Thank you sweet boy but you are way cooler than I am!!
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
I'm the coolest!!
After reading the title of my blog you probably think that the "I" was referring to Harrison but, no, I'm talking about me. I am the coolest. I know this b/c Harrison just told me as I was putting him down for his nap. Out of the blue he said, "I love you. You are the coolest." (for the record he also then said that Daddy was the coolest too but he'll have to write about that on his own blog.)
Monday, November 21, 2011
she scoots to her own beat
It finally happened! Anne started crawling - at the ripe old age of 16 months! She began moving around 9 months but, unlike most children, she moved by scooting instead of crawling. I've tried unsuccessfully to post a video of her scooting b/c it is so unique but I've posted a few pics from the summer that demonstrate how it is done.
First, she flings both feet straight out in front of her:
Then she drags her bottom across the floor to meet her feet:
You can see the trail left by her bottom in this pic:
I had never seen this before but it is adorable. It also wears out the bottom of all of her pants and turns them black. The upside is that her hands don't get dirty even though her bottom does. The doctor assured me that she would move on her own time but that I could take her to physical therapy to move things along (she only pushed herself up to a sitting position on her own about 5 weeks ago). Of course, we've had amazing progress since then. About 3 weeks ago she pulled up by herself to a standing position for the first time. And last week she simultaneously started crawling and cruising at the same time. Then, last night she began walking while pushing her shopping cart across the floor - which was met with a lot of cheering from Mom, Dad, and Harrison! As eager as I am for her to start walking I am really going to miss her little scoot and I can only hope that she continues to scoot to her own beat throughout the rest of her life!
First, she flings both feet straight out in front of her:
Then she drags her bottom across the floor to meet her feet:
You can see the trail left by her bottom in this pic:
I had never seen this before but it is adorable. It also wears out the bottom of all of her pants and turns them black. The upside is that her hands don't get dirty even though her bottom does. The doctor assured me that she would move on her own time but that I could take her to physical therapy to move things along (she only pushed herself up to a sitting position on her own about 5 weeks ago). Of course, we've had amazing progress since then. About 3 weeks ago she pulled up by herself to a standing position for the first time. And last week she simultaneously started crawling and cruising at the same time. Then, last night she began walking while pushing her shopping cart across the floor - which was met with a lot of cheering from Mom, Dad, and Harrison! As eager as I am for her to start walking I am really going to miss her little scoot and I can only hope that she continues to scoot to her own beat throughout the rest of her life!
Friday, November 18, 2011
Fall in a nutshell
The month of October really snuck by me b/c we were so busy with fun activities. The first weekend of Oct. we went to Morehead for Jamie's inaugural visit to the NC Seafood Festival. I have been talking up that festival to Jamie since we met over 10 years ago so I was eager to see what he thought of it. He was not disappointed. He LOVED it! The key is to go on Friday night when it is mostly locals. I swear I saw more people there than at my high school reunion. We had a blast trying various local seafoods in between games and rides with Harrison. I just LOVE small local festivals - especially when this is the view:
Next, we took the kids to the NC State Fair in mid-October. We went on the canned food drive day (where you get in free with 4 cans of food), which is also one of the busiest days of the fair. Harrison got to hold a baby turkey, which he loved, and more of the rides.
Jamie and I also went to the UNC/Miami football game in Chapel Hill. We had not been for a couple of years and decided to find a sitter and go at the last minute. I think that Jamie is beginning to see why us tarheels are so crazy about and proud of our school! It is awesome.
The final weekend of October we had 2 Halloween parties and Harrison's first princess birthday party for his pal Wesley. One of the highlights of the birthday party was getting their nails painted. Harrison chose green and black paint for Halloween. On the way to the party we had talked about the importance of not touching anything until the nails were dry and it was hilarious to see him walk around the party with his fingers held up high so he didn't mess up his nails.
I've never seen him sit so still:
and, at the dryer:
Finally, we had Halloween which was wonderful as usual! Anyone who knows me knows that this is one of my favorites holidays. I just love how everyone gets dressed up and has the chance to be silly for a day! It seems to be one of Harrison's favorites too! We are lucky in that our neighborhood goes all out and several of the houses pitch tents and have spooky decorations. All year long Harrison has referred to one especially decorated house as "the scary house." In fact, he decided it was too scary for him to trick or treat there this year. I let him pick his costume out of a catalogue and he chose to be a transformer. He didn't know what that was but he thought the costume looked cool! I chose Anne's costume, a pig, b/c it was ridiculously cute and she's our little chub (or used to be). Harrison wore his costume to several parties and school festivals but on Halloween itself he wanted to dress in his costume from last year, a cow. So, we had our farm! Jamie and I also attended a neighbor's adult party and dressed up as Smurfette and Gargomel from the Smurfs.
decorating and carving pumpkins:
our little farm animals:
the smurfs:
Finally, this past weekend Harrison had another birthday party where he got to ride a pony for the first time - he LOVED it! This is in sharp contrast to this same time last year where he wouldn't go within 50 feet of a pony b/c he was so scared of it. He's come a long way!
Next, we took the kids to the NC State Fair in mid-October. We went on the canned food drive day (where you get in free with 4 cans of food), which is also one of the busiest days of the fair. Harrison got to hold a baby turkey, which he loved, and more of the rides.
Jamie and I also went to the UNC/Miami football game in Chapel Hill. We had not been for a couple of years and decided to find a sitter and go at the last minute. I think that Jamie is beginning to see why us tarheels are so crazy about and proud of our school! It is awesome.
The final weekend of October we had 2 Halloween parties and Harrison's first princess birthday party for his pal Wesley. One of the highlights of the birthday party was getting their nails painted. Harrison chose green and black paint for Halloween. On the way to the party we had talked about the importance of not touching anything until the nails were dry and it was hilarious to see him walk around the party with his fingers held up high so he didn't mess up his nails.
I've never seen him sit so still:
and, at the dryer:
Finally, we had Halloween which was wonderful as usual! Anyone who knows me knows that this is one of my favorites holidays. I just love how everyone gets dressed up and has the chance to be silly for a day! It seems to be one of Harrison's favorites too! We are lucky in that our neighborhood goes all out and several of the houses pitch tents and have spooky decorations. All year long Harrison has referred to one especially decorated house as "the scary house." In fact, he decided it was too scary for him to trick or treat there this year. I let him pick his costume out of a catalogue and he chose to be a transformer. He didn't know what that was but he thought the costume looked cool! I chose Anne's costume, a pig, b/c it was ridiculously cute and she's our little chub (or used to be). Harrison wore his costume to several parties and school festivals but on Halloween itself he wanted to dress in his costume from last year, a cow. So, we had our farm! Jamie and I also attended a neighbor's adult party and dressed up as Smurfette and Gargomel from the Smurfs.
decorating and carving pumpkins:
our little farm animals:
the smurfs:
Finally, this past weekend Harrison had another birthday party where he got to ride a pony for the first time - he LOVED it! This is in sharp contrast to this same time last year where he wouldn't go within 50 feet of a pony b/c he was so scared of it. He's come a long way!
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