November 7, 2013

I'll cut you, pumpkin!

I love Halloween and most things that come along with it; dressing up, decorating the house all spooky and most importantly-- FREE CANDY! One thing I do not, not, NOT, not like about Halloween is carving pumpkins. Don't get me wrong, I am not a Halloween Grinch; I love seeing jack-o-lanterns lit up all over the neighborhood, but I just hate the process of carving my own giant guck filled vegetable. 

This year I got to take my little guy, Harrison, to a real pumpkin patch to pick out the perfect pumpkins for carving. I usually just pick up a couple pumpkins for Jordan and I at the grocery store, but we really wanted to get Baby into the holiday season. You know, as much as you can get a baby into the holiday cheer! Poor little Hare was so tired and not into it at all, as you can see here, but Mama and Daddy had a great time posing Baby for photo-ops. 

This being my first year with child, people kept asking if I was going to put him in a pumpkin. My answer to all you was simply, "No." 
"Awe, but come on, why not? It's so cute!" you say? 
"Oh, he'll like it though."

Plus, the whole "Baby in a Pumpkin" thing has been soooo done! 
So here are some pictures of my little baby outside of a pumpkin... 










Hmm, lets taste le pum'ken...yummy?? 

Oh, I feel you little babes. 
Mommy does not like the mess and the mush any more than you do! 


Lets see how this years jack-o-lanterns turned out... 
Mommy made the bear made infamous by the Miley Cyrus VMA performance heard 'round the world, Daddy made a BEAR-SHARK, by popular request,
and Hare got a classic jack-o-lantern face... 
...complete with the same bottom left tooth he had just sprouted that morning! 

Hope you all had a great Halloween!
Looking forward to Thanksgiving and most certainly Christmas!! 

November 3, 2013

Snow Day!

Today we woke up to a winter wonderland outside our windows! Okay, so maybe not a total wonderland of fluffy, white snowy goodness, but when you're Harrison's size, an inch or two of snowfall makes a big difference in the world around you. 

Today is only the third of November and we hadn't even gotten a chance to take a picture of Harrison with his Halloween pumpkin before the snow did a number on all our pumpkins.  Unfortunately his once, single toothed grinning jack-o-lantern has shriveled into an eighty year old man jack-o-lantern in a matter of days out in the frigid winter-in-fall weather. 

He seems to think that's pretty funny though! 


Here are a few pictures of Harrison's first encounter with SNOW... 

What do you do when you're six months old and get your hands on something new? 
Why put it in your mouth of course! 
Mmm, snow is yummy. 
Bet it feels good on that new tooth that just cut through today though, huh Baby? 
...upon further [and larger] inspection, it turns out he was not a fan. 


Harrison's very first snowman! 



You know babies are very forgetful, so he tried some snow again. 
Mmm. Just don't eat the yellow snow little baby! 





Flying through the sky like a beautiful little snowflake!

I am so excited for the cooler weather and can't wait to make a real [big] snowman with Harrison. We've got to get this little mini a snowsuit. Maybe we'll put that on the list of things we need to coax Grandma into buying while she visits next week! *wink, *wink. 

Six Month Outtakes!!

Jordan and I knew we wanted Harrison's six month update pictures to be of him showing off his mad sitting up skills. And we definitely wanted to take advantage of the beautiful changing of the seasons here in Utah, so we took him over to the church, that had yellow maple leaves scattered all across the grass.
We thought it would just take 20 minutes or so to keep Harrison entertained and get a few smiles out of him, but as usual-- we were wrong.
As it turns out the crunching of the leaves scared Harrison and his 'mad sitting up skills...' well, lets just say we got the mad part right.

This lasted for all of five seconds, and then... 

...THIS. 

Followed by THIS... 

...and THIS. 

Now normally I would not post so many pictures of my sad and crying baby, but he is just too cute and so sad! All over some leaves. Well, maybe not "ALL" about the leaves, he had just cut his first tooth earlier that morning and was probably still feeling a little pain. 

But seriously, just look at that sad little face! Don't you just want to scoop him up and litter him with kisses? Don't worry, I only seconds later, did just that. Mama was just inches away, out of frame, waiting to catch him if he toppled over [okay, okay, sorry I missed that first one] and comfort him with kisses when he began to cry.


After I fed and comforted Harrison, Daddy took over for a minute to see if he could do a better job getting him to sit amongst the leaves. 
He started by slowly introducing a few leaves at a time... 

 Yes, this is working. Look at the leaves... 

Yes, yes, taste the leaves... 

Be one with the leaves... nope! 

Okay, well come be one with the leaves up here then. 


And finally! What's that I spy-- a half smile? 
I'll take it! 

Good job little baby. 
Happy six months my grumpy little leaf eater! 


Six Month Update!

"I'm a half a year old, where's my party!?" 
[click picture to enlarge] 

Half a year come and gone!
We celebrated six months of baby bliss a week and a half ago. I know, I know, I'm a little behind on the update, but we've been pretty busy. Harrison's six month mark was on the 25th and then came Halloween, along with Daddy's birthday and lots of festivities. Mommy has carved out some time this weekend for Baby's update photo though. 

We took the photo sesh last weekend outside the church where all these beautiful yellow maple leaves had fallen and Harrison was not feeling it! This is about the closest to a smile we were able to coax out of him. He had just cut his FIRST TOOTH that morning and was not in a good mood. The crunchy leaves did not help, as he seemed to be scared of them and cried, cried, cried! 

Harrison is growing so fast, but I love it! I know most moms say it goes by too fast, but I rather enjoy watching him grown and learn to become more independent. Now, I'm sure I'll still be one of those sappy mom's crying at his first birthday party, sobbing toward the heavens, "where does the time go?!" but for now I am just enjoying the ride! 

Jordan and I have been having so much fun enjoying life with this little guy. Our new role as parents, I believe, suits us both well. Jordan is so helpful with Harrison, I truly could not ask for a better husband and father. He is an amazing man. And as for me, I am so grateful to be able to stay home with my baby to teach him and watch him engaging the big world around him. There are days that I am jealous that Jordan gets to get dressed nice, go to work and talk to ADULTS, but I am so glad never to miss a moment in these early months with my son. 

Harrison is a beautiful blessing in our lives. God has sent us one of his angels and we are so in love with him! 

**Sorry that the update is so hard to read, there wasn't really a font or color that stood out on those leaves, but if you click to enlarge it read a lot easier.**