Fall Fair Fun

2 years ago, before Riley was even a star in the sky as my Dad would say, Matt and I randomly went to a little country fair and had a great time. Fall is one of our favorite seasons and we have so many things we want to do with her in the next few months and taking her there was up on our list. It's really the ideal little fair, way out in the country with VERY fresh air, bright blue skies, and that small town american feeling where everyone knows each other and waves hello. We were hoping she would be feeling better by Saturday and she was so we decided to go ahead and go.

Arriving at the fair, she was dressed for fall in a new Gigi and PaPa outfit and her baby consignment sale Nikes. :) Her shirt says Naturally Cute, in case you were distracted by her buddha belly.
The fair had an entire area just for kids. Most of it she was still too young for, and we're already looking forward to next year. Riley met her first farm animals, three little billy goats. She LOVED them, mostly because I think she thought they were big puppies. She kept grabbing their fur (fleece, hair??).
She got a balloon as we came into the kiddie area and she had fun trying to catch it as it floated in the wind.

She got to see some llamas too and thought they were very funny. Sorry this pic is kind of zoomed out I was taking them from the fair food line. :)
She had the most fun when we sat down to eat in the grass. I think this was the first time she has actually been able to sit down in a big patch of it and just wander about and she LOVED it. She was crawling all over the place.She would pause and take an occasional rest on her baby belly. I love this pic, with her little pants rolled up and her shirt riding up. She looks so relaxed.
Then she would go back to crawling and exploring. Her fingernails and toenails got pretty dirty, but we didn't mind.
We see this view a lot lately now that she has become mobile. She LOVES to crawl and scoot around and she squeals the entire time she's doing it.
What you can see is how happy she is in this picture, what you can't see is how blissfully happy her parents are watching our little baby discover her world.
On the way home she passed out as soon as her little head hit her car seat. I'm pretty sure her shirt didn't make it down past her belly at any point during the day, but doesn't she look comfy?? It was the perfect ending to a very fun day.