Chapel Hill Farm and Nursery

So, I deleted my Facebook page this week.I spend too much time on it and feel like fighting too many people who post stupid things (hah!). I know I post articles and have opinions that make other people mad as well and no one needs more negative energy in their lives! I will probably be on again eventually but for now I'm just tired of it all!


We went to a petting zoo this week ( Chapel Hill Farm and Nursery, in Perry Hill, MD). The last time Jax was around farm animals was at my parents house and he was too young to notice them, but he seemed curious about them now!

There is a lot of space to walk around, which is his favorite thing these days! They have goats, ducks, turkeys, horses, mini horses, a donkey, and Emu (I think its an Emu, at least, haha) and you can bring food for them (as the signs say, "at your own risk").  Their Koi fish pond is very full (two or three of the fish are almost as long as my arm!), Jax has always liked watching fish, its just hard to keep him out of the water!

                                     We  will definitely be going there often this summer!

And then he saw a flock of birds...

I read an article recently in a parenting magazine  that said that "often" the wonder and excitement of a new baby wears off when the baby is about 9 months old. Yikes. That would be horrible considering you would have to put up with that child for at least the next 18 years! Lucky for me that statement isn't true at our house. I actually feel better about him now then I did at the beginning (though I was always excited about him!) maybe because I am getting a little bit of sleep now (sometimes as much as 6 hours in a row!) and maybe because my body doesn't hurt anymore...

Anyway, I have moments when I look at my little son and am amazed that he is mine, that he grew "in my belly" and that our adventures are really just starting. He is getting more and more curious about EVERYTHING and notices everything from flocks of birds in the sky to tiny specks on the floor (and naturally has to taste them...), its so refreshing to think about the world through his bright eyes. He doesn't know all the mean, harsh, ugly things about the world yet (and hopefully won't have to know abut them for a long time). He smiles at everyone, doesn't care what people look like, dress like or smell like; he just likes them. He also likes Eskimo kisses, Baby Cat, Daddy, the humming bird wind chime and his Mimi's glasses... I could write about him all night, haha! THE POINT IS: he is amazing and I love him more then a little.