.
Lots of love,
Ashley
:) love you guys!
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