County Fair

Crista and I had been looking forward to the fair

for a year now...

since last year's fair to be exact!

And this year did not disappoint!!



Last year at the fair

Addie Grace wasn't walking yet

and I carried her around in my Bjorn carrier.

And she slept through almost all of it!

This year we figured she may enjoy herself

on the carousel at least.

Boy were we wrong.

If Sissy rode it, she wanted to ride it.

We should've bought her a wrist band too!

I can honestly say that Addie Grace LOVED the fair

and LOVED being a big girl with Crista by her side!

And I also must add that Crista is absolutely the most amazing

big sister ever.

Hands down!

This was Addie's first ride

and Crista thought she may be a little scared at first

so she held her hand.

*so precious*

But as you can see, my fearless child

enjoyed herself very very much!

And as you can see,

my eldest also enjoyed herself

very very much as well...

although she barely tolerated her photog Mama

sticking a camera in her face at every turn.

Did I mention that Addie Grace had a blast at the fair??

For weeks now,

since the first big sign went up advertising the fair,

Crista and I have been talking about going on a big ride this year...

the Ferris Wheel.

Last year she decided after looking at it that she'd rather pass on it.

But this year

she wanted to try it.

And I was so excited to ride it with her

(Jake's not a fan of these types of rides)

 

As you can see,

It took Crista a few trips around to realize it was actually fun.

Me, on the other hand...I was her rock.

Telling her how awesome it was!

Well......

 actually......

 that's not exactly true.

I'm the chicken sitting beside Crista

with the white knuckles

saying,

"Don't move!"

 "Don't lean forward!!"

"Stop making us rock...the sign says 'Danger!' "

Yep, that's me.

I never let go of that bar, and made Crista grab onto me

for the duration of the ride.

And if I didn't scare her off from ever riding on of those things again,

nothing will!

I guess I just forgot how stinkin' scary those things are!! 

We ended up the afternoon with a ride down the big slide.

All 3 of us thought that was a pretty great ride!

But you know the absolute greatest thing about the fair???

Crista won first place

in the fair's photography contest!!!

Talk about a proud moment for this Mama!

Crista's award winning photo is just above her head,

the one with the BLUE RIBBON dangling from it!!

Crista has already said

she can't wait for next year's fair.

I'm pretty sure Addie would share those same sentiments if she could :-)